History - ABOUT US

Sensei Martin Blakeway has been involved in the Martial Arts for over 27 years - he started at the age of 18 when he joined a TKD style Martial Art in the Midlands. During his journey to Black Belt he moved to London to experience the lights and fast living of the capitol. Having passed his Black Belt 1st Dan he began Instructing and soon found he had a natural "way" of coaching. He ran busy clubs in the London area where he lived for five years before realising a dream to travel the world at the age of 25.
This year long journey took him to many of the great wonders of the world and he experienced many different cultures and countries including America, Australia and the far East. He visited Thailand, Maylasia and Indonesia. Here he witnessed Thai boxing and other Martial art forms.
After this trip he decided to go back to Australia and he lived there for a further year and a half before the pull of his large family was too great and he returned home. It was then he decided to go full time into the great passion of is life - Martial Arts. He opened eight Martial art Schools in the Midlands area teaching mainly in Taekwondo but with the added knowledge and an open mind he began to expand the system and developed it further.

Related Qualifications -
Martin attended college for three years in order to gain more qualifications in sport related subjects including RSA Diploma, Sports & Fitness Diploma, He also holds the assessor awards - D32 and D33.
Qualifications through MAAS include:- First Aid, BKBU Kickboxing diploma, Referee, Cornerman, Judging Diplomas and level 3 SCI Aikijutsu (Black Belt Jujitsu standard)
Martin is also a trained Healer and meditation coach (2 year course).

Chongshin Do was "born" when politics in the TKD style Martin was learning stopped him from developing and progressing any further (as is the trouble with many styles out there) - with the continuing thirst for knowledge and questioning, a Martial art "stuck in the past" was not for him and Martin decided to look else where for an expansion of the TKD back ground he had.
He introduced Jujitsu and aikido techniques to the syllabus and with the meeting of a true legend in Martial Arts - Soke Brian Dossett the Chongshin Do system began to evolve rapidly.
Soke Dossett is a 10th Dan Grandmaster of Jujitsu & Aikido - his fifty (plus) years of Martial Art experience helped form the way Chongshin Do is today - with the inclution of the SCI - Aikijutsu sylabus - Chongshin Do became a style of continued development - a style that is free of politics - run in a traditionally"family" way and is practical and exciting.

Chongshin Do is getting its head above the masses out there - promoting themselves at the UK's largest Martial art exhibition - SENI 2000 ,2001 , 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 2006, at the NEC - Chongshin Do has also organised fighting events that prove Chongshin Do is a style that breeds great fighters as well - beating some of the UK's best Kickboxing associations. They are very proud of one of their top instructors - Sensei Paul Taylor who held the MAAS World Cruiserweight Full Contact Kickboxing Title (plus PKA Title - won in South Africa). Paul is now persuing a careea in Cage Fighting. There are many more fighters coming through the ranks and the association is continuing to expand

The growing trouble and violence in our towns and cities means we need an effective defence against un-provoked attacks.

Chongshin Do is an evolved Martial Art designed to be practical in todays society.
Gone are the days of fighting Samurai on horse back.
Chongshin Do is a dynamic, fast moving, exciting and effective Martial Art System. Chongshin Do is not a style that will beciome stale as it will continue to grow and evolve with emphasis on realistic techniques for self-defence and attack. Chongshin Do still retains the style and grace of the traditional Martial Arts.

Chongshin Do is a multi style Martial Art thst incorporates some of the best known and most effective Martial arts. A student will learn a vast amount of techniques and different ranges that will enable him/her to defend themselves more effectivly. With regular practice these techniques will become second nature. Chongshin Do will improve reflexes, speed and power - knowing this will increace confidence and self assurance.

The kicks and striking techniques used in Taekwondo and Kickboxing interlock perfectly with the "close in" work of Jujitsu and Aikido. Chongshindo incorporates these two styles with a syllabus for each, keeping each student motivated and continualy moving forward towards Black Belt with regular gradings and competitions. To find out more on the styles taught see the Disciplines pages.

Size and strength are not essential as effective self defence requires good technique. Everyone, Men , Women and Children can benifit from Chongshin Do regardless of previous expirience, fitness or ability.

Chongshin Do is a discipline that exercise the mind and body , building stamina, increacing suppleness and flexability. chongshin Do offers many areas of growth, learning and development. Many of these can be put into two main categories.

Physical Growth

Chongshin Do will help a student to a new level of fitness. The term "fighting fit" will be apparent as the keen motivated student works hard each lesson making him/her forever fitter and stronger. Achieve and maintain a high level of: FITNESS, AGILITY, CO-ORDINATION, FLEXIBILITY, BALANCE. Improve: REFLEXES, ENDURANCE and STAMINA. develop: SKILL, SPEED, POWER, FOCUS and SPIRIT.

Mental and Spiritual Growth

With teaching the concepts and philososphy of traditional Martial arts, a student can grow both mentaly and spiritualy. As in ancient times the martail arts are a vehicle for spiritual and self enlightenment. A journey of expiriences from which to learn and develop. Achieve and maintain a high level of self confidence, self esteem, motivation, discipline, self discipline, respect, self respect, concentration, perseverence, focus and positive thinking. With the practice of meditations students have found enlightenment and inner peace, relaxation and stress management.

What does a lesson cosist of ?

A typical lesson will start with a warm up, including a full body loosening up program to release and relax muscle groups throughout the body , followed by stretching and concentration exercises you are ready to start.
Then the lesson will consist of moves and combinations relevent to the grades of the students. Beginners will start with basic punching, some simple blocks and kicking techniques. All this will develop and a keen and motivated student can expect to progress quite rapidly with regular practice. As a student masters a particular technique then onto another and the continual learning process begins.
Lessons can include - Technique grooming - Sparring - Wrist locks & holds - Bag work and much much more.
See class pictures.
Rounding the lessons of with relaxation, stretching and meditation balances and harmonise the mind and body.
For more information on classes please call for a FREE information pack.

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Belt system to encourage the student to continue the learning proccess and become a fitter stronger individual - Yellow Belt - Green Belt - Blue Belt - Red Belt and on to Black Belt!

Chongshin Do
is an evolved Martial Art. Gone are the days of Samurai on horse back.

Chongshin Do
is a multi style Martial Art using techniques from some of the most effective traditional Martial Arts

Chongshin Do
is a style that will not become stale as it will continue to grow and evolve with emphasis on realistic techniques for self-defense and attack.

Chongshin Do
is a dynamic, fast moving and exciting Martial Art, developed to be practical
in today's society.

Chongshin Do
ia a modern Martial Art -
however still retrains the style and grace of the traditional Martial Arts.