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Frontline Martial Arts
Frontline
Martial Arts
was formed by a group of senior grades and students who found that
we could no longer train under the framework laid down by the
organisation to which we were affiliated. Attempting to stay loyal
to the strictly "amateur" code of the arts was no
longer possible, so we were forced to look elsewhere.
Thus Frontline Martial Arts came into being.
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April 2012
Frontline Martial Arts become Associate Members of UK Chung Do Kwan Taekwondo.
January 2012
Mister David Kingsland-Wain qualifies as an ABA boxing coach.
May 2011
Master Evans and Mister Morris qualify as 1st and 2nd Class WTF style tournament referees.
October 2010
Mister Des French opens the Mixed Martial Arts Academy, is Spain.
October 2010
Master Evans is promoted to 6th Dan by the senior examiners of the British Council for Korean Martial Arts.
March 2010
The fourth Dan grading promotes Mr Des French, Mr Connor French, Mr Andrew Morris and Mr Mark Coombs to 2nd Dan.
December 2009
Mr Lewis French is promoted to 1st Dan in Frontline Martial Arts' third Dan grading.
June 2009
“Mighty Mites” – training for children aged 5 – 9 opens in the Jubilee Hall at Alveston, South Gloucestershire.
March 2009
A second Black Belt grading – promoting Mr Des French and Mr Connor French to 1st Dan.
September 2008
A second training class opens in Alveston, South Gloucestershire.
October 2007
Frontline Martial Arts undertakes it’s first Black Belt grading – promoting Mr Mike Tovey and Mr Mark Coombs to 1st Dan.
May 2007
The Rotunda Club ceases trading, forcing us to find a new venue.
Training begins in Studio 1 of the Kingswood Foundation Limited, a fully equipped dance studio, providing an excellent training venue, including changing and shower facilities.
April 2005
The school’s registration with the BTCB expires. After consultation with the members, we register with the Amateur Martial Association (AMA). As a truly multi-style organisation, this gives us the freedom to “cross-train” in other styles of martial arts. Coinciding with this, the school changes name to “Frontline Martial Arts”.
Feb 2005
Following a training seminar, run by the senior instructors at the BTCB, we conclude that they are moving away from the martial side of training and concentrating, in our opinion, too much on the sports side.
Reading through the BTCB’s insurance policy, it also seems to restrict each member’s training to exclusively Taekwondo. We recognise that other styles also offer something positive.
April 2003
The school moves to the Rotunda Club, a night club / party venue in Kingswood, Bristol. The facilities are basic but it does give the adult members a chance to go for a drink in the bar downstairs after training !
July 2000
Frontline Martial Arts begin training in the gym at Speedwell School, Bristol, originally under the name of “Frontline Taekwondo”, after registering with the British Taekwondo Control Board.
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