Shizendo Martial Arts Skye

25/10/2024

Last session of the year complete! Well done to Lisa for getting her yellow belt, to my private student, Dolly for getting her green, and to Lisa and John for learning Naihanchi in just 6 weeks! 🥋😎

Keep warm through winter, keep up the training if you can, send some videos my way and I'll give feedback where I can.

29/08/2024

A little solo pad drill to keep you busy while I'm away this week 🥋😎

29/08/2024

Excellent discussion with a very experienced practitioner, good observations on how traditional martial arts training differs from real world non consensual violence.

Another reminder, no class tonight, so you can listen to this podcast instead 😉

Episode · Internal Fighting Arts | Learn Real-World Martial Arts Insights from Top Instructors of Tai Chi - Xingyi - Bagua and Qiqong · Ken Gullette talks with Rory Miller, the author of an influential book, "Meditations on Violence." As a martial artist and a former corrections officer, Miller ha...

27/08/2024

Hi all, just a reminder that there'll be no club this week as I'm away in the outer Heb!
Feel free to send footage of solo training and I can give feedback though 👍🏼🥋

12/08/2024

Play is one of the best ways to learn!

01/08/2024

Well tonight to John for getting his yellow belt tonight, good solid performance of the syllabus so far ☺️

Used the remainder of the session to work different applications to the first 4 pairswork defences. Once of which was how not to be me in this situation below!

01/08/2024

How not to extrapolate kata into self defence scenarios, vintage edition. Great athleticism, awful understanding!

31/07/2024

First longer session coming up tomorrow at Skye Gym, we'll try to get through all red belt grading syllabus in the first half. Don't forget some water!

New starts of course welcome too ☺️

Had some good, painful fun moonlighting down at Skye MMA in Broadford last night!

30/07/2024

A bit silly and rather American but some useful simple explanations at the start of the video

26/07/2024

For the nerdier among you, here's a wee mockup of the people who've brought us to where we are now. Bit of martial arts history in graphic form!

25/07/2024

Excellent podcast recommended to me by John. Good talk about distancing, training for reality versus sport, the meaning of Uke, and deescalation Derren Brown style.

Listen to this episode from Internal Fighting Arts | Learn Real-World Martial Arts Insights from Top Instructors of Tai Chi - Xingyi - Bagua and Qiqong on Spotify. Ken Gullette talks with Dan Djurdjevic, an internal martial arts instructor who teaches in Perth, Australia. Dan is a student of Chen Yu...

25/07/2024

From next week classes will be Thursday nights only at Skye Gym from 19:15 to 21:00. It'll now be £10/session. Concessions available for students, disabled, and pensioners.