Yesterday in class, I taught my guys the half-hip throw (Uki Goshi), the first thing I now teach, thanks to John Danaher and his brilliant stand-up-to-ground course on BJJ Fanatics. It’s natural to ask follow-up questions such as whether I stay on the ground, stand up, post throw etc. If you stay, we use whatContinue reading “Mastering Uki Goshi: Half-Hip Throw Techniques”
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Training Opportunities
2023 Training Opportunities Update We are getting quite a few people asking about training opportunities, and we have some slots available for the first time in a few years, so details will be posted here on this website. In the meantime, here is a brief update. Current KORA class I currently teach my KORA groupContinue reading “Training Opportunities”
Pencak Silat Instruction – Ulin Peupeuhan
Great news, for some time now, my group and I have been studying privately with our teacher Gillvan Van Ham who is based in Holland. You will see from the school’s FB page testimonies that Gillvan is a brilliant teacher. Gillvan has helped me understand Pencak Silat and how it all fits into one veryContinue reading “Pencak Silat Instruction – Ulin Peupeuhan”
20 May 2023 Class Reflections
Sword Class A small group of us meet early on Saturday, in remembrance of our late teacher, Bancroft, to work on the swordplay he taught us. This week we held a sword class where we covered knife and how it relates to our sword training and blade vs empty hands-training. We wanted to check ifContinue reading “20 May 2023 Class Reflections”
6/7 May 2023 Class Reflections
Saturday started a little differently as I woke up with a back spasm. Which was probably a result of some grappling. This meant I missed sword sparring. After rehab exercises and some yoga flows, I could train in and teach my class. KORA Class We did a quick ten-minute review of some things James, myContinue reading “6/7 May 2023 Class Reflections”
Bancroft Anthony Grant
Sunrise: 31st October 1964. Sunset: 31st December 2022. I have met many great people over forty years via my involvement in martial arts, and Bancroft was one such person. I heard about him long before I met him in the late 1980s; he had a reputation as a fearsome fighter and a great martial artist.Continue reading “Bancroft Anthony Grant”
Solo Training
Not so long ago, in 2020 and 2021, a large proportion of our training was solo work due to the pandemic. In my training group, having a mixture of traditional and modern arts, we made significant gains despite not having training partners, which seems almost contradictory to most coaches. Like most people, we used zoomContinue reading “Solo Training”
2022 KORA Research Group Review
2022 was supposed to be the year we got out, and about a little more, visiting friends in Ireland, Amsterdam and Spain, but not all our plans came together. Sword I progressed with my Ilustrisimo sword training over the year but still struggled to get it right 100% of the time; I dropped my stickContinue reading “2022 KORA Research Group Review”
The Committee
The story eases you in and quickly then jolts into life and moves at pace, successfully moving between time periods. There is something familiar about this story, in the same way, that reading about serial killers is uncomfortably familiar and triggers something in the back of your mind, such as that matter-of-fact realisation that oftenContinue reading “The Committee”
Celebrating Daniel Craig’s Legacy as James Bond
Now that we are at the 60th Anniversary of James Bond and Daniel has completed his portrayal of Bond, I wanted to write down my feelings about Daniel Craig’s tenure playing James Bond. Like most people, I first saw Daniel had been selected as the new Bond when I saw the introduction PR announcement onContinue reading “Celebrating Daniel Craig’s Legacy as James Bond”
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