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…
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…
Martial Arts Graduation Results. Our “Martial Arts Graduation” was held at Oldbury School of Black Belt HQ yesterday for our junior grades, despite the large about of first time graduates which cause a “little” delay, the day was well received by the parents, as we highlighted the importance of being “comfortable at being uncomfortable”. The students display their core basics…
At Our Oldbury Headquarters we had the pleasure of Neil & Charlie Simkin conduct a first class Brazilian Jiu Jitsu seminar, the day start with some cool warm up drills , some single leg takedowns then we concentrated on attacking the back to submissions, the seminar was very much driven around the concept of keeping thing fluid in movement on…
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…