Self protection and real martial arts for adults and children
Posted in Diary on Jun 26th, 2009
Juniors
After the build up to the grading, the aftermath lesson is traditionally a more laid back affair. That was the plan, but it didn’t turn out that way. It was a very hot day with the sun streaming through the windows, which made anything twice as difficult. If everyone had brought their trainers I [...]
Posted in Diary on Jun 21st, 2009
CCMA’s ninth official grading and our first all junior one. Tony Somers, 5th dan British Combat Association, very kindly stepped in at the last minute as our guest examiner. There was a wide range of grades from first to sixth testing this time. CCMA assesses on transparent effieciency and attitude rather than precision of technique. [...]
Posted in Diary on Jun 17th, 2009
Juniors
It was all preparation for the CCMA grading today. After the warm-up the class focused back on the fence. The concept of the fence is still of paramount importance in real self protection training. It is the bridge between soft skills and hard skills. It’s the final stage of the pre-fight that gives the [...]
Posted in Articles on Jun 11th, 2009
Juniors
With two weeks to go with the grading, the students needed to work hard on getting their basics right. All honest training consists of basic principles for basic techniques. Advanced techniques are a bit of an illusion. They are really basic techniques performed well.
The tenet was the fifth and final one: Open Mind. This [...]
Posted in Courses on Jun 11th, 2009
Clubb Chimera Martial Arts will be holding their long overdue grading from 10am to 12pm followed by an OPEN (everyone welcome) workshop from 12pm-3pm at the Upstairs Gym, St Nicholas Church of England (Primary) School, The Blundells, Priory Road, Kenilworth. Warwickshire, CV8 2PE.
CCMA workshop will cover basic CCMA concepts for self defence, martial arts cross-training and [...]