Hi All,

Just a quick note to let you know about a few important things! I’ll be back in touch with a full newsletter soon, but for now I have news of a new podcast, a couple of new online videos and details of all upcoming seminars for the next few months!

All the best,

Iain

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Contents:

1 – New Podcast! Iain Talks to Peter Consterdine 9th dan!
2 – New Online Videos!
3 – Iain Abernethy Seminars (Denmark, USA, Australia, Germany, UK)

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1 – NEW PODCAST! IAIN TALKS TO PETER CONSTERDINE 9TH DAN!

In this podcast I talk to Peter Consterdine 9th dan! Peter is undoubtedly one on the most influential martial artists of the modern age. I can’t think of anyone who has done more for practical karate and practical self-protection than Peter.

Along with Geoff Thompson, Peter kick-started the “reality revolution” in the UK in the early 1990s and therefore provided the platform for people like myself to get our voices heard. Peter is also one of my most influential sensei and it was Peter who graded me to 6th dan.

Peter holds a 9th dan in karate. He was completed in both points karate (British team) and full contact (national champion). Peter has been a police trainer, a bodyguard, a trainer of bodyguards, a doorman, an expert witness in use of force cases, he has authored police training manuals, undergone military training, has successfully competed with firearms, and he runs a security company providing risk assessments and security all over the globe for many high-profile businesses and individuals. Peter is also the vice-president of the English Karate Federation.

I can’t think of anyone else who has such in-depth knowledge and experience across such a wide range of areas. This “big picture” vantage point gives Peter a unique voice when it comes to violence in all its guises.

In the podcast we talk about a wide range of subjects including working as a bouncer, pre-emption, kata bunkai, police training, the law, tradition vs progress, power generation, the formation of the BCA (and latterly the WCA), drawing concepts and methods from other systems, chaining techniques effectively, the importance of context, overcoming fear of consequence in self-protection, the dogma of styles, and loads more!

This is a very information heavy podcast that you’ll want to listen to many times.

All the best,

Iain

Listen and download here:

https://www.iainabernethy.co.uk/content/iain-talks-peter-consterdine-9th-dan

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2 – NEW ONLINE VIDEOS!

A - Naihanchi / Tekki Nidan Bunkai (video)

In this video we look at bunkai for the first two sequences of Naihanchi Nidan / Tekki Nidan. We have put the methods end to end in this drill, but it is obviously important to practise the methods individually, in alternative sequences, and in other drills.

It is my view that the methods of Naihanchi Nidan / Tekki Nidan (and Sandan) build upon the methods encapsulated in the core kata of Naihanchi Shodan / Naihanchi Shodan. In this instance we see some examples of how to fight around the neck clinch that Shodan taught us to use.

https://www.iainabernethy.co.uk/content/naihanchi-tekki-nidan-bunkai-video


B – Iain Abernethy discusses the role of stances (video)

A new video discussing stances! If you like this one, check out the iain abernethy smart phone app for new exclusive video on karate grappling!

https://www.iainabernethy.co.uk/iain-abernethys-applied-karate-kata-bunkai-app

More “Iain Discusses” videos to come! Coming very soon are “The four stages of kata” (public) and “Unravelling kata hand positions” (app only).

https://www.iainabernethy.co.uk/content/iain-abernethy-discusses-role-stances-video

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3 – IAIN ABERNETHY SEMINARS (DENMARK, USA, AUSTRALIA, GERMANY, UK)

Below you can find details of the open seminars that are taking place in the next few months. I look forward to seeing you at an event near you and if you have any questions about them, please don't hesitate to get in touch.

Seminar in Hinnerup, Denmark
Date: 4th and 5th of February 2017
https://www.iainabernethy.co.uk/events/seminar-hinnerup-denmark-0   
 
Seminar in Co. Mayo, Ireland
Date: 17th, 18th, and 19th of February 2017
https://www.iainabernethy.co.uk/events/seminar-ireland 
 
Seminar in Bristol
Date: 25th of February 2017
https://www.iainabernethy.co.uk/events/seminar-bristol-1  
 
Seminar in Keighley, Yorkshire
Date: 4th of March 2017
https://www.iainabernethy.co.uk/events/seminar-keighley-yorkshire 
 
Seminar in Birmingham (with Andrew Rheeston)
Date: 5th of March 2017
https://www.iainabernethy.co.uk/events/seminar-birmingham-andrew-rheeston  
 
Seminar in Melbourne, Australia
Date: 10th to 12th of March 2017
https://www.iainabernethy.co.uk/events/seminar-melbourne-australia   
 
Seminar in Dorking, Surrey
Date: 19th of March 2017
https://www.iainabernethy.co.uk/events/seminar-dorking-surrey 
 
Seminar in Laatzen (nr Hannover), Germany
Date: 25th and 26th of March 2017
https://www.iainabernethy.co.uk/events/seminar-laatzen-nr-hannover-germany 
 
Seminar in Alabama, USA!
Date: 31st of March to the 2nd of April 2017
https://www.iainabernethy.co.uk/events/seminar-alabama-usa 
 
Iain Abernethy and Don Came seminar (Haywards Heath, West Sussex)
Date: 8th of April 2017
https://www.iainabernethy.co.uk/events/iain-abernethy-and-don-came-seminar-haywards-heath-west-sussex 
 
Seminar in Witham, Essex
Date: 9th of April 2017
https://www.iainabernethy.co.uk/events/seminar-witham-essex 
 
Seminar in Eastbourne
Date: 22nd of April 2017
https://www.iainabernethy.co.uk/events/seminar-eastbourne-0 

Seminar in Presteigne, Wales
Date: 23rd of April 2017
https://www.iainabernethy.co.uk/events/seminar-presteigne-wales 
 
Seminar in Chesterfield
Date: 30th of April 2017
https://www.iainabernethy.co.uk/events/seminar-chesterfield  
 
Seminar in Dresden, Germany
Date: 13th of May 2017
https://www.iainabernethy.co.uk/events/seminar-dresden-germany-0 
 
Seminar in Pennsylvania, USA
Date: 19th to 21st of May 2017
https://www.iainabernethy.co.uk/events/seminar-pennsylvania-usa-2017  
 
Seminar in Newton Ayclife
Date: 28th of May 2017
https://www.iainabernethy.co.uk/events/seminar-newton-ayclife  
 
Please visit this webpage for details of seminars later on in the year:

http://iainabernethy.co.uk/seminar-dates   

To organise a seminar for your club, write to seminars@iainabernethy.com

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That’s all folks! If you’ve any comments or suggestions relating to the website or these newsletters, please don’t hesitate to drop me a line: iain@iainabernethy.com
 
All the best,
 
Iain Abernethy
 
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