Tag Archives: Dagger

Improve Your Combat Skills: Insights from Sparring

We regularly film our sparring sessions for review. This week, we’ll be analysing this exchange in detail and discussing the lessons learned in class next week, examining both the successes and areas for improvement. The taller fighter is playing a patient waiting game, looking to work from behind the timing and make effective use ofContinue reading “Improve Your Combat Skills: Insights from Sparring”

Explanation of the latch and cork screw in KORA

Just a slightly longer video explanation of the latch and cork screw in our dagger defence. I made a mistake and reached for the weapon arm; I should have stayed close to my ribs. I don’t use much strength when demonstrating this technique, mainly to protect my training partner. In real life, I try toContinue reading “Explanation of the latch and cork screw in KORA”

Preserving Unique Martial Arts Traditions

I appreciate all the arts and flavours. Since 1986, I have taught and studied Savate with a Basque flavour. It is unique and beautiful.  It is just one of the arts I try to preserve for future generations. I also seek to pass on our brand of the following arts, all taught as separate classesContinue reading “Preserving Unique Martial Arts Traditions”

Seasons Greetings

I want to wish all my active and retired training partners and the manysupporters of our training group a very Happy Christmas. It has been a toughyear, but we are still here, and training is going very well. I will be mostly off social media during this period, so I wish you all ahappy newContinue reading “Seasons Greetings”