Free Martial Arts Classes for Women #IWD2024

Free Martial Arts Classes for Women #IWD2024

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For the month of March, Alexandra Park BJJ (as featured on Channel 4) will be offering women and girls free classes. It is open to all practitioners regardless of experience. It will cover all the basic skills and movements of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and more advanced techniques for those with more experience.

Our BJJ classes enable you to develop your fitness levels, balance, coordination, and flexibility in a no-pressure environment and provides the opportunity to start a new sport at a reasonable price with like-minded beginners. All classes are mixed-gender.

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) is a full-contact martial art, combat sport, and self-defence system focusing on grappling, especially ground fighting. Alexandra Park BJJ offers Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu classes for all levels.

Classes for girls under 13 will run on Saturdays at 12 pm. For girls/women over 13 classes will run on Saturdays at 1pm and Thurdays at 7.30pm. All classes will take place at Alexandra Park School, Rhodes Avenue, London, N22 7UT.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/free-martials-arts-classes-for-women-iwd2024-tickets-738136294527
Martial arts Course in north London

Martial arts Course in north London

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Thinking about getting fighting fit in 2024? The BJJ course enables you to develop your fitness levels, balance, coordination and flexibility in a no-pressure environment and provides the opportunity to start a new martial art at a reasonable price with like-minded beginners. Free places for boys and girls under 18.

Book here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/martials-arts-course-for-beginners-bjj-brazilian-jiu-jitsu-tickets-738109313827

4: S4E4 -Audiobookish: S5E1 – THE ICE CHILDREN & THE BOOK THAT NO ONE WANTED TO READ

4: S4E4 -Audiobookish: S5E1 – THE ICE CHILDREN & THE BOOK THAT NO ONE WANTED TO READ

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The new season of Audiobookish has just launched! You can find Audiobookish wherever you find podcasts.

The first in our specials reviewing the books on The Week Junior Book Awards shortlist for Audiobook of the Year 2023.
First up is The Ice Children by M.G. Leonard, as narrated by Helen Keeley and a full cast.
At the stroke of midnight on the dawn of December, five-year-old Finn Albedo is found frozen in the city park on a pedestal of ice. The doctor says his heart is beating, but no one can wake him. Finn’s big sister, Bianca, suspects the beautiful sparkling book Finn got from the library has something to do with it all but the mysterious book has vanished and no one will listen. As more children are frozen, Bianca realises she’s running out of time. Is there a connection between the peculiar stranger wearing a top hat and the disappearing books? The search for truth hurls Bianca into a fantastical winter wonderland where all is not as it seems… Can Bianca remember her mission and find a way to save her brother and the other Ice Children before all their hearts are lost forever?
Secondly, we have The Book That No One Wanted to Read by Richard Ayoade as narrated by Richard Ayoade, Jarvis Cocker, and Lydia Fox.
What is it that makes YOU want to read a book? Richard Ayoade’s children’s debut gives you all the answers in a way that’s silly, funny, and thoroughly beguiling. Have you ever thought about how it feels to be a book? To be left under a whiffy pant pile or shelved, forever collecting dust? To have your pages bent backwards or your spine BROKEN? What if you don’t have a sparkly unicorn or dragon adorning your cover–who will pick you out of the bookshop then? This is the story of the sadly neglected Book That No One Wanted To Read–can its destiny change when it finally meets the right reader? Spoiler alert: yes.
Thank you to The Week Junior for sending us the reviewing copies. You can find out more about the awards by visiting their website: https://www.theweekjuniorbookawards.co.uk/

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3: S4E3 -STP S4E3 – Black Beth: Vengeance Be Thy Name by Alec Worley, DaNi and Blas Gallego (with guest Colton Strathman)

3: S4E3 -STP S4E3 – Black Beth: Vengeance Be Thy Name by Alec Worley, DaNi and Blas Gallego (with guest Colton Strathman)

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Colton Strathman joins me to discuss Black Beth: Vengeance Be Thy Name by Alec Worley, DaNi and Blas Gallego.
Colton Strathman is a comic book creator from Topeka, Kansas. He’s previously drawn the webcomics Spy on Spy, published on Instagram, and Lost Somewhere in Time, on Tapas.io. Currently, he’s writing the script and creating the art for a new comic called Champions of Oblivion.
https://tapas.io/series/Lost-Somewhere-in-Time/info https://www.instagram.com/spyonspy_comic/
The episode is brought to you by Alexandra Park BJJ. At Alexandra Park BJJ, we aim to be inclusive, everyone can benefit from this incredible art form, not just the athletic or ultra-competitive. Join our beginner’s course: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/martials-arts-course-for-beginners-bjj-brazilian-jiu-jitsu-tickets-515729981257
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1: S4E1 -STP S4E2 – Delicates By Brenna Thummler (with guest Claudia Cangini)

1: S4E1 -STP S4E2 – Delicates By Brenna Thummler (with guest Claudia Cangini)

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Episode Notes

Claudia Cangini joins me to discuss Delicates By Brenna Thummler.

Claudia is a full-time freelance 2D digital illustrator. She mostly draws covers and interior illustrations for tabletop roleplaying games, webtoons and comics. Her favourite things are decorative elements, expressive characters and trope reversals.

Her personal projects include a series of illustrations for her Patreon, the short comic The Magic Fire and her ongoing webtoon The Witch of Stonebridge Falls.

https://www.patreon.com/claudia_cangini https://www.claudiacanginiart.com/ https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/the-witch-of-stonebridge-falls/list?title_no=570406

The episode is brought to you by Alexandra Park BJJ. At Alexandra Park BJJ, we aim to be inclusive, everyone can benefit from this incredible art form, not just the athletic or ultra-competitive. So, if you want to develop core strength, build endurance and gain confidence, contact enquiries at alexandraparkbjj.co.uk or visit our website to attend a free class. http://www.alexandraparkbjj.co.uk/

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1: S4E1 -STP: Ascent by Wesley Robins and Jed Mercurio

1: S4E1 -STP: Ascent by Wesley Robins and Jed Mercurio

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We’re back. This is a lost episode we didn’t release due to audio quality. We’ve done our best to recover it, and hopefully, it sounds okay.
Ascent by Wesley Robins and Jed Mercurio.
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4: S3E4 -Audiobookish: British Book Awards 2023 Special 1

4: S3E4 -Audiobookish: British Book Awards 2023 Special 1

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Our sister podcast Audiobookish presents its British Book Awards Special 1!

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The first in our special series discussing the titles on the British Book Awards shortlist for Book of the Year – Audiobook: Non-Fiction.

We discuss Parenting Hell by Rob Beckett & Josh Widdicombe and Menopausing Davina McCall with Dr. Naomi Potter.

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BOOK Review: By Water by Jason Landsel

BOOK Review: By Water by Jason Landsel

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It took me a while to get through this graphic novel. It focuses on the religious revolution in Zurich. Not being familiar with Christian theology, I floundered a bit because I struggled to understand the arguments that people disagreed about. 

What anchors the book is the central character of Felix Manz, someone who was prepared to suffer for his beliefs. The crux of the book is how his life was changed by Huldrych Zwingli. Zwingli mentored Manz, and together they were able to take over Zurich's religious establishment. Manz subsequent disillusionment with Zwingli's leadership forms the main body of book. The writing captures the tensions felt by everyone in this time of social upheaval and how dangerous it is for charismatic leaders to gather people around.

The art here is gorgeous. It's hard to describe the style. The colours are faint yet bright, almost as if they used colouring pencils or very light paints to illustrate the book. The palettes of blues and browns contrast nicely. It captures the excitement of young people being exposed to world-change ideas as well as any comic I've read. 

Looked at as a book about how revolutions inevitably end up disappointing some of its most ardent supporters and how those supporters react By Water is a compelling read.

Thanks to Plough Press and Netgalley for the ARC.
Martials Arts Course for beginners (BJJ Brazilian Jiu Jitsu)

Martials Arts Course for beginners (BJJ Brazilian Jiu Jitsu)

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Alexandra Park BJJ will be running a 6-week introductory martial arts course in September 2022 (TBC). It will cover all the basic skills and

Alexandra Park BJJ will be running a 6-week introductory martial arts course in January 2022 (TBC). It will cover all the basic skills and movements of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. This course is open to anyone over the age of 12.
The BJJ course enables you to develop your fitness levels, balance, coordination and flexibility develop in a no-pressure environment and provides the opportunity to start a new sport at a reasonable price with like-minded beginners.
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) is a full-contact martial art, combat sport, and a self-defence system that focuses on grappling and especially ground fighting. Alexandra Park BJJ offers Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu classes for all levels.
The course will run on Thursdays & Saturdays at Alexandra Park School, Rhodes Avenue, London, N22 7UT. For the duration of the course, attendees will be able to attend Monday sessions at no extra charge.
All Participants at Alexandra Park BJJ are expected to sign up to our code of conduct and an insurance waiver.
Prices:
£45 per person (+booking fee)

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/martials-arts-course-for-beginners-bjj-brazilian-jiu-jitsu-tickets-331261290437