Practice Sessions

What type of clothing should I wear during practice?

Are spectators allowed?

Unless you are below 18yo and is practicing under approval from your parents/guardian who are then allowed to spectate, NO spectating is allowed during practice sessions.

Can I take photographs during practice?

No! Any recording device (camera/phone/video camera) will have it's exposure media whether solonoid (film) or digital storage removed and destroyed and your membership will be terminated without appeal.

Only members who have been given explicit prior authorisation to take pictures for the sole use and benefit of the club are permitted to take photographs.

Can I use my mobile phone?

No! All mobile phones must be switched off and kept in your kit bag. No mobile phones may be used in the practice area or the changing room irrespective of whether the said phone has a camera facility or not. Contravention of this ruling will effect immediate termination of your membership without appeal.

Will there be someone my age and size?

In wrestling, practice with different partners is an essential training asset. Age and size is not an issue during practice.

I'm a competition wrestler and would like similar experienced wrestlers for me to train with?

Our coaching sessions are taken by qualified, experienced, national and international guest wrestlers and frequently has international competition and experienced guests wrestlers as well as our squad. Obviously we cannot guarantee quality of wrestlers of your choice.

I'm an experienced wrestler and would like to follow my own practice programme

Unless you have permission from the coach, you must follow the practice programme set by the coach at that practice

Who is responsible for what I do during the practice?

You are! Therefore you must refrain from doing any move/s that you deem to be unduly harmful to either yourself or others in the practice

Where/when are your practice sessions?

As a university club, our practice sessions abide by the UK academic 4 - term schedule.

However as there may be certain cancellations, you are advised to ring us first if you are a new member.

See our info on practice sessions here.

How will I be kept informed of the club's activities and news

See our notes on contacting us. Join our broadcast list to be kept informed.

What hygiene rules are there?

As wrestling is a close contact sport, personal hygiene is of utmost importance. You will NOT be allowed to join a practice if you are deemed to be unfit hygienically. Long hair must be tied up and finger nails must be cut short and no artificial body jewellery may be worn. As a general rule, a good shower before practice is strongy advised.

How are the practice sessions organised?

As our club utilises both experienced and qualified national and international wrestlers as coaches, it's entirely left up to the coach involved to plan his/her practice programme. However, the club's head coach will verify all coaching styles to ensure health and safety issues are adhered to.

Can I choose who I wrestle with?

No. everyone follows the instructions from the coach however you can choose not to do a particular drill or exercise due to your own personal health and safety reasons. However if the coach deems that you are simply choosing what you want to do and with whom you wish to wrestle with only, you may be excluded from the practice and reported to the club council for expulsion.

My religion forbids me to wrestle with the opposite sex

LAW practices a strict equal opportunity policy based on the sport of wrestling only. It is your perogative to exercise your religious beliefs however if such personal exercises are deemed to be in contradiction to the club's practice programme, you may be excluded from future sessions.

What are the costs involved?

See our membership fees.

Are there shower and changing facilities at the practice venue?

There is a fully equipped changing room with showers and changing area in both the London and Brighton venues.

Who do I make my payments to?
How come I have to bring the correct payment denomination?
Why doesn't the practice session officer have change?
Can I pay by cheque,credit/debit cards or via any internet payment mode like PayPal?

See our membership fees.

From the link above, you should know the costings that affects you, if not, please ask before you commence any activity. It is your responsibility to offer to pay your dues and its not up to our volunteers to ask you for your payments. As our practice session officer is already doing us a favour by collecting all our dues, it would be unfair to request them to bring along change too therefore please ensure you have the correct payment denomination.

Our club can only accept payment in cash, cheque (made payable to LAW - Cheque payments acceptable for sums OVER £10 or for orders via the mail only ) and international money order made out in sterling pound currency only.

Practice Sessions