With the C-19 restrictions coming to an end and our ability to deliver face to face classes we have started a new beginners class. This consists of an adult class and a junior class delivering tailored progressive learning for all age groups and enabling parents and children to train at the same time.
This beginners class intake will come to an end next Tuesday as the last few places are taken with a waiting list put in place for when we are ready to take on the next intake of beginners in 2 months time.
We believe in delivering the best quality training. Producing progressive growth and development, enabling our members to learn an important life skill, to be able to defend themselves, which in turn improves self-confidence and self-esteem in a fun friendly, vibrant environment.
Well done to all the ladies who completed the latest Women's only self-defence class last night. Great effort, such improved risk awareness, conflict resolution skills and confidence coupled with greater aggression and technical skills and abilities if you are unfortunate enough to have to react. Just think where you are today from where you were on day one, excellent group, I enjoyed working with you!
Also a big thank you to the Warwick-TKD men that turned up last night to assist and make the drills more realistic and a 'real life' experience for the ladies, great team effort.
Statistics show an alarming increase in violent crime and in particular knife crime!
- The number of rapes (29,265) & other sexual offences (58,954) ion the UK are at the highest level!
- Every 6 minutes there is a knife attack in the UK!
- Sexual assaults with knives went up 28% last year!
- Knife assaults increased by 13% to 13,488 offences in the UK!
- Last year in Warwickshire there were 532 violent crime instances!
Tuesdays class meet Fridays class (although a few missing faces due to sickness and holidays). A great start to the year with great enthusiasm and team spirit within the club. Well done all, looking forward to a year of excellence :)
For those martial artists taking their training and development seriously strength and strength endurance gains are an important part of your training regime. It will make you able to perform difficult techniques better, generate more power, enable you to take bigger hits, reduce the likelihood of injury. However your weight training regime could be causing you injuries and instability if done wrong. TKD requires a multitude of physiological abilities:
Students are always looking at how they can improve their kicking, jumping technique, patterns and sparring abilities. This is a multifunctional approach to achieve this:
- Perfect kicking practice and drills
- Lower body power improvement
- Balance and coordination improvement (proprioception)
In this video GM Nardizzi describe the blocking and attacking tools using parts of the foot and list all the kicks they are used for.
In this video GM Nardizzi describe the blocking and attacking tools using parts of the hand which are learnt by colourbelt grade students. He shows you how to correctly form the fist, knife-hand and other tools.
In this video GM Nardizzi explains how side techniques are defined in Taekwon-Do.
The rules for defining side blocks and strikes are slightly different to that of side punches and thrusts. A side block or side strike can be performed with the body side facing or half facing. But what about a punch? Is a punch with the body half facing classed as a side punch? Watch this video for the answer:
Another great video from Grand Master Nardizzi explaining high, middle and low techniques.
