1775 Sports & Fitness courses

The joint assessment course will not only develop joint assessment skills, in order to determine where an injury originates rather than simply treating where the pain is, but it will also introduce some orthopaedic tests which can be used as part of the assessment to gain further insight into the root of injuries.

A one-day workshop on sabre coaching led by Truro Fencing Club's head coach, Balázs Kurucz. This workshop will focus on how to create a competitive training environment for sabre fencers and look at exercises for individual lessons. It is suitable for coaches who are already used to giving individual lessons (minimum British Fencing Level 2 or equivalent). Balázs leads the sabre programme at Truro Fencing Club, developing fencers from as young as 6 years old through to Junior and Senior World Cup levels. He has a wealth of World level experience in sabre in Hungary, Singapore and Mexico, and joined Truro in the Autumn of 2012. Balázs has produced many top fencers including a Senior World Cup medallist and Junior World Championship Gold Medallist and many GB champions. Spaces for this workshop are available to coaches and fencers but the primary focus for the day will be to help the coaches develop. Fencers are welcome to attend to take part in any demonstration group activities and to take lessons from coaches.

Shorinji Kempo is a Japanese martial art focused on self defence, a healthy mind, and a healthy body. You will learn some awesome kick-ass moves, while also getting fit, meeting new people, and having a lot of fun! The class contains both "hard" techniques (punches and kicks) and "soft" techniques (pins and throws). We also do meditation and philosophy, and a form of pressure point massage. Monday classes are usually taught by Sensei Nicki (4th Dan, she/her), who also teaches on Saturdays at our other location. Sensei Mike (5th Dan, he/him) usually teaches on Fridays at Totterdown. Shorinji Kempo is a Japanese martial art which focuses on three main benefits - healthy mind, healthy body, and self defence. Our classes will teach you self confidence and self defence skills. You'll have a lot of fun as part of our community, while also keeping fit.

The Muscle Testing online course will provide you with the fundamental knowledge to effectively understand the scientific rationale and application for muscle strength assessments, through the use of manual muscle testing as part of an integrated assessment process. The instructional video presented by Dr. Mike Clark will detail how to perform manual muscle testing.

Explore and master more than 100 exercises for optimizing balance and stability of the kinetic chain! You’ll learn how to assess balance and in the process discover how to build and implement balance-training progressions into integrated programs for elite athletes and personal-training clients alike.

Our Cardiorespiratory Training for Sports Performance course will show you how to perform basic cardiorespiratory assessments and design unique performance enhancement cardiorespiratory training programs through the use of stage training. These programs can be utilized to improve performance for both recreational and competitive sports.

Our Cardiorespiratory Training for Fitness course will show you how to perform basic cardiorespiratory assessments and design unique cardiorespiratory training programs through the use of stage training. These programs will cater to individuals who want to reduce weight to the special population’s clientele.

The Positional Isometrics online course will provide you with the knowledge and rationale for the use of the activation technique of positional isometrics within a corrective exercise program. The instructional video presented by Dr. Mike Clark will detail how to perform positional isometrics.

This comprehensive course provides students with an understanding of the physiological principles and real-life applications of power training, helping them to properly assess clients and design progressive, integrated power training programs for a variety of goals.

Discover how to design and implement core-stabilization exercises for improved health and performance including progressions using stability balls, tubing, cables, foam rollers, medicine balls and more!