EHMAA

📱 SWAP SCREEN TIME FOR MAT TIME 🥊

If your child spends most of their free time indoors, gaming, watching videos or scrolling, you’re definitely not alone.

But children also need something a screen can’t give them…

👊 Real friendships
💪 Real confidence
🔥 Real challenges
🥊 Real skills
🤝 A team they feel part of

At EHMAA, our Kids Kickboxing classes give young people a positive place to train, learn and grow.

They’ll develop confidence, discipline, fitness, focus and resilience, while learning how to work with others, challenge themselves and become more confident both on and off the mats.

No experience? Absolutely fine. Everyone has to start somewhere.

Instead of another evening in front of a screen, give them something they can genuinely look forward to each week.

👉 Swap screen time for TEAM TIME.
📩 Message EHMAA today to enquire about a trial class and available spaces.

🥋 THE EHMAA WAY
👊 ONE TEAM. ONE STANDARD.

For teenagers, confidence doesn’t always come naturally, it’s something that can be built.

At EHMAA, we give young people a place to challenge themselves, learn new skills and become part of a team where effort, discipline and respect matter.

Every session gives them the chance to:

🥊 Improve their fitness
💪 Build physical and mental strength
🧠 Develop focus and self-discipline
🔥 Learn to keep going when things get tough
👊 Grow in confidence
🤝 Train alongside positive, like-minded people

For some teenagers, martial arts can also give them a much-needed boost when dealing with school pressures, low confidence or bullying.

It’s not about teaching them to fight.

It’s about helping them carry themselves differently.

To stand a little taller.
To believe in themselves more.
To know they can handle challenges.
And to feel part of something.

While so much of teenage life now happens behind a screen, EHMAA gives them something real to work towards every single week.

Skills. Progress. Friendships. Confidence.

Things that can stay with them long after the session finishes.

🥊 Cadets & Adults — Ages 12+
📩 We currently have limited spaces available. Message us to find out more.

🥋 THE EHMAA WAY
👊 ONE TEAM. ONE STANDARD.

TEAM – QUICK COACHA CHECK-IN 📲

As you’re all aware, when joining EHMAA you signed up through our Coacha portal.

With the school holidays almost over and everyone getting back into their normal routines, I’d like all parents and members to please take a few minutes to log in and check that all of your information is still correct and up to date.

Please check things such as:

* Contact numbers
* Email addresses
* Home address
* Emergency / next of kin details
* Medical conditions
* Allergies
* Injuries
* Any learning needs or additional information that may help us support you or your child properly in class

If anything has changed, please update it on Coacha as soon as possible.

And getting into your portal is now really easy.

Simply visit www.ehmaa.co.uk, open the menu and click Coacha Portal.

That’s it. ✅

No more trying to remember different website addresses, searching through old messages or trying to find the right page, everything can now be accessed directly through our own EHMAA website.

Having the correct information available is really important for us as coaches and helps us keep everyone safe, supported and properly looked after while training at EHMAA.

Thank you, team 👊

🥋 THE EHMAA WAY
👊 ONE TEAM. ONE STANDARD.

www.ehmaa.co.uk

EHMAA, Emil Herzberg Martial Arts Academy, Kickboxing, The Aquarius, Hednesford, WS12 1BT. Join EHMAA KICKBOXING, Hednesford for expert training in a supportive environment! Build strength, confidence, and skill through classes for all ages and experience levels. Start your journey with us!

Back to school doesn’t just mean new shoes, new teachers and new routines.

For some children, it can also mean nerves.

Worrying about fitting in.
Trying to find their place.
Feeling pressure from friends.
Dealing with comments that knock their confidence.
Or, unfortunately, facing bullying.

And sometimes, they won’t come home and tell you exactly what’s going on.

You may just notice the little things.

They’re quieter than normal.
They don’t want to go in.
Their confidence starts to dip.
They begin doubting themselves.
They seem anxious, withdrawn or just “not themselves.”

Bullying can affect a child in ways that aren’t always immediately obvious.

That’s why we believe martial arts can make such a difference.

At EHMAA, we’re not simply teaching children how to punch and kick.

We’re teaching them how to carry themselves.

🥋 To stand with confidence.
👊 To stay calm under pressure.
💪 To become physically and mentally stronger.
🧠 To make good decisions when situations become difficult.
🤝 To respect themselves and the people around them.
🔥 To keep going when something feels challenging.

We also teach something extremely important:

Being able to defend yourself does not mean looking for a fight.

It means having the confidence to use your voice.
Knowing when to walk away.
Knowing when to speak to a trusted adult.
Understanding boundaries.
And having the skills and composure to protect yourself if you genuinely need to.

Martial arts won’t magically make bullying disappear.

But building a child’s confidence, resilience, awareness and self-belief can change the way they respond to difficult situations.

We want our students to become young people who don’t need to be the loudest person in the room to feel confident.

There’s a big difference between being aggressive and being assured.

Real confidence is walking into school with your head up.

It’s making eye contact.

It’s being comfortable being yourself.

It’s having the courage to speak up when something isn’t right.

It’s refusing to let somebody else decide your worth.

And it’s knowing that when life becomes difficult, you’re capable of dealing with it.

That confidence isn’t built overnight.

It’s built every week.

Every time they step onto the mats.
Every time they learn something new.
Every time they overcome something they once struggled with.
Every time their coach asks for a little bit more and they discover they’re capable of giving it.

That’s what we want martial arts to give our kids.

Not just better kickboxers.

Stronger, more confident, more resilient young people who know their worth, know how to handle pressure and know they never have to face bullying alone.

And as another school year gets underway, those skills might prove far more valuable outside the academy than they ever will inside it. ❤️

🥋 THE EHMAA WAY
👊 ONE TEAM. ONE STANDARD.

Proudly sponsored by…
Aftec Electrical Services Ltd
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🥋 INVESTING IN OUR COACHING TEAM

This week, our EHMAA Coaches and Assistant Coaches will all be receiving access to a range of new coaching courses and continued professional development.

For us, having people standing at the front of a class isn’t enough.

We want our coaching team to keep learning, developing and improving so that every member who walks through our doors receives the highest possible standard of coaching.

From safeguarding and working with children, through to coaching development, first aid and wider martial arts education, we’re continuing to invest in the people who help make EHMAA what it is.

As the academy grows, our standards have to grow with it.

This is another important step towards building a stronger coaching structure, developing our Assistant Coaches into the coaches of the future, and making EHMAA even more professional both on and off the mats.

👏 Big week ahead for the team, and plenty more development to come.

🥋 THE EHMAA WAY
👊 ONE TEAM. ONE STANDARD.

Proudly sponsored by:

Aftec Electrical Services Ltd
AA Fire & Security LTD

Some photos don’t need people in them to tell the story. 🥊

The gloves. The pads. The headguard. The mats.

They represent the work that happens when nobody is handing out medals, belts or praise.

Every session at EHMAA is another opportunity to sharpen your skills, build confidence, improve your fitness and become a little better than you were before.

But the equipment means nothing without the person willing to put it on.

So here’s the question…

When you step onto these mats, what are you training for? 👊
Fitness? Confidence? Competition? Progression? Or simply becoming the best version of yourself?

Whatever your reason, bring it with you every session.

Because progress doesn’t happen by accident.

It happens right here. On the mats. One round at a time.

🥋 THE EHMAA WAY
👊 ONE TEAM. ONE STANDARD.

🌒🥊 NOT YOUR AVERAGE KICKBOXING SESSION! 🥊🌒

Check out some of our EHMAA Kids taking a moment out of this evening’s session to check out the solar eclipse! 👀🌒

Training is important, but sometimes you’ve got to stop and experience something a little different together!

A pretty cool memory for the kids, kickboxing, teammates and an eclipse all in one evening! 😎🥋

Just another night with the EHMAA family! 💜

🥋 THE EHMAA WAY
👊 ONE TEAM. ONE STANDARD.

🔥 Fighter of the Week – GRAYSEN🔥

Big shout out for being awarded Fighter of the Week this week 👊
Outstanding effort in training, great attitude, and some brilliant skills on show tonight!

⏳ ONLY 2 DAYS UNTIL OUR KIDS RETURN! ⏳
⏳ 3 DAYS UNTIL CADETS & ADULTS! ⏳

A new week begins, and this is the week that EHMAA returns! 🔥🥊

We hope everyone has enjoyed the break, but now it is time to get back into the right routine.

✅ Plenty of water
✅ Full uniform ready
✅ Equipment packed
✅ Positive mindset switched on

The countdown is nearly complete!

🥋 THE EHMAA WAY
👊 ONE TEAM. ONE STANDARD.

⏳ 3 DAYS TO GO FOR OUR KIDS! ⏳
⏳ 4 DAYS FOR OUR CADETS & ADULTS! ⏳

The final weekend of the break is almost complete! 🥊

It is nearly time to swap the holiday clothes for the EHMAA uniform and get back to doing what we love.

Parents, please check that uniforms still fit and that all training equipment is packed and ready. No last-minute searches for missing gloves! 😄

We’re coming back refreshed, motivated and ready for a brilliant second half of the year!

🥋 THE EHMAA WAY
👊 ONE TEAM. ONE STANDARD.