One of the most important parts of a martial arts class is the warm-up, for obvious reasons this is run at the START of the class.

There are three distinct phases;

• Phase1, initial pulse raiser, this gets your body moving and your blood flowing, it also wakes up your mind ready for the tasks to come so pay attention.
• Phase2 is a quick stretch, head to toe aimed at warming your joints up and achieving your full range of movement,
• Phase3 is the final pulse raiser aimed at really warming you up ready for training.

Nails;

Finger nails and toe nails should be kept short and clean, we don’t get many injuries at my clubs but we get far too many as a result of long nails – protect yourself and your training partners keep your nails trimmed.

Train hard, train often and listen to your instructor.