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Region 4 Tournament – Get signed up!
Calling all students. Our very first region 4 mini tournament is getting close. We would love to see lots our students represent Rothwell at this event. This tournament is a great introduction to competition and an invaluable experience to students that have never thought about competing before. Students can compete in theRead More >>
Student Of The Month – February
Student of the month is awarded for a variety of reasons. Today we awarded student of the month to a boy who has shown a huge amount of personal improvment in terms of concentration and behaviour. When Jacob first joined us he sturggled to concentrate and focus on what was being asked of him. WhilstRead More >>
Weapon Workshop – 23-02-2020
We had a fantastic day today as we attended our first weapons workshop of the year. Rothwell had a great turn out totalling 12 students and instructors learning the history and proper use of traditional Okinawa weaponry. Amongst the weapons Rothwell students and instructors chose to learn about and use correctly were Aido, Jo-staff, NunchakuRead More >>
Ninja-tastic!
I am so seriously proud of the effort of all our mini ninja’s this evening. So much focus, excellent behaviour and hard work. Our class began with a fun assault course warm up followed by a quick stretch off. The ninja’s then focused and performed some superb kata before taking a very quick break. WhenRead More >>
Now that’s commitment!
Kudos to the commitment of our ladies who turned up to train tonight on Valentines night. You all worked hard as always and most of you got your first introduction to traditional martial arts weapons. There was some real potential shown with both Nunchaku and Jo-staff so well done for giving them a go.Read More >>
Nunchaku Fun!
We have spent a little less time focusing on kata this week in our junior and adult classes, as we wanted to spend a little time introducing our juniors and high grades to Nunchaku in a safe and controlled way. We took the decision during the Christmas break that we wanted to to occasionally beRead More >>
