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…
Solihull Kids KickBoxing Grading. The Grading exam at Solihull Kids KickBoxing grading went off with a bang last month. It was excellent to see the range of children from 6 to 16yrs go through their paces of the syllabus. I was invited to conduct the grading by School of Black Belt Instructors Ryan Davies & Ashleigh Lloyd. They currently run…
Black Belt Test 2017 The Black Belt Test 2017 part 1 was taken in early December at Our Martial Arts Headquarters in Oldbury. May I say the bar had being set very high this time. Students take part in the 3 hour exam covering Endurance, Martial arts Basics , Pad work & Sparring. The atmosphere is always a cold one…
John B Will – A beautiful day to Attacking the Mount. It was a beautiful Saturday afternoon….and what better way to spend it than with John B Will conducting a seminar on Attacking the Mount position. Also playing some serious Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. I have hosted many seminars at our school but none have had a post reaction from the students…
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…
Oldbury KickBoxing Grading and its key Elements of success. The Oldbury Kickboxing grading once again the standard has set very high for the Oldbury Kickboxing Intermediate grading. Children and Adults went through and heavy session of compulsory basics, Then pad work and then finishing off with sparring. Grading or Belt test are essential for our schools constant monitoring of the…
School of Black Belts 21st Anniversary. Catching Lighting in a Bottle. They say you can’t catch lightening in a bottle but I did…… more than once. To prove is by just looking at our great team of Instructors that are at our schools. Today is our 21st Anniversary of School of Black Belts and really we have not gone through…
“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 Belt Testing Results. Martial arts belt testing was at a great level on Sunday at Oldbury HQ. We tested Children from 7-9 yrs , 10-13 years and adults. The group were mainly going for advance grades. You could tell right from the go that they were eager for the test and they knew they would smash it. Luca…
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Seminar – John B Will What a great Brazilian Jiu Jitsu seminar conducted by John B Will. This is the second time School of Black Belts have hosted John and he certainly was on top form. The day was very well attended by our students and friends from around the country. John teaches some interesting concepts and…