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Blue and White Rope Skippers Saturday 10th March The BWRS first came to Oxford School of Martial Arts in October 2006. They came to the adult training session held at Aviators in Kidlington to demonstrate and coach their skipping skills. It was an amazing evening and inspired one adult member, David Clapton to instigate their return. He felt his son would love to attend a skipping workshop and so, along with Sensei Rob and Sensei Mary, today's event was organised. The non profit making event (which was a sell out), was held at the White Horse Leisure and Tennis Centre in Abingdon. At the beginning of the 2 hour skipping workshop the team performed a demonstration of their skipping skills, including single skipping, double skipping, group skipping and double dutch.
The team consists of Former World Champions, some European Champions and all of the team are current British Champions. They gave a vibrant and exciting skipping demonstration before the workshop began. The participants were split into three different age groups, ranging from 6 years to adult. The team then coached the groups in an exciting, demanding and fun training session. Everybody tried new skills and tricks, initially in single rope skipping and then moving into double dutch. A lot of those attending the workshop were students at OSMA, building on their skipping skills but there were also those that were trying skipping for the first time and thoroughly enjoying the experience. We were really proud of our students. Sue (the BWRS coach) commented that it was phenomenal for her staff to teach children who were obedient and focused, and she was impressed by how much could be achieved by children who are disciplined. The rate of learning was excellent, even for the 6 year olds. Its what we aim to do as standard, but sometimes we forget that its unusual.
The session ended with another demonstration, this time of their competition routines and finished with a demonstration of double dutch speed skipping. The team then signed autographs. It proved to be a very successful afternoon, exciting and exhilarating for both spectators and participants alike.
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