Welcome to our Women’s Martial Arts & Fitness class - a supportive, high-energy space where you’ll build strength, confidence, and practical self-defence skills at your own pace.
Each session combines easy-to-follow self-defence techniques with dynamic pad work, helping you improve cardiovascular fitness, strength, coordination, and stress relief while learning how to strike effectively, manage distance, and respond under pressure. Pad work and martial arts conditioning provide a full-body workout that can improve endurance, balance, flexibility, and muscle tone.
No experience is needed. Whether your goal is to feel safer, get fitter, release stress, or simply try something new, you’ll train in a friendly, non-judgemental environment with clear coaching and progressions for every ability level. Self-defence training can also support confidence, assertiveness, and a greater sense of personal capability.
Come along, bring your energy, and discover how empowering it feels to move with purpose, punch with confidence, and leave every class stronger than when you arrived.
Although you don't need to be fit to attend this class, moves will be done from a standing position and occasionally on the ground. These can be adapted where necessary.
Phil from Pause & Breathe will be the facilitator for this course.
This is a 6-week block. Booking for the full block gives a session for half-price. You can also book in for drop-in sessions - there's a separate link for this. We have received funding from the Co-Op towards these sessions, reducing the rate by 50%.The block costs £25 to attend. There is the opportunity to contribute to our pay-it-forward scheme, helping to subsidise our reduced rate spaces. You can do this by paying an additional £1. If you are able to, please select this option. There is also a reduced rate to make this more affordable for anyone who would find it difficult to pay the full price. Click here to book
The block starts on Monday 9th November 7-8pm and ends on Monday 14th December.
Meet Your Facilitator:
Phil is a well-recognised Martial Arts teacher, specialising in Japanese Ju-Jitsu. Phil is a 7th Dan, and has been inducted into the World's Martial Arts Hall of Fame as National Instructor of the Year (2023). Phil has over 45 years experience in Martial Arts. He has his own club, Kuroyaki-Ryu, which is part of Pause & Breathe. Phil has been teaching Qi Gong for Pause & Breathe since 2019, he specialises in energy and is a Reiki Master.