{"id":7442,"date":"2012-10-05T23:05:52","date_gmt":"2012-10-05T22:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=7442"},"modified":"2012-10-05T23:05:52","modified_gmt":"2012-10-05T22:05:52","slug":"the-abingdon-dojo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=7442","title":{"rendered":"The Abingdon Dojo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag12\/12100503.jpg\" alt=\"The Abingdon Dojo\" \/><br \/>\nYou may have already noticed the new Martial Arts Centre off the Audlett Drive &#8211; just on the corner after Snakes and Ladders at the Penlon Building.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag12\/12100501.jpg\" alt=\"The Abingdon Dojo\" \/><br \/>\nIt has been open for about 4 weeks now. The people running it, Can Do Martial Arts, have been providing martial arts classes for children and adults in Abingdon and the surrounding area for the past 7 years in other venues. Now they have a place of their own.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag12\/12100502.jpg\" alt=\"The Abingdon Dojo\" \/><br \/>\nThe new centre is open 7 days a week offering martial arts classes for<br \/>\nchildren aged from just 2 years of age (Tiny Tigers Karate) up to adults of any age and ability. Beginners are always welcome. Martial Arts classes include <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shotokan\">Shotokan Karate<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jeet_Kune_Do\">Jeet Kune Do<\/a>,  <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mixed_martial_arts\">Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)<\/a>, Sticks and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brazilian_Jiu-Jitsu\">Brazilian Jiu Jitsu<\/a>. There is also <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pilates\">Pilates<\/a> classes for all abilities.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag12\/12100504.jpg\" alt=\"The Abingdon Dojo\" \/><br \/>\nNew members are welcome to go and try sessions for free. They can be contacted by phone: 07989 949 226 or email: virginia@candomartialarts.co.uk. You can also check out their website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.candomartialarts.co.uk\">www.candomartialarts.co.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding the building name &#8230; I see that a Dojo is the name given to a martial arts training place in the west. But in Japan d\u014dj\u014d means The place of the way. It was originally a hall beside the temple where martial arts were practiced. You would take off your shoes before entering.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You may have already noticed the new Martial Arts Centre off the Audlett Drive &#8211; just on the corner after Snakes and Ladders at the Penlon Building. It has been open for about 4 weeks now. The people running it, Can Do Martial Arts, have been providing martial arts classes for children and adults in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[151],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7442\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}