kittenta Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 I have heard from a couple of people that this isn't the best place for a younger child to attend as it's one class for all ages, including adults, and abilities. Does anyone actually attend the class and can give me some idea of what it is like or have a better suggestion of a more appropriate class? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
go4it Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 I have heard from a couple of people that this isn't the best place for a younger child to attend as it's one class for all ages, including adults, and abilities. Does anyone actually attend the class and can give me some idea of what it is like or have a better suggestion of a more appropriate class? Thanks. Don't know this class in particular but other classes I have seen do tend to put kids and adults together. Martial arts is all about the money, and instead of paying for 2 hours hall hire the group will always pay for one hour and combine classes. At HLC it may be an issue with hall availability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gedan Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 i once tried the karate club at hillsborough lesuire centre it is very poor quality of instruction, have you tried sheffield shotokan they r very good i only have a email address which is haguebob1@yahoo.co.uk they also have a website i hope this helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 It pains me to say this as I've trained under Barry Nash, who takes the lessons at Hillsborough LC for a number of years, but despite the fact he is CRB cleared, he's not a good teacher for young kids, I've seen him make 6 year olds cry when he's shouting at them for doing stuff wrong, and then he just says "what you crying for?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yodan4 Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 Visit : wwwchapeltownkarateclub.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kittenta Posted August 23, 2011 Author Share Posted August 23, 2011 It pains me to say this as I've trained under Barry Nash, who takes the lessons at Hillsborough LC for a number of years, but despite the fact he is CRB cleared, he's not a good teacher for young kids, I've seen him make 6 year olds cry when he's shouting at them for doing stuff wrong, and then he just says "what you crying for?" Ah, so he is still there then? Looks like I'll go elsewhere. My son attended his 'classes' and within his first couple of lessons he was made to stand at the side and watch because he had never done it before and couldn't join in. They still wanted me to pay for it! Thank you for the other suggestions, I'll look into those instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lotar Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 Ah, so he is still there then? Looks like I'll go elsewhere. My son attended his 'classes' and within his first couple of lessons he was made to stand at the side and watch because he had never done it before and couldn't join in. They still wanted me to pay for it! Thank you for the other suggestions, I'll look into those instead. Thats nice of them.... everyone including the so called masters had to start at the beggining.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chefkicker Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 Ah, so he is still there then? Looks like I'll go elsewhere. My son attended his 'classes' and within his first couple of lessons he was made to stand at the side and watch because he had never done it before and couldn't join in. They still wanted me to pay for it! Thank you for the other suggestions, I'll look into those instead. Sounds like a rip off!!! charging people to watch???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shef_Fitness Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 From my experience I found Goju-Ryu a very good form of karate and varied and this is the website http://www.hallamdojo.co.uk/ I believe that one of their instructors Terry coaches a childrens session in the Woodhouse area of Sheffield so contact them via the website and find out more. Also, for people in the North of Sheffield there is also this venue to train karate at wwwchapeltownkarateclub.co.uk one or two of my class members have trained here, or have children trained there and the feedback has been they really enjoyed the training. I do think that for very small children (aged around 6 or 7) paitience and the ability to instill confidence is the absolute key. If an instructor can do that at the very early stages, then it bodes well for future development. There are many options to train and you certainly do not want to have a child crying in the sessions. If that happens, you need to take your custom to a karate club where this does not happen, and there are plenty of karate clubs for people to choose from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonfly1 Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Without a doubt the best karate club for kids is based at the church at the top of Carlton Road, Hillsborough (Sheffield Shotokan Karate Club) Its on saturdays at 1pm - 2.30pm and its only £5.00 My son attends this class and he thinks great Bob Hague is a top bloke, very knowlegable and a very good instructor - try it out, you will not be disappointed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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