Tring Martial Arts Black Belt Academy will open to new students from Saturday 7th January 2012. Please call us about our new class schedules or click here for a sneek peek
25th October - Academy Progress
The Academy refurbishments are well under way, with the walls, ceiling and floor now down and the space is looking much clearer and larger than originally thought. The therapy / IDP meeting room is a very nice space too!
Sam Ingleton (15) delighted everyone today by sharing his birthday, and marvellous birthday cake with the Kickboxing class - all sing, "for he's a jolly good fellow, for he's...."
15th October 2011 - TMA Grade Assessment
Congratulations to all who took part in this month's grade assessment!
10th October 2011 - TMA smashes its highest ever attendance record
Well done to all those students who made so much use of their membership allowances and helped the club achieve 722 seperate attendances in one 4 week period, which beat our previous attendance record by 121!
29th September 2011 - Planning Permission Success
Chief Instructor Chris Allen and Instructor Paula Andrews along with many members of Tring Martial Arts celebrated the news that our new Academy site on the Akeman Street Business Park has been granted planning permission, "this has been a dream of mine for years", commented Chris, "we hope to open it in January 2012"!
17th September 2011 - KYU Grading
On Saturday 17th September 16 students took part in the KYU Grading Assessment, the pass mark was exceptionally high with many A and O level passes, regretfully 2 students were invited to re-take their assessments.
10th September 2011 - 100 Round Kumite
The annual 100 round Kumite sparring event took place on Saturday 10th September, the event lasted for about 3 hours. All students finished the event, so congratulations to Peter Micklewright, Marc Dancer, Katie Brown, Joshua Brown, Lucy Parker, Tony Blunt, Ben Reynolds, Peter Willmore, Jenni Cannon, Jamie Newman, Raj Paul, Alistair Eld, Chris Ledwith and Paula Andrews. These students will soon receive their 100 Round Kumite T-shirts.
5th September 2011 - Student of the Month Award - August
Congratulations to Raj Paul!
5th September 2011 - Tai Chi Demonstration
On Monday 5th September 2011, Christopher Allen performed a Tai Chi Demonstration and workshop for the Trefoil Guild in Chesham. The Trefoil Guild is a group of retired Girl Guide Leaders who do a lot of work for charity. The organisers were very pleased with the activity and hope to book Chris again for next year.
31st August 2011 - Cage Fitness now on 2 times per week
Due to the overwhelming success of Cage Fitness, we added another class tonight at 8:30pm. Cage Fitness has become so popular we are averaging 10-12 students per session. With our core crew of highly addicted students Cage Fitness is one of the best workouts available, but don't just take our word for it:-
Jackie Binning says, "Cage Fitness is fast, fun and I absolutely love it. I get a great sense of achievement after each workout, and it makes me feel motivated and charged in working towards the my fitness and martial art goals. The instruction is so simple and easy to understand, anyone can do it
Laura Hobson says, "Since attending cage fitness classes as well as the kick boxing sessions and maintaining a healthy diet I'm losing 3lbs a week on average.
Classes are now on Monday and Wednesday's at 8:30pm
29th August - Tring Sports Forum Taster Session
17th August 2011 - Student of the Month - Tammy Farrier
Congratulations to Tammy Farrier for achieving student of the month.
13th August 2011 - Grade Assessment
Congratulations to all the students who took part in this month's grade assessment. Now that we grade 1/3 of the club each month the assessment process is much more streamlined and we are very pleased we have made the change.
Special Congratulations to Victoria Frost (pictured) for achieving Brown 3rd Black Tag in Kickboxing. To check out all the photos from the event, see our Flickr Page by clicking here
1st August 2011 - Cage Fitness a Complete Success!!!
Monday 1st August 2011, saw the start of our new class, Cage Fitness - see our cage fitness page by clicking here - Cage fitness is a complete fitness system that is based on the structure of a championship mixed martial arts bout. What this means is that Cage Fitness will give you a total body workout over 5 – 5 minute rounds. The key elements that Cage Fitness focuses on are endurance, strength, power, and core.
15 students took part and many commented on it being the best workout they've ever had. Gary Carthew commented, "I have to say that was absolutely amazing, I can honestly say that was the hardest workout I’ve had for years. Just finished having a shower and feel amazing buzz".
Classes take place on Monday's at 8:45pm until 9:45pm - the class is open to members and non-members.
18th July 2011 - Congratulations Kickbox Kids
Congratulation to the Kickbox Kids for completing their recent Grade Assessments ably instructed by Paula Andrews and assisted by Annabelle Chester and Glenn Tanner (Assistant Instructors)
17th July 2011 - The TMA Girls complete the Race For Life in St. Albans
Congratulations to the Race for Life team sponsored by Tring Martial Arts - well done to you all!!
16th July - Grade Assessment Results
On Saturday 16th July 2011, TMA embarked on a new system of grading students which meant that 1/3rd of the student population is assessed every month. "We introduced the new style assessment to give our students a much better experience of grading. In the past we've had up to 60 or 70 students attempting to take their grades at the same assessment, and this proved very problematic for the examiners as we weren't able to record as much information on the Grade Assessment Sheets as we would have liked. In turn, students were limited to their space and when everyone was working at the same time it proved very difficult for them to show off their abilities due to the lack of space", commented Chief Examiner Chris Allen.
The new assessment saw just 22 students take part, which gave them much more room to move and allowed the examination panel to give much more feedback and thus help the students to improve quicker. "I think the new system has been a real success, and I would like to congratulate everyone who took and passed their grade assessment", said Chris.
9th July - Dave Kovar Instructor Boot Camp
On Saturday 9th July, Chris Allen and Paula Andrews took part in an instructor boot camp organised by Dave Kovar Satori Academy, from California. This ultra successful instructor is known as the "teacher of teachers" and his instructor training is a highly valued experience by all who have trained with him. Paula, who is employed by UK Martial Arts as Administration Manager and as a Professional Instructor was joined by the Chris Allen for the day of instruction. Paula commented after the course, "I really enjoyed the course and took alot of useful ideas from it".
"We shall be introducing these teaching methods to our own Instructor Programme over the next few months and I would like to thank Dave Kovar for an exceptionally motivating business management course on the preceding day", commented Chris.
30th June 2011 - Tring Krav Maga - Grade Assessment
25th June 2011 - Bo Staff Workshop
5 students took part in the Rokushaku Bo workshop which was taught by Glenn Tanner, Assistant Instructor at Tring Martial Arts. Well done to all who took part.
21st June 2011 - Tring Tai Chi
Another bumper turn out for Tring Tai Chi's latest course as led by Senior Instructor Joe Boake. The next course is due to start in September, we highly recommend you contact us to put your name on the waiting list for this very popular course
Please see our Tai Chi page
13th June 2011 - Congratulatons Bruno!!
Congratulation to Bruno Da Silva, who was nominated for Student of the month. Bruno's main style is Krav Maga which he started a few months ago with his brother. "Bruno works hard in every lesson, which is a credit to his determination and focus", commented Chris after he presented the award.
7th June 2011 - Costa Coffee Self Defence Seminar
On Tuesday evening, Chris Allen went to Costa Coffee in Tring to teach the staff simple, reality based self defence techniques. Chris, who visits Costa virtually every day for his coffee fix, wanted to help the staff understand how they could defend themselves after an invitiation from their manager. A full photoset of the event can be found on our Flickr site or through Facebook.
6th June 2011 - KYU Grade Presentations
On Monday 6th June, 48 students at Tring Martial Art's Kickboxing club received their promotions to their next grade, pictures are available to view via Flickr - click here to view
17th May 2011 - Black Belt Promotions
On Monday 17th May 2011, 3 students from Tring Martial Arts were officially promoted to the grade of 1st Dan Black Belt in Freestyle Kickboxing and 1 student to 1st Dan Black Belt in Kickbox Kids (Junior Black Belt). Pictured with Chris Allen, 3rd Dan Blackbelt is (from Left) - Martin Ritter (34), Stuart Miller (39), Mara Radisic (10), Peter Willmore (35) - Chris Allen, Chief Instructor.
"These promotions are well deserved, each student worked exceptionally hard and I hope their efforts will be a shining example to their fellow students and any new persons interested in joining our club", commented Chris Allen after the event.
To read more about our Black Belts, see our Black Belt Profile Page by clicking here
27th March 2011 - 4 students join the Black Belt roll of honour
On Sunday 27th March 2011, Peter Willmore, Stuart Miller, Martin Ritter and Mara Jade-Radisic successfully achieve black belts in the style of Freestyle Kickboxing and in Mara's case Kickbox Kids.
The examination panel consisted of existing TMA Blackbelt students Jenni Cannon and Annabelle Chester. Chief Instructor Christopher Allen, 3rd Degree Black Belt. Representative of the Guild of Independant Martial Artists included Master James Latus, 3rd Degree Black Belt, Master Mitch Simpson 3rd Degree Black Belt and Elaine Latus 1st Degree Black Belt.
Congratulations to all concerned, the presentation will be held in the next few weeks.
For more pictures see our facebook page -CLICK HERE
The Academy refurbishments are well under way, with the walls, ceiling and floor now down and the space is looking much clearer and larger than originally thought. The therapy / IDP meeting room is a very nice space too!
Sam Ingleton (15) delighted everyone today by sharing his birthday, and marvellous birthday cake with the Kickboxing class - all sing, "for he's a jolly good fellow, for he's...."
Congratulations to all who took part in this month's grade assessment!
Congratulations to Tammy Farrier for achieving student of the month.
Congratulations to all the students who took part in this month's grade assessment. Now that we grade 1/3 of the club each month the assessment process is much more streamlined and we are very pleased we have made the change.
On Saturday 9th July, Chris Allen and Paula Andrews took part in an instructor boot camp organised by Dave Kovar Satori Academy, from California. This ultra successful instructor is known as the "teacher of teachers" and his instructor training is a highly valued experience by all who have trained with him. Paula, who is employed by UK Martial Arts as Administration Manager and as a Professional Instructor was joined by the Chris Allen for the day of instruction. Paula commented after the course, "I really enjoyed the course and took alot of useful ideas from it".
Congratulation to Bruno Da Silva, who was nominated for Student of the month. Bruno's main style is Krav Maga which he started a few months ago with his brother. "Bruno works hard in every lesson, which is a credit to his determination and focus", commented Chris after he presented the award.
On Monday 17th May 2011, 3 students from Tring Martial Arts were officially promoted to the grade of 1st Dan Black Belt in Freestyle Kickboxing and 1 student to 1st Dan Black Belt in Kickbox Kids (Junior Black Belt). Pictured with Chris Allen, 3rd Dan Blackbelt is (from Left) - Martin Ritter (34), Stuart Miller (39), Mara Radisic (10), Peter Willmore (35) - Chris Allen, Chief Instructor.
On Sunday 27th March 2011, Peter Willmore, Stuart Miller, Martin Ritter and Mara Jade-Radisic successfully achieve black belts in the style of Freestyle Kickboxing and in Mara's case Kickbox Kids. 