Some very exciting news, Fight Medieval are in talks with the folks from Optimal Life Fitness about opening a new class. OLF have a fantastic gym in Hither Green which has a superb open plan, old school feel to it (as you can see kettle-bells and Indian clubs are the order of the day).
The ethic of the gym is very similar to that of the Fight Medieval schools: that it is better to train with constant motion and balance. This Frequens Motus approach allows your body to find its natural rhythm and gives you a hardcore workout at the same time.
Negotiations are going well. We hope to be able to announce a new class opening sometime in May. The focus of this class will be aerobic learning through doing, lots of cutting, lots of striking, letting you learn through the burn.
As the manual says:
“For practice is better than art, your exercise does well without the art, but the art is not much good without the exercise.”
Train hard, we’ll keep you posted.
I am a resident of Hither Green and i have regularly used the Optimum Life Gym on Hither Green Lane. The gym is as good as described on your web page, it has a nice open plan feel, lots of kettlebells and punchbags. There is plenty of space to swing your sword
The entrance is either on Hither Green Lane or Lanier Road off Hither Green Lane, which has a buzzer and security cam entry. The people are friendly
i look for forward to any classes there,
Genuinesaint.
p.s. the gym used to be a fire extinguisher factory where i worked for a while.