Held annaully in February, it is a week where anyone in the university can come and try any of the martial arts the university has to offer for FREE. No memberships are required. Just rock up and give it a go!
The University of Nottingham has a good choice of martial arts:
- JKD
- Wing Chun kung Fu
- Judo
- Jiu jitsu
- Taekwondo
- Thai Boxing
- Boxing
- Karate
- Aikido
- Capoeiro
- BJJ
- MMA
I have in the past also tried BJJ. But ever eager to try new things, I went along to a few sessions to find out what they were about.
Wing Chun, Karate and Thai Boxing were my top three to try. Wing Chun Kung Fu was great!! Lots of movement, it is a martial art that really gets your movements flowing. Punching and blocking punches were the tastes of the session. I felt as a 1 hour introduction it was really great and the atmosphere was buzzing.
Karate was a full taster session. Lots of form drills and learning to punch in a manner similar to Wing Chun. A bit of basic sparing was taught. I also learnt that karate does do some ground work, which got me quite excited. Wasn't aware of that!! Again a really fun bunch of people.
Thai boxing turned out to the most popular of the taster sesssions! The room was so packed that accidently knocking people was inevitable! Three or four people to one set of pads. The atmosphere was serisouly electric. Rumour has it they have mental fitness sessions!
All the session were fun, welcoming and interesting. I firmly believe their is a martial art for everyone.
To end the week, all martial arts were invited to go and play laser tag!! Brilliant!! What better way to spend the weekend and shows what a fabulous social atmosphere our clubs all have.
On a judo note, this weekend was also the paris grandslam in Judo, which i got to watch plenty of. Nice to see team GB bring home two bronze medals!! Nice one guys!
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