Direct Local Magazine North Bristol July 2020

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VMA goes Virtual and comes out Victorious.

At VMA (Visionary Martial Arts) we are a karate community. With so many friends and families taking part in our classes we were very concerned about how our club would survive during lockdown, not only that but we were only a week away from our student grading which the children were really excited for. So, we had to figure out how to keep classes going, not just for business but to give our amazing students a bit of normality. That’s when we decided to launch our Virtual Training, we made our own home studio and learned how to use video conferencing so our students could still get that personal interaction, rather than just watching an instructor teach which was very important for us. We are a community whether in person or over cyberspace. On the 25th of March we launched our Virtual Training programme, running 5 days a week, we were adamant that we were going to bring the same high quality of freestyle creative karate classes to all our students.

This situation has not been ideal but the students are enjoying being able to keep up their passion and keep in touch with their friends seeing them daily in our classes and being able to interact with others despite the rules and regulations currently in place. If you are interested in giving your child something to do during lock down contact us on 07827453322 and a try a whole week of classes for free our classes are perfect for all children age 4 – 13, this is what one of our parents had to say. “Just wanted to say how fantastic these guys have been during this tough time, giving my son excellent online lessons every single week day with regular one to one lessons too. Their absolute dedication to their students is second to none and I would highly recommend them to anyone. My Son would also like to say that the classes are amazing. S Vokins.”

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Since then we have been firing on all cylinders, with students having already passed 1 virtual grading earning their new belts and they are currently preparing for their next one at the end of the month, some students are even getting ready to learn their first martial arts weapons.


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