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Oni – Blackpool Martial Arts

OniMartialArts _ Blackpool Martial Arts society

A Martial Artsgroup in Blackpool.

They are just outside Blackpool and train people in the martial art of weaponry.

Their website can be found at

http://www.onimartialarts.com
where you can find webpages on class times, class description and a contacts page.

I have found them to be a good martial arts group and they cater from children, all the way through to old people like me.
So if your interested in club that does martial arts in Blackpool, weaponry or Ju Jitsu this might be the club for you. Click on the Blackpool Martial Arts link above.

Group Info :

ONi Martial Arts is a group based in Blackpool but which will soon have a satellite club in Huddersfield. At present we teach Traditional Ju Jitsu and Traditional/Modern Weaponry.
Details with regards to the arts which we teach are held upon the ‘Classes ‘ page.
The instructors at the club will soon be profiled upon the ” page.
Our prices are contained in the ‘Prices ‘ page.
We are a competitive club and have previously competed all over the world with the WKA Team. Our chief instructor has trained with many of the current World Champions and even won triple World Champion at the age of 17. We are hoping to expand in the near future, and hope to have satellite clubs in Huddersfield. We are also hoping to incorporate a striking art into our repertoire. At present what this will be is a point of debate.
When the club reaches a threshold number of students we will be looking to purchase and run a full time dojo, so get yourselves down to our classes and try us out.
Should you wish to contact us, please visit the ‘Contact ‘ page.

10/06/10 – ONi Web Resources webresources Page now online containing all sorts. This will be updated regularly so keep checking back. I’ve added the last 5 Sword sequences too. Bo and Ju Jitsu Tutorials to follow…
23/05/10 – ONi will be hosting a further Course with Gary Savage on the 13th of June. The time will be 6-8. Upon the 20th of June Gradings will be taking place. Normal times apply.
22/06/10 – Well done to all the guys who graded in Blackpool on Sunday! Special congratulations go out to Will Potts who secured the only distinctions of the day in excellent Weaponry and Ju jitsu gradings. Congratulations also go out to Tom and Matt Roe who were elevated to senior grade Blue Belt in Ju Jitsu.

Chief Instructor : Gareth Stubbs
Gareth has been training for 21 years and holds Black Belts in several Martial Arts. He works in a job where he uses his skills on almost a daily basis and has plenty of real life stories to tell.
Gareth has competed upon the WKA British Team for 8 years and has won top three medals/rankings upon three separate occasions.He has been British Champion upon many occasions and an accomplished demo team member. At the age of 17 he was a Triple World Champion in Freestyle Kickboxing, Traditional Weaponry Kata, and musical Weaponry Kata. Since then he has won both Bronze and Silver medals but is still chasing that elusive gold.
Gareth teaches both Ju Jitsu and Weapons, and is an approachable sort of guy (even if I say so myself) who will bend over backwards for his students. He also has experience of working as stuntman upon several feature films and projects.
Grades:
3rd Dan – Freestyle Karate/Kickboxing
In addition to the above grades, Gareth has cross trained comprehensively, experiencing Tae Kwon Do, Wing Chun, Shotokan Karate, Wushu, MMA, Aikido, Iaido, Kenpo Ju Jitsu, Atemi Jutsu, BJJ, and Extreme Martial Arts. He holds various grades in most of these arts but has not pursued Dan Grades in them for various reasons.

About the Author

Interested in various sports including Martial Arts and basketball. Out on my bike most weekends and excersing as much as possible.

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