The great groundbreaking martial arts master Bruce Lee once said “You must be shapeless, formless, like water. When you pour water in a cup, it becomes the cup. When you pour water in a bottle, it becomes the bottle. When you pour water in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Water can drip and it […]
It’s vitally important for you to know what is going on around us and how this all too often situation may affect you and the lives of your family and friends. There’s a high chance that if you do not know what to do to protect yourself then you are in trouble. Warning – strong […]
“I fear not the man who practices 10,000 techniques once, but the man who practices one technique 10,000 times.” The meaning of this old Chinese saying is clear. The ‘secret’ to being able to achieve perfect, precise and advanced actions and techniques incorporating our Combat Self Defence and Filipino Kyusho training principles both physically and […]
Firstly, great news! Our new website is up and running and it now means that you can now order my training books and DVD’s as downloads and order various training equipment as well. Here is my new website: https://www.combatselfdefence.com.au If you notice anything that isn’t working on the site then please let me know. Gary […]
“Be certain to attack a place on the attacker’s body that is not protected” Hope all is well with you and you are enjoying your Easter holidays. We certainly are and it’s a good time for me to catch up on the admin and start to plan for resuming teaching in the classes on Monday […]
This is my first training article of 2019 and yes, I do realise that we are nearly halfway through February! We have been busy, busy with me teaching private lessons and private self defence courses to people on the local area along with filming 3 ‘Fighting Sticks’ DVD’s and my sister Jane from England stayed […]
Well almost another year over and here’s hoping you had a great Christmas with your family and friends. Patricia and I spent Christmas Eve lunch at our house with a good friend who is ex-Army and his 14 year old daughter, one of our advanced level students in Combat Self Defence and Filipino Kyusho here […]
I’ve been looking into the possibility that as the population increases so does the threat of violence against us. If violence does come your way then you had better be ready for it! You could be attacked for no reason whatsoever apart from being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Most of these […]
Apologies to everyone for not sending any training tips and personal protection information to you recently. The reason is that I have had a few problems with the technical side of my computer and mailing lists, so now, hopefully, we are all up and running again so please keep an eye on my website, facebook […]
Firstly, I want to introduce our two new cats Jack and Joe. This makes our total tally of cats in our household to three! Josie is the oldest at two and a half and she is a Maine Coon; the largest domestic cat in the world and our other two who are still kittens are […]