About
Exeter Practical Martial Arts™ (EPMA™) is a friendly and professionally-run club based in Exeter, Devon. Although it has sparring, Exeter Practical Martial Arts™ is not a sport-based club and will not attend tournaments. Exeter Practical Martial Arts’™ training is based upon classical martial arts, with a lot of padwork (for power generation and aerobic and anaerobic fitness), patterns (for concentration, technique perfection and applications study and remembrance), two-person drills (for self-defence and realism) and pattern-based sparring (controlled contact sparring at all ranges, standing up, and on the ground).
Unlike other clubs, Exeter Practical Martial Arts™ does not teach in Korean. All of our lessons are completely in English in order to faciliate learning and enable our students to get the maximum benefit from their training. Nor do we spar for competition, or do any form of breaking. Finally, in order to get the best results from our reality-based training, we train in t-shirts, gi bottoms and trainers.
Training for Children between the ages of 3 - 12 is safe and non-contact. For more details please click here.
Practical Taekwondo™ (incorporating Jim Wagner’s Reality Based Personal Protection, Ao Denkou Jitsu, and Jung Shin Mudo)
Practical Taekwondo™ is the core style of Exeter Practical Martial Arts™. Study covers practical applications derived from the Chang Hun Tul of Taekwondo and the Heian Kata of Karate. Our self-defence techniques and syllabus cover the following;
Joint Manipulation Techniques
Short Stick Techniques
Hand Striking Techniques
Vital Point Techniques
Basic Techniques
Takedown Techniques
Members can expect to be taught by many guest instructors covering everything from Ninjutsu to Mixed Martial Arts, Stick fighting to Kempo, Karate to being your own bodyguard.
Practical Self-Defence™ (incorporating Aikoushin Kubojutsu, Jim Wagner’s Reality Based Personal Protection and FAST)
Practical Self-Defence™ is not a martial art per se. Practical Self-Defence™ is a system designed to enable students to learn how to keep themselves safe through the mental skills of Self-Protection and the physical skills of Self-Defence.
Training is broken down into a number of levels ranging from Basic through to Advanced. Students learn more physical skills as they progress but will be able to live safer lives from their first lesson.
Reality Based Personal Protection
Jim Wagner’s Reality Based Personal Protection is a no frills system that will make you look long and hard at yourself and society whilst having to dig deep into reserves that you didn’t think you had. Courses will cover Knife Survival, Crime Survival and even Terrorism Survival. The emphasis on ‘Reality’ cannot be overstated. You will find yourself in some of the worst situations you can imagine, whilst in a controlled and safe environment. Contact is a must here. How prepared are you to keep yourself and your loved ones safe?
If you’re interested in joining the school, or private and corporate sessions, please contact epma@practical-martial-arts.co.uk