Every student whether a beginner or experienced
is very important to us within True North Warrior Arts, because we truly believe that we
are all equal in status and what ever our grade, we all have something to contribute to
Martial Arts, but perhaps even more importantly to each other.
All the True North Warrior Arts instructors and assistant instructors teach to a very high
standard and have your best interests at heart so even when training gets tough, please
try to complete your exercises to the best of your abilities as your instructor probably
has a good reason to ask you to perform them. If you have a problem with any exercise
or with any aspect of training, you should never be worried about approaching your
instructor or asking questions as this is how we all progress in our development in and
outside of class. One of the most important things to remember when training is that
everyone regardless of grade or experience, all started as a beginner and had to “learn”
and “practice” to be able achieve things, so making a mistake is part of learning, in fact
often the more mistakes you make and put right, the more you will improve.
Many people take up Martial Arts to learn Self-Defence or just to keep fit, but
once you have started, you realise that it is about “Self” improvement and development,
so when you are training, try not compare your abilities to that of the other students.
Gauge your progress by your own improvements, no matter how small, and don’t be
jealous of other peoples abilities, although you can emulate others techniques, in order
to inspire yourself, in that way you will grow and develop your skills.
Martial Arts has many aspects, so you will be able to find parts, which
you enjoy, or excel at. You are now part of the Evolution Martial Arts “family”, where
all the instructors and students are taught to respect each other; our aim is for you to
develop both physically and mentally but most of all for you to enjoy your training,
even when training gets physically demanding. We hope that at the end of each class
you feel satisfied to have worked your mind and body to higher limits or to have
learned something new.