Training You In The Art Of Karate And Street Self Defence Since 1983
As you know, as a result of a recent abduction of a woman walking home there has (quite rightly)been an outcry from women about their safety on our streets. I am not sure what the government (any government) can do to stop this, but I know what women could do to make themselves aware of stalkers and followers, and how […]
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Hi Folks. From time to time people come to visit our training sessions at the Buntingford Karate Club, sometimes they are spies from other clubs (whom I usually spot as such within seconds of them arriving) but more often than not they are other Martial Artists, usually with a Karate background who come to see what we do and how […]
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Hi All. One of the things that I do is teach one-off Self-Defence classes…but imagine my surprise when I was asked by Sarah Homan, the leader of the Buntingford Brownie pack, if I would give a talk and demonstration to the local Brownies. The Pack Leader explained that the girls were hoping to win their Japanese Badges and that some […]
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Hi Folks. Last night I decided to devote some time to Street Self Defence with particular reference to knife attacks. We use rubber knives in the Buntingford Karate Club but the students are asked to regard them in the same way as a real knife. I even insist that when they hand them to someone else that they do so […]
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Yesterday (Saturday) saw Mr C.J.Hooper, Mr Lou Dyke, Mr Nuvin Ramiah, Mr Paul Fletcher and myself back in front of the lens and under the Direction of our film maker and their able assistant. The premises we used were hot and stuffy and we spent many hours filming the lead up, fight, and intermediary scenes for our new Action Film, “The Steal”. […]
Read moreYes it’s here at last!!- The Set Up is on the Action Videos tag and is on YouTube. Don’t forget….this is not Hollywood and it’s not Jackie Chan! I have made this video to showcase what we do in the Buntingford Karate Club as street self-defence. Please therefore forgive the “script” or dialogue as I am a Martial Artist and […]
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Well, the title says it all. But the answer is “on holiday”. By a strange coincidence most of the Buntingford Karate Club’s “lower” graded belts are also attending school and as it is our Easter Holiday break they had all gone away. And good luck to them I say! So I was left with a balance of “upper” belts from […]
Read moreFunny how the pendulum swings isn’t it? We have been having really good attendance lately but for some reason or other we only had six students turn up on Tuesday 19th….perhaps there was a football match on the TV…England v Brazil perhaps? Anyhow, it happens so you just deal with it. I had 1 purple/white belt, one brown/white belt, one […]
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