Joe Akka martial arts academy

Gosh how much has changed in such a short period of time.  Since I was last writing on my blog about how, despite having taught at a number of martial arts academies across Manchester and beyond, I haven’t found one with the overall philosophy that I feel is missing, things have developed! I logged onto [...]

Joe Akka’s martial arts centre

I think that previously I have touched on the fact that I now enjoy teaching martial arts as much as learning, and to be honest, as time goes on, teaching has become more of a panacea for me than competing ever did. Having now been teaching at various martial arts schools across Manchester and beyond, [...]

Joe Akka’s Coach

Since I gave up competing in martial arts, mostly due to the fact that hearing the name ‘Joe Akka’ called out whenever I made the podium just no longer did it for me, something which I believe is crucial in any sport, I have started doing a lot more martial arts teaching. In fact, if [...]

Joe Akka, discipline and commitment

Ahh! Really rough week at work this week.  Without martial arts, I sometimes don’t know what I would do; it really is a total panacea for me. If I hadn’t gone to the Manchester Martial Arts school some twenty years ago now, who know what might have become of myself, Joe Akka. More than anything [...]

Joe Akka has been outstanding..

I first started doing martial arts when I was about ten, at a martial arts centre in Chorlton,Manchester. It was around that time when Bruce Lee was massive and I said to myself ‘Joe Akka one day, you could be as good as Bruce Lee.’ I started going to our local martial arts centre with [...]

Joe Akka – Martial Arts

Do you dream of gaining a black belt in martial arts? Perhaps you want to learn self-defence but you’re not sure of where to get started. I love partaking in martial arts and people often come and ask me where they can learn or which form of martial arts to partake in. I hear people [...]