A great video for a bit of inspiration and motivation for our students competing at the PUMA Championships in Swindon this weekend. A great competition to test you out and gauge your progression. Good luck all of you.
Happy Friday everyone. This video is the 3rd and final part in the series from GM Nardizzi describing all the Taekwon-Do stances. It also covers all the ready stances and includes all the ready postures used in patterns. The videos go into detail about the dimensions and orientation of the stances. So mid-morning get yourself a nice cup of coffee and enjoy :)
This video is part 2 in the series describing theTaekwon-Do stances from GM Nardizzi. The stances in parts 1 and 2 will cover all the stances that a 1st kup (black tag) student should know. The videos go into detail about the dimensions and orientation of the stances.
In this video GM Nardizzi describe the basic stances that a beginner Taekwon-Do student (from 10th kup to 7th kup) should know. This is the first in a 3 part series on Taekwon-Do Stances. The videos go into detail about the dimensions and orientation of the stances.
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!
In Hand Tools part 1 by GM Nardizzi, he described the blocking and attacking tools using parts of the hand which are learnt by colourbelt grade students. In this video he describes the other hand tools, many of which appear in advanced patterns.
A great weekend spent at the T-UK instructor and child protection course held in Stratford Upon Avon. An essential update of qualifications to keep the Warwick and Kineton TKD club at the top of their game.
Well done Warwick-TKD, Chief Instructor Martin Noddings, Assistant Instructors Brian Feely, Lynda Parnell and senior coloured belts John and Rachel Hoult; Kineton-TKD Chief Instructor Lynda Parnell and Assistant Instructor Tom Dixon in theirs and their clubs progression and improvement and even better standards of teaching.
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 :)
Empowerment, self-belief, confidence, training, skills - The recipe for excellent self-defence:
Women's only self-defence class starting 6th Feb Warwick, sign up to feel like these empowered Grannies :)
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: