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Shire Yoga New Class
Shire Yoga has a new Iyengar class at 9.30-10.45 am on Wednsday mornings at the Shire Martial Arts Taekwondo facility at Taren Point
Sutherland Shire Kids Martial Arts Program
The Big Dolphins Sutherland Shire Kids Martial Arts Program Sutherland Shire Kids Martial Arts program at Caringbah Taekwondo is called ‘Big Dolphins’. The Big Dolphins program is best decribed as being a personal development program for kids who are aged between 7-10 years old and live in the Sutherland Shire in Sydney’s South. Shire Martial Arts was founded by Master Gary Simmons over 20 years ago and his Sutherland Shire kids Martial Arts program is one of the most successful programs that he has created for his Caringbah Taekwondo centre. This link leads to a video where Master Gary Simmons […]
Caringbah Taekwondo at Shire Martial Arts Mentoring
Caringbah Taekwondo Mentorship Caringbah Taekwondo at Shire Martial Arts has a unique system of mentoring our students. We call it our ‘Special Winning Attitude Team’ or SWAT program which is a part of our STORM employment program. It works like this… our Caringbah Taekwondo senior instructors mentor our junior instructors who then mentor our assistants who in turn mentor our students. The STORM program is for graduates of our SWAT (Special Winning Attitude Team) program which Shire Martial Arts runs every two years. There is a video that explains in more detail how the SWAT and STORM programs operate. The video […]
Shire Martial Arts: The ‘Good Old Days’
The Shire Martial Arts ‘Good Old Days’ Shire Martial Arts has been training boys, girls, men and women for over 20 years. It’s interesting to reflect on where we have come from and what we’ve achieved. In the last 2 decades we’ve: Coached students to win regional, state and national Poomsae and sparring competitions as well as enter the world championships of sparring. Instructed the Sydney 2000 Taekwondo Demonstration Team. Help design the systems for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Taekwondo event and then manage them during the 2000 Olympic Games. Manage the 2002 Youth Olympic festival. Help organise the Athens […]
Shire Martial Arts = Family Martial Arts
Family Martial Arts You’ve probably noticed that we tend to talk about ‘family Martial Arts’ at SMA quite a bit. In fact, to help encourage family Martial Arts we tell our parents “… if you have two or more kids training at Shire Martial Arts, then Mum or Dad can train for FREE”. If two or more of your kids train with us then consider trying out our Adult program. Many of our family groups enjoy training together in our Saturday morning class. Some parents of teens also join in the occasional teen class! If you don’t have two kids training […]
Shire Martial Arts: Training for Over 20 YEARS!
Welcome to SideKick! Magazine the official online newsletter of Shire Martial Arts It’s true! The 23rd May 2015 marked the 20th anniversary of SMA. So, this first online edition is dedicated to our past and present students. It’s also a celebration of the people who make Shire Martial Arts an awesome school. This issue celebrates our journey from humble beginnings to where we are now. Subsequent editions of SideKick! Magazine will keep you up to date with the Shire Martial Arts community and training. If you have any ideas for articles or you have something interesting to contribute to Sidekick! Magazine […]