Practical Karate Association

I have been involved in the martial arts for over two decades and an instructor for several years. I have recently attended seminars run by John Titchen and have been very impressed by his skill, knowledge, approach and level or training reality. I am now keen to expose my own students to his teaching.

I have trained at DART (and with the instructor on various courses)a number of times, and find it very professional, safe, educational and most of all fun. You learn a lot, you can relate it to every day life (or other martial arts if you do them) and you soon find out if what you are using works or not. For the money you pay, you get a lot in return. And this is real self-defence, not something you have to manipulate to be Self defence. To sum up: useful, professional, good exercise, TONNES of fun!

Having trained in regular classes since 2007 it has helped me to improve both physically and mentally. DART focuses on down-to-earth techniques that are easy to learn and later replicate if the need arises. It offers an encompassing package of useful skills in how to spot, diffuse and deal with real situations. It has given me the confidence and ability to handle the world as it is today, offering an entirely new point of view on how to cope with problems. Giving the opportunity to make new, lasting, friends, pursue an interest in the mechanics of the body and at the same time as getting healthier and fitter; I truly believe that DART provides the most progressive, ingenious and lifelike self-defence available, supplying its students the skills to handle both the physical requirements of an altercation as well as the emotional ones, along with the knowledge of the legal implications.