As a teacher and a practitioner, I utilise a few drills to road test what comes out in an ambush. You can use this drill for any aspect of your arts; we always go straight into the drill cold. The video below is a mixture of the drill and a post-drill review. It’s very muchContinue reading “KORA Cold Reaction Sparring Drill”
Tag Archives: Richard Killick
Participate in Our KORA Discussion Group
If you like and follow our research and training, you may like to join our private discussion group. Here we can answer questions and discuss KORA and the arts we have researched and taught for forty-plus years. Wondering if our training group or private lessons are for you, feel free to join and lurk aContinue reading “Participate in Our KORA Discussion Group”
Transforming Martial Arts Teaching: My Mid-Year Journey
We are halfway through the coaching year, and things are going well. Firstly, in January, I changed the way I teach to give my students the intention training I have been working on for the last few years, plus, after reading The Art of Practice by Laido Dittmar, I changed the format and running orderContinue reading “Transforming Martial Arts Teaching: My Mid-Year Journey”
Exploring Full-Contact Training: New Theories and Hypotheses
A very interesting hypothesis and theory article is available for those of us who do full-contact training and fighting. This article uses some extracts from an article on me. It also includes a few quotes. https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1327396/full
Enhancing Knife Training: Lessons from Nigel E.’s Podcast
My friend’s podcast just gets better and better. This one is with Nigel E. February of Piper fame. Nigel studied criminals and built a system that shows how they work, to produce a better training bad guy. The result he labeled Piper. Every time I hear Nigel, I cross-check our KORA knife system. In theContinue reading “Enhancing Knife Training: Lessons from Nigel E.’s Podcast”
Stick Grappling Tips: Protect Your Grip Effectively
The video is for illustrative purposes only. Please seek professional instruction and train safely. If you are not very careful, you may risk injuring your thumb. Many practitioners use the thumbs-up grip for their stick techniques. This grip is common in certain Filipino Martial Arts (FMA). It is also used in Irish stick styles. IfContinue reading “Stick Grappling Tips: Protect Your Grip Effectively”
KORA Training 2025
Here is an update on classes at my place in 2025, with some changes. Training We have an exciting year ahead, I am changing the way I teach, after doing some research and we will be going back to how I taught previously, with a lot more emphasis on skill development. The class format willContinue reading “KORA Training 2025”
Why Start Training with Sword Before Stick?
Stick or sword training first? When I began my journey, I first studied Olympic fencing, and then focused mainly on the sabre, while also cross-training in boxing and some combatives. I had some basic instruction in what we would now call Irish stick and some English cane techniques. Neither was a complete system; in fact,Continue reading “Why Start Training with Sword Before Stick?”
Killick Off Road Arts
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-world scenarios. The training includes disciplines such as kickboxing (with a Basque twist), grappling, sword andContinue reading “Killick Off Road Arts”
The Spanish Arts
I have been receiving many questions about my KORA sword and dagger class. I would like to clarify a few points to avoid any misunderstanding. Unfortunately, many individuals falsely claim lineage or secret training within the Spanish arts. Due to my ongoing research in Spain, I can confidently say that most of these claims doContinue reading “The Spanish Arts”
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