A fair sized gym based in an excellent location. The staff (all PT's) are very friendly, helpful…read moreand knowledgeable, based on my experience with them. The gym offers a wide range of cardio and resistance machines as well as free weights. There is definitely a welcoming and friendly atmosphere. The only down side is that due to the lack of a separate area/ hall the classes available are quite limited compared to other gyms but what they offer is popular with the clients as is always busy. Highly recommended, especially at the price. 5/5 for what they have available.

This gym has great equipment and the trainers are knowledgeable and helpful, the atmosphere is…read moregood, the place is modern, well lit and clean, the best gym Club I've belonged to, the classes are really good to motivate and inspire you, they work you hard here, great value for money too.

As authentic as it gets, the Grandmaster Loukas has a passion for Wing Chun, that exudes in his…read moreguidance and diverse training. His background is extensive, with direct links to Yip Man, Wong Shun-Leung, Nino Bernardo (Basement London) and Bruce Lee. Training is in Wing Chun and Kali, and he has been delivering this for 30-years, that's more real-life training experience than most of the clubs in the county etc together! I looked for many schools, and was very lucky to find this authentic school. To put this into perspective I travel more than an hour each way to get to this training school, passing others along the way, and I've been doing this for quite a while...... Training, what you put in, is what you get out. It is real training, not a PPT, not Pilates but martial arts skills that is delivered efficiently and very 'hands-on' as practical training There is so much nonsense and rubbish about these days, that have lost the real concept of Wing Chun, and the lineage through Ip Man, Nino Bernardo and Wong Shun-Leung is truly special. If you are looking for Wing Chun, then go to Loukas, as this lineage is the best I've seen... Look no further, seriously go here if you want the 'good stuff'. Everyone gets a warm welcome from everyone there.... PS 'the secret techniques are not available online - but developed through authentic guidance and skills'

For El D…read more... Interesting mixture of stories and claims. There are plenty of them for each of us all the way back through Nino and Basement to Wong. I don't think anyone would look entirely golden if we took a complete view. You'd never get one in any case, there are things I've heard or seen both positive and negative that will stay with just me out of respect for those involved be they senior or junior. Others are the same. "I'm 50% good, 50% bad, take the good" - you may know where that comes from but that isn't what you're doing here for whatever reason. Completing the system with Nino varied a bit on a per student basis, there are traditions to respect for example. The forms themselves have always been somewhat malleable - compare Wong, Guy, Mark, Lemmy, Franco, Nino and Loukas. You know them perhaps? Who has "the" form? The answer is in their hands and in spite of variance, they were/are all pretty good ;) But if we're talking Loukas specifically, there's a letter from Nino that contains the truth. I was there (maybe you too?) when it was presented openly at the Basement. I guess you might've seen it later, though we don't much shout about that stuff, act of ego. Punching students to make a point? Sure but what point? Are you over-confident, arrogant, too aggressive not paying attention to your centre line, not taking it seriously, maybe even vicious because you've gotten angry? Teaching is done both verbally and physically and you'd see similar play throughout our family tree. We're honest about what it takes "for real". Ask Nino about his wrist. What would he say of Wong do you think? Every student is different, no single method of teaching is effective but a teacher must try regardless to figure out what works and doesn't. When they look in the mirror they aren't entirely happy with how they went about their task at all times. How could they be? If you've tried it, you'll know if you're honest with yourself. You judge a school by its students not the teacher and if you looked around the schools in their current generation, I think you'd see more good than bad. Only way to know though is to see it for yourself. When did you attend last? With what level of experience would you be judging? "If you wait by the river long enough, the bodies of your enemies will float by." "Retribution" the originating email address translates to. You have an axe to grind it would appear. To what end? No real name, so an eye cannot be cast over your history. How would it look? Why hide? I probably spent time with you, I'm not going to judge, it doesn't matter that much in the grand scheme of things. We've all surely got better things to do, right? My scoring simply balances yours. I'd always mark 3 or so out of 5 because nothing is perfect ever.

I came to The Madejski Stadium in late 2013, while in London and I had a nice experience here. I…read morecalled with my friend, who is a Reading supporter and season-card holder, They don't normally do Stadium tours, but the lady on the front desk was very nice, and offered to take my friend and I around the stadium, as long as I didn't mention Reading being relegated (Oops) This is actually quite a nice stadium for a Championship club, named after Sir John Madejski who used to own the club, and is now Co-Chairman and Life President (I believe) The stadium has a capacity of just short of 25,000 so a little smaller than the average Premier League stadium, but pretty average for the Championship really. Aviva Premiership Rugby club, London Irish play here too, in a stadium located in Reading, just off Junction 11 of the M4. The stadium its-self was built and opened in the late 1990's and it is just a single tier on each tier, apart from one side where they is two. Inside the grounds, where you can pick up refreshments, it isn't the nicest of areas, and seemed a little old fashioned compared to other stadiums I have been too, such as The Etihad, St James' Park and Wembley, but it wasn't too bad either, for a Championship club and of course beating Rochdale and Hyde FC. Around the ground they its lots of posters and signs from the club's history, such as their 106 point mark they won the Championship by, the most recent promotion winning team, signed shirts, Trevor Senior's 184 goals etc, if you want to see more take a look at my pictures, they are all nice and colourful, and give the stadium a better feeling and vibe, and a better place for the fan. I was shown in the dressing rooms, somewhat, they weren't too impressive but they were not set out ready for the tour, nothing was, but still the stadium was nice, clean and quiet. I was even ended the tour with a few match programs from past Reading games, and even a historic one. This is a nice stadium, obviously it doesn't compare to most of the other stadiums I have visited, as I have visited a wide range of major stadiums: Wembley, Anfield, The Berneabu, The Nou Camp, Allianz Arena etc, and some parts of the stadium were not really impressive, and for a new stadium just felt a little old fashioned. The staff were really nice in offering me the tour though and shown me around what they could, and I can't fault that but still I feel I can only give a solid 3 stars as the stadium wasn't really impressive, and was merely average for a team like Reading.

I was attacked by a random, rabid boat, the kind that one person rides on the water and stands up…read moreon. It was a Madjetski. I hated it so much that I actually hate this stadium because of it, since this stadium is named after the Madjetski. Actually it's named after the owner, or former owner, and that's one of the reasons I'm giving the stadium 4 instead of 5, since I don't like him. First-Hand Experience: More info about my personal experience at this stadium - I've been to the Madejski probably 10 or more times, because it's only half an hour from my house in England (or rather my mother's), and about 45 mins from my Dad's place for that matter. It's a spanking shining new stadium which is very close to being 5 stars. I think the fact that it cost me and my friends an absolute fortune to go here at a time when the club wasn't even in the top tier, is why I can't give it 5. But in terms of facilities it is absolutely top notch. I was last here in 2014, just recently, and it was amazing. I've been to most UK & US stadiums, due to lifelong obsessions with travel, sport & especially footy (soccer to Americans). Born & raised in England, I followed Oxford United (hometown team) to stadia all over the country at away games, and later Liverpool (fave team) around. Every stadium review - like all my reviews - are from first-hand personal experience, usually from several visits. In 2011, I was on music tour in the UK, and visited most stadiums for fun in my spare time. As recently as Fall 2014, when I was "stuck" in UK for 3 months, I went to hundreds yet again while travelling. I have pictures of me at most, which I'll post later. Also, when back in UK I'll take more pix, and add more stadia! *** return to regular review *** It's a fantastic stadium with an amazing atmosphere, absolutely gorgeous, but the price of tickets, parking, and so on, is not conducive with a stadium in a smaller city like Reading, and as much as I have a spiritual connection to Reading (due to a good concert and a car rental agency), I can't give it more than a 4. It opened in 98, it cost 50 mil, and it's right at Junction 11 of the M4. London Irish play here too. It's known as the Mad Stad, by the way. Oh, and hi Sherri.