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(First published in Martial Arts Illustrated 2006) Jamie Clubb continues his exclusive interview and training experience with John “Awesome” Anderson, Coventry’s most revered Doorman and one of Geoff Thompson’s biggest influences. Geoff’s Heirs “Simply Awesome”: John Anderson Part III   “People are animals and most people don’t realise this fact until it is too late” – John Anderson There is little arguing that John Anderson was a large influence on the life of Geoff Thompson. He features in a lot […]

A Philosophy of the Fist The Making of "Cross Training in the Martial Arts 2: The Anatomy of Hand Strikes" By Jamie Clubb   Smashed windows, upturned metal barrels and an icy cold wind provided the miserable atmosphere of urban decay that surrounded the huddled circle of men. Seven of the UK's most unorthodox martial arts instructors and their intrepid interviewer, me, stood surveying the wreckage. The carnage around them, situated behind the newly renovated Bridgewater Bushi Karate Dojo, could […]

(First published in Martial Arts Illustrated 2006) Jamie Clubb begins his private training session and continues his exclusive interview with John Anderson, one of Geoff Thompson’s biggest influences! Geoff’s Heirs “Simply Awesome!”: John Anderson Part II   “John Anderson will always be my ‘sempai’” – Geoff Thompson My private lesson with John Anderson concentrated on various fence line-ups and helped me develop more force in my strikes, particularly with my left hand. John’s major punch is the left hook, which […]

(First published in Martial Arts Illustrated 2006) Jamie Clubb exclusively trains with and interviews the legendary man who taught Geoff Thompson the secrets of street-fighting! Geoff’s Heirs “Simply Awesome”: John Anderson Part I By Jamie Clubb “You don’t want to take the chance of being in a fight. On the street the one-punch knockout is what you are after.” – John Anderson John Anderson is an undisputed legend and it seems rather odd to consider him part of the “Geoff’s […]

“BJJ is a very open martial art, so everyone develops according to what they find works for them personally“ Victor Estima With all the exciting characters put my way by various sources in the martial arts industry it is rare that Martial Arts Illustrated’s editor, Bob Sykes, asks me to take time out to write a piece on a particular person. Nevertheless, a certain character had caught Bob’s attention in the February issue of MAI. This individual is not even […]

“Cross-Training in the Martial Arts: The Anatomy of Combat”  Bob Sykes of “Martial Arts Illustrated” Interviews Jamie Clubb about his New Ground-Breaking DVD Where did the concept for the DVD “Cross Training in the Martial Arts” derive?   I have always been what the quasi-traditionalists affectionately call a dojo-hopper or martial whore. I suppose that stems from the fact that some of my earliest martial arts books and therefore influences were of the comprehensive variety. I’ve just always had a very […]