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So What’s This Tang Soo Do Thing All About? (Self-Defence)
The next part of our training that I want to cover is Hol Sin Sool (self-defence). It may seem slightly odd to refer to one part of our...
North Manchester FMAC
Jan 29, 2023
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So What’s This Tang Soo Do Thing All About? (Free Sparring)
This is often the part that adult students fear & child students want to start on week 2. Free Sparring (Ja Yu Dae Ryun) can be seen as...
North Manchester FMAC
Jan 25, 2023
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So What’s This Tang Soo Do Thing All About? (Two & Three Step Sparring)
In this next instalment, we’ll look at Ee Soo Sik Dae Ryun (two step sparring) & Sam Soo Sik Dae Ryun (three step sparring). As we said...
North Manchester FMAC
Jan 22, 2023
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So What’s This Tang Soo Do Thing All About? (One Step Sparring)
Whilst we will occasionally cover this in our Intermediate Leadership Classes, Il Soo Sik Dae Ryun (One Step Sparring) is covered within...
North Manchester FMAC
Jan 18, 2023
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So What’s This Tang Soo Do Thing All About? (Hyungs)
Following on from Basic Techniques, Hyungs (also known as ‘Forms’) seems to me like the logical progression. In the very simplest sense,...
North Manchester FMAC
Jan 15, 2023
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So What’s This Tang Soo Do Thing All About? (Basic Techniques)
In this post, I want to explain the purpose of basic techniques in Tang Soo Do. What do I mean by ‘basic techniques’? The term ‘basic...
North Manchester FMAC
Jan 11, 2023
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So What’s This Tang Soo Do Thing All About? (Intro)
This blog is the first in a series of posts covering some of the elements we talk about in class & that are taught as part of our...
North Manchester FMAC
Jan 8, 2023
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Confidence & Self-Respect - Two Mental Benefits of Martial Arts
There are a large range of mental benefits of martial arts, but I want to hone in on just two in this blog. Many people see martial arts...
North Manchester FMAC
Oct 26, 2022
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What?!? You have a Referral Scheme?
Heard about our 'referral scheme'? We do often mention it in class, but we know that people often forget about it & the message can...
North Manchester FMAC
Sep 4, 2022
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How to pick a Martial Arts club
Starting a new martial art is a commitment. You are investing your time & money and putting your body under some stress. It is therefore...
North Manchester FMAC
Aug 21, 2022
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Great reasons to start martial arts
Most people at some point in their lives have thought about doing some form of Martial Arts - I often speak to parents about how they...
North Manchester FMAC
Aug 3, 2022
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Four benefits of Martial Arts for children that you may not be aware of
Martial Arts have many, MANY benefits but here are some that are often overlooked or not promoted well: They suffer less stress When I...
North Manchester FMAC
Jul 24, 2022
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One hand up or two hands up?
This blog is a bit of a follow up to one a few weeks ago about how to increase your training time for FREE. All this week, we have been...
North Manchester FMAC
Jul 23, 2022
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Nine benefits of Martial Arts for children who think & learn differently
Every parent knows how important exercise is for every child (It’s also important for every parent too, but that’s a blog for another...
North Manchester FMAC
Jul 13, 2022
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Wanting more out of your Martial Arts - have you ever thought of helping others with their training?
Hopefully I have met a lot of you by now, having been around the Prestwich & Oldham Centres for the past few months, but for those of you...
North Manchester FMAC
Jun 29, 2022
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Six ways to improve your motivation for training
At some point during your training, you might hit a bump in the road - you might reach Black Belt and think there’s nowhere left to go;...
North Manchester FMAC
Jun 22, 2022
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Mum, Dad, I don't want to go to martial arts class today...
What should you do when your child says they don’t want to come to their martial arts class. I know how it feels as I have been there...
North Manchester FMAC
Jun 8, 2022
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Four ways to quickly boost your child’s confidence
As a parent of two fairly well adjusted young adults, I can wholeheartedly agree with these four easy ways to make sure your child has...
North Manchester FMAC
May 25, 2022
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Five things you should never do in your Martial Arts training
We have posted regularly about how martial arts is all about hard work, discipline & respect - you get out of it multiples of what you...
North Manchester FMAC
Apr 24, 2022
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10 Reasons why...
...adults & children should take up martial arts classes (together) There is a belief that traditional martial arts are mainly geared for...
North Manchester FMAC
Mar 30, 2022
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