UK Coaching Awards 2018
Shin Gi Tai Martial Arts Academy has been nominated for the prestigious UK Coaching awards and has reached the final of the Coaching Culture Organisation of the Year along with British Canoeing and The...
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here is a mistaken belief that you can only learn new coaching skills from within your own sport. This viewpoint exists in many sports including Martial Arts.
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Coaches diary
Just asked the kids at the end of one of the Karate classes, in Basingstoke, if they had any questions and was asked “what did we learn today cause I just had fun.” We discussed it as a group and this...
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Coach Education
Sometimes as a coach in any sport it’s easy to feel like a nag, constantly reminding students to ‘bend their knee’ or ‘pull their hand back’ or ‘grip the uniform differently’ or whatever is specific to...
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Reflections of a Martial Artist
Reflections of a CoachIt’s been a busy day so far, training at Aikido seminar with Neil Saunders Sensei, 6th Dan in Yoshinkan Aikido. It was good practice ready for Jizerka 2019 with Mustard Sensei...
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1st Martial Arts Club to achieve Makaton friendly status
We are pleased to announce that we have become the first Martial Arts club in the Country to be awarded “Makaton Friendly status.” This is an important award for us as it highlights our commitment...
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Have you reached a plateau in your Martial Arts training?
After a decade of teaching Martial Arts in Basingstoke and nearly 40 years of learning and teaching several Martial Arts, my experiences is that we all reach plateaus in our training. It doesn’t...
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The Arts of Communication
The Arts of Communication Grading Project 2013 Aaron Potter My project for my black belt grading is split up into four main areas: a) As a Martial Artist what methods of communication do we use to...
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The differences between Beginners and Advanced practitioners.
The differences between Beginners and Advanced practitioners. Beginners- White, Orange and Red belts By Jess Muller I feel that beginners should spend the majority of their lesson time working on...
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I’m a Black Belt, I don’t need to train because I’m a teacher…
I’m a Black Belt, I don’t need to train as much…Often the immortal words said by someone who thinks they’ve made it and stops training because they are now an awesome ‘Teacher.’ Gichin Funakoshi...
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Learning and Studying Kata for competition
Learning and studying Kata is an important part of karate training. As a form of training it teaches us co-ordination, concentration, develops physical strength, speed, focus, power, breath control and...
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Nipaipo Kata Course
Saturday 8th February saw our Karate club run a Kata Masterclass in Basingstoke. 4th Dan Lindsey Andrews and current World Veterans Kata Champion taught the Shito Ryu Kata Nipaipo. Lindsey began with a...
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Congratulations to our latest Level 2 Coaches
Congratulations to club coaches, Paula Clarke, Mark van Meerkerk and Emma McDade upon the successful completion and passing of their Level 2 Martial Arts Coaching Qualification under the auspices of...
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New Classes starting from September
Starting in September we have a range of new classes starting at our Basingstoke based Martial Arts Club. Ladies Kickboxing Class From Tuesday 9th September at 7:30pm we are running a Ladies Only...
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Fear and the Martial Arts
We are all afraid of something at times. Anyone who tells you that they’ve never been afraid is lying. For some people it’s Spiders (Arachnephobia or Arachnophobia) or Clowns (Coulrophobia) or Heights...
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SO YOU THINK IT’S EASY FOR ME?
SO YOU THINK IT’S EASY FOR ME? ‘Yes, but it’s easy for you’ are words I hear frequently when coaching, typically when asking students to challenge themselves with something they cannot yet do. Yes I’m...
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Success or Not
Being a Martial Artist we learn and practice discipline and an ethos of self reliance to help us further our physical and emotional skills. We can work with coaches that are the best in the world,...
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Does experience matter?
Does experience matter? From time to time that old chestnut pops up on the internet about people who are n’t Black belts teaching Martial Arts and whether this is an acceptable approach or not. The...
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Focus
Focus – Laser sharp focus Understanding Focus Dictionaries gives a wide range of definitions of focus including the following To focus on a particular topic and concentrate on it, discuss it, think...
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Balancing our training
Initial Briefing for 2nd Dan grading research topic by Jess Muller My topic is to research the differences between Martial Arts and the areas within them. I will be looking at the three main areas...
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