I'd like to learn a Martial Art, but can't at the moment because........... "I'm too unfit".........."I'm too old"..........."I don't have time".............."I'll never be able to kick at head height level" "I Can't......" "It's too hard........."...
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I have a dream
I have a dream.... That one day Martial Arts will not be thought of as ‘separate’ Martial Arts, that the politics of structures like Karate, Ju Jitsu, Kung Fu, Taekwondo and Aikido are consigned to history – that Martial Arts will retain it’s...
Basingstoke Judo Club celebrates success
At our Judo club in Basingstoke, we encourage members to seek new challenges to develop their skills. This is exactly what one of our members, Gavin Downey, did when he entered the British Judo Association's British Open Judo Champions in Scotland...
Taming my Tiger
Taming my tiger – writing my story Taming my tiger – writing my story by Ian Rand Since starting training on the Complete Self Protection Masterclass I have been inspired. Not only by the brilliantly skilled instructors, Al Peasland and Mick Tully,...
Kata doesn’t work in a fight!
Peace is earned, if your mind and emotions are weak, you are more likely to cause violence or respond negatively to it. People that have to respond to violence on a regular basis such as police officers and security personnel are taught to remain...
Sensitivity In The Hands
“Sifu, in my mate’s class they learn to harden and desensitise their arms by bashing them together with the blocking movements, why don’t we do that?” Rod had lots of martial arts ‘mates’ who trained at different clubs and they would get together...
Are you a Chicken?
You practise Karate/Judo/Taekwondo etc, you can’t be afraid, you’re tough, are n’t you or I would n’t want to mess with you. I’m sure many of us will have either heard these phrases or something very similar. But are they true? As a Karate (I'll...
Karate is Karate, right!
I was reading some posts on an internet forum this evening and wasn’t sure whether to laugh or cry, or maybe both, just not sure which way around. To cut short a long and tedious thread, the thrust of the argument was, that it doesn’t matter where...
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