I am moving into the Owlthorpe area of sheffield during December and would like to find a local martial arts club to train with.
I have done some Karate and a bit of kickboxing before.
can anybody suggest a good club

if you search this topic there are plenty of threads already on here....

Try Sonbae Taekwondo at Killamarsh, they do Taekwondo and Kickboxing :thumbsup:

I am moving into the Owlthorpe area of sheffield during December and would like to find a local martial arts club to train with.
I have done some Karate and a bit of kickboxing before.
can anybody suggest a good club

Try a professional academy. www.cpft.org
Freestyle Taekwondo and Korean Kickboxing. Fully qualified coaches and experienced martial art instructors.

I am moving into the Owlthorpe area of sheffield during December and would like to find a local martial arts club to train with.
I have done some Karate and a bit of kickboxing before.
can anybody suggest a good club

http://www.nortondojo.co.uk/
http://www.woodhousedojo.co.uk/

Both Goju Karate clubs

I am moving into the Owlthorpe area of sheffield during December and would like to find a local martial arts club to train with.
I have done some Karate and a bit of kickboxing before.
can anybody suggest a good club

Do you want somwhere local or are you willing to travel?

Please use the search facility.
It gets more like groundhog day everytime i log on.:suspect:

Dejavu!!!!

I have classes on Monday, wednesday and Thursday from 7pm check out the link for more details or pm me or email for more details.
Mark

Interesting.

I often see threads about Martial Arts and I think what experience the instructor has, his background etc....what car he drives etc....

my bro has a traditinal karate club in killamarsh. pm me if your interested

Hi Steve

I saw Sonbae Taekwondo mentioned above in the Sheffield Star, they had been in a competition for Wako Kickboxing, it sounded like a good club to me. I suppose it depends what kind of Martial Art you are interested in?

Hope this helps you.

Hi Steve

I saw Sonbae Taekwondo mentioned above in the Sheffield Star, they had been in a competition for Wako Kickboxing, it sounded like a good club to me. I suppose it depends what kind of Martial Art you are interested in?

Hope this helps you.

Im sure i reffed a few fighters from such a club at the same tournament, do they do Light Continuous fighting? Im pretty sure one of their girl fighters was a pretty flashy kicker.
Interesting indeed.
What is their website?

Hi Stevebannerm,

Living at owlthorpe the best place to go would be Master Js Kickboxing i am sure they also do tae kwan do as well, (check his web site you'll find it on a previous post).

Be carefull of clubs and instructors that haven't actually trained in a traditional martial art as you can't always be sure wher they got their qualifications, I have readon other MA forums that even some of the bigger Kickboxing Associations don't realy check out the instructors grades they just want members !

Good luck

Hi chefkicker

the website for Sonbae is sonbaetkd.co.nr And I've heard that they do light continuous and point stop.

superstar1 could you tell me what association masterj trains with, how many competitions his club has entered and what results his team got recently as I'm also considering which club to join.

which clubs is it you are talking about that don't have qualified instructors? I don't want to train under someone who isn't qualified.

Hi Stevebannerm,

Living at owlthorpe the best place to go would be Master Js Kickboxing i am sure they also do tae kwan do as well, (check his web site you'll find it on a previous post).

Be carefull of clubs and instructors that haven't actually trained in a traditional martial art as you can't always be sure wher they got their qualifications, I have readon other MA forums that even some of the bigger Kickboxing Associations don't realy check out the instructors grades they just want members !

Good luck

i wouldn't be any more careful of people who haven't trained in TMA than i would those who have...

i wouldn't be any more careful of people who haven't trained in TMA than i would those who have...

I agree - I know of a person who is a member of a big traditional group who, unbeknownst to the organisation, was claiming to be a 5th dan, and charging money accordingly, when he had only just got his brown belt.

Apparently he was severly told off when the organisation found out, but he's still a member.

Hi chefkicker

the website for Sonbae is sonbaetkd.co.nr And I've heard that they do light continuous and point stop.

superstar1 could you tell me what association masterj trains with, how many competitions his club has entered and what results his team got recently as I'm also considering which club to join.

which clubs is it you are talking about that don't have qualified instructors? I don't want to train under someone who isn't qualified.

Hmm , Me thinks that 'billbob' has forgotten he is a member of this club. Looking at the website, me also thinks that their fighters need some training in holding a guard up! But as the saying goes, every dog has his day.
Regarding the questions asked, I have had my academy running professionally now for nearly year (training out of sports centres, church halls and schools etc for the last 17 years) and so preparing my students carefully and training them upto a standard that I think they will be ready.
The instuctors at your club billbob, if indeed you remember its your club, know me well and still teach what I taught them.

Be carefull of clubs and instructors that haven't actually trained in a traditional martial art as you can't always be sure wher they got their qualifications,
How does training in a traditional martial art make someone more qualified to teach kickboxing? Personally I wouldn't want some "black belt" who's never been hit to be teaching me over a bloke who's never had a coloured belt in his life but has a respectable pro fight record...

How does training in a traditional martial art make someone more qualified to teach kickboxing? Personally I wouldn't want some "black belt" who's never been hit to be teaching me over a bloke who's never had a coloured belt in his life but has a respectable pro fight record...

Seems like Carcass understands kickboxing more than mr "superstar1" does.
Thats ok Carcass you are good for something :hihi:

Only joking mate , we love you really.

I agree - I know of a person who is a member of a big traditional group who, unbeknownst to the organisation, was claiming to be a 5th dan, and charging money accordingly, when he had only just got his brown belt.

Apparently he was severly told off when the organisation found out, but he's still a member.


Sounds extremely wierd! What martial art was it?

Hmm , Me thinks that 'billbob' has forgotten he is a member of this club. Looking at the website, me also thinks that their fighters need some training in holding a guard up! But as the saying goes, every dog has his day.
Regarding the questions asked, I have had my academy running professionally now for nearly year (training out of sports centres, church halls and schools etc for the last 17 years) and so preparing my students carefully and training them upto a standard that I think they will be ready.
The instuctors at your club billbob, if indeed you remember its your club, know me well and still teach what I taught them.

I have to say that I didn't really feel that this post answered any of my questions, I'm sorry Masterj but I won't be joining your club as you seem to have labelled me without even knowing me.

As stated on my previous message I heard about their club through the Sheffield Star which posted an article on them, I have been to see them training and they seem to be doing a good job so I think I shall be joining Sonbae. But thanks for replying to my earlier message.

I'm sorry Masterj but I won't be joining your club
That's alright pal, I'm sure that he's crying great big hot tears of inconsolable lament right now.

That's alright pal, I'm sure that he's crying great big hot tears of inconsolable lament right now.

I am totally gutted! Anyone know a good psycologist?

I am moving into the Owlthorpe area of sheffield during December and would like to find a local martial arts club to train with.
I have done some Karate and a bit of kickboxing before.
can anybody suggest a good club

Try Hillsborough Leisure centre they do Karate & Judo

Sounds extremely wierd! What martial art was it?

Shotokan! It was a long long time ago but the guy is still training with the same organisation (with an appropriatte grade now) - not in Sheffield but the surrounding area so I won't use his name. BUT I was quite discusted when I heard it.

I have to say that I didn't really feel that this post answered any of my questions, I'm sorry Masterj but I won't be joining your club as you seem to have labelled me without even knowing me.

As stated on my previous message I heard about their club through the Sheffield Star which posted an article on them, I have been to see them training and they seem to be doing a good job so I think I shall be joining Sonbae. But thanks for replying to my earlier message.

The AFK cornerman Andy LAcey does a bit with Sonbae TKD as they are near to his house. Andy says that Ade and Jamie who teach there are really nice guys and good instructors.
If Big Andy says that then id take his word for it. He is a credible martial artist and Former world class full contact fighter.

Im going to be meeting the Sonbae TKD instructor tonight. Ive heard lots of nice things about him from friends.
Looking forward to it.