25/09/2026
๐ฅ ๐ง๐๐๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ผ. โค๏ธ
Lisa and I recently had the privilege of spending a full day at ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น, delivering martial-arts-based life skills workshops to their pupils.
And then this feedback landed in our inboxโฆ
What a message to receive. ๐ฅน
The school spoke about seeing their children develop confidence, self-discipline, respect, resilience and personal safety, but one part particularly meant a lot to us:
โ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐บ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ณ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ๐๐ฒ๐น๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐.โ
That is exactly what we are trying to achieve.
Yes, we teach martial arts. ๐ฅ
But the punches, blocks and physical skills are simply the vehicle.
What we're really trying to teach young people is how to believe in themselves, make good decisions, show respect, develop resilience, recognise danger, stay safe and have the confidence to become the best version of themselves.
And hearing directly from the children made the day even more worthwhile.
One Year 5 pupil told the school they felt โ๐บ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐บ๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐โ, while a Year 4 pupil said they โ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ณ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐โ when out with friends.
That's impact. โค๏ธ
A massive THANK YOU to ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ฒ๐น ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ and the entire team at ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ for welcoming Lisa and me into your school, and to every pupil who listened, participated, asked questions, had a go and brought so much energy to the day.
And here's something important for other schools, youth organisations and community groupsโฆ
We delivered the entire day ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ.
We genuinely want to get these messages in front of as many young people as possible.
So if you're a teacher, headteacher, school governor, Scout/Guide leader, youth worker or simply a parent who thinks your child's school or organisation could benefit, please get in touch.
Even betterโtag someone below who you think we should speak to. ๐
One introduction could help us reach hundreds more children with skills and messages that may stay with them for life.
๐ฅ Cobra Life Family Martial Arts Black Belt Academy
๐ 01244 630050
๐ง [email protected]
๐๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ณ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐, ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ณ๐๐น ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ โ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ. โค๏ธ๐
