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It'll be big boings
abound when you book in
for a free jumping
session at this brilliant
bounce centre! Not only
will you be leaping
around all over the place
there are lots of extra
bouncing activities to
put a spring in your
step…let us tell you
more.Big warehouse-sized
indoor spaces full of
bouncers and bouncing
activities are all the
rage. You might think
they are only aimed at
kids but that's not true.
In fact adults often love
these places even more
than little ones do as
it's a chance to really
let your hair down leave
those inhibitions at the
door and bounce away like
you did in gym classes at
school or even better
take the whole family
along with you and leap
around together.When you
set about channelling
that boundless energy on
a free jumping session at
this brilliant bounce
centre you'll want to try
out everything that's on
offer. As well as the
dozens of linked
trampolines where you're
free to move around as
you please there are some
fun challenges too.The
most e...
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Put a spring in your step
with these trampoline
lessons for all ages! If
you've not ventured onto
a trampoline since school
gym class days fear not
these introductory
sessions aimed at
beginners will coach you
in all your basic
trampolining
techniques.We're not
talking Olympic gymnast
standard being required
here these lessons are
all about fun and fitness
whilst you bounce. In
fact a 10 minute jumping
session here is the
equivalent to a 30 minute
run and about thousand
times more enjoyable too
we reckon so what's not
to love?To help you in
your quest to learn how
to trampoline safely
these lessons are run as
one to one coaching
sessions. One of the
centre's fully qualified
and very patient coaches
will set off you off and
be by your side for every
bounce as you get used to
the sensation of being up
in the air and of course
what happens when you
come back down again!As
confidence builds your
bouncing will get bigger
stronger and more
controlled with far less
in the way of arm...
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£30 GBP
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Learn to play snooker in
Sheffield with pro player
coaching at the UK home
of snooker.
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£99.00
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If you've always wanted
to learn to play polo but
have never even held a
mallet before these polo
experiences in
Lincolnshire are for you!
We are offering a
two-hour taster and a
full day polo workshop to
teach you all the basics
of this most noble of
sports on horseback. The
first question beginners
always ask about learning
polo is if you have to be
an accomplished horse
rider. The answer is no
as the the skills you
need to develop to play
polo are quite different
to the traditional
English style of horse
riding so everyone from
total beginners to those
with riding experience
are very welcome.
Learning to play polo
starts on the ground as
you are shown the polo
swing on foot. Once
you've got the four
essential types of shot
sorted it's time to learn
the polo riding
techniques. Time to meet
your Argentinian polo
pony who'll be your
trusty mount. As well as
the fast and furious
match ponies this polo
school has calmer
training ponies so you'll
be building confidence as
you ride. The next stage
of your polo lesson is to
combine the two sessions.
You'll be on horseback
doing some 'stick and
ball' manoeuvres where
you ride and hit the
white polo ball. This all
takes coordination and
concentration but with
the wise words of the
professional instructor
to teach and encourage
you you can hope to be
assertively striking the
ball. For those on the
two-hour taster your
experience rounds off at
this stage. Pupils on the
full day course cover all
the same skills in the
morning and break for a
convivial BBQ lunch
(there are excellent
facilities at this
renowned Leadenham polo
club including clubhouse
and hot tub!). Refuelled
and ready the afternoon
session of the full day
polo experience will be
spent learning the rules
of polo play. You'll then
head out to that
perfectly levelled and
maintained polo field to
play your very first
chukka (that's a period
of play in polo - see
you're even sounding like
a polo player now!).
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Get into the groove and
bounce bounce bounce at a
trampoline arena! These
huge indoor parks are
really capturing the
imagination of the nation
allowing you to go
jumping bouncing and
boinging your way around
on and over a multitude
of modules. It's time to
get the spring back into
your life! There are
trampoline parks and then
there are trampoline
arenas. To be classed as
an arena the jump park
has to cover at least 30
000 square feet - and
that's just the category
we're talking about here
for these experiences.
Quite frankly these
places are vast. When you
walk in for the first
time you're bound to look
around wide-eyed in awe
at it all. With
brilliantly vivid colours
and funky lighting they
are dazzling bright and
fantastic too. So much
more fun and inviting
than your usual fitness
gym the wonderful world
of trampolining
successfully gives you a
physical workout whilst
having the most fun
you've had since you went
on a baby trampoline at
the seaside all those
years ago. What's more
these indoor trampoline
arenas actively welcome
all ages so you can amaze
the kids with your fancy
somersault moves…or
perhaps you'll just
embarrassingly bounce
everywhere like a
supercharged grinning
Tigger? And if you're
thinking a big warehouse
full of trampolines
doesn't actually sound
that exciting think
again. The arenas are
filled with vertical and
horizontal bouncers and a
whole lot more. There are
bounce-able basketball
corners balance beam
battles foam pits and
rope swings. There's even
a trampoline run where
you can practice your
floor gymnastics à la
Beth Tweddle or just love
the sensation of running
along on a massively
springy surface! We
reckon with these
trampoline arenas
springing up around the
country it's time to
ditch the gym membership
gather the family and go
for a bouncing session
together. Or maybe get a
group of 'up for it' work
mates sorted buy your
vouchers and get the
boing going. What's more
your voucher includes a
bottle of water (it's
thirsty work all that
leaping around) and a
pair of special
trampolining grippy socks
that are yours to keep.
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£19.00
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RAID recognised one &
two-day freediving
courses in Bath to learn
to freedive with renowned
freediver Emma Farrell.
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£229 GBP
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Six weeks of fencing
lessons in North London
to learn all the basics
of this fascinating
sport.
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£65 GBP
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The secrets of how to
make a cricket bat are
revealed on this Bespoke
Cricket Bat Experience -
fabricated in front of
you just for you! This
amazing experience is
truly a one off as you
will visit the master
craftsmen at the
Millichamp & Hall
workshop in the heart of
the Somerset Country
Cricket Ground in Taunton
to see your own
personalised cricket bat
design being made and be
involved in each step of
the process.The company
started out in 1987 when
founders Julian
Millichamp and Jonathan
Hall set up in a sport
shop and workshop in
Perth Australia. There
using a range of vintage
drawknives and
spokeshaves they lovingly
crafted clefts (blocks)
of willow wood into the
blades of their first
made to order cricket
bats. After returning to
Somerset the winning
partnership continued
with a clear focus on
quality materials and
providing a personal
service which allows you
to custom design your own
cricket bat to match your
batting preferences.Their
commitment to excellence
was soon recognised and
rewarded when several of
the cricketers from the
Australian test squad
purchased bats to use in
the Ashes Tour of 1989
resulting in the Aussie
underdogs skillfully
defended their wicket
taking match wins at
Headingly Lords Edgbaston
Old Trafford Trent Bridge
and The Oval. For the
England team it was a
stump crushing disaster
but the status of
Millichamp and Hall as
quality winning bat
makers was sealed.The
design and and
manufacture is an art
form and ancient
tradition which requires
a number of key build
stages. The blade of each
cricket bat is made from
a cleft of 'Cricket Bat
Willow' (Salix Alba
Caurelea) before being
dried formed and rolled
into shape with loads of
up to two tonnes per
square inch. Once the
characteristics of the
face and sides are
determined the
distinctive V shape or
splice is then cut at the
shoulder in readiness to
accept the handle. The
final shaping and
balancing is where the
real effort and skill
comes in with every
aspect of the final
product being checked and
finessed. You will be
able to chat with the
master bat maker to
discuss your needs and
select your wood paying
attention to the grading
and the grain. Then
you'll learn how weight
and length affect the
profile and pitch of your
cricket bat whilst it's
being made before the
finish wax and polish
adds the finishing
touches to the blade -
and all this to your own
precise
specifications.Learning
how to make a cricket bat
is a must-do for all
serious cricket fans.
There can be nothing more
special than having your
very own high-quality
Millichamp & Hall cricket
bat made just for you. We
can't guarantee you'll be
hitting century innings
with the finished item
but we're sure they'll be
nothing more satisfying
than the sound of leather
ball on the willow of
your cricket bat that has
been designed to your own
requirements.
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£799.00
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Tee off in the Highlands
with a round of Glencoe
golf! The Dragon's Tooth
golf course is just
lovely. It's right in the
heart of the West
Highlands of Scotland at
the foot of the mighty
Glencoe Valley. This
course has been
beautifully nurtured
since 2002 and offers a
fun course with stunning
views.Now you might think
a golf course in the
hilly Lochaber region
would mean slogging up
steep hills to reach the
greens. Far from it at
Dragon's Tooth. Very
skilfully thought out by
golf course designer Rob
Hisemen (whose portfolio
also includes the
prestigious Royal Golf
Club at Riffa Views in
Bahrain with Colin
Montgomerie) the greens
make the most of the
natural lay of the land
to create what is
actually a gentle
meandering course on
undulating land. What
strikes any golfer teeing
off here at Dragon's
Tooth is the vistas from
the elevated greens. The
fairways seem to plunge
into the shores of Loch
Linnhe framed by the Ben
Vhair mountain range
beyond. And indeed there
are lots of golf...
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Now here's something you
don't see everyday -
Historical European
Martial Arts training! If
you've tried the likes of
fencing Jujitsu and
boxing these lessons in
Western martial arts
bring traditional
self-defence and combat
arts from centuries ago
back to the fore. These
one to one individual or
exclusive group sessions
are a great introduction
and you can choose
between Bartitsu and HEMA
workshops.This European
martial arts centre in
the heart of Birmingham
is a focal point for
disciplines such as
Bartitsu and HEMA in the
UK and beyond. It's
staffed by experts in
these fields of
historical European
martial arts which are
seeing a huge resurgence
in popularity. After all
it's not just the Far
East that has its culture
of martial arts - any
country that has engaged
in combat will have its
own style of martial art.
This school specialises
in 14th century European
martial arts from Italy
as well as Edward
Barton-Wright's late 19th
century discipline of
Bartitsu. The HEMA
workshop take you through
the basics of swordplay
as it was done in the
14th Century teaching you
the basic cuts and the
first series of
interlinked techniques
for attack and defence
with a long sword. The
sword fighting skills
taught during these HEMA
classes have been
resurrected from the
study of historical
documents and manuscripts
of Flore Dei Liberi
bringing the old European
fighting style from Italy
back to life in Brum.
Liberi had a 40-year
career as a sword master
during which he nor
anyone he taught was ever
defeated in single
combat. The Bartitsu
training is faithful to
creator Barton-Wright's
teachings of his combined
self-defence martial art
from the Victorian era.
Bartitsu was immortalised
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
with his hero Sherlock
Holmes using the combat
skills to fend off arch
rival Moriarty at
Reichenbach Falls in
Switzerland in his 'The
Adventure of the Empty
House' story. Bartitsu
has also been used in
several of the recent
Sherlock films so there's
a definite revival of
Holmes' martial arts! For
the Bartitsu workshops
it's all about your hands
and feet with a little
help from the ultimate
London gentleman's
accessory - a walking
stick or an umbrella. Yes
both workshops sound
pretty flamboyant don't
they? But in reality they
are both also excellent
self-defence and fitness
training - and pretty
fascinating at the same
time too. During your
two-hour sessions you
will learn the basic
skills of your chosen
historical European
martial arts style. Just
bring along yourself with
a willingness to learn
and get physical with
those fighting hands and
feet in this safe and
controlled Western
martial arts environment.
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Our parkour training
classes will see you
leaping climbing and
jumping all over the
place busting some fluid
and impressive urban
moves! Under the skilled
teaching of leading
parkouring athlete Kyle
Perkins you'll get to
grips with all the
classic moves during
these exclusive just for
you one-to-one free
running classes.The
discipline was pioneered
by Frenchman David Belle
and combined with
freerunning creator
Sebastien Foucan the
sport has really taken
hold in the UK too with
'traceurs' (as parkourers
are called) practising
their freestyle
gymnastics over the
country in this highly
urbanised sport. Teaching
parkour initially
developed from military
obstacle course training
and has become globally
popular with carefully
choreographed free
running chase scenes the
highlight of many a
Hollywood action
film.Parkouring is not
only a brilliant way to
get over around and land
beyond obstacles it also
exercises pretty much
every muscle in your body
strengthening your core
and impro...
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Find your inner Jedi
warrior when you go
fencing in Sunderland!
These lessons take place
in a purpose-built
adventure sports centre
in Roker where specialist
fencing instructors will
be on hand to show you
the basics of this most
chivalrous of sports.
Fencing is an excellent
work out for both mind
and body. An intense
fencing match can burn up
to 400 calories and gives
you core strength muscle
training and a
masterclass in balance
coordination and even
tactical thinking. It's
all about having the
moves to outwit your
opponent and managing
your concentration and
focus. These taster
lessons are designed to
give you an insight in
the the world of fencing.
To master it takes a
lifetime and there are
lots of rules and
regulations to learn in
competitive fencing but
these sessions offer you
the chance to 'have a go'
and get a feel for what
facing your opponent
feels like. There are
three different types of
fencing weapon namely the
foil the sabre and the
epee. All come in both
adult and smaller sizes
for mini fencers (this
Sunderland school accepts
those from aged six
upwards) and in left or
right-handed versions
too. The protective gear
you need to fence is also
included as part of your
lesson - so you just need
to bring yourself and
your wits! One essential
thing that all fencers
learn early on is the
tradition of handshakes
and saluting your
opponent before a bout.
These all hark back to
the aristocratic origins
of the sport whilst
reflecting the discipline
fencing commands. Having
saluted it's time to be
on guard step lunge and
take part in a few
parries with your
partner. Great fun for
all ages we are offering
fencing lessons in
Sunderland for two to
four people. Under the
watchful eye of the
fencing instructors
you'll get a superb
introduction to the sport
during your two hour
lesson. Breeches and
jackets on it's time to
fence!
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£31 GBP
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