BLACK BELT ADVENTURE – DO YOU LIKE OSU? SUE WHARTON: Do you like to Osu? Do you ‘Osu!’ in your dojo? Generally speaking, we do not ‘Osu!’ in ours except for one of our experienced black belts who regularly osus! I find it quite alarming (and intriguing) to hear him shout ‘Osu!’ up to 10 […]
SAMBO TALK – LETTERS FROM THE PAST MARTIN CLARKE: When my Mother died in June 2004 we sold them her house to Pete Wise a 2nd Dan in the YJC it seemed somewhat appropriate. Pete was recently clearing out the loft and found some old paper work. The first piece which I have attached was a […]
KOBUDO KORNER – DOKI DOKI FESTIVAL MANCHESTER Guest post by John David… After receiving a welcoming invite to attend and demonstrate at the Manchester Japanese Doki Doki Festival, martial artists from the Bukido Dojo and other martial arts dojos were about to embark upon something that is different from a traditional demonstration. The Manchester Doki […]
STREET EDGE…REALISTIC TRAINING AND SOME TIPS STUART RIDER: One of my main influences and instructors, Dave Turton, teaches a very valid training concept which he calls “The Sandwich Theory” when it comes to training your self-defence realistically. The point he is trying to get across with this, is that all situations have a start, middle or […]
NINJUTSU UNCOVERED…A WHISTLE STOP REVIEW OF THE ADVANCED FIGHTING CENTRE 2011. WHAT A YEAR! JOHN ATKIN: A whistle stop review of the advanced fighting centre in 2011, what a year! The year started off the same as any other year, apart from the large amounts of snow we endured during the latter end of 2010; […]
FROM NOTHING TO SOMETHING… JOHN BARRASS: Ivory towers and soap boxes, the two worst problems in my opinion in the martial arts world today; or to put it another way: politics. No matter what we do as humans in this life somewhere along the way our daily lives will have been influenced by politics and […]
DON’T LOOK AT THE FLOOR OR YOU’LL SOON BE ON IT I used to train in boxing quite bit years ago. Like everyone else I wasn’t very good when I started, it took a lot of effort to get there. Sometimes you had to take a hit to give one. Sometimes you just had to […]
By Martial News Reporter THE Indian president has said that all girls should be taught martial arts for protection. Pratibha Devi Singh Patil made her comments against a backdrop of rising violence against women in the sub-continent. She was guest of honour at theIsabellaThoburnCollegeinLucknowas part of the college’s 125th celebration of its founding in 1886. […]
NORTH EAST COMMUNITY FIGHT FOR CANCER GIRL By Phil Doherty THE North East fight community is to do battle in aid of a three-year-old girl fighting a rare form of cancer that left her unable to walk. After hearing of the plight of brave Zara Fort fight show organiser James Casey posted up on Facebook […]
By Phil Doherty NORTH East top kickboxer Jamie Bates has won the World Cruiserweight Title against tough opponent Marlon “The Game” Hunt, a nine-times world champion. They faced each as the main event at the World Kickboxing Federation World Championship, held at the Red Bar, Northumbria University’s Student Union, Ellison Place, Newcastle, on November 19th. […]
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