A lot of people confuse martial arts and self defence, and lots of clubs claim to be teaching self defence, when in fact they are just teaching people to kick and punch. Although there is some crossover, there is a lot more to learning self defence than just being able to kick and punch. Self…
Martial Arts are one of the largest sporting and recreational activities practiced in the World. As such, we have a duty of care to ensure our Instructors at Impact martial arts have the training and understanding in areas of work such as safeguarding, risk management and much more, this is due to the amount of…
Joining the cobra martial arts association was probably the best thing we ever did as a club, its a real association that provides everything that could be needed to support a martial arts club (without the interference). The head of the CMAA, Andrew Morrell is such an experienced and knowledgeable guy and is only ever…
Some of the team at Impact martial arts planned a trip out to Thailand to experience the ancient art of Muay Thai first hand. Muay Thai, or Thai boxing, is a traditional full-contact combat sport and martial art from Thailand known as the “Art of Eight Limbs.” It utilizes punches, kicks, elbows, and knees, allowing…
What an opportunity to train with Mark “The Wizard” Weir, who is a now retired from professional fighting, but was a mixed martial artist and a pioneer of British combat sports. Born in Gloucester in 1967, he became the first Black athlete born in the United Kingdom to compete in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)….
