In the UK i would reckon on two equual 3/4 arms lengths as the natural personal space for an adult conversation if you didnt know the other person and maybe as a natural prsonal space still of a good arms length, even in a fairly noisey invironment
but here in portugal the natural personal...
and a clip of Hapkido, which is closer too, to the way aikido would have gone if o sensai had not changed it as he aged, and now his sons have only taken the part they were taught
O sensais aikido changed to suit his age and his change in moral standings, his sons only saw a part of it and...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59oSI8F15Kw&eurl=
i think this sort of clip doesnt really put aikido in a good light
where as
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOlPBpMPZ3g&eurl= is a little better in showing the more practical side of aikido
and here is a clip of tohei my sensais sensai...
i think its really about compliance when training
if you put a lock on a willing (compliant) person then its easy, the more non compliant they become, the tougher it becomes
obviously we cant take a lot of things to the extremes, but for example a bulletman is trained to react as close as to...
i like the straight blast, i come from a wing chun back ground and we used it a lot in those days
i have seen it used effectively in a few different arts and now in a SD use
saw this clip of it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEP7mz0RDEI&feature=related
and we have used it effectively...
we ran through it with some willing female students with long hair.............ok, they know its coming so may not have been 100% accurate on their responses.............and TBH it was a 50 50 split in the immediate reaction, depending also on the force of the attack and the size and shape of...
During my last Womens Self Defence Course, i was asked about defences against the "rear Hair Pull" as the mojority of women here have shoulder length or longer hairstyles
I have covered a few in aikido , but they are over complicated for a 4 day course
Now if someone is attacked from behind...
theres a load more Tony Blauer clips on here
http://www.crossfit.com/cf-info/excercise.html#Combatives
i like some of his concepts and he was one of the first to use some of the base techniques (flinch, spear etc)
I tend to be ble to control it, but there are one or two silly things that set me off, where control is nearly impossible (SOMEONE WAGGING A FINGER IN FRONT OF ME - often makes me see red, even friends and family) but i think these were things that stemmed from things in the past. But in general...
I would agree with that
or train in it for the art it is, but dont depend on it as a SD skill in your first few years of study unless you choos eone of the harder styles (yoshinkan)
in the uk we have as mentioned
the great Geoff thompson
along with dave turton, lee morrison, peter consterdine and many more all teaching a good rounded range of (RBSD) hard and soft skills
can any one explain waveform strikes and their application and also anything about the Multiplied Force Fighting System and russell stutley
i cant seem to find out very much about these apart from a few clips on you tube
waveform hits
mffs...
i think yoshinkan is quitecombative..........but really any of them are ok once you understand the principles
trouble is, from a self defence perspective, it takes a long time to get the techniques right
I teach a self defence class and short courses as well as aikido and TBH i couldnt give...
thanks, i have seen a lot of different helmets, its just that the one in BB magazine looked new and different
doesnt anyone have the last black belt magazine??
please post up the ad details if you do
it was a full page ad and mentioned (maybe weapons use i think) full face coverage
you...
yeh thanks, i have seen most of the others, its just that the advert was for one that looked quite different and maybe a new model or style
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any help still would be appreciated
thanks
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we dont normally get black belt mag here and whilst glancing through a friends copy, i saw an advert for a fully padded and face protected helmet
it was in last or thi months issues
if any one knows the helmet i am talking about or has seen the ad for it would you pleas post up the web...
a short clip of me a student and a visiting instructor
was supposed to be an aikido class, but only one student so we decided to run through some other training this is only a short clip of a 2 hr session
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