NewLife Ladies

🆕 FAO - New Adult, Ladies, PT & Youth (11 to15) Students 🆕

🎉The Waiting List is now live! https://www.newlifeglasgow.com/waitlist

We will be accepting new students as soon as Covid restrictions relax a little.

Below is a rough timeline of when we should be able to start taking on new students.

Sign up to the wait-list and we will contact you as soon as space becomes available. Not sure? Don't worry - there is no obligation - it's just to give you a heads up :)

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Indicative Timeline for accepting new students...

◾️ May - Expected 17.05.21 (Date TBC)

- Youth MMA classes (ages 11 - 15 years). Contact allowed.

- Gladiators Muay Thai & MMA classes (ages 7 - 11 years). Contact allowed.

- Some new Adult, socially distant, 121 sessions.

- Some new Ladies only classes, socially distant.

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◾️ June - (Date TBC) - Indoor Contact Sports expected to resume for adults.

- Mixed Adult students for classes & 121 training.
-Services available: Boxing/Muay Thai/ Advanced Striking/Jiu Jitsu/Wrestling/Sparring/MMA/Strength & Conditioning.

- NewLife Ladies students for classes & 121 training.
- Services available: Boxing/Kickboxing/Muay Thai/Strength & Conditioning

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Whilst we are aiming for full operational, with all services running normally by July, this will be wholly dependant on Scottish Government's relaxation of the current Covid restrictions and rules. The above timeline is subject to change - we will keep you posted!

Hey folks, pleased fill in a new PARQ form before returning to the gym. Can be found on the website.

www.newlifeglasgow.com

Please take a second to help your local gyms.

Morning Folks,

Some of you may have seen this article this morning’s Daily Record. It may be Davie that is pictured but make no mistake, this not just about NLG, this issue is affecting 1000s of small indy gyms across Scotland as well bigger commercial gyms. Us wee ones especially, don’t have a board or a council to speak up on our behalf and as a result we are being left behind by the Scottish Government.

Current lockdown measures mean that in theory we can travel to other parts of the world (eg. Italy, Spain) train and in some cases spar with strangers, then return to Scotland sans quarantine but we cannot train in a socially distant manner here in our own country, in our own small community gyms. Here we can track and trace. Here we can boost our own economy. Here we can support our own communities.

During this time we can also attend other indoor industries such as pubs etc, where we can socially distance at a reduced 1m. Whilst, we are happy for other businesses out there to be open, this move in itself does go initial narrative of taking the stress off the NHS. It is well documented that that there is a strong correlation between A&E admissions and one too many drinks.

This industry has supported lockdown and truly backed the government’s decision to slow the country to allow for the slow of COVID. We have closed our doors, lot of us before the official lockdown, we have made extensive changes to our business models and extensive physical changes to our units to ensure we are a safe & compliant space to reopen to.

When we reopen, we know that our services will be greatly reduced (for us personally no grappling/sparring etc) We know that our expenses are going up & our income going down yet we have pushed on to find ways to accommodate the greater public’s health. We have invited the FM to our gyms, we have written to our MPs and MSPs yet we are not being heard.

We have been told to remain closed with no indication as to when we will even be considered to reopen. We have not been offered additional financial support (loans excluded) and whilst we are absolutely grateful for the initial one off grant, that was offered to all qualifying small businesses , it is not elastic. There has still been rent, bills to pay & for the vast majority of this industry, expensive renovation & remodelling works required to allow us to reopen. For many of us, our members are the ones propping us up, it’s not on them. We are at 20 weeks of closure and we have no idea how much longer it will last. We then have an infinite amount of time where we will be operating on reduced services, which has its on set of ramifications.
We NEED clarity.

As a final note, and I can only speak for us here at NLG personally, we are 100% behind the pledge to ease shielding and get kids back to routine. We agree, that is a top priority. We are not asking to ‘skip the queue’. We are asking for support, an explanation behind the theory of pubs and international travel being safer, communication and guidelines.

Please help this industry by sharing our stories, all of our stories, as far and wide as possible. Sign the petitions. Lobby your MPs & MSPs.

Gyms are a sanctuary for many, esp community based gyms. Contrary to popular belief most people do not come to us to learn how to fight, they often come to us because they are fighting something much much bigger in their lives, training is the by product of that coping mechanism.

New timetable is live! Remember ladies Kickboxing moves to Tuesday @ 6.15pm!

Reminder - the new timetable goes live tomorrow! We kick off Monday with the addition of a 5th Jiu Jitsu class taken by Pro MMA fighter and NAGA Expert champ Gary Priestly.

All levels welcome. £6 drop in per session. Full timetable live now on www.newlifeglasgow.com.

Sorry for the late notice but we'll need to cancel ladies class tonight. Please feel free to come in and hit the bag or do pads.

Kickboxing as normal tomorrow at 6pm! All levels welcome :)

Open as normal tomorrow!

A big day for the team at NewLife yesterday. 2 comps, 4 fights, 2 dominant wins and 2 loses all against formidable opponents. As covered in our previous post Micheala takes Gold in her bjj debut, heavily outscoring all of her opponents. Adam , also making his bjj debut, lost in a great attempt against the division winner. Then we moved on to Evolution Of Combat MMA in Maryhill for our first MMA fights back on Scottish soil in over 2 years. First up was Tommy with his long awaited return to the cage facing the very well respected RVKMMA Team from Iceland. Known for their strong wrestling game and ground work, Tommy rose to the challenge and brought the fight to him with beautiful striking tactics garnered from his two striking bouts over the last few months, followed by outstanding wrestling work off the cage. He took the win by unanimous decision in front of all of his team mates, friends and family. A big congratulation to his opponent, a very strong and technical lad for her ring experience. Definitely one to watch. The last 2 years have been an incredible journey for Tommy, a true Resurgence Warrior. Well done pal

Hello Ladies, we are on as normal this week, including Saturday. However, Kickboxing is off on Easter Monday, then back to normal from Tuesday.

Hey Folks, just a reminder Little Gladiators resumes tonight and wee update on our opening hours for Easter Weekend. Classes as normal Tuesday 23rd!