Trinity Martial Arts And Self Defence - Telford

Trinity Martial Arts And Self Defence - Telford

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For younger children - confidence and focus. For teens - resilience and real-world self-defence. For adults - practical training with purpose.

Message us to get started in Dawley, Telford. Trinity Martial Arts & Self Defence is a professional full-time martial arts and self-defence school based in Dawley, Telford, offering structured training for children, teens and adults. We are committed to providing a safe, respectful and professionally run environment, with a strong focus on personal development, confidence, discipline and practical

Photos from Trinity Martial Arts And Self Defence - Telford's post 14/08/2026

Stick defence with focus, control and confidence.

Practical skills for real-world situations. ๐Ÿ’ช

Photos from Trinity Martial Arts And Self Defence - Telford's post 12/08/2026

We took a short time to step out of class this evening to pass the solar shades around and witness the partial solar eclipse. ๐Ÿ˜Ž

The last one I remember was 1999! โณ

Great for the kids to experience this cosmic event.

20/07/2026

First Day Of The School Holidays - The school summer holidays start today โ˜€๏ธ

If you have been thinking about starting your child in martial arts, ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ.

Starting during the holidays gives your child the chance to settle in, build confidence and get a positive routine in place before September.

Our Foundation Programme for ages 4-7 helps children build:

๐Ÿ’ช Confidence
๐ŸŽฏ Focus
๐Ÿคธ Coordination
๐Ÿ‘‚ Listening skills
๐ŸŒŸ Self-belief
๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ Age-appropriate personal safety awareness

It is not about creating little fighters.

๐—œ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„.

The holidays are a brilliant opportunity to give your child something active, structured and confidence-building to look forward to each week.

๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† and help your child start the summer with something positive.

The link is in the first comment to check availability and book your child's place ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡

Ed
Lead Instructor
Trinity Martial Arts & Self Defence

19/07/2026

When parents speak to me about classes for the 4-7's age group, they are usually not looking for their child to become a fighter.

They want their child to:

๐Ÿ’ช Grow in confidence
๐Ÿ‘‚ Listen better
๐ŸŽฏ Develop focus
๐Ÿคธ Move better
๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ Become more resilient
๐ŸŒŸ Feel proud of themselves
โœ… Learn practical personal safety skills in the right way

That is exactly what our Foundation Programme is designed to support.

Children aged 4-7 learn martial arts in a structured, friendly and age-appropriate class where the focus is confidence, coordination, focus, self-belief and early self-defence awareness.

With the summer holidays starting tomorrow (well, the first day off school), this is the perfect time to get something positive in place.

If that sounds like what your child needs this summer, book a Free Assessment Class ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡ link is in the first comment.

Thanks,
Ed - Lead Instructor
Trinity Martial Arts & Self Defence

18/07/2026

Age-Appropriate Self-Defence Awareness ๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ. As a self-defence instructor, I am very careful about how we teach personal safety to younger children.

For children aged 4-7, self-defence should never be about frightening them or teaching anything unsuitable.

It should be age-appropriate, confidence-building and practical.

In our Foundation Programme, children learn simple ideas around:

๐Ÿ‘‚ Listening
๐Ÿ‘€ Awareness
๐Ÿšถ Safe movement
๐Ÿ’ช Confidence
๐Ÿšง Boundaries
๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ Using their voice
๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ Basic breakaway concepts

The aim is not to make children fearful.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—บ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ, ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ.

Now that school has finished for the summer, this is a great time to help your child start building confidence and practical awareness in the right way.

Want your child to build confidence, awareness and practical personal safety skills in an age-appropriate way?
Book a Free Assessment Class and see if Trinity Martial Arts & Self Defence is the right fit.

For more information and to check availability, check the link in the comments ๐Ÿ‘‡

Thanks,
Ed

17/07/2026

Last Day Of School. The last day of school is here โ˜€๏ธ

For children, that usually means excitement, freedom and a break from the normal routine.

For parents, it can also mean a very different challenge.

๐Ÿ“ฑ More screen time
โšก More energy to burn
๐Ÿ”„ Less structure
๐Ÿ’ฌ More โ€œIโ€™m boredโ€
๐ŸŽ’ A harder reset when September comes around

๐—” ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ.

๐—ข๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—™๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐Ÿฐ-๐Ÿณ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€.

They come to class, move their bodies, practise skills, listen to instructions, work towards goals and leave feeling proud of themselves.

โœ… It is active.
โœ… It is structured.
โœ… It is confidence-building.

๐—œ๐—ณ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป, ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—ฎ ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—”๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—”๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ & ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ณ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ.

When can you book your child's free assessment class for? ๐Ÿ‘‰ follow the link in the comments ๐Ÿ‘‡

Photos from Trinity Martial Arts And Self Defence - Telford's post 16/07/2026

Prepare For September ๐ŸŽ’. I have found that children often settle better in September ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿ“…

The best preparation for the new school year is not just uniform, shoes and stationery ๐ŸŽ’

๐—œ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ.

It is helping children listen better, focus better, try when things feel difficult and believe in themselves a little more ๐Ÿ’ช

๐—ข๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—™๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐Ÿฐ-๐Ÿณ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด.

They learn to follow instructions, take turns, practise techniques, work towards belts and feel proud of their progress ๐ŸŒŸ

๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„, now is a great time to start before the holiday routine fully takes over.

Help your child walk into September feeling more ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜, ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ.

๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„.
To check availability and book a free assessment class, check the link in the comments ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡

๐˜Œ๐˜ฅ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜จ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ - ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ง ๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ
๐˜›๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ด & ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ง ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ

15/07/2026

For Nervous Children Too ๐Ÿ˜Š. One thing I always want parents to know is that children do not need to arrive full of confidence ๐Ÿ’ฌ

๐Ÿ˜Œ Some children are shy
๐Ÿ•’ Some need time to settle
๐Ÿค” Some want to join in but feel unsure at first
๐ŸŒฑ Some need a gentle first step
๐Ÿ’› Some just need a little encouragement
๐Ÿค Some feel better once they know what to expect

That is completely normal โœ…

๐—ข๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—™๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐Ÿฐ-๐Ÿณ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐ŸŒŸ

They do not need previous experience.
They do not need to be sporty.
They do not need to be naturally outgoing.

They just need to start ๐Ÿš€

At Trinity Martial Arts & Self Defence, we help children feel safe ๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ, supported ๐Ÿค— and encouraged ๐Ÿ‘ while they learn martial arts, focus ๐ŸŽฏ, coordination ๐Ÿคธ and early personal safety awareness ๐Ÿง 

If your child is a little nervous about trying something new, the Free Assessment Class is a friendly first step ๐Ÿ˜Š

You can find the link ๐Ÿ”— in the first comment ๐Ÿ‘‡

Ed Hodgson - Chief Instructor
Trinity Martial Arts & Self Defence

Photos from Trinity Martial Arts And Self Defence - Telford's post 14/07/2026

Screen-Free Confidence Building ๐Ÿ“ตโœจ
As a parent myself, I know how easily screen time can creep up during the school holidays ๐Ÿ“ฑ

A bit of screen time is normal. But most parents still want something more positive, active and confidence-building in the mix ๐Ÿ’ก

That is where our ๐—™๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ can help.

๐—–๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐Ÿฐ-๐Ÿณ get the chance to move, learn, interact, listen, practise and build new skills in a structured martial arts class ๐Ÿฅ‹

They are not just being entertained.

They are actively involved โœ…

They are learning how to move better, focus better and feel more confident in themselves ๐Ÿ’ช๐ŸŒŸ

With school finishing this week, ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ to get something positive lined up for the holidays โ˜€๏ธ

If you are looking for something active, structured and confidence-building for your child this summer, book a Free Assessment Class at Trinity Martial Arts & Self Defence.

For more information, the link is in the first comment ๐Ÿ‘‡

DM me or post in the comments with any questions ๐Ÿ™‚

Ed Hodgson - Chief Instructor
Trinity Martial Arts & Self Defence

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Unit 2b, Matthew Webb House, High Street, Dawley
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Monday 6:30pm - 9pm
Wednesday 5pm - 8pm
Thursday 5pm - 9pm
Friday 5pm - 8pm
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