This week we worked with some gruelling stuff – a real challenge to condition ourselves with. Heart rates and spirits were high, and the atmosphere was – as always – incredible. To begin, a simple warmup of butt kicks, star jumps, high knees and switching feet to get us moving, then repeated at maximum intensity … More Training Notes – 24.04.2015
Anti-grappling! This session was a lot of fun – we explored some ideas to help us deal with common methods involving grappling and develop some useful skills with that in mind. We started, after the usual loosening off, with some breathwork under stress. This took the form of simple exercises done with good breathing, followed … More Training Notes – 03.04.2015
On our Facebook page today I made a tongue-in-cheek reference to the eclipse this morning, saying that they’re a portent of epic things to come. I wasn’t wrong. This week’s session was phenomenal. A warm welcome to another new member who is already experienced in Filipino martial arts, JKD, BJJ and KFM. We love it when people … More Training Notes – Endon – 20.03.2015
This week’s session was a lot of fun – many thanks to all who attended! It was wonderful to welcome so many new people all at once and awesome to have two more experienced members return after we’d missed them for a few weeks. We really got that particular kind of atmosphere this week that you … More Training Notes – 27.02.2015
As always, this week’s class was a lot of fun! Many thanks as always to everyone who came and we hope to see everyone else again soon! The sheer skill and natural ability I saw this week was phenomenal. Everyone did exceptionally well and should be extremely proud of their progress and prowess. Here’s some … More Training Notes – 20.02.2015
Consterdine, Peter and Thompson, Geoff. The Pavement Arena Part Three: ‘Grappling – The Last Resort’. Legend Video Productions. 1994. Review: The Pavement Arena Part 3: ‘Grappling – The Last Resort’: by Josh Nixon, ESP This review is part of a series. Part one can be found here, part two can be found here, this is … More Review: ‘The Pavement Arena Part 3’ by Peter Consterdine and Geoff Thompson
PHDefence is starting off as it means to go on this year – new students who we’re very pleased to see and who are already shaping up to be fantastic martial artists, guest instruction from Andrew Holland of MASAC Ju Jitsu in its second training session of the year and a lot of great ideas … More PHDefence (13.01.2012) Feedback (And Thank You to Andrew Holland)
This Friday, the 13th of January 2012, everyone is invited to attend a special 2-hour session with guest instructor Andrew Holland at PHDefence in Stockton Brook, Stoke-On-Trent. It’s going to be self-defence oriented, suitable for beginners and advanced students alike (or even complete beginners who have never attended PHDefence before), with some MASAC Ju Jitsu … More PHDefence: 2-hour Self-Defence Session with Guest Instructor Andrew Holland of MASAC Ju Jitsu
Evolutionary Self-Protection 