Kashiwa Dojo

Areas of Focus

Balance

Considered one of the most important perceptual-motor abilities, balance allows you to have more body control while doing sports. With balancing, you will gain coordination, stability, and improve ease of movement. Find other Balance focused clubs in London.

Flexibility

Flexibility exercises also called range-of-motion exercises or simply stretching, keep your muscles supple and your joints free to move. Flexibility exercises should give a feeling of “comfort tension”. Find other Flexibility focused clubs in London.

General Fitness

General fitness is the development of physical qualities through exercise, with the aim of improving the general psycho-physical state, cardiovascular exercises, toning, balance, coordination, stretching, relaxation, etc. are performed. It is a complete training of the body based on exercises that combine muscular and aerobic work. Find other General Fitness focused clubs in London.

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 London.

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 London.

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 London.

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 London.

Sword Fighting

The use of longer, metal, bladed weapons, including (but not limited to) swords, machete, pikes, etc. Find other Sword Fighting focused clubs in London.

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 London.

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 London.

Styles / Sports