North Lanarkshire moves in to COVID-Level 2 from Monday 17th May, meaning our adult classes resume once again.

Please see our updated timetable for Wishaw.

Great news, as we move into Level 2, we are now able to re-open ALL our Over 18’s Classes, returning to a full timetable once again.

Updated timetables will be posted on each of our venue pages of our website, as well as being emailed out to all members by the end of this week.

If you’d like to book a trial session please contact us here.

All gym’s are open as normal this Bank Holiday Weekend as well as Bank Holiday Monday.

We look forward to seeing you all at class as normal.

To coincide with our re-opening in just two weeks time, we’ve decided to give our website a much needed overhaul. Our hope is that it’s easier and quicker to navigate, and will keep everything easy to view with regards to up coming events.

Let us know what you think…

We are excited to be re-opening again on Monday 26th April 2021.

Watch this space for new timetables being announced soon….

Great News!!

We are all set to re-open again after the latest government lockdown restrictions which were in place for the past three weeks in both West Lothian and North Lanarkshire.

The timetables remain the same as prior to lockdown, details will be emailed out shortly.

ALL OUR FACILITIES RE-OPEN FROM 18:00 hrs on FRIDAY 11th DECEMBER

Following the announcement yesterday, which saw the Scottish Government make further changes in order to stop the spread of coronavirus. These changes unfortunately impact us and the fitness and leisure industry yet again, meaning we have had to adapt once more and make changes to our timetables for the next two weeks.

The major point from yesterday’s announcement is the closing of group fitness classes to those 18 years and over, as such there will be no adult classes for the next two weeks. ​

As there were a few student 17 years & under training in the adults classes, please note for the next two weeks you will require to train within the junior classes.​ If you are unsure please contact us on Facebook.

We understand that this is very disappointing news to many people, but we must follow all government guidance and rules.

These changes come in to effect from Saturday 10th October for two weeks, until Sunday 25th October.

PLEASE SEE YOUR EMAIL FOR UPDATED INFORMATION & TIMETABLES

We realise that these changes yesterday were not expected, but we continue to remain positive and persevere going forward, making training as accessible as possible for everyone.

Thank you for your understanding and continued support.

Kind regards

GMAC Martial Arts

Over the past few months, there have been many first’s for the students and instructors, and today was maybe the biggest one yet. We held out first ever outdoor Black Belt Grading & Pre-test.

The coronavirus outbreak in Scotland meant the nation went into lockdown on 24th March, just a few weeks short of our planned annual black belt grading. This at the time, put an unknown delay for the students who were due to take the biggest test of their Taekwon-Do career to date in early April.

Fast forward 6 months, during which the candidates had been training regularly via Zoom, as well as outdoor & weekly one-to-one sessions as restrictions were slowly lifted, we planned the grading to be taken on the grounds outside of Integrity Martial Arts gym in Uddingston. We were fortunately blessed with a dry afternoon, which saw the candidates under go their respective gradings, whilst maintaining social distancing. This meant some obvious changes to the criteria to account for limitations, and some additions too. An extra challenge for everyone, one which they gladly accepted and overcame.

We are pleased to announce the following results;

Promoted to 1st Degree:

Gray Nisbet (Wishaw)

Lennon McAvoy (Wishaw)

Sam Jones (Wishaw)

Promoted to 2nd Degree:

Hayden McAvoy (Wishaw)

John Melrose (Integrity)

Scott Crooks (Livingston)

Congratulations on your well deserved promotions.

Pre-Test

We also held a pre-test for candidates looking to grading in April 2021, with the following completing:

Nathan Cowan (Wishaw), Despina Athanasiadou (Livingston), Lorna Singleton (Wishaw)