School of Black Belts – Sedgley
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu At Oldbury school of Black Belts With John B Will. School of Black Belts HQ had the pleasure of hosting Brazilian Jiu Jitsu pioneer John B Will. I had great pleasure to attend 4 of John’s seminars on Brazilian Jiu Jitsu while he was in England. Each Seminar had a different theme. They ranged from Leg Locks,…
My Quest to Increase Your training in Martial Arts. In my quest to increase you or your child’s martial arts training I have drawn this simply diagram. Why? You may ask. It’s simply and I will be blunt. 80% of children that quit and probably the same with adults quote the same reason…..”He or she just isn’t enjoying it anymore”.…
Character Building and Martial Arts for Kids. Character Building within Kids Martial Arts has always being a prime factor. It has always encouraged confidence building, integrity and humilty. At the opening of our tournament I made a statement that I believe we were in the business of building people. I want our students to standout in everyday life. We didn’t…
KickBoxing and Black Belt Graduation 2017. The KickBoxing and Black Belt Graduation 2017 was originally scheduled for December. Due to the bad weather the event was postponed till January 2018. This did not stop the students displaying a great standard of the school of Black Belts martial arts code. Kingswinford Kids KickBoxing Grading. The Kingswinford Kids Kickboxing grading has constantly…
Belt Test or Graduation? Have Instructors watered down the grading system? Belt test …a graduation or Celebration ? Have Instructors watered down the grading system in martial arts school for the sake of keeping the numbers up?…..As martial arts schools have developed in size some instructors have chosen to steer away from the traditional grading or belt test to a…
“I Know a Black Belt…….Really?” said Mick Tully. Black Belt Graduation. Sorry its taken so long for my write up of the Black Belt Graduation. The week has been a whirlwind and catching up with everyone’s views on how the day went. I would like to say how grateful we all are with the thanks and wonderful comments that you…
Martial Arts Grading. Martial Arts Grading went to a whole new level for our Sedgley, Oldbury, Kingswinford & Quinton School of Black Belts. The new grading format was very well received by everyone, it enabled the instructors to conduct a well rounded exam / graduation for all students. It also helped us to achieve one of our most important aims which…
KickBoxing Tournament at Oldbury HQ. Our Kickboxing Tournament was held at our Oldbury HQ and may I say it was an “awesome day”, we had bigger trophies and the competitors fought their hearts out to get first place, the day got off to a great start with some well stacked categories in our junior division, with a Mickey Clarke taking…
SOBB KickBoxing Grading Results On Sunday three of our schools from SOBB came together and graduated to their next level in the School of Black Belts martial arts system. Students came from Quinton, Sedgley & Kingswinford. What was special about the day was that all the students lived up to the expectations and maintained the standard that is expected from…
After a crazy December for SOBB I can finally produce a blog on the “Black Belt results”, this blog really is a continuation of “the stress of the Black Belt exam” . The students prepared themselves for the 3 hrs physical endurance session, Adults and teenagers battle a grueling 3 hrs exam, which I believe gets harder each year. I…