North Star Martial Arts Mickleover

Due to an ultra last minute pull out we very much need an adult male for a light contact decision UKSA Kickboxing match.

This is the 17th pull out from this year’s event which is mind blowing.

Opponent:
23
Black belt in American rules kickboxing
Has had 2 matches at age 16 nothing since.

UKSA Kickboxing Rules:
✔️ Punches and kicks to the head, body and legs permitted.
✔️ Knees to body and legs only.
✔️ Catching of kicks and knees into strikes or sweeps without time limit are permitted.
✔️ Clinching, striking in the clinch and sweeping without time limit permitted.

3x2min rounds.

Equipment:
10oz boxing gloves
Gum shield
Head guard optional
Shin and insteps
Groin guard
Tshirt/rash guard/vest/Gi/no shirt
Shorts/Gi/compression pants

The match is on Saturday June 20th. 2 days. Ultra short notice but it is light contact and not full contact.

Please contact us immediately if you have someone willing to take that match.

Much appreciated.

It’s FOTM week! 😃

The hard training is done!

All technical work now for the last few days.

Put the right fuel in, get lots of rest and sharpen what you have.

I’m looking forward to seeing everyone from our NSMA community come together in support of one another.

There will be many great moments to share and many memories to make!

If anyone needs anything at all between now and Saturday please let me know and I’ll do my best to help you.

Onward and forward!

Nothing like getting that sweat in early!

4 of us in the home dojo today putting the work in for next weekend.

On Saturday we spoke as a club about the concept of conducting ourselves with honour in preparation for competition.

Many people I’ve found over the years focus solely on their own wants and needs especially regarding competitive endeavours.

I explained the reason we shake the coaches hands after the match is to say thank you.

Thank you for the opportunity to have match and for allowing me to learn more about myself. Thank you for training your student to give me this opportunity. Thank you for keeping them resolute when times were tough in training and in life and they may have wanted to give in. Thank you to my opponent who honoured me with their best efforts in training to bring out the best in me on the day. It is the reason I honour them with my best efforts so my opponent can have the same opportunity they have worked so hard to offer me.

Without the other person in the ring and their support network you cannot achieve anything competitively. You both need each other. You both honour and respect each other and both participants should be thankful of one another.

Too much focus is on wins and losses. Especially with amateurs.

Amateur wins and losses mean nothing by numbers. They are for gaining as much experience as possible.

If amateur matches are like GCSE’s in qualification then when you go to semi pro no one will care about what you achieved previously. The same applies for if semi pro are akin to A-Levels. Once you go pro like degree level nobody cares about the A-Levels anymore.

Pro wins and losses count because that’s your pay check. It’s how you pay your bills.

At amateur let’s focus on getting the reps in, gaining the experience, paying attention to the lessons to be learned and giving thanks along the way.

More mindfulness, happier journey.

Pre FOTM 26 Saturday morning Crew! 🙂🥊

These guys make coaching the best job in the world.

Every Saturday they give their all in every way. I could wish for no better as students.

Bless them all for being who they are and for what they give to make the youth groups what they are.

Sadly but also proudly many of these guys are now graduating to the adults class due to turning 16 which means we will have many new spaces open up on our Saturday morning 12-16yr old slot.

They are very big shoes to fill but we are confident there are people out there who are up to the task 🙂

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Fantastic sessions last night!

We had Lloyd Wesson from Burton Kyokushin down for training also.

He has a match coming under full contact SVT Knockdown B-Class rules next weekend against José on June 20th.

They worked TOGETHER all evening. Helping each other and supporting each other.

For me it was the best display of the spirit of martial arts.

Both greeted each other as training partners and friends. They shared techniques together and helped to bring out the best version of each other. Polite, humble, hardworking and thankful at the end.

I wish both of the martial artists the very best in their upcoming match. It will be a fantastic display of skill and fortitude without a doubt.

Adults kickboxing classes 🥊

All of our mixed adult classes are two hours in duration!

It gives our students time and space to develop more skills, better stamina and endurance and to cover all areas of their training in every session!

✔️ Bodyweight workouts
✔️ Flexibility and mobility
✔️ Body conditioning against strikes
✔️ Pad work
✔️ Sparring/technical drills
✔️ Sparring

Our Kickboxing style fuses the best of both the modern and traditional methods of training to give the practitioner a set of skills that are practical, reliable and confidently tested each and every week.

The current trend for many clubs is to hold 45min sessions.

In just one NSMA session you can more than double your training progress if you can only train once a week!

Contact us via email or text to book in today.

NSMA Shootboxing classes!

The Martial Arts Centre Long Eaton
Monday 8-9pm
Wednesday 11-12pm

Bramblebrook Community Centre
Friday 8-9pm

Come and learn striking, takedowns and submissions!

✔️ Beginners welcome
✔️ Classes suitable for all levels of ability
✔️ No equipment required to start
✔️ Grading syllabus available
✔️ Training for competition available
✔️ Members of the UK Shootboxing Association
✔️ First session is FREE
✔️ £5 PAYG

Email or text to book in

☎️ 07840233934
✉️ [email protected]

www.northstarmartialarts.co.uk

Derbyshire UK’s own combat sport!

SVT (Standing Vale Tudo) Knockdown is a combat sport that is inclusive of all martial arts styles!

It is a fusion of Japanese style Shootboxing and Kyokushin Karate techniques that is one of the most open rulesets available in competitive martial arts today.

If you would like to know more head to www.svtknockdown.co.uk

If you want to come and watch the matches live the next SVT Knockdown is on June 20th and if you would like to start training in this format contact us to get started.

Every Monday 8-9pm The Martial Arts Centre Long Eaton

121 sessions for Kickboxing & Shootboxing

Limited availability!!!

If you would like to learn martial arts in a private 121 setting in the Long Eaton or Derby areas contact us via text or email to book in.

It goes without saying I’m a massive martial arts fan. 😃😬

I love all styles, the philosophy, the practice, the study, the history. I’m very boring and a bit geeky with it!

Obviously it’s clear from what I teach what my preferred styles of practice are however there are some amazing styles of martial arts out there that just don’t get the air time or attention because they don’t have the big money marketing budget behind them.

And also because most people have no idea that anything other than MMA or rather UFC rules MMA could possibly teach anything of worth! 🤦‍♂️ Me personally I love the Japanese MMA rulesets. Pride FC was my all time Favourite.

I want to just share a couple of really awesome styles (aside from Shootboxing and Kyokushin 😉) to anyone who cares to check them out 🙂

Shidokan Karate- Practices Everything! It was such a tough, technical style and had many matches on ESPN before MMA became the thing. It was called the triathlon of martial arts. 3 rounds of bare knuckle karate. If nobody won then it went another 3 rounds this time under Japanese/Shido kickboxing rules and again if nobody won it would finally go to 3 rounds of MMA rules! Practitioners had to have all the skills and their levels of stamina and endurance were unmatched.

Zendokai Karate- Again it took Japanese MMA further by use of the Gi and also with head butts. Unlike kudo they didn’t have closed face head guards to protect those strikes. Practitioners had legitimate skills in every area of unarmed combat and were incredibly tough and skilled. From a technical standpoint Zendokai was light years ahead of its time and still produces high level practitioners today who go on to fight in Shootboxing, Shooto and other Japanese striking or MMA promotions. It has produced many champions.

Enshin Karate- An incredible style which was a natural progression from the Ashihara style of karate which made Sabaki movements its core focus. Enshin focused on the sabaki control positions and created a very strong, pragmatic system of fighting techniques. The uses of pivots and circular movements helped practitioners redirect an opponents attack resulting in sweeping and throwing techniques. It followed the classical Kyokushin knockdown formula of no punches to the head but allowing kicks and knees to the head but advanced on this by allowing fighters to hold onto the uniform and strike, sweep, trip and throw. Incredible techniques!

TSG (Tsu Shin Gen) Karate Japanese Mix Fight- Developed by the late Soke David Cook. He fused his Kyokushin learned from Mas Oyama, Ashihara karate and Shootfighting techniques learned from Erik Paulson into one complete syllabus. This style again is very much an MMA style of karate that practices all ranges of unarmed combat. Its training methods are very modern and its kata are not like any other kata found in other styles of karate. Any one from a modern striking style such as kickboxing or Muay Thai would be able to learn and practice them right away making them highly effective and accessible. There is no secret to them. They are straight forward, effective sparring combinations utilising all strikes, throws, takedowns ground control positions, striking on the ground and submissions from both a standing and grounded position.

If you haven’t heard of or seen these styles all of them are well worth checking out!

They feature all the same techniques featured in everyone’s beloved MMA but so much more also.

There are so many more styles to list of course but if you feel inclined, have a look. There is far more out there to learn than you may realise 🙂 👀