Modern Defendo Close Quarter Combat Workshop

February 27, 2009 by goshinman · 1 Comment 

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Modern Defendo Close Quarter Combat Workshop London 19th and 20th September
 
Instructor – Bill Wolfe

Ensure sound is on…
Bill Wolfe is a world leading self defence innovator, teacher, mentor, and author. Universally recognised by [...]

Real World Knife Attacks and Defences

February 23, 2009 by goshinman · Leave a Comment 

A question was put up on a self-defense forum I frequent in the section about knife attacks and defenses – asking if anyone had been unarmed and forced to disarm an attacker that had a knife.
A couple of people responded and I thought I would put their answers here.
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I have done it twice and [...]

Self Defense – 1 Part Technique – 9 Parts ATTITUDE

February 23, 2009 by goshinman · Leave a Comment 

Women aren’t that much different than men – many will defend themselves without any training – with men or women, this type of training is about empowerment.
It is as much about building confidence that will provide that enough courage to actually take action against an assailant. Its imperative that action be EFFECTIVE and not [...]

Personal Self Defense Through Awareness

February 14, 2009 by goshinman · Leave a Comment 

Too many times I see it: The mother pushes her shopping cart up to the car, opens the passenger door, deposits her child into the car seat, shuts the door and THEN goes to load the groceries into the car.
What is wrong with this picture? I’m certain most of you do the same thing without [...]

Gendai – Modern Jujutsu Schools

February 14, 2009 by goshinman · Leave a Comment 

Jujutsu is generally divided into two major groups: traditional (koryu) and modern (gendai) schools. These classifications are based on the time of development of particular jujutsu school (style, Ryu). There are at least three commonly used definitions of “koryu” and “gendai”.
The most accepted analysis uses the Meiji Reformation as the time of demarcation between the [...]