Skills
What You Will Learn:
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Kicking - Building from a basic foundation up to advanced high-level kicks.
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Striking - With hands, elbows, arms and weapons.
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Break Falling - For body protection and self-defence.
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Stretching & Body conditioning - To increase range of motion, flexibility, and strength.
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Self Defense - techniques to used when being confronted by and attacker or when needed to get out of a situation as needed.
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Sparring - At all levels covering footwork, strategy with technique, and competitive points
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Increase - Your self-awareness and body conditioning.
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Develop - physical and mental coordination
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Weapons - weapons taught from the beginner to advanced levels. As appropriate!
Apologia Belt Promotion Order
1. White Belt (10th Gup)
2. Yellow Belt (9th Gup)
Yellow Belt / Stripe
3. Orange Belt (8th Gup)
Orange Belt / Stripe
4. Green Belt (7th Gup)
Green Belt / Stripe
5. Purple Belt (6th Gup)
Purple Belt / Stripe
6. Blue Belt II (5th Gup)
7. Blue Belt I / Stripe (4th Gup)
8. Brown Belt (3rd Gup)
Brown Belt / Stripe
9. Red Belt II (2nd Gup)
10. Red Belt I (1st Gup) (black stripe through the middle of belt)
11. 1st Dan Provisional Black Belt (less than 16 years of age)
12. 1st Dan Black Belt (16 years and older)
Sparring
Sparring is a cornerstone of any Martial Arts program.
At Apologia, Green Belts get the opportunity to earn their sparring gear.
We teach both Tournament Sparring and Street Survival.
Tournament Sparring
Tournament sparring is about control. It is the style of fighting used in competitions. As such there are rules involved that don’t exist in Street Survival which limits its real world application. This style of fighting is designed to enhance your reflexes, your mental skills and strategy, your speed and aim, and your stamina in a safer fighting environment.
As stated above, its main use is the teaching of control, by being made to follow the rules of the fight. You can have all the strength and ability in the world, but without control you risk losing the fight.
Self -Defense/Street Survival
Street Survival is about surviving. It is about teaching real world application of the Martial Arts so that you can be confident in you ability to defend yourself. This style of sparring goes hand in hand with our Self Defense curriculum.
It teaches you to think on your feet, and fight to survive. One of the most important things you will learn is situational awareness - being aware of your surroundings and how to be ready to defend yourself.