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10/09/2026

🤔 It's Thoughtful Thursday! 💭

🤔 Do we train to be fast, or do we train to be smooth?

There is a famous maxim: "Slow is smooth, and smooth is fast." In our hurry to become "dangerous," we often rush, but speed without smoothness is usually just "hurrying."

🥋 The Traditional Perspective: We seek economy of motion. We train slowly to ensure the body moves in harmony. If a movement is "je**ed," energy is leaked. Smoothness leads to effortless, natural speed.

🥊 The Combat Sports Perspective: Smoothness is efficiency. A "fast" punch that is telegraphed is easy to avoid. A "smooth" punch from a relaxed shoulder is almost invisible and saves vital energy.

🛡️ The Self-Protection Perspective: Under an adrenaline dump, fine motor skills suffer. If we only practise "fast," we become clumsy. Smoothness is the insurance that ensures technique works when we are terrified.

🎯 Training Idea: Half-Speed Sparring Try a round at exactly 50% speed. Focus entirely on the transitions between moves. If you have to "snap" a move to make it work, you aren't being smooth. Aim for a continuous flow.

🫵 What do you think? Do you find it difficult to slow down during training? Why do we feel the urge to "hurry" when learning?

Let us know in the comments! 👇

🤜🫷 Evolutionary Martial Arts ☯️
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09/09/2026

Martial arts is for everyone, and that includes YOU. 🫵

🥋 TRADITIONAL MARTIAL ARTS 🥋
Be empowered to craft an intentional and fulfilling way of life through traditional martial arts practices. Don't just survive. Thrive.

👊 SELF-PROTECTION 👊
Real methods that work against real violence: pressure-tested, efficient and effective self-protection with no nonsense.

🥊 SPORTS APPLICATION FOR FIGHTERS 🥊
Take your game to the next level with a truly holistic approach: diverse and effective skillsets combine with powerful research-driven training methods to elevate your performance.

Come and join our small, friendly and welcoming group of people striving to become our best versions of ourselves through the transformative power of martial arts. 🙏

🚪 The door is open. Will you walk through it?

09/09/2026

📖 It's time for Wednesday Wisdom! 🙏

🗣️ "The strongest of all warriors are these two — Time and Patience."
• Leo Tolstoy

What we know is only worth anything if it influences what we do. We must embody words of wisdom, not just read them.

🥋 In training:
We resist the "fast-track" mentality. We understand that a black belt is simply a white belt who stayed patient over time. We trust the process of daily practice, knowing that the compound interest of training will eventually yield massive results.

👊 In combat:
We use time to our advantage. We don't panic if a solution isn't immediate. By staying patient and maintaining our defence, we wait for the attacker to tire or for an opening to appear, winning through composure.

🌱 In Life:
We play the "long game." We don't get discouraged by slow progress. We understand that most meaningful things in life—be it healing, learning, or building a business—require the "warrior" virtues of sticking it out and being patient.

❔ Did this resonate with you? What wisdom do you have to share? Let us know in the comments! 👇

🤜🫷 Evolutionary Martial Arts ☯️
🌐 All our info is at https://evolutionarymartialarts.co.uk/
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08/09/2026

⚙️ It's Technical Tuesday! 📈

Tactical Getup

The Tactical Getup is arguably the most important "safety" skill in our curriculum. It is the essential method for standing up from the floor while maintaining a defensive barrier between us and a potential threat.

⚙️ Technique Tip: The Three-Point Base
The most useful mechanical focus for a stable Tactical Getup is the three-point base: We place one hand on the floor behind us, the opposite foot flat on the floor, and keep the other hand high as a guard. By engaging the core and triceps, we lift our hips off the floor. The secret to success comes from the swing-through; the leg that was extended must swing back behind the supporting hand. This ensures that we stand up in a balanced, ready stance rather than leaning forward into the threat.

♟️ Strategy: The Safe Exit
The strategy behind the Tactical Getup is to ensure we never stand up into an attack. Tactically, it allows us to keep our eyes on the threat and our lead hand ready to deflect strikes while we regain our feet. In any self-protection scenario, if we find ourselves on the ground, the Tactical Getup is our primary vehicle for returning to a position where we can escape or continue the fight from a mobile base.

🏠 Training At Home
This is a fantastic drill to practise on any floor space. Focus on the smoothness of the transition—moving from your back to a seated position, then into the three-point base, and finally standing up. A secondary mechanical focus to work on is "scanning"; as you rise to your feet, practise looking 360 degrees around you. This trains the habit of maintaining situational awareness and ensures you’re not surprised by a second attacker as you regain your footing.

❔ What are your best tips for this technique? Let us know in the comments! 👇

🤜🫷 Evolutionary Martial Arts ☯️
🌐 All our info is at https://evolutionarymartialarts.co.uk/
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07/09/2026

🧠 It's Mindset Monday! 💭

🗣️ "You cannot fail if you do not quit."
• Unknown

In the martial arts, we often conflate a bad session, a lost sparring round, or a delayed grading with "failure". However, these are merely setbacks—temporary pauses in our progression. In a discipline that requires years to master, the only terminal failure is the decision to stop training entirely. As long as we remain on the mats, the story of our success is still being written.
Every time we show up, we are winning. It does not matter if we are the least skilled person in the room or if we are struggling to remember a sequence; the act of persistence ensures that growth is inevitable. If we remove the option of quitting from our minds, success becomes a mathematical certainty of time and effort.

Actionable Mindset Tips:

🌄 The "Just Show Up" Philosophy:
On days when you feel like your training is stagnant, make your only goal to attend the session. Showing up is 90% of the victory over failure.

🌄 Remove the 'End Date':
Stop looking at your training as a "six-month course" and start seeing it as a lifestyle. When there is no finish line, there is no pressure to "succeed" quickly.

🌄 Reframe Mistakes:
When you "fail" at a technique, say to yourself: "That was a lesson, not a loss." As long as you apply that lesson in the next rep, you haven't failed.

❔ How will you bring this idea into your training mindset? What gets you motivated when it's training time? Let us know in the comments! 👇

🤜🫷 Evolutionary Martial Arts ☯️
🌐 All our info is at https://evolutionarymartialarts.co.uk/
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06/09/2026

☯️ It's time for Sunday Synergy! 🔗

🧘 The Strength of Vulnerability 🧘

On Sundays, we reflect on how it all comes together: martial arts is a powerful transformational force that acts on every aspect of our lives. It doesn't just change what we do—it changes who we are.

It takes a great deal of strength to admit when we are outmatched or when we don't understand a concept. In martial arts, we learn that tapping out or asking for help isn't a sign of weakness; it is the prerequisite for growth. This honest vulnerability is a superpower in our personal lives.

☯️ Deepening Personal Bonds:
When we are brave enough to be vulnerable with our partners and friends, we create the space for true intimacy and trust. We stop pretending to be invincible and start being real, which is far more magnetic.

☯️ A Culture of Psychological Safety:
In our professional lives, being the first to say "I don't know" or "I made a mistake" encourages others to do the same. This leads to a much more honest, innovative, and healthy work environment.

☯️ The End of Defensive Living:
When we accept our own vulnerabilities, we no longer need to spend energy defending our image. This frees up an enormous amount of mental resources for creativity, learning, and joy.

🎯 Actionable Idea for Training:
If there is a technique you have always faked your way through, today is the day to be vulnerable. Ask your instructor or a peer to explain it to you from scratch. Notice how much faster you improve once you stop pretending to know the answer.

❔ How does martial arts influence the way you live your life? Let us know in the comments! 👇

🤜🫷 Evolutionary Martial Arts ☯️
🌐 All our info is at https://evolutionarymartialarts.co.uk/
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05/09/2026

🥵 It’s Sweaty Saturday! 😅

💚💪 Wall Slides 🏋️🤸

Wall slides are a simple but effective corrective exercise for improving shoulder blade (scapular) health and posture. In martial arts, we often spend a lot of time in rounded postures—keeping our chin down and our shoulders forward to protect ourselves. Over time, this can lead to stiff shoulders and a hunch. Wall slides help us retrain the muscles of the upper back to pull our shoulders into a healthier, more mobile position.

Tips for effective training:

🥵 Keep Contact Points:
Our heels, hips, upper back, and the back of our head should stay in contact with the wall at all times. This ensures we’re not cheating by arching our lower back to get our arms up.

🥵 Backs of the Hands on the Wall:
As we slide our arms up into a "Y" position, we should try to keep our elbows and the backs of our hands touching the wall. If they lift off, we should stop and slide back down—that is the limit of our current range.

🥵 Crush the Ribs Down:
We should keep our core engaged to ensure our ribcage doesn't flare out. This keeps the movement focused on the thoracic spine and the shoulder girdle.

❔ What are your best tips for training for cardiometabolic fitness, strength and conditioning, or mobility and flexibility? Let us know in the comments! 👇

🤜🫷 Evolutionary Martial Arts ☯️
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04/09/2026

🧩 It's time for Friday Fundamentals! 🌱

🧩 Blocking

While evasion and parrying are preferred, sometimes we must use a "hard" defence. Blocking is the use of a strong, skeletal structure to halt or absorb an incoming force. A good block is not just a shield; it is a wall backed by the ground. We must ensure our blocks are well-aligned so the impact doesn't collapse our own guard into our face.

A block should feel like hitting a brick wall for the opponent.

The principle is simple but vital:

🧩 Skeletal Support: Brace the blocking limb with the rest of the body, using joint stacking to handle the load.

🧩 Meeting the Attack: Sometimes we jam the attack early to prevent it from reaching full velocity and power.

🧩 Immediate Transition: A block should never be the end of the movement; it is merely a stop-gap before our own response.

We don't block to wait; we block to create a momentary pause in the opponent's momentum. 👊

❔ What are your favourite and most essential fundamentals in your practice? Let us know in the comments! 👇

🤜🫷 Evolutionary Martial Arts ☯️
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03/09/2026

🤔 It's Thoughtful Thursday! 💭

🤔 What is the most valuable advice a senior student or instructor ever gave us?

Sometimes a single sentence from an experienced practitioner provides the "click" that makes a difficult concept finally make sense.

🥋 The Traditional Perspective: Advice often focuses on patience. A senior might say "sink deeper" or "relax the shoulders." We eventually realise these aren't just physical tips, but keys to internal power.

🥊 The Combat Sports Perspective: Seniors teach us mindset. They remind us to "stop chasing the knockout" and breathe through the storm. They help us transition from being a "try-hard" to a technical practitioner.

🛡️ The Self-Protection Perspective: The most vital advice is often about intuition. Hearing "if it feels wrong, it is wrong" gives us permission to trust our gut over our social conditioning.

🎯 Training Idea: The Advice Audit Recall one specific tip you were given in the past. Spend the entire class trying to apply just that one piece of advice to every drill. One "pearl of wisdom" can improve your entire game.

🫵 What about you? What is the one piece of advice that changed the way you train? Who gave it to you?

Let us know in the comments! 👇

🤜🫷 Evolutionary Martial Arts ☯️
🌐 https://evolutionarymartialarts.co.uk/
☯️ Google: https://g.co/kgs/udtqfV8
🌳 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/EvolutionaryMartialArts

02/09/2026

Martial arts is for everyone, and that includes YOU. 🫵

🥋 TRADITIONAL MARTIAL ARTS 🥋
Be empowered to craft an intentional and fulfilling way of life through traditional martial arts practices. Don't just survive. Thrive.

👊 SELF-PROTECTION 👊
Real methods that work against real violence: pressure-tested, efficient and effective self-protection with no nonsense.

🥊 SPORTS APPLICATION FOR FIGHTERS 🥊
Take your game to the next level with a truly holistic approach: diverse and effective skillsets combine with powerful research-driven training methods to elevate your performance.

Come and join our small, friendly and welcoming group of people striving to become our best versions of ourselves through the transformative power of martial arts. 🙏

🚪 The door is open. Will you walk through it?

🤜🫷 Evolutionary Martial Arts ☯️

🌐 https://evolutionarymartialarts.co.uk/

📌 Milton St. Philip and St. James Church, Stoke-on-Trent, ST2 7AJ
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📅 Every Wednesday, 18:00-19:30

🙏 Beginners, black belts and everyone in between are always welcome to join us. No booking required.

🪙 PAYG, monthly and annual pricing options.

☯️ All the info is at https://evolutionarymartialarts.co.uk/

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