Sunday Sparring

πŸ’₯ Sunday sparring is on this week for Cadets and Adults

πŸ’₯ Starts 2.30pm - 3.30pm - make sure you have your gum sheild as a bare minimum please

πŸ’₯It's been great to see so many of you attending our sparring sessions on Wednesdays and Sundays, keep up the hard work guys

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Neil Williamson
Grading Dates - students training twice a week +

πŸ’₯ Grading dates for Cadets and Adults training twice a week or more for the next period

πŸ’₯ If you missed the Graduation in December you will be asked to attend the next Graduation Grading on April 1st to catch up. You'll be messaged to confirm attendance and time nearer the date.

πŸ’₯ Please note - all dates are provisional and subject to change

Neil Williamson
Grading dates -students training once a week

πŸ’₯ Grading dates for Cadets and Adults training once a week for the next period

πŸ’₯ If you train once a week and missed the Graduation in December you will be asked to attend the next Graduation Grading on April 1st to catch up. You'll be messaged to confirm attendance and time nearer the date.

πŸ’₯ Please note - all dates are provisional and subject to change

Neil Williamson
More new ninja grades!

πŸ’₯ Huge well done to more of our Ninja students today for achieving the required techniques and disciplines to progress to their new grades!

πŸ’₯Issac and Reuben both awarded their first belt in their martial arts journey with us - well done guys! Keep it up!

πŸ’₯ Daya and Charlie have been training with us for a while now and both progressed to their purple belts! They are both showing massive improvements, not just in their striking but also in the necessary pad holding skills to progress through the syllabus! Both always work hard in every lesson and set a good example to the rest of the class

πŸ’₯Keep up all your hard work guys! πŸ‘ŠπŸΌπŸ‘ŠπŸΌπŸ‘ŠπŸΌ

Neil Williamson
New Ninja Belt!

πŸ’₯ Big congratulations to Leo for achieving his Ninja orange belt last night!

πŸ’₯Excellent work so far in your training mate and always putting in lots of effort to each lesson

πŸ’₯ Keep up the hard work πŸ‘ŠπŸΌπŸ‘ŠπŸΌπŸ‘ŠπŸΌ

Neil Williamson
Sparring sessions

πŸ’₯ Great sparring session last night adults - it was a grind through the rounds yesterday and everyone smashed it πŸ’ͺ🏻

πŸ’₯ We're sparring and working drills in lessons for the rest of this week and into next week too!

πŸ’₯ The next free sparring session for Cadets and Adults is this Sunday 2.30pm til 3.30pm. Bring your gum shields and all your equipment

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Neil Williamson
Great start to the year

πŸ’₯ It's been a great start to the year guys and so good to see so many of you back on the mats after the Christmas break

πŸ’₯ Well done to the Cadets and Adults who came to the sparring session this afternoon - special well done to those students who doubled up and did the sessions back to back πŸ’ͺ🏻

πŸ’₯The next free sparring session is this Wednesday 8.30pm -.9.30pm after the Ladies Class.

πŸ’₯We'll keep you posted on whether we're putting another one on Sunday in lessons and on our FB, insta and website

πŸ’₯ Awesome work guys, looking forward to seeing you all for more this week!

Neil Williamson
Sunday Sparring

πŸ’₯ We're getting straight back into it guys and kicking off the new year with a new day and time for our weekly sparring class

πŸ’₯ This is for Cadet and Adult students and will be on Sundays 2.30pm - 3.30pm instead of the Saturdays at the moment - starting tomorrow!

πŸ’₯Make sure you've got your gum shield if you're attending as a bare minimum and bring along all of your equipment

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Neil Williamson
Back open tomorow

πŸ’₯ Get yourselves back in tomorrow and on the mats ready for a good workout to start the new year!

πŸ’₯ Cadets 6pm - 7pm and Adults 7.15pm - 8.15pm

πŸ’₯ We're looking forward to seeing you all after the Christmas break!

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Neil Williamson
Open mat session

πŸ’₯Open mat session this Thursday 29th guys

πŸ’₯From 1pm til 3pm for Cadet and Adult students - come down and hit the bags, use the weights or just get some cardio in before we're back to lessons next Tuesday

πŸ’₯ This won't be a lesson, just an open session to come in and workout

πŸ’₯ Let us know if you're coming in πŸ‘ŠπŸΌπŸ‘ŠπŸΌπŸ‘ŠπŸΌ

Neil Williamson
End of year 2022

πŸ’₯ That's a wrap for lessons for 2022 guys! Thanks to you all for your continued support throughout the year as always

πŸ’₯ We may pop a session on at some point next week so it's not too much of a shock coming in after the Christmas break so keep your eyes on our social media and website for an update. If not we'll see you on the 3rd of January!

πŸ’₯Have a good one guys!

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Neil Williamson
Student of the year

πŸ’₯ WBBA STUDENT OF THE YEAR WINNERS 2022 πŸ’₯

πŸ’₯ Every year we award one student in each programme the honour of 'Student of the Year'. This in recognition of their effort, hard work and dedication to their martial arts along with their conduct both on and off the mats and how they represent the Academy.

πŸ’₯We are very proud to present these awards this year to the following students -

πŸ† Ninja student of the year - Samuel Balmforth

πŸ† Cadet student of the year - Sebastian Bajsicki

πŸ† Adult student of the year - Emija Bobrova

πŸ’₯ Congratulations on these awards to all three students and we're all looking forward to seeing you progress further in 2023!

Neil Williamson
Christmas closing

πŸ’₯ We're open as normal upto and including the 22nd December guys and then reopen on Tuesday 3rd January

πŸ’₯If we don't see you til the new year have a lovely Christmas and we'll see you for some hard work in January!

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Neil Williamson
Kids party tomorrow!

πŸŽ„ It's our kids Christmas Party tomorrow! πŸŽ„

πŸŽ„ 6pm til 8pm - make sure you let us know you're coming! πŸŽ„

πŸŽ„No charge for the party, just come down and have some fun!πŸŽ„

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Neil Williamson
Congratulations

πŸ’₯ Congratulations to all our Cadet and Adult students who came in and graded yesterday!

πŸ’₯ We graded 94 students over four separate gradings starting at 9.30am all the way through to 4.30pm

πŸ’₯ We saw some great technique and effort across the days guys with 8 Cadet students earning a merit for their grading

πŸ’₯ Big steps for Kayan in the Cadets moving to Brown Belt with a great grading!

πŸ’₯Huge congratulations to Kim & Jason in the Adults moving to Brown Stripe! You guys gruelled it out for three and a half hours to achieve your next step to your Black Belt - now the hard work really starts

πŸ’₯ Great to see so many of you for the last Grading of the year and we'll be catching everyone else up in the new year

πŸ’₯ We've got the kids Christmas party on Wednesday and we're open all the way through to the 22nd πŸ‘ŠπŸΌπŸ‘ŠπŸΌπŸ‘ŠπŸΌ

Neil Williamson
Graduation Grading

πŸ’₯ All students eligible to grade in December have now been messaged to confirm their time slot

πŸ’₯ Please make sure you respond to the message to confirm attendance so we can make sure we have your belt and certificate ready on the day

πŸ’₯ Ensure on the day you have your full uniform, belt and equipment and you are on time. There are four gradings across the day guys so please make sure you stick to your time slot

πŸ’₯Any queries please ask at reception

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Neil Williamson
Kids Christmas party

πŸŽ„πŸŽ WBBA'S KIDS CHRISTMAS PARTY!πŸŽπŸŽ„

πŸŽ„ This year's party will be Wednesday 14th December 6pm - 8pm

πŸŽ„If your kids are coming please pop their name on the list at reception and let us know any dietary requirements

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Neil Williamson
Saturday Sparring Session

Sparring is on this Saturday 1.15pm - 2.30pm for Cadet and Adult Students

There will be at least one more session before the Graduation Grading in December but if you know you have rounds to do for your next belt please make sure you attend

Please make sure you have a gum guard as a bare minimum

Neil Williamson
New junior Dan grades

πŸ’₯ After four hours of kickboxing syllabus grading, escrima stick demonstration and rounds of sparring we are very proud to add Bernie, Idris, Abi & Jacob to our Junior Dan Grade roll of honour!

πŸ’₯ These four students have all shown the effort, mindset and resilience it takes - not just on the day but over the many years they have been training with us - to get to this point and achieve this next big milestone in their martial arts journey

πŸ’₯ You are all such talented martial artists and we are so looking forward to seeing the next steps in your journey - whether it's joining our coaching programme along side your training or just continuing on with training to get your Adult Black Belt, we're very proud of your achievements so far and you should be too!

πŸ’₯ Congratulations guys, see you on the mats in your new belts this week!

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Neil Williamson