Times

Women’s classes are Tuesdays & Fridays, 19:40-20:40. Please get in touch to find out what we’re doing! New students are very welcome all year round.

Location

Classes are held at Queen Edith Primary School, Godwin Way, Cambridge, CB1 8QP, in the Large Hall.

Environment

The Original Martial Arts Uniting Ladies, abbreviated Ori-MAUL, is a women-only class for ages 13+. We cover windows and doors to allow for privacy, comfort, and traditional martial arts training. For any online training, we ask all members joining in online to ensure no male housemates can see the computer.

Bonus fun

Additional sessions, often held at weekends, include mat sessions, meditation, and anything else our members fancy sharing! Details are posted in the (private) club google calendar.

Content

The classes are centred on traditional International Taekwondo Federation (ITF) and World Taekwondo (WT, i.e. Kukkiwon) styles, with some influences from arts such as Muay Thai, Karate, Jiu Jitsu, and any other art we can get as we try to maximise the abilities of each individual.

Whilst we will always have a core love of kicking and blocking, our style has evolved over time. It is a mix of the teachings of Master Tina Felice, Instructor Duane Bacon, and the varied experiences of MAUL Instructors. We are grateful for the high number of ‘transfers’ we get from different disciplines, as each individual contributes to the ever-changing art that is MAUL.

Costs

Recommended donations

If payment is an issue, please don’t worry.  Everyone deserves to train. That’s why these are only recommended donations. Give if you can, but the most important thing for you to give is heart.

If you are still concerned, please talk to the instructors. They will find a way you can ‘pay it forward’ to help the club, without paying a £!

Commitment

Martial arts is a way of life.  Students progress at their own speeds with what time they are able to put in – it is an individual journey.  Our motto is ‘Consistency helps, come when you can!’

Moreover, practice doesn’t stop when you leave the do-jang (i.e. training hall) – every day provides an opportunity, from running through forms while waiting for a kettle to boil to opening a push-door with a palm-strike.  Martial arts is a long-distance journey, not a sprint to belts, so each day you train is a good day.

What does ‘volunteer-run’ mean?

Students do not pay for our instructors to teach classes, nor for our instructors or students to do any of the mountains of admin that make MAUL run. Please do pitch in! Help with running the club is most decidedly welcome! This is an organisation built and run by volunteers.

The sorts of things student’s donations are instead spent on include insurance, hall-hire, equipment, guest instructors, kit for people who can’t afford it, and so on.

Affiliations

Martial Arts Uniting Ladies is a member of the Independent Martial Arts Sports Association (IMASA).