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Demo Team - 2010
The academy has once again been invited to perform at this year’s bath and west show as well as local fetes and fun days so watch out for our awesome display. We have been sponsored by Hastings Street Property Consultants and Shaun Piper construction which has meant we have kitted the 50 strong team out with new demo uniforms. A big thank you to our sponsors.
Two Week FREE Trial
Our two week free trial is available, plus for a limited time we are offering One month FREE membership, FREE kit bag and FREE T-shirt too - Offer ENDS 31st July 2010. So pop down take a look soon, contact us for the best times and if syou like what you see try our free trial.
MMA Success - "Knuckle Up" Bath Pavilion & "Cage Titans" Coventry
Jamie Woodlands Black belt Academy would like to congratulate four of its MMA competitors on making their recent debuts in the exciting sport of MMA. Darol Sawyer, Lorcan Curtis and Callum Swift travelled to Coventry to compete on the cage titans’ event while Adam Drescher fought on the Knuckle up event in Bath pavilion. Although decisions went against Darol, Lorcan and Adam, Callum won his fight in the 2nd round with his use of ground work and then an arm bar. Adam who had only been training for a few months was raising money for local boy Ben Halford and was donating everything raised to his charity. He eventually raised £1018. The team continues to train hard to build on their experience in the fast growing sport.
Top grades at recent testing
Students from the academy including little ninjas, juniors and adults recently belt tested over 2 weekends. Over 150 students trained hard to impress their examiners who included world champion Mark Junday. It was a record pass rate with 80 students receiving top A grades which was the highest in the clubs 10 year history.A big well done to everyone.
Local Tournament Wins
Jamie woodlands black belt academy held its annual club championships at Norton hill school on April 25th. 100 competitors and their families filled the venue to witness various events including demonstrations of weapons and traditional martial arts forms, sparring and grappling, board breaking and tests of agility and skill. No one went home empty handed as trophies and medals were awarded throughout the day. Jamie would like to thank all competitors, their supportive families and the team of judges and helpers who made the day a huge success.
Join us on Facebook
Both OTC and Jamie Woodlands Black Belt Academy now have pages on Facebook.
Optimum Training Centre(OTC)- is nearly ready
Optimum is looking great. We have treadmills, x trainers, rowers, bikes, hand bike, Lat pulldown, pec dec, bench press, weight assisted chin up/dip machine, leg extension/curl, squat rack, free weights area, trx suspension, bootcamps, pilates, ladies only classes and MMA
Expanding Facilities - March 2010
Its official!! The academy will be expanding its facilities from March. We arent moving but we will have additional space and equipment, more opportunities for club members and families and hopefully in time our own boxing ring/cage.
We plan to try to open the academy tonight (6th Jan)
We plan to try to open the academy, if we are able to tonight.
Christmas Dates 22nd Dec to 3rd Jan (inc)
We are closed for a few days over christmas, from Tuesday 22nd December until 3rd Jan (inclusive). Have a happy Christmas and we look forward to seeing you in the new year.
December 13th Grading techniques - now available
The grading techniques, are available in the martial arts student section together with demonstrations of patterns.
October Grading techniques - now available
The October grading techniques, are available in the martial arts student section together with demonstrations of patterns.
Summer Classes 2009
The classes in the evening run through the summer holidays, with a week break this year at the end of August. In addition to our usual classes we also run our summer camp.
April - Academy Competition - results and winners gallery
The review of the day and the results together with a gallery of winners has been put on our competition page.
April - Academy Competition - Thank You
Thank you to all the students and parents who supported our recent competition day, please see Jamie or Becky if you haven't had your bag.
March - Little Ninjas on grading day
Well done little Ninjas.
February - Remy Bonjasky Muay Thai Seminar
On Sunday 22nd February, students and instructors from Jamie woodlands academy attended a training seminar with none other than the K1 kickboxing legend and K1 grand prix champion Remy (the flying gentleman) Bonjasky. Jamie says “we trained for an hour and a half in Muay Thai techniques and fight strategies and were taught how to make the techniques work for real fight situations. The seminar was also a great workout and another chance for the academy to benefit from meeting and learning from world class martial artists and fighters
December - Black belt grading
Pictured are 12 Students from Jamie Woodlands Black belt academy who successfully achieved 1st and 2nd Dan black belts on Saturday 28th November. Over two weeks of gruelling testing, the students demonstrated a range of kickboxing, Taekwondo, Weaponry, Self defence, Sparring and grappling amongst completing gruelling physical fitness challenges and completing a written essay on becoming a black belt. Students commented on how the physical side of the testing was one of the toughest challenges they had ever faced. The final presentation of the black belt marked years of dedication and hard work, regular training and commitment from all that took part. Academy instructor Jamie Woodland said of the group “I am pleased and very proud of the effort that everyone has had to put in to not only get here after many years but to push themselves to the extreme and complete one of the toughest tests they may ever have to face. Well done to all” Congratulations go to Jack Bridges, Ben Coles, Thomas Bryan, Jena Bryan, Kaylum Escott, Emma Rodger, Sam Hartland, Shane Corbett and Sarah Rowlatt who all achieved 1st Dan and Dave Smart, Sarah Smart and Karen Fielden who all achieved their 2nd Dans.
November - New Friday Competition Class starts
There is a new class on on the First Friday on every month for competition training, its a 1½ hour session which is pay as you go and is suitable for adults and for juniors (green belt and above).
November - Wednesday Juniors class running details - No Junior's on 26th November
Wednesday's Junior class takes place every Wednesday except the last Wednesday of of each month. So no Juinors class on 26th November.
October - Students return with trophies from Tang soo do
Missing from the pic are Sarah Rowlatt and Morgan bryant who couldnt make it for the photo, I thought i'd better give them a mention on the site.
October - Little Ninja grading success
Well done, to the little Ninjas who worked hard in class and on the day to achieve their next belts!
October - New classes for All!
We have added a new Wednesday 6pm class for Juniors children aged 8+. This is open to all who want to take advantage of a quieter class. see our time table .
We now have adults class on Wednesday from 7-8 after the new juniors class 6-7. From Wednesday 5th November we will also be starting a weapons class from 8-8.30. It will be teaching nun chaku and bo staff and will cost £2.50 per session or £8 if added to membership fees
October - Instructors
If you would like to know more about Jamie and his team of martial arts instructors, or just want to know who's who take a look at the Instructor profiles , we'll be adding more photo's as we get them.
August - Thanks to Sponsors
Jamie woodlands Black belt academy would like to extend a big thank you to Mike and Leon Cole of M.A Cole builders, its sponsors for the 2008 demonstration season. Their contribution was put towards kitting out the 22 person demo team with a special demonstration suit which the team wore at 12 summer fetes and open days throughout July and August.
August - New Class -Daniels Kickboxing circuits - pay as you go
Dan's Kickboxing circuits is a new martial arts pay as you go class. The class runs on Sunday afternoons 4 to 5.30pm. Are you up to the Challenge?
August - Instructor Holidays 18th - 26th August (inc)
We are closing the academy from Monday 18th August and returning on Wednesday 27th August for instructor holidays.
July - Little Ninja Champs!
Jamie Woodlands Black belt academy would like to congratulate the group of 40 little ninjas who successfully passed their belt test on Sunday 13th July. On the day children from the age of 4 up to 7 demonstrated a variety of exercises, stretches and techniques in front of a panel of black belt judges and their families watching to achieve the next level on their path to black belt. The children showed great confidence and determination to stand up in front of the large group of people and all performed outstandingly and thoroughly deserved to pass. Well done to all.
May - Black Belt Success in Coventry
On Saturday 24th May a group of 11 Black belt hopefuls from Jamie Woodlands Black Belt Academy made the journey to the Midlands to test for the coveted black belt. As the name of the club suggests the training students receive is intended to enable everyone to make this achievement one day.The group in question had all trained hard for many years in the quest to achieve what is seen by many as the height of martial arts excellence.
As a club which looks to train martial arts at the highest level, students are put through their paces in order to succeed. Each individual has their own reasons for training whether that is to lose weight and tone, to compete, to learn self defence skills or just for enjoyment and at the academy instructors’ work to make sure everyone achieves their goals along the way. When the time comes to take the black belt, every student will have improved themselves in all aspects of the martial arts and will be physically and mentally ready to take what is a gruelling and memorable test
To take the belt test all 10 of the students had to complete a separate fitness test which included a timed mile run followed by 100 push ups, sit ups and squat thrusts, then 10 rounds of kickboxing on the heavy bags. With world champion Mark Junday watching and pushing students all the way, no one can take it easy at this point.
Having passed this section the students return to demonstrate the techniques they have acquired over the previous years together with self defence skills, set routines, sparring, weapons, power testing and more physical testing over a 4 hour period.
Mr Junday and Mr Woodland say of the black belt test:
“Yes the test is physically quite tough but all students are tested as individuals in the sense that maybe an older student can’t kick quite as high as a junior but the improvement they make within themselves and the determination they show is what will be rewarded. In these times when many things can be achieved relatively easy with little or no hard work, our black belts serve as a true test of an individual’s determination, focus, perseverance and truly hard work.Well done to all who achieved this”
Having passed successfully the 10 students now take the number of successful black belt and higher Dan passes from the last 3 years to the 40 mark proving the standard of everyone who trains at the academy.
April - Weston-Super - Mare Open Kickboxing Championships
Sunday 27th April saw 26 martial artists from Jamie woodlands black belt academy travel to Weston super mare for the Somerset open kickboxing championships. For many students this was to be their first outing on the tournament scene. As predominantly a Taekwondo club that does also train in kickboxing, the tournament was always going to be a challenge for all involved with tough competition, different rules and a whole range of different clubs bringing a wide range of styles and skills to the arena.
The youngest of the juniors were up on the day in patterns divisions. Patterns are set movements that students perform to improve power, technique, accuracy and grace of movement. In this category students took the top three places with fantastic performances from Thomas Wiltshire (1st), Sol Thompson (2nd), and Cameron Glendinning (3rd).
In the adult section of patterns, students from the academy took the top two places with Daniel Woodland winning and Becky Lynch second.
After the forms the sparring divisions began. Sparring for the students is intended as the closest way of developing the self defence side of the art combined with speed, quick reactions, footwork and body movement. This side of the sport should be seen as a way of intelligently outwitting an opponent using superior technique and skill and not as the fighting side.
The medal haul continued in the sparring categories with wins coming in numerous sections that had been divided by weight or height and also skill level.
The academy’s medal tally went up to over 20 after sparring with wins for many of the academy’s students.
Jamie Woodland said of the overall outcome on the day “I am overwhelmed by the outstanding achievement of everyone who took part in the competition. What impressed me was both the amount of wins in all categories showing the high standard of everyone at the club but also the students who although didn’t come away with medals, showed true spirit and courage within their categories against strong opposition and made everyone very proud of them.
February
Junior grading took place on the 10th, and we had 80 students pass, well done to all who took part. The Training Camp finished off it's week with students winning medals on compition day.
And last but not least Jamie won the "Star Insrtuctor of 2007 Award". This was presented by our governing body the Martial Arts Union of Great Britain (MAUGB)(renamed to Black Belt Academies of Great Britain in 2008).
January - return
In our newly overhaulled academy, some little Ninjas are ready to move up to Junior class, and the Juniors are preparing for grading.
Xmas Closure
Last lesson of the year is on Saturday 22nd December. The first class back will be on Thursday January 3rd 2008. During this shut down we will be carrying out a much needed overhaul of the academy.
Xmas Presentation Night
Thank you for all of the support on the 17th. The night was again a good success. The raffle raised £175 which will be used to fund an event for the children at the club (all ideas welcomed). Well done to all those who received awards on the night. Thanks again to the people involved in the preparation before the evening.
Black belts
Well done again to the 8 members of the academy who all passed their black belt 1st Dan belt back in November. They were a credit to themselves and to our club.
Birthday parties
The martial arts birthday parties have been a huge hit this year and are already booking up fast for the New Year. If you would like to book for 2008 please speak to Jamie or Becky.
New Logo
We currently have a new design underway for our club clothing which includes embroidery. We are able to put this design to a larger range of products, so if there is anything you would be interested in please see Jamie for details.
Website
Our new website is up and running and will be updated with club events and news regularly. If you visit www.radstockmartialarts.com you will see more detailed news on the above along with a whole lot more.
7th & 8th December - No Class - Christmas Presentation Evening
As the Christmas presentation evening is a big event there will be no classes on Friday evening and Saturday morning.
November - New web site launched
Our new web site is launched.