New Specialist Pugilism Club
The English Martial Arts Academy is proud to announce a brand new, specialist club focussing on Classical Pugilism and native English wrestling systems. The venue for this club is the brand new Hone Gym just off the A3 near Witley in Surrey. The club will open with a six week introductory course covering the basics of the system and building week on week. The first session will take place on Sunday 22nd January 2012 at 12.30. For more information or to book your place click here.
Merry Christmas!
Here's wishing you a Merry Christmas wherever you are from all of us in the English Martial Arts Academy. If you're in the area then why not join us for our club Christmas party on the 19th? We're replacing our normal training session with a club tournament open to all registered members of the EMAA of the rank of Scholar or above, and then going out for a meal afterwards.
Fight Like Figg - A One Day Event
In keeping with our theme for the year - The Milling Science - we are pleased to announce that our Chief Instructor, Martin "Oz" Austwick will be teaching at the one day event "Fight Like Figg" being organised by Hema Stuff.
The day will consist of three sessions from three different specialist instructors covering the many and varied skills possessed by James Figg, the Father of Boxing. These sessions will be Pugilism, Smallsword and Sabre/Backsword. Figg was expert in all three and this is your opportunity to train with three of the best instructors in the world. It will be held on the 29th May 2011 at Lightwater Leisure Centre in Surrey, a stones throw away from the M3 motorway.
If you are interested in coming along then please book your place (places are limited so don't leave it too long) at Hema Stuff and use the discount code "EMAA" during the checkout. This discount code will get you a reduction of £10 off the official cost of the day.
New Training Weapons
The English Martial Arts Academy is proud to be associated with the new line of training weapons soon to be released by The Knight Shop. The swords are part of the Rawlings range of synthetic bladed training swords with a custom designed closed hilt specifically for Backsword combat as it is practiced within the EMAA. The hilt is based on a mortuary style hilt and made from impact resistant sythetic material which will fit onto any of the single handed blades already on sale. The official relase date for these weapons is the end of April, To get yours first you can pre-order your sword from their online shop. In time of course we will be retailing these directly to our students.
Theme for 2011 Announced
This year, for the first time the English Martial Arts Academy will have a theme for training. This theme is not intended to replace the standard curriculum, simply to give us a specific focus on one aspect of what we do to allow us to study it in more depth. This year's theme will be "The Milling Science". For those of you who are not familiar with the term it describes the practice of pugilism more...
TRAINING IS BACK ON
The floor in the Arena at the Spectrum is now completely refurbished and so the training hall is open for business once again. As usual we are training in Arena A, courts 4 and 5 (behind the curtain at the end). After an enforced break like this I am sure you're all raring to go again and start working off that Christmas food. The first session of the year will be heavily weighted towards fitness with a significant slant towards this year's theme which will be announced on the night. We'll almost certainly do some sparring too (you can stop nagging now Boris...) See you at 7!
URGENT NEWS
For the first two weeks in January there will be no training at The Spectrum Leisure Centre in Guildford. This is due to (and I quote) urgent and essential floor maintenance. Anyone who has trained there will be more than aware this is not an exaggeration. I have as yet been unable to secure a different venue for training on Monday evenings however I would advise you to watch this space, it may not be too late. Please pass the word on to anyone who may not have seen this announcement.
Merry Christmas to Everyone!
Here's hoping you all have a wonderful Christmas. The EMAA will be having our annual Christmas bash on the 13th December, we'll be training the same as usual at The Spectrum Leisure Complex from 7pm until 8.30pm and then we'll be moving on to a local restaurant for a meal and a few festive drinks. If you want to come along then please do, you'll be more than welcome.
We're not going to stop training for the Christmas period, so if Santa brings you any pointy presents then bring them along and use them in training. It will be an informal session, mainly sparring. Hope to see you soon.