I’ve been watching the Queens Platinum Jubilee celebrations on the television and what a show of pomp and ceremony that only the British can do! It also brought back fond memories of when I took part in Trooping the Colour on more than one occasion in my younger years. Not a lot of people know […]
I always keep in regular contact with my Black Belts in England. Charlie is one of my Black Belts and he’s trained for many years in martial arts. He continues to train even at a senior age like myself because like me… Self-defence is our passion. In case you missed it I wrote an article […]
You may have heard about Amir Khan being robbed at gunpoint and having his $70k plus watch stolen whilst he was in east London. Khan is a World Champion boxer and he knows how to fight…so what happened? Before I go into this can I just say that I know that this incident took place […]
I’ve had lots of positive feedback on my last article and it’s prompted me to show you another email from one of my long time Black Belts living in the UK in response to the points I made: Hi Shihan, I hope all is well with you. Today is first day of British Summer […]
I received an email recently from a good friend of mine. He is a top martial artist and all round good guy. This is what he sent: Dear Martin, This week I was involved in a road rage incident where a street biker thought he was on the race track and overtook us on […]
I’m sorry to say that a lot of people confuse dojo sparring and traditional competition sparring within martial arts and that of street self-defence. They believe that if you are a great roundhouse kicker and able to smash boards then this makes you an expert in self-defence on the street. The reality is that competition […]
I have a habit of going onto social media and watching incidents of violence against the public. It’s confronting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWIT4Q33ysY Most of the victims of random violence are in the wrong place at the wrong time and are totally unaware. The threat of all of us being verbally and physically attacked is high. We have […]
One of the questions I often receive about self defence training is: How do I react to a verbal confrontation? My answer: It depends on the threat level and your training experience but one things for sure… Don’t get angry! This is because your adrenaline levels will escalate and likely get you into tunnel vision […]
I have just this minute taken one of my 2nd Dan Black Belts on a private lesson at our home address and we discussed these vital self defence points and of course a few others which I will put down on paper soon. Okay then. These are the top four decisions you may be forced […]
Have you come across the term ‘Hard target?’ We used this a lot during my Army service and if we failed to implement NOT being a hard target then it could and did on a few incidents result in serious injury and or death. So what do I mean by being a hard target? Well, […]