Black Belt Academy

A big well done to our students who travelled down to Ipswich yesterday to take part in the WTKA Great Britain selection process for 2026.
It was a very busy day with many other clubs from East Anglia in attendance.

The team were certainly put through their paces!

Whilst we wait for the official selection result, we want to say how proud of them we all are for getting this far and for their continued dedication and commitment towards their training.
As always, you were respectful, kind and courteous to all and we are so proud of you.

Good luck! 🤞🏼🇬🇧

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who has entered Future Champions 2 - we're delighted to be expecting record numbers for our inter club competition on Sunday! 🤩

The schedule will be emailed out towards the end of the week.

Thank you to our supporting clubs for helping to make this happen 🫶

Arena Karate Hadleigh, Arena Kick-Boxing - Colchester, Champions Martial Arts, East Coast Black Belt School, SESMA Martial Arts and Urban Combat Ipswich 💪

🕛 Registration closes at midnight tomorrow! ⌛

Don't miss out 😎

👉 https://www.blackbelt4sure.com/compregistration

❌ Registration for Future Champions 2 closes in 2 DAYS! ❌

We cannot accept entries after midnight on Monday.

Register here: https://www.blackbelt4sure.com/compregistration

⏳ Time is running out...

Don't miss out on our next inter club competition!

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There's much more to Kata than choreography

Kata was never meant to be the fight itself.

Once you begin viewing kata as a physical memory system rather than choreography, many things start to make more sense.

Full article link https://open.substack.com/pub/appliedmethods/p/why-kata-exists?r=7ksl64&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

We had a fantastic trip to Hinckley for the Midlands Open Competition yesterday.
We were low on numbers thanks to exam season, but Chloe, Roo and GMV came away with a haul of medals!

A special mention goes to Roo who was placed into a Kumite section with 7 other lads - all purple, brown and black belts. Roo didn’t fuss, he stepped onto the area with laser focus and executed the game plan he and GMV had discussed.
Roo made it to the final which finished as a draw, 8 points each and the winner would be decided by sudden death (first person to score wins). Sadly, Roo didn’t get the next score so took the silver medal - but what a performance and one that we are so proud of.

Well done, Roo 👏🏼🦘

Fantastic work team 🦅