Hello, There are lots of styles that proclaim to be close in striking styles. However, a trawl of YouTube turned up with a lot of the 'close in'...
You mean....... no don't say his name
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Have been taught and have taught in that way. One thing that I found when teaching larger groups is that it really cut into my training time....
Weapon law change radically from country to country. In the Uk I believe you have to prove that you have reason to carry anything that could be...
Well done man There are many who would have been tempted and who maybe thought they deserved the promotion without testing.
Trained the ancient art of headbutting in Scotland Taiji and bagua in China Krav Maga in Israel In a few weeks travelling to the Philippines to...
There would be alot missing. One main thing would be the other person's reaction to get hit, thrown, taken down. Even if they adopt a position...
Times may have changed mind you, i woukd be interested to hear from peoole currently training in the UK
Thats interesting, i would have thought it was run in much the same way in both countries. Generally I would have thought that the art dictated...
Currently I live in Malaysia. However, the village hall/community centre reference was based on Scotland.
When I started MA it was the most common thing to do for a teacher to rent a village hall or community centre for one or two nights a week. Over...
Hello Thank you for your response to my post. I fear the story is not as interesting as it first appears. However, Here it is My Journey – part 2
First time round I ran a TKD dojang under my instructor in Scotland 2nd time round I taught krav maga for someone else in Beijing and had a side...
I can empty my cup... but i keep the cup and it changes as i get older
What do people think of this: [MEDIA] There seems to be less co operation with techniques and the guys seem to actually have to work for the...
Yes basically that was the point. I just noticed the aikido gets more scorn poured on it than other martial arts. As a teacher, both in martial...
Perhaps a better term would be 'unco-operative training' When you push i can resist and push back, or I can pull, or move in any number of ways...
This is my understanding as well. My teacher used to say that even if one finger moves then your whole body moves. In the nei gong style I have...
Hello Over the years I have seen more scorn poured on Aikido as a martial art than pretty much any others. This is apart from the qi and kiai...
I agree largely with what other have said. The fella with the pad is controlling everything so it is easy for him to set this up where you get...
Having sparring in your martial art does make you a better martial artist. You understand how to work against an active person. However having...
As an aside, I believe all the Ueshiba family wear white belts
with the progress of time there must have been many styles that have died out. today's rare style is tomorrow's relic or even forgotten style....
A very low opinion. Maybe in the past he was duped into studying some fake forms. However he has chosen to continue to fool other people. His...
Has anyone here looked at Anthony Cummings' youtube channel He seems to be quite well read in all things ninja, not sure if he actually studies...
Again it depends what you want. I was there for a long time and saw a lot of stuff. Some good and some bad. If i had my time over again i woukd...
I stumbled about china for a few years studying with a few giod teachera and some not so good. Did shaolin in dengfeng for a while. Not over...
My mistake... it was sankyo [MEDIA]
Just because you swear alot doesnt make you style more legit. I know awesome fighters and doormen who are still polite Take away that and what...
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