WHAT IS DART?

Defence Attack & Resolution Tactics (DART) is an effective self protection system designed to develop and enhance the necessary survival skills to negate, survive and escape violence.

DART evolved from applying research in the following subject areas to practical Karate techniques and training:

Sports Science

Psychology

Violent Crime Statistics

The Law

THE TRAINING BENEFITS

effective self protection skills

increased aerobic fitness

increased anaerobic fitness

increased flexibility

increased coordination

increased self confidence

increased concentration skills

WHAT IS TRAINING LIKE?

DART martial arts classes are small, friendly and fun. The majority of our martial arts training involves paired exercises, and each team of students are coached at a pace appropriate to their own training needs. Students learn top quality self protection tactics, practise effective self defence drills with partners, and get the opportunity to test themselves under pressure using specialised protective clothing.

As a provider of effective self defence training we practice many of the techniques that more sporting martial arts styles have dropped. We train techniques at all ranges standing up and also practice to escape from the ground, using throwing and grappling techniques as well as striking and evasive techniques. Students also learn confrontation management skills and strategies for armed assaults and robberies. When students are ready, volunteers can choose to develop their skills further using advanced body armour for protection.

Our approach to martial arts works for men, women and older children - and you don't have to be fit to join.

DART may look modern to people who associate karate with white suits and coloured belts, but in reality it takes a very traditional and practical approach to self defence training, similar to karate before its export from Okinawa to Japan. The original karate suits were loose clothes the equivalent to our tracksuits, so we wear tracksuits and t shirts, like the pictures here. Just as the Okinawans translated Chinese terms into Okinawan, and the Japanese in turn modified Okinawan terms to suit themselves, we use English as our training language to make learning easier.

Words and photographs can only present a limited picture of what training with DART is like, so you may find that watching a class, or trying a class, will help you decide if our approach is right for you.

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