MONDAYS 6:00 – 7:00 PM

Kitsune Class: Where Families Train Together

Forget sitting on the sidelines or just holding a foam pad. In our Kitsune family classes, parents and children (ages 10–15) are actively engaged from start to finish. This isn’t just a kids’ class with parents helping—it’s a technical martial arts environment where everyone grows.

Why Our Family Training is Different

Active Engagement: You’re not just holding pads; you’ll be grabbing, defending, and practicing controlled escapes together.
A Two-Way Street: You’ll develop your own self-defence skills. You’ll work with your child to help them grow, but also train with other parents and senior students. This ensures you face adult-sized resistance and learn techniques that actually work for you.
Realistic Control: You’ll help your child practice against a stronger opponent in a safe way, while learning the mechanics of controlling a situation yourself.
Deep Bonding: There is no better way to build trust than by overcoming physical challenges together. You aren’t just a spectator—you are a teammate.

What You Will Learn

Our junior curriculum focuses on Aiki-Jujitsu techniques tailored to build confidence, discipline, and practical self-defence. Students and parents will master:

Category	Skills Covered
Strikes & Throws	Body strikes, pressure points, and effective throwing techniques.
Redirection	Blocking and using an attacker’s own energy against them.
Scenario Defense	Defense against punches, kicks, grabs, strangles/chokes, and hair pulling.
Ground & Seated	Safe falling (rolls/breakfalls), ground defence to get back up quickly, and techniques from chairs or knees.

Safety First: All classes are conducted on professional mats, with an emphasis on maintaining control and minimising unnecessary risk.

Safety & Joint Lock Policy

To ensure the physical safety of developing joints, we have a strict policy for students under 16:

No Peer-to-Peer Application: Under 16s do not apply wrist or joint locks on each other.
Controlled Understanding: Students may have a lock applied to them once or twice by an instructor, a parent, or a senior-grade student, simply to feel and understand the mechanics. This is never repeated or drilled.
Adult Targets: Under 16s are only taught to apply these techniques on a person over the age of 18 to ensure they learn the application safely without risking injury to their peers.

Growth and Progression

The Grading System

Our grading system rewards hard work and personal progression, typically occurring every 3 to 4 months. We emphasise that:

Progress is individual; sometimes it takes longer as techniques become more complex.
Advancing through higher grades requires increased patience, consistency, and effort.

Pressure Testing

As students advance, we introduce controlled “pressure tests” to ensure techniques work in the real world:

Randori: Controlled, free-style practice or sparring.
Pin-to-the-Floor: Testing your ability to maintain control and technique under resistance.
Set Sparring: Dynamic scenarios to apply learned skills in real-time.

Leadership Development

We don’t just build martial artists; we build leaders.

After 1 Year: Students are encouraged to help lead warm-ups.
Black Belt Level: Students are expected to help lead a class under supervision.

This engaging and supportive environment helps families grow stronger, more confident, and better prepared for life’s challenges!