Congratulations and  farewell to Sensei John who has moved to Barcelona  to persue a career as a computer games designer - we all wish him well  and  hope  he pops in to see us when he comes home for a holiday!

Both the John Smeaton and Kippax clubs were established in 1997 with, the Ricall 

club being established shortly after. At the time, as far as we could see, there were 

no other clubs operating in the area. The clubs were established so students could learn

 the art of self defence and they could, if needed, defend themselves against attacks 

and,  at the same  time, have fun learning. We firmly believe  that these aims have been

 achieved because all our clubs have been  a great success - as you can see from 

the length of time  that the  classes  have been  running and  the increasing 

numbers of students that now attend  our classes. 

 All our male  and  female black belt instructors are trained in child protection and first aid.