How Violent Does Self Defence Have to Be?

Thanks for coming back to this site… Maiming and Killing in Self-defence
I’ve just come back from working in Berkshire and was suprised to see the reaction to Close Combat Master, Tim Larkin who is giving one of his ‘Target Focused Training’ seminar in Slough. Now I’ve got some of Tim’s DVDs and quite like the [...]

Taekwondo Sarah Stevenson’s Winning Olympic Kick

Sarah Stevenson Gets an Outrageous Taekwondo Decision Overturned
I thought it worth another look at how The Mail on Sunday won an Olympic medal for the heroic Great British team by capturing the Sarah Stevenson kick that all the judges seem to have missed!
Evidence from their photographer helped Sarah Stevenson to overturn an outrageous decision in [...]

Taekwondo Skills Boosted By Computer Games

Taekwondo-Old Games meet New Games!
Manchester has a great taekwondo training facility and it’s come to light that the guys and girls are using computer games in their bid for medals at the 2012 London Olympics!
Quite a few of the martial arts athletes have their homes and apartments around the training facility and are encouraged to [...]

The 4th Peterborough Multi-Style Seminar 2009

KSOMA Peterborough Multi Style Martial Arts Seminar 2009
September 12th & 13th
Open to all styles, associations and grades
The KSOMA Dojo
Kings School Of Martial Arts
Peterborough’s Centre For Martial Arts Excellence
KSOMA – Unit 4, Mancetter Square, Peterborough, PE4 6BX

* Joe Carslake Hanshi Kyusho Shin Jitsu
* Jo Biggs Sensei Goshin [...]

Is Your Martial Art Really Fit For Self Defence?

I look around the ’sport’ martial arts in the area and see many advertise perhaps contradictory concepts – ‘fun for all the family’ and ‘great for self defence’. I have my own personal opinions on what does and doesn’t stand a chance of working (most of it starts long before any physical encounter..), but I [...]

Top Amateur Boxing Academy in Peterborough

The Welland Boxing Academy
…is another super training location that has come to light since I started this Peterborough Martial Arts site. I rate the benefits of  amateur boxing right up there with any of the sport martial arts.
Until Neal McQuade drew my attention to this club, I thought amateur boxing in the city was pretty [...]