Martial Arts Beginners Group Class

Service Description

What Kind/Style of Martial Arts do you teach? Our Adults Syllabus honours the roots of Karate* by studying the four principles methods of the past (striking, grappling, seizing & restraining and solo fighting routines) in a contemporary way by adding concepts from other arts and modern training methods in order to ever improve the great art of karate. What will I learn in the 8 Week Beginners Course? Self-Defence Modules: - - striking pads to improve fitness and physical fitness - Learn threat awareness - Threat assessment - De-escalation techniques - Basic Self-Defence law Traditional Art Modules - - learn basic history of karate - learn a classic solo template (known in Japanese as " kata") Combat Modules - - learn basic footwork drills - learn basic striking combinations - learn basic trapping skills - learn basic clinching and how to strike from within a clinch - learn basic takedowns *What is Karate? Karate is a Japanese Martial Art of Self-Defence and Combat. It originated on the island of Okinawa around the mid 1700's and since then has spread and evolved across the entire world in a number of different forms and styles. Because of this all Karate Clubs are different and place different emphasis on certain parts of Karate. Some focus on the "art" others on the "sport", here at the Birmingham Martial Arts Academy we teach Karate as a form of "realistic self-defence and personal development".