AKA Karate Blackbelt Academy

Styles / Sports

Areas of Focus

Coordination

Coordination is one of the physical abilities of the human being and a basic quality for anyone who practices sports. It complements other abilities such as strength, endurance, flexibility, and speed, helping the body act together, move more efficiently, and improve our body position and balance in movement. Find other Coordination focused clubs in Hastings.

Grappling

Grappling is a hybrid sport that combines different styles, some modern and some more traditional, of wrestling and martial arts. This fighting method is based on grappling, strangulation, and dislocation techniques of the adversary’s extremities. Used in various martial arts (judo, wrestling, jiu-jitsu, etc.), it is also used very frequently in submission sports, where combat can be terminated without the need for blows. Find other Grappling focused clubs in Hastings.

Joint Locking

Joint locking is a grappling technique that involves manipulating an opponent’s joints in such a way that the joints reach their full range Joint locks generally involve isolating a particular joint, using leverage in an attempt to force the joint to move beyond its normal range of motion. Joint blocks cause varying degrees of joint pain and, if applied forcefully and/or suddenly, can cause injury, including damage to muscles, tendons, and ligaments, and even bone dislocation or fracture. Find other Joint Locking focused clubs in Hastings.

Knife Fighting

There are many martial arts that use knives. Although they can be dangerous, they also teach you how to defend yourself with a knife, as well as against knife attacks. Find other Knife Fighting focused clubs in Hastings.

Philosophy

Encompassing critical thinking, ethics and a rage of other intellectual disciplines; a philosophical focus attempts to improve the mind of a practitioner, not just the body. Find other Philosophy focused clubs in Hastings.

Self Defence

The merging of physical training and philosophical ideology, teaching that martial arts should not be used in unprovoked aggression. Instead, physical confrontation should only be used as a last resort. Find other Self Defence focused clubs in Hastings.

Stick Fighting

The practice of using both traditional wood-based weapons, and often improvised, nature-based weapons (small tree branches, reeds, etc). Find other Stick Fighting focused clubs in Hastings.

Striking

A general catch-all for punching, kicking and using elbows / knees to deliver a blow to an opponent. Find other Striking focused clubs in Hastings.

Weapons (Improvised)

Learning to effectively use every-day, innocuous objects, as weapons; and to identify things that might be to hand, that can be used when in a bind. Including (but not limited to) things like car keys, chop sticks, a fork, an ATM card, etc. Find other Weapons (Improvised) focused clubs in Hastings.

Weapons (Traditional)

Learning to use purpose-build / crafted weapons traditionally associated with combat. Often includes swords, staves, machetes and purpose-crafted knives. Find other Weapons (Traditional) focused clubs in Hastings.