by Douglas | Feb 5, 2014 | Uncategorized
Padwork: Prt 1 The thing with padwork is distancing. Bio-mechanics should have been grasped by this stage. Timing is something we can only properly develop through live training. Something that is easier to develop in a controlled format is distancing, through our...
by Douglas | Feb 2, 2014 | Uncategorized
Simple Self Defence People are tricked into thinking that self defence is simple. It is not simple, it is instinctual. The problem is that our instincts have become numb and the efficiency of our body mechanics are pretty much a mystery to most people these days....
by Douglas | Jan 30, 2014 | Uncategorized
My JKD This blog begins just before my Thai Boxing years. I was training hard, not in Martial Arts at that time, as I was more interested in the art of music at that point. But still, Martial Arts were still missing from my life. A love lost when the local Judo club...
by Douglas | May 16, 2013 | Uncategorized
Beating the Bully First off. I have always been the little guy. Even my 14-year-old son will soon be bigger than me. This means I have been subjected to bullying all my life, of course. Although only one distinct example, not necessarily of size, which I will use...
by Douglas | May 4, 2013 | Uncategorized
Instruments of Evil This blog is one I have been wanting to do for some time. My passionate title may give that away 🙂 But it is a complicated issue, so it has taken some time to gather and regurgitate the facts. It focuses mostly on a set of regulations called ‘The...
