| Hi All,
Welcome to the new look newsletters! The aim is to send you shorter
and more frequent newsletters. I hope you find them of value! So, without further
ado, let’s get to the content!
All the best,
Iain
Note: This is an opt-in newsletter and if you want to unsubscribe
at any time all you need do it click the link at the foot of this email
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1 – Subscribers Questions
Going forward, in each edition I will include a short article
on a topic of a subscriber’s choosing. If you’d like to suggest a topic, please
email that topic to iain@iainabernethy.com
IMPORTANT: Please make the subject of the email “Newsletter Question”. That will
ensure the email is automatically forwarded to the right place. I will then choose
a topic based on what is most requested and what I feel will be of most interest
to the subscribers. I’m sorry to say that time constraints, and the volume of
email I receive, mean I will not be able to answer each question individually.
I nevertheless hope these question and answers are of value to you.
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2 – Added to the App this Week!
This week we added a number of new videos to the app!
a) A new weekly video message from myself.
b) A look at the Wing-Chun dummy from a karate perspective! I’ve
never practiced Wing Chun but I was asked to give my thoughts on motions of the
Wooden Dummy Form from a karate perspective. This was a fun experiment! It has
also inspired me to acquire a dummy to see how karateka can use it to practise
the limb-control elements of our kata.
c) Further instruction on my two-person ground fighting kata.
This kata is ideal for karateka looking to add some basic ground fighting to their
training and teaching. Karate is first and foremost a striking system – in line
with its civilian self-protection roots – but we also need solid grappling
skills to support and augment the striking. The app has a lot of information on
ground work from a self-protection perspective. This two-person kata covers the
core movements, grips and escapes that the pragmatic karateka can use as a base
for other forms of training (just as all kata should).
WERE TO FIND THE APP: Search the App Store or Play Store for
“iain abernethy”.
NEED HELP JOINING? I appreciate that, like me, you may not
be that clued up when it comes to technology. I also appreciate that all apps
are different and hence it may not be obvious how to set up an account … so let
me do that for you! All you need to do is send an email to app@iainabernethy.com with “New App
Account” as the subject. I will then send you an invite with a username and pin
that you can use to sign into the app. NOTE: You will not be charged anything until
you personally set up a subscription. The account I set up for you will simply
allow you to sign in, explore a little, and then set up a subscription should
you chose to.
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3 – Suggested App Video
There is a huge amount of material in the app, so each
newsletter I will suggest a video to check out.
Naihanchi / Tekki Trapping Drill: This 40-minute video breaks
down a trapping flow drill using bunkai from Naihanchi / Tekki Shodan. You can
find it here:
Main Menu > Exclusive Seminar Footage > Naihanchi /
Tekki Trapping Drill
In reality, trapping range quickly collapses so we don’t see
those extended “trap-a-thons” so ubiquitous in modern movies. However, there is
value in isolating the range to practise the tools needed to ensure we have
clean paths for our strikes. That’s what this drill does. It’s not a
replication of a fight, but a flow drill specifically designed to help you
practise the trapping / limb control elements of Naihanchi / Tekki Shodan. It’s
one of the drills that is a grading requirement for 1st dan in my
dojo. I hope you enjoy working it. Please feel free to video yourself doing it
and send over links so I can see how you are getting on.
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4 – Recommended Forum Topic
As you know, the forum has great set of contributors and it’s
definitely a community you should keep an eye on. I do appreciate there is
loads to look at though, so each newsletter I will pick out a thread I feel
will be of particular interest.
This thread looks at the application of traditional arts in self-defence:
It specifically looks at specificity in training, how to
ensure relevance to reality, addressing limited training time, and other
benefits of martial practise.
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5 – Recent things you may have missed but will absolutely
love!
Iain Abernethy & Andy Allen on the Motion Martial Arts Podcast:
Gretchen Carslon on “Two Approaches to Mental Strength”:
Kung-Fu Podcast: Primary Source of Ming Dynasty Martial
Artists
Jamie Clubb Podcast: The Way of the Wolf
----------------------------- 6 – Just for Newsletter Subscribers
Here are three “secret” things you should know about!
a) There’s a hidden YouTube video looking at a practical
karate combination and three ways to train it: https://youtu.be/YpqT40TRs24 It will eventually
go public, but newsletter subscribers will be getting advance warning on these
things!
b) There a “long forgotten” and free karate e-book on my
website. It’s not linked to any other pages, so it’s not easy to find. Well
worth a download though:
c) Newsletter subscribers can get 20% off all downloads for
1 week (ends 22nd Feb) by using the coupon code “Newsletter” in the
shopping cart. (Books, DVDs, etc are excluded).
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7 – Open Seminars In the Next Three Months
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8 – World Combat Association
If you want a more formal association with me and what I do,
and you want to be part of ever-expanding international group of pragmatic
karateka, then please consider joining the WCA:
----------------------------- I hope you like the new look newsletters and I’ll be back with
more soon!
All the best,
Iain
Twitter: @iainabernethy
Instagram: @iainabernethy
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