alcatraz
Yellow Belt
Hello there. My names John and I'm a....
Oh, wait; wrong group.
Seriously, hi there. My name's John and as you've probably guessed, I'm a Martial Artist.
I'm 40 years old as time of writing, and barring illness and injury, I've been studying Martial Arts for 33 years (I started in 1977 when I was 7 years old).
My base is Shito-ryu in which I hold the grade of Yondan (4th Dan), and Judo in which I hold the grade of Shodan (1st Dan).
I'm a bit of an 'Eclectic Traditionalist' having spent a long time training, in depth with people from various other systems as diverse as Mugendo, Shotokan, and Freestyle Kickboxing.
Whilst my primary concern in the study of Martial Arts is Self-Protection, I'm a Sport Martial Art enthusiast as well.
I've picked up numerous trophies for various formats as diverse as WKF/WUKO Karate, Semi-Contact (Points), Light-Contact (Continuous), Sport Ju-Jitsu, Knockdown Karate, and Traditional Kata.
My favourite Kata for tournaments are Paiku, Anan, and Suparimpei.
I was co-founder of two fantastic and sucessful Karate squads; Peterborough Freestyle with my buddy Clifton Findley (5th Dan), and Glasgow Sport Karate with Andy Leitch (2nd Dan), and Stephen Connolly (2nd Dan).
I also try to get over to Dublin as often as possible to train at the Martial Arts Inc. Kickboxing and MMA gym of Robert Devane, who is another close family friend.
For any Scottish Lau-Gar folks out there, Gary Burns is another family friend.
Anyhoo, back to work.
John.
Oh, wait; wrong group.
Seriously, hi there. My name's John and as you've probably guessed, I'm a Martial Artist.
I'm 40 years old as time of writing, and barring illness and injury, I've been studying Martial Arts for 33 years (I started in 1977 when I was 7 years old).
My base is Shito-ryu in which I hold the grade of Yondan (4th Dan), and Judo in which I hold the grade of Shodan (1st Dan).
I'm a bit of an 'Eclectic Traditionalist' having spent a long time training, in depth with people from various other systems as diverse as Mugendo, Shotokan, and Freestyle Kickboxing.
Whilst my primary concern in the study of Martial Arts is Self-Protection, I'm a Sport Martial Art enthusiast as well.
I've picked up numerous trophies for various formats as diverse as WKF/WUKO Karate, Semi-Contact (Points), Light-Contact (Continuous), Sport Ju-Jitsu, Knockdown Karate, and Traditional Kata.
My favourite Kata for tournaments are Paiku, Anan, and Suparimpei.
I was co-founder of two fantastic and sucessful Karate squads; Peterborough Freestyle with my buddy Clifton Findley (5th Dan), and Glasgow Sport Karate with Andy Leitch (2nd Dan), and Stephen Connolly (2nd Dan).
I also try to get over to Dublin as often as possible to train at the Martial Arts Inc. Kickboxing and MMA gym of Robert Devane, who is another close family friend.
For any Scottish Lau-Gar folks out there, Gary Burns is another family friend.
Anyhoo, back to work.
John.