Benefits of Martial Arts

Motivation is an incredibly challenging aspect of our make up. One minute you can be riding high on the crest of a wave, with everything...

How to choose a martial arts club for you or your child

As we approach the festive break, I thought it worthwhile just listing out some of the resources to help you stay trim & fit, keep...

What is ‘Memory’? Do you have a good memory of places you’ve visited (episodic memory) or of fact based information, such as capitals,...

Learning a new skill, at whatever age, can be a hugely rewarding and fulfilling experience. Whether it’s learning to play an instrument,...

Well, we’ve reached that time of year again, the time that most parents have been looking forward to all summer, and the time that turns...

People come to martial arts, to train & to teach, for a variety of reasons - here’s what brought the North Manchester Team together Brett...

This week has been Mental Health Awareness Week, where there is a sharper focus on mental health issues and an opportunity to think about...

Martial arts is an ancient tradition of combat practiced for self-defence, competition, physical, mental and spiritual development....

Reproduced from https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/explore-mental-health/a-z-topics/anxiety What is anxiety? It’s normal to feel anxious...

We often tend to focus on the bits we can see - we check our reflection in the mirror in the morning; we dust or hoover where it is most...

It’s well-known that people who suffer from depression can benefit from physical exercise, like martial arts. Exercise releases feel-good...

We all need to remind ourselves not just to look after the things we can see & feel, but also the things we cannot. People often focus on...

We often spend a lot of time looking after our physical health with diet & exercise, yet it is so easy to neglect an area so integral to...

The next part of our training that I want to cover is Hol Sin Sool (self-defence). It may seem slightly odd to refer to one part of our...

This is often the part that adult students fear & child students want to start on week 2. Free Sparring (Ja Yu Dae Ryun) can be seen as...

In this next instalment, we’ll look at Ee Soo Sik Dae Ryun (two step sparring) & Sam Soo Sik Dae Ryun (three step sparring). As we said...

Whilst we will occasionally cover this in our Intermediate Leadership Classes, Il Soo Sik Dae Ryun (One Step Sparring) is covered within...

Following on from Basic Techniques, Hyungs (also known as ‘Forms’) seems to me like the logical progression. In the very simplest sense,...

In this post, I want to explain the purpose of basic techniques in Tang Soo Do. What do I mean by ‘basic techniques’? The term ‘basic...