Lets Do Martial Arts

MINI NINJA SPACES
After a large number of students moving up to our junior classes the following mini ninja slots (3-6yrs) have opened up:

Monday x3 spaces
Tuesday x1 space
Wednesday x1 space
Thursday x3 spaces

All at the time of 4.00-4.45pm. We look forward to welcoming some new faces 👊🏻👊🏻

Great effort from the students this week working on fitness, strength & technique.

Highlights for the ninjas using weights to get big muscles and for the juniors to use a wedge to generate velocity in their flying side kicks.

One more week of summer timetable then normal class times resume on Monday the 24th.

Looking forward to seeing you all 👊🏻👊🏻

Brilliant effort tonight in sparring.
Great to see many take the invitation to come in and join the Comp Team to develop their sparring skills.
Some stars of the future in the making 👊🏻👊🏻

Just a reminder that our August Summer Timetable commences tomorrow.

Monday:
Comp Team sparring 5.00-6.00pm
(for August open to any student that has sparring gear)

Tuesday:
Boot camp fitness training -
Ninjas 10.00-10.45am
Juniors/Youths/Seniors 11.00am- 12.00pm
(No uniform, sports clothing and a drink)

Wednesday:
Belt/syllabus martial arts training-
Ninjas 10.00-10.45am
Juniors 11.00am-12.00pm
Youth/Seniors 12.10-1.10pm
(Uniform and a drink required)

There is no limit to the amount of classes a student can attend. This runs for three weeks the normal timetable recommences week beginning 24/8/26

We would forward to seeing those that are able to make it 👊🏻👊🏻

Today in the dojo was our annual technique tournament.
The participants all done themselves proud showing excellent control, focus, determination and respect for each other.
Extremely proud of you all 👊🏻👊🏻

Results were as follows:

Ninja group one arm block drills
1st Alex Gunning
2nd Reuben Measor
3rd Eden Swanson

Line work
1st Alex Gunning
2nd Vinnie Parker
3rd Eden Swanson

Ninja group two arm block drills
1st Kira Manson
2nd Quinn Pagan
3rd Liam Brown

Line work
1st Dacre McCole
2nd Kai Collins
3rd George Ross

Junior group one best kick
1st Joann Sanish
2nd Sera Susan Paul
3rd Emily Lavan

Arm block drill
1st Hamish Brown
2nd Harry McDiarmid
3rd Paige Gray

Creative line work
1st Joann Sanish
2nd Sera Susan Paul
3rd Rory McKenna

Junior group two best kick
1st Archie Shennan
2nd Chloe Gauld
3rd Rex Callander

Arm block drill
1st Angus Lithgow
2nd Rex Callander
3rd Blair Gunning

Creative line work
1st Archie Shennan
2nd Chloe Gauld
3rd Luca Bradbury

Youth best kick
1st Joel Lavan
2nd Fraser McQuillan
3rd Jamie Petersen

Arm block drill
1st Jamie Petersen
2nd Amy Riding
3rd Fraser McQuillan

Creative line work
1st Jamie Petersen
2nd Amy Riding
3rd Joel Lavan

Senior best kick
1st Leena Samer
2nd Mollie McKechnie
3rd Lameece Ewas

Arm block drill
1st Leena Samer
2nd Callum Muir
3rd Peter Touray

Creative line work
1st Mollie McKechnie
2nd Leena Samer
3rd Callum Muir

On Sunday the Comp Team travelled to the Braehead Arena to compete in the WKU Scottish International Open.
The competition brought teams from as far as Belgium.
These talented individuals done extremely well bringing home:
2 golds
2 silver
3 bronze

Highlighted with Amy in her first tournament earning the two gold medals.

Pictured:

Back row - Rhys Shaw, Adam Pullen & Harry McDowall
Front row - Jaxon Arnold, Amy Riding & coach Dave Gauld

Outstanding effort team 👊🏻👊🏻

The Juniors, Youths & Seniors have been training hard working on agility, strength, combinations & rotations.

To enhance their progression equipment used was agility ladders, punch bags, paddles, hurdles, steps, medicine balls, hand weights & ab rollers.

Excellent work team 👊🏻👊🏻

ALL CLASSES RUNNING AS NORMAL TODAY 👊🏻👊🏻

It’s been a busy couple of weeks for weekend camps.
Mini ninjas having dark missions, muscle training, stranger danger & beat the bad guys Easter egg hunts.
Juniors & youths working on core fitness & having a great go at board breaking.

This evening a Dan level grading took place in the dojo.

Unbelievably proud of the five students that were outstanding in their efforts and thoroughly deserved the accolades achieved.

These seniors through many years of training have always been committed, had excellent attendance and through a lot of hard work reached very high levels in technique, strength and fitness.

A true credit to themselves and LDMA 👊🏻

Left to right:
Kaylah Hannah 1st Dan
Jessica Candlish 1st Dan
David Gauld (Chief Instructor)
Adam Pullen 2nd Dan
Finlay Riding 2nd Dan
Finlay Crooks 2nd Dan