Four weeks. Everyone starts from zero.
A dedicated on-ramp for people who have never trained a martial art: two evening sessions a week for four weeks, from a fixed start date, in a small group where everyone in the room is as new as you are.
- Next beginners course
- Mon 5 Oct
- Sessions
- Two evenings a week
- Price
- £99 for the course
- First class
- Free, no card needed
Your first four weeks
- WK 1
Feet to floor
How to move, fall and stand up safely. The base layer of everything else.
- WK 2
The guard
What it is, why it matters, and your first sweep and submission from it.
- WK 3
Escapes and passing
Getting out of the worst spots calmly, then your first pressure pass and how to stop one.
- WK 4
Your first roll
Chaining positions at beginner pace, then supervised, controlled rounds with your course group, and where to go next.
An hour, in four parts
Warm-up you can follow
Joint-friendly and steady. Go at your own pace; there is no fitness test.
One technique, step by step
Broken down, demonstrated, and tied to where it fits in the bigger system.
Cooperative practice
You drill it with a partner who is as new as you are, with a coach checking in.
Rounds, from week four
Supervised and controlled, with your own course group, once the positions make sense.
Built for the first-timer
- You have never trained a martial art and want a start line, not a deep end.
- You would rather learn alongside people at exactly the same stage.
- You want to know what four weeks of training adds up to before you commit to a membership.
- Eight sessions: two a week for four weeks
- Gi loan included
- Small, same-stage group
- Try a free class first
Don’t want to wait for the start date?
You don’t have to. Complete beginners are welcome in every all-levels class, and your first one is free whenever you come. The course is there for anyone who wants the structure of starting with a group at the same stage. See this week’s timetable.
The next beginners course starts Monday 5 October
Spots are limited to keep the group small. Book a free first class and tell us you'd like a place on the course.