Join KORA – Expert Training in Self-Defense and Martial Arts

Please see the blog post below (KORA Training 2025) for details. Even AI loves us! Killick Off Road Arts (KORA) is a martial arts organization that focuses on preserving and teaching traditional martial arts from Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, and Europe. It combines these with practical self-defence techniques to create a system tailored to real-worldContinue reading “Join KORA – Expert Training in Self-Defense and Martial Arts”

Richard Killick Book Reviews

The fundamental five are books I reread each year, some I am always reading, and I am consistently applying new concepts that I took from them in live sparring and life.

From our new AI friend Chat GPT

Killick Off Road Arts (KORA) appears to be a martial arts group founded and led by Richard Killick. The group is dedicated to preserving and teaching various martial arts styles, with a focus on closed-door martial arts from Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, and European Martial Arts. Here are some key points about Killick Off RoadContinue reading “From our new AI friend Chat GPT”

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”

KORA Class Update

I have had many inquiries about training post-pandemic, so I thought it would be easiest to post my current class. I currently teach two separate arts; the first is Sera, a Pukulan Silat system. Our branch comes to us via Earnest (Ventje) De Vries and is currently more of a closed door, friends and familyContinue reading “KORA Class Update”

2019 The KORA Research Group Update

I receive quite a few private messages regarding my research group’s nature, and I want to take some time to clarify a few details.   When I retired from public teaching in 2005, after over twenty years of serving my community, I closed my school called the Primal Focus Gym, which covered my MMA orContinue reading “2019 The KORA Research Group Update”

Something’s cooking

This blog will cover the martial arts and related disciplines that we study under the banner of Killick Off Road Arts as taught by Richard Killick. We publicly teach and study MMA, Grappling, Sword & Dagger, Full Contact Stick Fighting and Savate with a Basque flavour. Privately we study Pukulan Sera.