

What is White Collar Boxing?
White Collar is often mistaken to be any form of boxing that takes place outside is an amateur or professional context. Find out more here.


What makes a great personal defence strategy ?
The subject and concept of personal defence is so vast its difficult to accurately define exactly what it is....


The only REAL blocks are cognitive! Part 1
Part 1 Introduction and Rationale Taekwon-do is a rich and varied martial art. As we know it's predominantly striking based and so it's...


A Purpose in the Pattern
When introducing Taekwon-do to the world, Grandmaster General Choi Hong Hi detailed that the art comprised five key areas of practice...


Holistic Taekwon-do - What is the composition of “real” Taekwon-do
Social media boards and online forums are seemingly full of contentious discussions concerning the identity of “real” Taekwon-do. There’s...


How old do you have to be?
I was approached by an adult student recently, who voiced a very salient and often misinformed question, “ How old should you be to start...


Boxing - is it just a sport or an effective method of personal defence?
In this article we are going to look at boxing as a method of personal defence and self protection. When people talk or consider boxing,...


Make Predictions...Not Resolutions - A Guide to Inspirational Goal Setting
Everyone has goals. In life, work or family we all have aspirations and milestones we want to achieve. However all too often we fail to...

Don't Listen To Nerds....
There has been a video recently doing the rounds on social media. Whilst it was originally posted in May 17, it has become the source of...


Aren't all martial arts the same? Part 2
In part 1 of this blog I discussed my opinions towards the differences between ‘sport’ and traditional martial arts, with regards to...