Tiger Martial Arts

Can't wait for the summer fun to kick off!

Couple of shots from our Spring 2024 Taekwondo Championships 🏆

Day 1 done ✅ 2024 Taekwondo Championships - pictured: The Lightweight Girls competitors 🥇🥈🥉 more in our stories, and more to come!

Tomorrow we'll be spending the day filming and getting some good competition footage of our Junior & Senior competitors, should be a wild one! 🥋

With IWD today & mother's day just round the corner, shout out to the strong women in our lives that have made this all possible. Though I don't like drawing attention to myself as I feel TMA is about the students, the parents, and the team that makes us, I'm reminded about how this organisation would not have even got off the ground without the support of the women in my life.

My mother, who took me back in when I needed to reduce my expenses to start TMA, but also, as a TA, supported me in classes & still supports our instructors. As a single mother, she put my needs first when I was young, and supported me by paying for & taking me to my martial arts training, even when I wasn't sure she could afford it - which is the reason we feel the moral duty to keep prices this low.

Kat always has been a crucial asset in the team, able to put the needs of customers first, support instructors & myself, whilst being an excellent single mother. She doesn't like drawing attention either so apologies, but her support and level-headed attitude in the face of challenges is one of the reasons we are here.

My sis, a talented graphic designer that created everything beautiful that you ses, from our logo, to hand-illustrated letters, photography, and even built our website from scratch.

We've had some incredible, talented and patient female martial artists and instructors join our ranks, who inspire those that want to be like them. We are fortunate to have a pretty even split of male to female students - 60/40; by pure chance our instructor composition also happens to be just that - 60/40. In a review, we found that wages happened to roughly equal across genders - by chance.

My wife, a high-flying accountant in her own right, we've been fortunate to have steering us in the right direction and giving us insight. A mention in this post is probably more attention than she would like!

Lastly, but most certainly not least, the mothers of the children we teach. You may have your reasons behind supporting your child in martial arts - like my mother did. Whatever your reason, thank you for your support - we couldn't do this without you.

- Instructor Nick

Tiger Martial Arts Belt Display - photo credit Macintosh fam 🧡

Loving getting back into the flow of this academic year. Bring on the belts!

We did something wild. We started a charity - it's called Tiger DASH, which stands for Domestically Abused Single-parent Households, and these are the families we support.

For the next week, TMA socials will be run by Tiger DASH, bringing you details about the launch, why we're doing it, and what we're doing to fundraise (5 days and counting!).

The aim is to provide funding for extracurricular activities for children from low-income, single-parent households who may have experienced domestic abuse.

Follow on Instagram for even more details on fundraising efforts and link in bio on how to donate.

Before & After 🥋

Super proud of all of our black belts' performance in their recent gradings & pre-gradings. Though all of those that were awarded black belts performed well, this particular student stood out.

When the room was asked for volunteers for 2 on 1 sparring (yes, you read that right) with two quite tall chaps, Darcy was the first to volunteer. Such bravery! She held her own. It was a sight to see.

Courage and Indomitable Spirit on display this black belt grading, all that took part, regardless of the result, should be super proud of themselves. It's not easy putting yourself out there when you're not certain whether you will succeed or fail, but the willingness to do so is the biggest part of the battle.

This student has always taken part with a smile, has had her fair share of obstacles along the way, though persevered, and hard work paid off.

Kudos!

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