Our Philosophy on Teaching and Learning

We would like to thank you on behalf of all the Evolution Martial Arts instructors for choosing us to teach you our way in learning the Martial Arts. Every student whether a beginner or experienced is very important to us within True Earth, because we truly believe that we are all equal in status and what ever our grade, we all have something to contribute to Martial Arts, but perhaps even more importantly to each other.

All the Evolution Martial Arts instructors and assistant instructors teach to a very high standard and have your best interests at heart so even when training gets tough, please try to complete your exercises to the best of your abilities as your instructor probably has a good reason to ask you to perform them. If you have a problem with any exercise or with any aspect of training, you should never be worried about approaching your instructor or asking questions as this is how we all progress in our development in and outside of class. One of the most important things to remember when training is that everyone regardless of grade or experience, all started as a beginner and had to learn and practice to be able achieve things, so making a mistake is part of learning, in fact often the more mistakes you make and put right, the more you will improve.

Many people take up Martial Arts to learn Self-Defence or just to keep fit, but once you have started, you realise that it is about Self improvement and development, so when you are training, try not compare your abilities to that of the other students. Gauge your progress by your own improvements, no matter how small, and don't be jealous of other peoples abilities, although you can emulate others techniques, in order to inspire yourself, in that way you will grow and develop your skills.

The Martial Arts has many aspects, so you will be able to find parts, which you enjoy, or excel at. You are now part of the Evolution Martial Arts family, where all the instructors and students are taught to respect each other; our aim is for you to develop both physically and mentally but most of all for you to enjoy your training, even when training gets physically demanding. We hope that at the end of each class you feel satisfied to have worked your mind and body to higher limits or to have learned something new.