Anne-Marie is teaching Karate to her fans.

Anne Marie from Twitter

Anne Marie from Twitter

The 27-year-old singer - who has practiced the martial art since the age of nine - has started a web series to demonstrate basic moves - and the three-time former world champion wants to show the discipline is about "self-defence and strength", rather than "doing backflips off a wall".

Speaking in a video posted on her Twitter account, she said: "I started Karate when I was nine years old. The style of karate I do specifically is a very traditional style.

"It's all about self-defence and the strength you should show and also about the journey of where you come from to where you go.

"For me I wanted to do this series to show that side of it rather than doing a backflip off a wall."

The '2002' hitmaker also revealed there will be a few special guests in the show to "spice it up" and encouraged fans to keep up with the series to learn some moves.

She said: "Throughout this series I'm gonna be showing you some karate moves and stuff all about karate and I'm gonna have some special guests along with me to spice it up a bit so it's gonna be fun. Stay with us on a journey and learn some karate."

The 'Ciao Adios' singer tweeted a link to the video, which showed her wearing a traditional white robe with her black belt proudly on display.

She wrote: "Doing a new series on my YouTube channel teaching you some karate, they'll be a new episode every week. It's gonna be A LOT of fun, got some great guests coming so check it out & subscribe."