Self protection and real martial arts for adults and children
Posted in Diary on Feb 28th, 2010
Juniors – Kickboxng & Grappling
The workshop began with an overview of kickboxing. This has become a very loose terms for stand-up combat sports the world over and we listed the various countries that have a homegrown version of this sport. Some countires, like Japan, have at least two variations of the sport. After this [...]
Posted in Diary on Feb 25th, 2010
Juniors
With new students in the first class, it was time to look back to the core of CCMA and reassess. My attitude towards self defence/self protection training has changed over the years. When I first set out to teach my own approach to martial arts I figured that I would start with a clear idea [...]
Posted in Diary on Feb 18th, 2010
Juniors
Principles are imperative for anything to truly work. Last week I uncovered some faults in my junior class’s groundwork that warranted some urgent correction. Fighting from the back is a specialist area, which a disproportionate number of martial arts/combative systems don’t cover in any detail. Those that do tend to specialize. This is especially true [...]
Posted in Reviews and interviews on Feb 17th, 2010
Cover of Gift of Fear
Take a look at the vast majority of martial arts books and you will find that the overwhelming majority contain a high percentage of pictures, be they illustrations or photographs. Narrowing the genre down to self-defence books and you will find that the picture heavy books make up an even heavier [...]
Posted in Courses on Feb 16th, 2010
Wednesday 21st April 2010
Venue: Cheltenham Recreation Centre, Tommy Taylor’s Lane, Cheltenham, GL50 4RN.
Time: 7:30pm – 9:30pm Cost: £15
Bookings made on a first come first served basis on receipt of payment. Limited spaces available. Advance payment by cheque to: FFMA, Unit 9B, Tarlings Yard, Bishops Cleeve, Cheltenham, GL52 8RN. Please make cheques payable to Fighting Fit [...]