Times:

Tuesday 7:15pm – 8:30pm
Saturday 9:15am – 10:15am

Although I believe that to be a complete martial artist one should undertake the whole CHEAH IMA curriculum and go through the grading system, I have formed a class for those who do not wish to obtain belts and go through the whole system.  I have taken all of the pragmatic fighting techniques that are included in CHEAH IMA open classes, and designed a pay as you come class where these very useful techniques will be taught from a sheer practical and fighting point of view.  In other words, its CHEAH’S answer to an MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) style class.  As I’ve touched on before, MMA has become somewhat of a formed style in itself, due to the style being formed around ring combat.  Not to discredit MMA, I think it is very pragmatic for MMA competitors, but anything based on a set of rules will come with it bad habits because a fighter learns to fight according to their set of rules.  For instance, I already gave an example on the dangers of going to ground due to external factors such as more than one attacker and so forth.  The further away the person is from you the better!  These classes with focus on an array of techniques within the 4 ranges of fighting and is a complete system for feeling safer on the street, including:

• Punching and kicking power
• Trapping and grappling, speed and effectiveness
• Striking knees and pressure points
• Throws and take-downs
• Chokes, cranks and holds
• General street defense
• Defence against armed attackers, mainly gun and knife