Our Philosophy
Our philosophy on teaching martial arts is very clear. It
must be fun, safe and produce a self defence capability and
awareness.
Training should be fun and enjoyable
The social aspects of training and the interaction with other
people is a very important aspect. Mutual trust and respect
is required in training with partners and everyone must benefit
from the experience.
The experience must be enjoyable. The training must be
fun. It is possible for the training associated with such a
serious subject as self defence to be enjoyable and conducted in a
pleasant and relaxed atmosphere.
The training for and the doing of gradings in the syllabuses is
a challenge, both intellectually and physically. Students can
challenge themselves to work as hard as they wish and the secret to
success, as with all things, is the effort devoted to the
task. Training is intellectually and physically rewarding as
well as being fun.
Safety is paramount
Injuries must be minimized. Students must feel safe and
comfortable in the training environment. Much of the
responsibility comes down to instructors ensuring a safe and
nurturing environment for all students to succeed and grow their
skills and knowledge. It is up to the students to follow the
instructors' lead in creating a safe environment for practice and
training and to follow the safety practices requested by the
instructor.
Self defence capability essential
Many martial arts say that they have of a vast range of
advantages to cater for all manner of interests by saying that it
involves fitness, self defence, competition, self-confidence
building and all manner of benefits. We are clear about our
focus - it is on producing a modern self defence capability.
Self defence and the implications of having to defend yourself is a
very serious matter. Developing programmes, strategies, a
training regime and methods to achieve this is a very challenging
matter indeed. Few martial arts schools are capable of
delivering this capability despite the claims in the advertising
material. It is our focus to achieve this self defence
capability - that is what we do. Whilst the training can be a
lot of fun and very enjoyable activity, the clear objective is to
provide this self defence capability. As a result, we do not
to sporting or competitive forms of training at all.