Posted in Diary on Jan 28th, 2010
Juniors
After a student-led warm-up around the gym, I focused the class on kicking. We began from a ground position, which lends itself very well to good tactical self defence. Kicks, as I have said countless times on here before, are risky tools from a standing position, but from the ground, particularly in asymmetrical ground-fighting, they [...]
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Posted in Diary on Jan 22nd, 2010
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Juniors
Before going through the three ranges I felt it was time to look at the physical base of training. After the warm-up we looked at basic posture for a comfortable state of awareness. We discussed and practiced the state of being in strange surroundings. The state of awareness practiced here would normally [...]
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Posted in Other on Jan 20th, 2010
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Yesterday I was informed about the fantastic news that Brian Dunning’s excellent science podcast, Skeptoid, has broadcast an episode on martial arts scepticism. This is focusing completely on the subject of “No Touch Knockouts”, a particularly egregious form of martial arts charlatanism that I and many other martial arts sceptics have tried to [...]
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Posted in Diary on Jan 1st, 2010
I began a class diary on the first day back in 2009, which I am happy to say I have kept throughout the year without missing a single entry. CCMA is a constantly evolving approach or method – never a system – and it is often difficult for me to explain to interested parties just [...]
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