Martial Arts with Martin Robinson

Training in martial arts from the age of 12.
Trained in WuShu Kung Fu, Lu Gar Chu, Shaolin, Wing Chun, 1st Dan Wado Ryu karate. My ever-present passion for Martial Arts also took me to learn Capoeira in Salvador, Brazil. Martin Robinson is Self-Defence instructor for Team London. Started my own club Fusing Wado Ryu Karate with a variety of Kung Fu styles.

One-to-one training is available due to current pandemic. Click here if you want to learn how to defend yourself against an attacker?

Martial Arts will be introduced to new participant at an appropriate level, building skills of self-awareness, physicality, and self-esteem. Participants will gain knowledge and skills development will increase their enjoyment of martial arts.

I am self-defence instructor for Team London, started my own club “Wado-Ryu cross training” teaching Karate WADO-RYU mix with Kung Fu styles.

WuShu Kung Fu

Wushu is Chinese Kung Fu, is a hard and soft and complete martial art, as well as a full-contact sport. It was developed in 1949 and Wushu has become an international sport. Competitive Wushu is composed of two disciplines: taolu (套路; forms) and sanda (散打; sparring). But it has other disciplines, like self-defence, breaking hard objects, and other related practices, that are not performed in competitions. Taolu involves martial art patterns, acrobatic movements and techniques for which competitors are judged and given points according to specific rules. The forms comprise basic movements (stances, kicks, punches, balances, jumps, sweeps, and throws) based on aggregate categories of traditional Chinese martial art styles and can be changed for competitions to highlight one's strengths.

Wing Chun

Kung Fo Wing Chun Kuen (traditional Chinese: 詠春拳), usually called Wing Chun (詠春), is a concept-based traditional Southern Chinese Kung fu (wushu) style and a form of self-defence, that requires quick arm movements and strong legs to defeat opponents. Softness (via relaxation) and performance of techniques in a relaxed manner is fundamental to Wing Chun. Per Ip Man, "Chi Sau in Wing Chun is to maintain one's feeling of opponent's movement by staying relaxed all the while keeping in the strength to fight back, much like the flexible nature of bamboo".

Karate Wado-ryu

Wado-ryu (和道流) is one of the four major karate styles and was founded by Hironori Otsuka (1892-1982). The style itself places emphasis on not just striking, but tai sabaki, joint locks and throws.

Capoeira

Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian martial art that combines elements of dance, acrobatics, and music. It was developed by enslaved Africans in Brazil at the beginning of the 16th century. It is known for its acrobatic and complex manoeuvres, often involving hands on the ground and inverted kicks. It emphasizes flowing movements rather than fixed stances; the ginga, a rocking step, is usually the focal point of the technique. The dance and music were incorporated in the system to disguise the fact that Brazilian fugitive slaves were practicing fighting techniques. After the abolition of slavery in Brazil, capoeira was declared illegal at the end of the 19th century. However, by the 1920s, authorities began to relax enforcement on its prohibition, and martial artists began to incorporate capoeira technique into their practices. By the 1970s, capoeira masters started traveling around the world, helping the art become internationally recognized and practiced. On 26 November 2014, capoeira was granted a special protected status as intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO.

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Do you thinking to improve your physical, mental, and spiritual development?

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Today, martial arts are more often used as a form of exercise. It is also taught as a method of self-defence and is used to improve confidence and self-esteem.

Some martial arts such as qigong and t'ai chi are used for disease prevention and healing purposes. Martial arts can also be used as spiritual practices to bring balance, peace, and wisdom to those who are dedicated practitioners.