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New OCFM Coach

It is with great pride that today I can announce a new OCFM Coach.

Sensei Paul King

Paul is the latest graduate of the Russell Stutely Platinum Training Program.

I have known Paul for about 15 Years now – or so we worked out on Wednesday!

Paul has a long Martial Arts background spanning some 33 years plus. I was proud to be on a grading panel for Paul many years ago… and that was one helluva grading!

Paul has a Full Time Martial Arts Gym in Peterborough, Cambs, UK.

Place: KSOMA Studio,Units 3 & 4 Mancetter Square,Peterborough, PE4 6BX
www.ksoma.co.uk or email paul@ksoma.co.uk – or call Paul on 07732 465763

I was there on Wednesday this week and what a fantastic set up Paul has. Two training areas with a ton of space and lots of space for people to sit and watch in comfort.

It is a true family business with Pauls Wife and Daughter also teaching classes there. Everything from Tai Chi for health through to Ju Jitsu for making people VERY unhealthy (should they be on the receiving end).

Paul has worked amazingly hard all the way through the Program and showed the true Martial Arts spirit of a REAL Martial Artist.

I am VERY proud to have Paul in our Group as an OCFM Coach.

If you are near Paul then I highly recommend that you go and train with the guy. You will find a warm welcome from a man of stature who is always willing to help and educate.

So, once again CONGRATULATIONS Paul, you did a great job and welcome aboard as they say!

All the best
Russell
Become a PPDT Instructor

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Peterborough Martial Arts Videos

Johnson’s TaeKwonDo & Leadership Academy of Cary, North Carolina traveled over 4 hours to Washington DC on May 8th to participate in the SOny Pictures/Six Flags “Karate Kid Challenge” The call-out was for all karate senseis and students to put together a routine to promote the movie The Karate Kid with Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith. Our instructors at Johnson’s TaeKwonDo are always challenging students to step out of their comfort zones and challenge themselves. We did that this weekend, and we had a blast doing so. We are more than just your local karate school Morrisville, Apex, and Cary, North Carolina is always trying to show its students

DVDs are a great way to have training on tap to back up your normal weekly training and a chance to see how other instructors do forms or interpret movements. You should also try to expand your knowledge and experience in your art and also get to know about other people’s art so you understand what is out there.

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Are Your Martial Arts Weapons Offensive?

Your Martial Arts Weapons Maybe Offensive Weapons!

I found this over on my Gosinjutsu site while rebuilding it and thought it was worth putting up here. Ignorance of the law is no excuse! Here is the short version outlining the weapons we use in martial art dojo and public displays which could get you into trouble in the judicious eye of the law if you don’t have a VERY good reason for waving them them around!

Saying you do martial arts may not be good enough in today’s climate.Make your licence book indicates the exact type of weapons used in your martial art – especially the older arts which employ tanto and katana (or similar in other arts).

Read the list carefully.

If you do carry these weapons to your classes make sure that they are well covered and difficult to obtain access to in a hurry. Do not just throw them in your bag or back of your car. Do not bring them out in any public place even to show your friends – close circuit tv is everywhere and you may get a swift visit by an armed response vehicle…!

S.1 Prevention of Crime Act 1953:

“(1) Any person who without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, the proof whereof shall lie on him in public place any offensive weapon shall be guilty of an offence, and shall be liable-”

Section 1(4) provides a definition of an offensive weapon:-

‘Offensive weapon’ means any article made or adapted for use for causing injury to the person, or intended by the person having it worth him for such use by him (or some other person).

Offensive Weapons – UK – weapons become offensive in two ways-

(a) Some weapons are offensive per se because they have been purpose of causing injury or have been so adapted

(b) Any article which has the potential of causing injury is offensive if the possessor has it with the intention of causing injury

The question of whether the article is offensive per se or otherwise has important bearing on the burden of proof:-

If the weapon is offensive per se and it is proved that the defendant had it with him/her in a public place, the burden shifts to the defendant to prove that s/he had lawful authority or reasonable excuse, and the prosecutor is relieved of the burden of proving that the defendant had it with him/her with the intention of causing injury.

Offensive Weapons in the UK associated with some combat and martial groups:

Article 2

1. Section 141 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (offensive weapons) shall apply to the following descriptions of weapons, other than weapons of those descriptions which are antiques for the purposes of this Schedule:

(a) A knuckleduster, that is, a band of metal or other hard material worn on one or more fingers, and designed to cause injury, and any weapon incorporating a knuckleduster;

(b) a swordstick, that is, a hollow walking-stick or cane containing a blade which may be used as a sword;

(c) the weapon sometimes known as a “handclaw” , being a band of metal or other hard material from which a number of sharp spikes protrude, and worn around the hand;

(d) the weapon sometimes known as a “belt buckle knife” , being a buckle which incorporates or conceals a knife;

(e) the weapon sometimes known as a “push dagger” , being a knife the handle of which fits within a clenched fist and the blade of which protrudes from between two fingers;

(f) the weapon sometimes known as a “hollow kubotan” , being a cylindrical container containing a number of sharp spikes;

(g) the weapon sometimes known as a “footclaw” , being a bar of metal or other hard material from which a number of sharp spikes protrude, and worn strapped to the foot;

(h) the weapon sometimes known as a “shuriken” , “shaken” or “death star” , being a hard non-flexible plate having three or more sharp radiating points and designed to be thrown;

(i) the weapon sometimes known as a “balisong” or “butterfly knife” , being a blade enclosed by its handle, which is designed to split down the middle, without the operation of a spring or other mechanical means, to reveal the blade;

(j) the weapon sometimes known as a “telescopic truncheon” , being a truncheon which extends automatically by hand pressure applied to a button, spring or other device in or attached to its handle;

(k) the weapon sometimes known as a “blowpipe” or “blow gun” , being a hollow tube out of which hard pellets or darts are shot by the use of breath;

(l) the weapon sometimes known as a “kusari gama” , being a length of rope, cord, wire or chain fastened at one end to a sickle;

(m) the weapon sometimes known as a “kyoketsu shoge” , being a length of rope, cord, wire or chain fastened at one end to a hooked knife;

(n) the weapon sometimes known as a “manrikigusari” or “kusari” , being a length of rope, cord, wire or chain fastened at each end to a hard weight or hand grip;

2. For the purposes of this Schedule, a weapon is an antique if it was manufactured more than 100 years before the date of any offence alleged to have been committed in respect of that weapon under subsection (1) of the said section 141 or section 50(2) or (3) of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979[2] (improper importation).

Here is an up date to this law passed in 2002:

2. This Order extends to England, Wales and Northern Ireland only.

3. The Schedule to the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) Order 1988[2], which specifies offensive weapons for the purposes of section 141 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988, shall be amended by the insertion into paragraph 1 of that Schedule after sub-paragraph (n) the words -

“a disguised knife, that is any knife which has a concealed blade or concealed sharp point and is designed to appear to be an everyday object of a kind commonly carried on the person or in a handbag, briefcase, or other hand luggage (such as a comb, brush, writing instrument, cigarette lighter, key, lipstick or telephone)”

John Denham, Minister of State, Home Office

22nd June 2002: Amendment of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) Order 1988

3. – (1) The Schedule to the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) Order 1988[2], (which specify offensive weapons for the purposes of section 141 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988), shall be amended by the insertion into paragraph 1 of that Schedule after sub-paragraph (o) the following:

(p) “A stealth knife, that is a knife or spike, which has a blade, or sharp point, made from a material that is not readily detectable by apparatus used for detecting metal and which is not designed for domestic use or for use in the processing, preparation or consumption of food or as a toy”

(q) “A straight, side-handled or friction-lock truncheon (sometimes known as a baton)”.

Hazel Blears, Minister of State, Home Office, 5th May 2004

Take care out there,

Malcolm Keith
Chief Instructor
Youshiki Goshijutsu

Generating Maximum Power

Generating Maximum Power

I remember for much of my youth my martial arts training revolved around speed. I was always trying to punch and kick faster. Often you were judged on how many strikes you could deliver in a given amount of time.

We’ve previously already discussed the importance of striking a specific target on the other guy’s body, so lets talk about speed. Where does it factor in when you fight?

First a little physics is in order — Force x Velocity = Power.

Most instructors in the combat sport and martial arts world focus on just one aspect of the equation… Speed. (Speed is how fast an object moves, velocity is how fast an object moves from point a to b.)

Why?

Because most of those disciplines are taught in what Target-Focus(TM) Training terms the Effect-State(tm). The Effect-State revolves around you reacting to an event that already has occurred. In fact, it can be argued that most of society operates in this defensive state of mind. That subject would require a separate post altogether.

In a fight it is natural that if you operate in a Effect-State you will try to compensate for your waiting to see what the other guy is doing — with speed.

Problem is… speed without force is only a portion of the equation, and even if your targeting is accurate, you strike with static force. In fighting, a static-force strike would be a punch using only your arm speed to strike rather than putting your entire bodyweight behind the punch.

Essentially, in the context of fighting, a speed-only response equals FEAR. I’m not saying it can’t be effective sometimes, just that you are counting on ALWAYS being able to be faster than the other guy.

I don’t like those odds.

Target-Focus(TM) Training was developed with the idea that you may not be faster or stronger than the other guys but you compensate for those realities by operating in the Cause-State(tm), striking with dynamic rather than static force.

I’ve touched on operating in the Cause-State in earlier newsletters so lets explore using dynamic force.

Dynamic force allows you to strike with the full power equation, putting your bodyweight behind each strike to maximize damage and minimize the length of the conflict.

The key to generating dynamic force is understanding how to properly lock your body and transfer your body weight into each strike. This can be accomplished quickly with some basic exercises and on-the-mat training at a Target-Focus(TM) Training seminar.

Although it is beyond the scope of this newsletter to try to instruct this method, I will say that one way to start the process is to SLOW DOWN your free-fight sessions, hit your targets, and leave your body weapon on the target until your opponent MOVES AWAY from your body weapon.

Most people strike and quickly take their body weapon off the target. This does not allow for the force of the blow to penetrate the other guy’s body. It is the other guy that should move from the force if you want to generate maximum power. This also gives you feedback as to whether you are in balance when you strike.

You may do this at slow speeds and get the feedback without injuring your training partner. Quickly, you and your training partner can increase your speed AND deliver maximum power.

So let Hollywood entertain you with SPEED but make sure you TRAIN for POWER.

Until next time,

Tim Larkin
Creator of Target-Focus(TM) Training

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Tang Soo Do – MASTER PARKER’S SERIAL KICKERS

Traditional Martial Art of Tang Soo Do

Master Ian Parker has been working hard for many years to create a group of elite clubs in the City and surrounding areas. He is also responsible for taking his students out on the National and International sports martial arts circuits – cleaning up many awards on the way.

Recently he has been encouraging diversity of martial arts in the city by bringing in big TV stars to Peterborough to share different styles of martial arts. Britain’s Got Talent finalists -Liam Richards and Danny Ball, who form the duo Strike – impressed martial arts pupils with their punches, kicks and flips when they descended in the city with a performance of their different styles of martial arts, acrobatics, gymnastics and dance, which are all choreographed to music.

He also brought in Chris Crudelli from Mind, Body and Kick Ass Moves to give training seminars. (In fact, Master Parker was so impressed he is now training at every opportunity with Master Crudelli to learn from his style..)

You will find the following benefits when you join Master Ian Parker and the Serial Kickers:

Self defence – Improve Flexibility – Meet New Friends – Improve Fitness – Gradings (Belts) and Seminars – Competitions – Social Evenings.

A non-profit making Martial Arts club which believes in teaching the highest standards of Martial Arts at a reasonable cost to anyone who wishes to join them. While entry to this elite Martial Arts club is normally by recommendation of existing members only, Master Parker welcomes enquiries from anybody having a serious interest and for any further information please do not hesitate to contact him using the online form at :

Master Parkers Tang Soo Do

or feel free to visit a club at any of the locations in and around the Peterborough area.

 

Whether you are interested in our programs for mental or physical well being, Master Parker’s Serial Kickers offer a number of programs that will suit your busy schedule.

 

See below for our training times and locations. 

Master Parkers Tang Soo Do Site

DAY	TIME	LOCATION
MONDAY	7.00 – 8.30pm	HELPSTON
WEDNESDAY	7.00 – 8.30pm	YAXLEY
THURSDAY	7.00 – 8.30pm	WALTON
FRIDAY	7.00 – 8.30pm	WALTON
SUNDAY	6.00 – 7.30pm	WALTON

Malcolm
Peterborough MartialArts

How To Really Protect Your Child From Predators

Protecting Your Child From Predators

Martial Arts is not the answer to this problem…!

“Children might or might not be a blessing, but to create them and then fail them was surely damnation.” — Lois McMaster Bujold, 1991

Recently in the news we have seen another child fall prey to a predator. This time the little girl was at a carwash and the abduction was caught on tape.

Whenever such an incident occurs, my inbox is flooded with emails asking me to create a “Target Focused Training” program for children.

The sad fact is that teaching a child to physically fight an adult “predator” is woefully ineffective and very misguided.

If a hyena were stalking a lion cub none of us would expect the cub to be able to fend off the hyena. Yet we somehow wish that our children would be able to do just that.

More importantly, some ask that the child be taught to not speak to or even more unrealistic, shout out, if the predator asks them to leave the area with them.

We fall “prey” every day to some very effective sales people and advertising (just look around at all the useless exercise machines gathering dust in many of your houses!). These predators targeting children are some of the most effective “salesmen” when it comes to manipulation those young, trusting minds.

They appeal to very emotional triggers in children. But we somehow hope that these young developing minds can distinguish friend from foe. This type of thinking truly is EFFECT STATE in the highest order.

Effect State will not only get you killed — but also (tragically) those loved ones you are responsible for like children and elderly relatives. We’d like to think that there’s some special training we can give our kids that will relieve us from our responsibility should we falter in our vigilance…

— THERE ISN’T… it’s ours until they are past that vulnerable stage of life.

My clients realize that the physical fight training they get with “Target Focused Training” (one-on-one, hand-to-hand, multiple attackers, fighting with and against weapons) is the FINAL option. It is VERY necessary for an adult and TFT certainly provides the finest, most complete, and brutally effective program to handle LETHAL criminal violence.

But my goal is to keep that option from ever happening to my clients in the first place. And more importantly — that it never happens to those loved ones who can’t protect themselves. But that doesn’t necessarily occur from you applying one of TFT’s bone-snapping, lethal techniques on a “predator” who attempts to abduct your child.

The biggest deterrent to a hyena trying to stalk a lion cub… is a very alert lioness. Not one that is looking to kill hyenas… but one who is very aware of her cubs and her surroundings, constantly assessing possible trouble spots and keeping the cubs away from obvious potential dangers as well as the not so obvious.

If it comes down to her having to take action, then woe be to the hyena. But most times her living in CAUSE STATE is more than enough to send the hyena packing and off to a less vigilant guardian.

I have a young son who has yet to really receive any training from me other than the basics about dealing with adults unknown to him. There’ll be plenty of time, as he becomes an adult, to transfer the responsibility for physically protecting himself.

Until then it’s his family’s responsibility to protect him. Understanding and living in CAUSE STATE makes that job much easier for me.

Until next time,

Tim Larkin
Creator of Target-Focus(TM) Training
http://www.targetfocustraining.com
PS. In just one weekend you can learn to defeat any
attacker using the Target-Focus Training system. See how at:
http://www.targetfocustraining.com

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