Clubb Chimera

15.11.20 Sunday morning’s PT consisted of half an hour self-protection teacher consultation and half an hour work on heavy bag combinations. Teacher consultation was in response to a question regarding dealing with rear bear hugs. My teacher client had been asked about this from several of her students. Although she had some reasonable counters, she was sceptical about a lack of mechanical effeciency. Such concerns are highlighted by big size, height and weight differences. Smaller people can easily be dominated […]

09.11.20 Athena School of Karate kindly re-booked me to teach another specialised topic: grappling for self-defence. This lesson was born out of teaching anti-grappling tactics in my 10 hour self-protection course. What I soon learnt from teaching a wide range of students was that in order to properly defend against the clinch range, one needs to be familiar with clinching. Wrestling is probably the oldest form of combat known to mammals and possibly the first codified sport alongside running. Although […]

07.11.20 Saturday morning saw the final part of my client’s 10 hour course in Western Boxing for Martial Arts Cross Training. We warmed up with a review of the material we have been covering from footwork to different boxing styles. The 12 round workout brought all of this into focus. Round 1: Footwork and head movement Round 2: Active guard and defence Round 3: Basic combinations Round 4: Philly shell Round 5: Peek-a-boo Round 6: Visualisation (long-range opponent, short range-range […]

02.11.20 Forest School of Karate invited me back to teach the fifth part of my “When Parent’s Aren’t Around” webinar. This section deals with the tenet “Open Mind” that addresses absorbing new information with a critical mind and adapting to situations. We covered postures and transitioning as well as a lot of work on dealing with multiple attackers.