On Sunday 21st May, Aimee and myself, along with four other selected instructors, took part in a training course with Stand Against Violence – a charity organisation that teaches self defence and more in schools around the country. One of the major factors about the course is it has been set out to cover the … Read moreBecoming Stand against Violence Instructors
Aimee and I did a demo for the guides in Debenham, at the Sir Robert Hitcham Primary School with around 40 guides. This involved us demoing self defence as part of ‘The suffragettes’ and ‘The Centenary Year of Senior Section Guides.’ An event they are running with some other participants. We started with Aimee basically beating the … Read moreSelf defence demo for the Guides March 10th 2016
Aimee and I were honoured to have Sensei Stephen Chan visit us and grade our students. We also had sensei and students from Northampton come and visit us for the event. We had a great 4 hour session with the children doing their gradings in the first 2 hours. Aimee and I are really proud of … Read moreStephen Chan OBE karate seminar February 21st 2016
We had a great time with the ladies from WiRE Women in Rural Enterprise (South Suffolk) They had this to say about us ‘A big thank you to Scott and Aimee Fairburn from ASF for a fabulous demonstration this evening – giving us an excellent introduction to self defence and being confident about what is reasonable action … Read moreWiRE self defence demo, 16th February 2016
January 15th-17th 2016 Aimee and I completed our FAST defence instructor training, One of our other team members was Patrick and our Daughter Aiki came along for the ride. We got to meet Bill Kipp founder of Fast and Andras who is the UK and soon to be Europe lead instructor. See picture below. It … Read moreFAST instructor training
Aimee and I have just become Ambassadors for the Disability Martial Arts Association and breaking down barriers. We hope to be working with them in the new year to offer a special seminar, plus we hope to be doing the level 5 course in coaching and teaching disabled people in martial arts. Again this … Read moreAmbassadors for the Disability Martial Arts Association and breaking down barriers
I am happy to announce that i have joined the NAKMAS Safe Kids Campaign, please watch the following video and contact us for more information. Below is my certificate proving I am part of the campaign.
So if you missed it or want to know more about Aimee and I here is the radio interview.
Aimee took silver at the southend BJJ open. She beat the first girl a massive 27-0, then she was put against a heavier more experienced player and lost in the last few seconds 3-0 to take the silver position.
You will now see the following logo on some ASF events in the future. These events are to raise funds for martial art projects in Africa to help set up venues, cover running costs, but also where possible to get more females into martial arts. This as I have said before is Aimee and my way … Read moreAfrican Fundraising details