MAP Meet 2020

Saturday June 13th

Where is it?

High Wycombe Judo Centre

http://www.wycombejudocentre.co.uk/


The venue has matted training areas large enough for 2 or 3 sessions at the same time, although we have recently moved to one instructor on the mat at a time.
It has changing rooms and showers, on site parking and a social bar area overlooking the main Dojo.

What time is it?

Arrive by 10.00 to sign in if you are taking part in the whole event.

Who is teaching and what arts can I try?

Proposed line up (subject to minor changes in order):

TBC - Group Warm Up - 10.20-10.30.

Session 1. 10.30 - 12.00 - TBC

Session 2. 12.15 to 13.45 - TBC

Break for lunch - 13.45 to 14.15

Session 3. 14.15 - 15.40 - TBC

Session 4. 15.50 - 17.00 - TBC

Getting there

The location is just off one of two M40 junctions for the town and close to the M4 and M25 routes.

http://www.wycombejudocentre.co.uk/index.html


Buses or taxis

You can get a taxi or blag a lift from the central bus station. The Booker/Lane End one (032A) is most likely to be the best choice.

http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/services/transport-and-roads/buses-and-trains/

You either want the Turnpike Corner West stop or the Lansdell Avenue Stop. The Judo Centre is in Barry Close, High Wycombe, HP12 4UE

Rail

The station (with trains roughly every 20 mins) is on the Birmingham to Marylebone line, so you can get intercity to one of those locations (or Banbury) and then switch.

http://www.chilternrailways.co.uk/

http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/default.aspx


How do I pay?

Via the just giving page. This is to be confimed.

Please donate a minimum of £20 to charity.

What charity are we supporting?

MAP has supported some very worthy charities over the years and the 2019 Meet will be in aid of TBC

Can I bring a friend/partner/another member of my club?

Yes. As long as they pay through the Just Giving page. Minimum age is 13+


Will it be fun?

Oh yes, very much so.

Size, shape, sex, fitness and flexibility aren't a requirement. Come and meet the people you talk to online and see them in a different light.

We look forward to seeing you there.​

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I'm really pleased to say that our first confirmed Instructor is Steve Brinkman. Many of you will remember Steve from previous meets, and his sessions have always proved as popular as they have informative. I've been teaching in schools, colleges, businesses and martial arts classes for around 25 years, and I am always really impressed by Steve's style of coaching. If you've never attended one of his sessions, do yourself a favour and be there on 13th June.

 

We have our second confirmed Instructor for the Meet, long time friend of MAP, now very busy growing HAVOC in the UK, the infectiously enthusiastic Simon

Simon will be running a session on Serrada Eskrima, which differs in using shorter sticks than some forms of the art.

More details to come in the next few weeks!

 

See you there folks.

 

Hopefully likewise - my back is healed up nicely

 

Page 1 has been updated and now shows a little more information regarding how to get there, time slots etc.

Over the next month or so will show a full list of those taking a session.

 

It has become customary to hold a raffle at the end of the event and this year will be no different.

We have half a dozen of the plastic HEMA swords used when Aegis took a very popular session a few years back.

I'll have a dig through my gear to see what else I have.

If anyone can donate something related to martial arts for the raffle it'll be really appreciated.

All money raised from the raffle goes to the chosen charity.

If anyone wants all swords then make us an offer. I've just checked and we have 7 of them.

 

The next Instructor for the list is well known on MAP, Mr High Kick himself, Van Zandt

Dan has been studying the science of flexibility for nearly 30 years and teaching it professionally for over 20. His clients have included the US Olympic Tae Kwon Do Team and Paris Opera Ballet, the oldest ballet company in the world.

As a martial artist, he has been training for more than 30 years and holds black belts in multiple systems including Tae Kwon Do (both ITF and WT styles), Kyokushin and Kickboxing. As a competitor he has won international championship titles in full-contact Karate and Tae Kwon Do.

He holds bachelor's and master's degrees in Kinesiology (the science of human movement) and he is also a qualified sports therapist and strength coach. He currently serves as the director of the Flexibility Research Institute, an organisation that advises higher education centres on flexibility training and musculoskeletal medicine research.

This will, not surprisingly, be a session on flexibility and how to improve it.