Now

More than just another Martial Arts Club
In This Issue
February 2014
Martial Arts
Hello everyone, and welcome to the February edition of the HSP
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Welcome
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New club venue
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Charity Seminar
newsletter. It’s hard to believe we’re already into the second
month of the year ; where has the time gone?! There’s lots of exciting news of forthcoming activities and changes in this edition!
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Kit reminder
Read, share and enjoy! Have a great February!
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Students of the
month
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Kool Karate Kids!
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Senpai says
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Class timetable
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Dates for your diary
We’re very pleased to announce our new club venue
for March 2014! As you can see, it is fully fitted with
mats, equipment, toilets and changing areas as well as
a kitchen. It’s in a safe and secure building as there is
key-code entry, right next to the ample free parking!
We also hope to hold our annual seminar with world
class instructors here. We are keen for you to experience this fantastic new venue for yourself, so we have
included an offer for all students to have a free trial
class here. If you like it as we think you will, there are discounts for training more than once a
week, or you
are welcome to transfer from your current club to this one.
Welcome to our latest
members :
Aaron, Bailey, Billy, India,
Louis and Shelley! Please
say hi if you meet them,
and make them feel welcome as part of the HSP
family. We hope you enjoy
your training with us and
if you have any questions
or concerns, please don’t
hesitate to get in touch.
FREE OFFER!
CHECK OUT OUR NEW
KOOL KARATE KIDS
SECTION ON PAGE 3!
IT’S GOT FUN ACTIVITIES
1 EXTRA class...
In March for every s tudent
TEL: 07888660225
Expiration Date:
01/04/14
Designed and co-written by Charlotte Rand. Written and Edited by Ian Rand
& COMPETITIONS TO DO!
A reminder that students should remember to bring
some things with them to every class. All students
should bring their suit, belt and sparring gear (see below). Also, everyone needs to remember to bring their
own drink. From now on, if you forget, you will have
to go without or they will be available to buy from
Sensei Ian so make sure you keep some money in your
kit bag.
Please can all students remember to bring their sparThe charity seminar in aid of Filipino Typhoon victims
on the 12th of January 2014, Ian and 2 senior students, Rob and Frankie, travelled to
Leicester to take part in a charity martial arts seminar to raise money for the Filipino typhoon victims. The day started with an early meet up in a deserted ASDA car park (so not
the most glamorous place!) before hopping into Ian’s car to set off for a 3 hour journey.
When they eventually arrived in Leicester, Ian’s antiquated Sat Nav decided to take them on
a magical mystery tour, and clearly didn’t know where the dojo was, and soon found themselves using the group’s combined natural sense of direction (hence they got completely
lost!). After taking various wrong turnings, they pulled up at a bus stop to ask for directions.
As Ian and Rob tried to memorize the complicated route, Frankie suddenly exclaimed “Look
to your right!” and to everyone’s surprise, a car had stopped next to them, and inside was Al
Peasland and Mick Tully, waving.
ring equipment (relevant to their grade) to every lesson, otherwise you will be paired with people who
have the same amount of equipment with them, meaning sparring with lower graded students. Orange belts
should have a gum shield and gloves; red belts should
have a gum shield, gloves and shin guards, and finally,
yellow belts should bring all the equipment that’s stated above plus their head guard. Note to parents, please
ensure gum shields are fitted to your child beforehand.
If you do not have the equipment relevant for your
grade for any reason please speak to Sensei Ian or
Senpai Charlotte. You may find it useful to keep everything you need to bring to class in a kit bag which we
can supply. Again, please speak to Sensei Ian for more
details.
After finally arriving, they were treated to tuition by some of the very best instructors in
their chosen arts, namely Neil Simkin (Brazilian Jui Jitsu expert), Jon ‘Two-Sticks’ (Kali
Escrima stick and knife expert) and our good friends and Instructors who come to us for our
annual seminar, Al Peasland and Mick Tully (Self Protection, JKD and Mixed Martial Arts
experts).
After everyone had greeted each other, The day started with Neil Simkin teaching BJJ
ground fighting skills for dealing with an opponent on their back progressing from side
mount to full mount position, before finishing with an arm bar. These techniques were
taught to him by his own world class instructor, Braulio Estima. Following this, John ‘TwoSticks’ (the seminars host) taught his section consisting of drills for defending against stick
and knife attacks. Finally, a long awaited session with our own instructors, Al and Mick,
started and as always, we weren’t disappointed by this master class on world class boxing
skills, with there usual mix of wit and wisdom.
A great day was had by all, many useful new techniques were learnt, and new friends were
made. We would like to thank all the instructors for a great days training, especially John
’Two-Sticks’ for welcoming us to his lovely dojo, and were very pleased to be a part of this
fundraising effort which raised an impressive £380 on the day, for such a worthy cause. Not
a bad days work, well done to everyone and thanks to Rob and Frankie for their support.
Sparring equipment needed
Congratulations
to our latest
students of the
month:
Cranbourne- Salimatou Diallo
Rooksdown– Grace Woodward
Chalk Ridge– Leon Dougal
Well done to you all! Keep up
the good work!
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Hi everyone! Welcome to the first edition of Senpai Says—an article where you get tips and
tricks from me, Senpai Charlotte! We’ll have a little section for this in the newsletter, but in
the junior clubs I help out at we’ll devote a small section of the lesson to my latest topic.
This month I am going to help you improve your flexibility, so you can make your kicks higher and stronger. In the evening classes I will help you out with any queries or concerns and
we can work on the techniques. It’s very simple, and if you do it often (every day you will
make faster progress, but if you don’t have time for that the least you can do is once a week
so you don’t lose the skills) you will soon be able to accomplish your target—eg. Kicking
higher, harder, better etc. or being able to do the splits. These are all things flexibility helps
with and is a great skill for sports and life. Here are some ideas:
MAKE SURE YOU WARM UP WELL BEFORE YOU START!
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Standing stretch: Try and open your legs as far as they’ll go (like your going into the
splits) until you can’t sink any lower. Stay there for about 20-30 seconds, before coming
out, shaking off and trying again. Repeat as many times as you like.
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Sitting stretch: have your soles of your feet touching so your knees are facing outwards.
Bring your feet as close to your body as possible, before lightly pushing your knees down
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Kneeling stretch: Kneel up with your knees as far apart as they can comfortably go, and
walk your hands out in front of you. Put all your wait on your hands, and very gently and
slowly rock backwards and forwards.
DO NOT CARRY ON IF YOU FEEL ANY PAIN!
Day
Class type
Times
Location
Additional Info
Monday
Junior Beginners Karate
18:30 - 19:30
Senior Martial Arts
(11+)
19:30 - 20:30
Cranbourne Business
and Enterprise College
Relocating to Moniton
Estate from march +
NEW4:15-5:15pm class
for 5-8 yr olds
Tuesday
Senior Martial arts (11+) 19:30 - 20:30
all abilities
Popley Spotlight Centre Relocating to Monday
nights at Moniton
Estate
Wednesday
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Thursday
Junior Karate (5-11
years)
18:30 - 19:30
Rooksdown
Community Centre
All grades and abilities
classes
Chalk Ridge Primary
School
Only available to Chalk
Ridge students
19:30 - 20:30
Senior Martial Arts
(11+)
Friday
Chalk Ridge afterschool 15:00 - 16:00
club
Contact us at:
No. 07888660225
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Mon 14th April, next grading to be held at Moniton Estate
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Fri 27th-Sun 29th of June. Iain Abernethy (BCKA Senior Instructor)
Bunkai Bash. This is advanced notice; about a family friendly weekend
camping course that Ian will be going to with his wife Julie and Senpai
Charlotte and would make a great club outing for anyone who wishes to
join us. The venue is still to be confirmed, and will either be in the Cotswolds or Wiltshire. Please speak to Ian to register your interest in this.
Email:
[email protected]
Website:
www.hampshireselfprotection.com
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Club closures
Mon 4th of August to Fri 8th August inclusive
Fri 19th of December 2014 to Fri 2nd of January 2015 inclusive.
(Remaining week of instructors annual leave is still to be advised).
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