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NVQ City and Guilds

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NVQ City & Guilds

NVQ City & Guilds

NVQ City&Guilds

All the principal instructors in the club are NVQ certified. For your total peace of mind, all instructors are also required to undergo a St John Ambulance First Aid Course every three years.

We are also a member of MASA, The Martial Arts Standards Agency. This is your assurance of a professional and safe training environment.

The NVQ  is a nationally recognised qualification tailored, in this case, to sports coaching.  As each NVQ is specific to the area of business for which it was intended, it is a qualification based upon competence within a certain sphere.

The focus tends to be more centred on obtaining practical skills which are job-related in order that you can learn the relevant skills to be able to do a particular job effectively.

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NVQ City & Guilds

Professor Steve McDade holds a nationally recognised Level 2 NVQ certificate for teaching and coaching both adults and children.

Level 1 (City & Guilds)

This is a one day course aimed at all instructors and assistant instructors going through all the requirements for Level 1 city & guilds recognition.

Level 2 (City & Guilds)

This is a much more advanced course involving the Instructor having a portfolio of evidence proving that all the required standards have been met and are being put in practice.

This involves being assessed by an NVQ assessor at your own club whilst teaching your students. Attending regular NVQ workshops throughout a 4 years period which you have to complete the course or you will need to re-register.

This course is suitable for all senior Instructors or for Instructors’ running their own club.

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This Girl Can

This Girl Can

This Girl Can – TV AD Amazing Nationwide Advertising Campaign Londrita and Bleta, who both train at the Total Self Defence Ltd in North London were featured in the national advertising campaign, This Girl Can, which encourages women to take up sport. The pic above shows the girls, father, Renshi Ibush Kabashi , proudly pointing at a poster featured throughout…

More Junior Black Belts

More Junior Black Belts

Stunning Black Belt Grading – Well Done! Jujitsu at it’s very best! Congratulations to our 6 new junior black belts and all those that took in this grading after missing last months. The standard was excellent with all techniques performed to an astonishingly good level. Well done team – you made your parents and your instructors very proud!

Sensei Mick Rothon

Sensei Mick Rothon

Congrats to Sensei Mick Rothon 8th Dan Award Well done to Sensei Mick Rothon who has just been awarded his 8th Dan by our chief instructors for a lifetime of amazing contributions and selfless dedication to jujitsu.

Renshi Steve Brooks

Renshi Steve Brooks

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Sensei Paul Webb

Sensei Paul Webb

1st Dan Belt Black In Jujitsu I have always had a keen interest in training in the martial arts and as a nervous wreck, it took confidence that I never knew I had to walk into a club for the first time. That first step is a big one. I sampled Karate, Judo and Kung Fu when I was younger but…

Soke Morris

Soke Morris

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Sensei Clare Pollitt

Sensei Clare Pollitt

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Renshi Ioannis Amaslidis

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ITV Jujitsu Interview

ITV Jujitsu Interview

ITV at Total Self Defence Ltd ITV London News popped into our North London Dojo to interview Sensei Ibush, 5th Dan Japanese Jujitsu master, training with his two daughters, Bleta and Londrita. The daughters were spearheading the ThisGirlCan advertising campaign by Sport England aimed at getting more and more women to take up sports Very well done to Sensei Ibush…

Kyoshi Steve McDade

Kyoshi Steve McDade

World Renowned 9th Dan Belt Black Jiu Jitsu Instructor. First let me welcome you to our website and I hope you enjoy it whether you are a martial artist or novice interested in learning self-defence. I have held a Senior black belt grade in the Mother Art since 1983 and in that time I have been fortunate enough to have…

Bullying Advice

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Sensei Usman Jaleel

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6th M.A.T.E Congress

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Adult Black Belt Grading

Adult Black Belt Grading

Excellent End of Year Grading Awesome Demonstration of Dedication & Techniques Congratulations to another 2 new black belts this year, 9 new black belts in total for Total Self Defence Ltd. Paul Ridley and Kieron Hanlon did excellently. It’s been a 10-year journey for Paul – a fantastic achievement. Kieron did it in five years – another amazing achievement –…

Junior Black Belts

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Kyoshi Steve McDade

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