Broadwell Karate

On if out parents will be jumping out of a plane for a good cause this weekend, any donations no matter how small appreciated 🙏

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Another hard but quality session in the bag. Great work from everyone tonight :-)

Something a little different taking place locally for anyone who’s interested :-)

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Hello all,
The crossroads outside the dojo is an accident black spot with two recently occurring and one just as people were leaving the club.
Please could I ask your support in signing the petition to action some improved safety measures?
Thank you ☺️

https://glostext.gloucestershire.gov.uk/mgEPetitionDisplay.aspx?ID=100&RPID=77660295&HPID=77660295

Training Once A Week Is A Waste Of Money

There is a difference between training once a week and attending class once a week.

If someone can only get to 1 class a week but trains/practices at home, then I would consider that person as someone who trains more than once a week.
On the other hand, if someone attends 1 class a week and does nothing else in between then this would be a disservice to them as their development is hindered so their progress will be significantly slower.

When you start learning any skill, whether that be a martial art, a musical instrument or a foreign language, it takes more than an hour a week to get any reasonable amount of progress.

Let’s say you have a lesson for your chosen subject once a week for 1 hour. Your teacher or coach gives you homework right? Maybe a couple of hours worth on average to last you through the week.

What happens when you don’t do the homework and return for your next lesson?
Most likely you have to go back over what you did last time and just maybe you get to study a fraction more. A large amount of the time that you could have spent learning the next step is significantly delayed whereas if you just did your homework you could be further along already.

But what if your memory isn’t as good too and you forgot most of what you did the previous lesson?
Then the same thing happens and you get stuck in a cycle of repeating the same thing every week and not progressing. The frustration builds up because you’re not getting anywhere and more often than not most end up quitting. All because you haven’t put the necessary work in.

Now if you’re one of the rare few who can take one lesson and immediately understand and retain that information with little effort and then move onto the next lesson, congratulations, but most people aren’t that lucky. The rest of us need to repeat, repeat and repeat to truly ingrain the knowledge and skills until it becomes natural and automatic.

Due to my busy schedule I can usually only get 1 direct lesson per week with my teachers and coaches for karate, kobudo and BJJ, and sometimes it’s even less than that. So in-between sessions I practice drills and study at home, and whenever I’m at the dojo to teach my classes I’ll make sure to do a little every session throughout the week. This keeps me progressing at what I feel is a reasonable and acceptable pace.

So do I believe that training once a week is a waste of money?
✅ Yes. If that’s all you do (no extra practice outside of class time) but you want to progress at what most would consider a reasonable pace.
❌ No. If that’s all you do and you are happy.
Maybe your priorities are different from progressing as quickly as others. (i.e. getting out of the house, socialising) or you’re happy going at a slower pace. It’s not a race after all. Whatever your reasons are it’s perfectly okay as long as you are happy.

Richard Hang Hong

No classes this evening (Weds 13th March)

Consistency creates quality. There are no shortcuts.

Big shout to club coach Rory Kavanagh on picking up a gold medal in the senior men’s open weight and a silver in the -67kg at the WIKF continental cup in Cyprus last week with the WIKF Ireland national squad.

Wow-
How good was that!?!?
Amazing day training with everyone.
Massive thanks to all who attended and to the club instructors for their support. 6 hard hours finishing off with some great rounds of sparring. Great atmosphere training with old friends and making new ones. National team members from England, Ireland & Wales.
Massive shout to Rory Kavanagh for making me feel like a beginner again!

Feel free to tag yourselves:-)
(Not letting me tag everyone 🤷🏻‍♂️)

No class this Wednesday as the hall is in use for their AGM

Irish International Rory Kavanagh will be running a kumite bootcamp at our dojo Sunday 14th May.
More details to follow soon.
Contact Rory direct or message us here to reserve your space
Open to all
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I’m not usually one for coming in here to say how good training was, but the buzz in the club tonight really was a pleasure to experience.
A good mix of abilities from new starters to international competitors working together 👊🏻👊🏻

Not long got back from a really hard and excellent training session at Broadwell Karate dojo. First time i've trained with Rory Kavanagh, it was really good, I learnt loads and am definitely going to ache tomorrow 👊💪🥋

I felt like a white belt though 🙈 ;) Always learning :)

Really hope I get the opportunity to train with you guys again and thank you for the invite and training. 🙏

Am off to sleep now. 😴

Rory Daniels Karate Clevedon Cobra Kids