October Newsletter:

 Extreme Impact 6 to 10 now live, Two New Podcasts,

Online Bunkai Drill & In-Depth Group Training with Iain Abernethy

 

Hi All,

As the vast majority of you will know, the new look website has got off to a great start! Thanks to everyone who has joined, all those who have given their feedback, and especially those who have got the new forum off to a flying start!

The aim of the website is to be a central, free to use, resource for a vibrant community of “traditional pragmatists”. It’s therefore great to see so many make use of the website, both as visitors and contributors, and I just want you to know I really appreciate all your help and support. Thank you!

The first bit of news is that the long awaited new Extreme Impact units are now live! We’ve put five previews on the website (see section 3) and the full units are now all available for purchase.

We also have two new podcasts for you this month. One by myself called “Knowledge is NOT Power” (see section 1) and the other is the first part of a conversation with myself, Kris Wilder, Alan Peasland, Marc “Animal” MacYoung, Nicholas Yang and Rory Miller (see section 5).

Please also check out the basic Pinan Shodan / Heian Nidan flow drill online video we recently added to the website (section 2).

One very exciting bit of news for those based in the UK is the launch of Peter Consterdine’s & Geoff Thompson’s “British Combat Karate Association”! You can find all the details in section 4 and information packs can be downloaded from my website. I am both a grading officer and part of the technical committee for the BCKA and I’m sure you’ll agree that the association is certain to be the natural home for many of the subscribers to this newsletter. Check out section 4 for more information on the association and for details some of the other people involved. All very exciting!

The final bit of news is that starting next year I will be running in-depth courses with limited numbers for those who really want to get to grips with the details of my approach to pragmatic karate. The first of these courses will start in January 2011, and this one will cover karate grappling (see section 6). There will only be 20 places available so please contact me if this is possibly of interest as I’ll be finalising names over the next few weeks.

Well that’s all for this introduction! Please check out the contents list below and see what is of interest to you!

Enjoy!

All the best,

Iain

 

PS Thanks to everyone who is now following me on Twitter! http://twitter.com/iainabernethy

 

(Please sign up too if you want to immediately know about all new additions to the website and what I've been up to!)
 

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Contents:

 

1 - Knowledge is NOT Power! (New Podcast)

2 - Basic Pinan Shodan / Heian Nidan Flow drill (online video)

3 - Extreme Impact 6 to 10 Now Live! (including 5 free online pad drills!)

4 - The British Combat Karate Association is Go!

5 - X-Po Podcast Part 1 (Six well known martial artists drink beer & chat)

6 - In-depth Karate Grappling Training with Iain Abernethy

7 - Available date for seminars for the first half of 2011

8 - Upcoming Iain Abernethy Seminars!

9 - New Iain Abernethy "Beyond Bunkai" DVD update.

10 - Iain Abernethy back in Idar-Oberstein - 13th & 14th of November
11 - Geoff Thompson and Peter Consterdine Seminar (28th of November)

12 - "The Secrets of the Iron Fist" by Steven Burton
 

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"Some drink deeply from the river of knowledge. Others only gargle." - Woody Allen
 

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1 - Knowledge is NOT Power! (New Podcast)

 

Here is the latest podcast! It’s been a little while since the last one due to all the time being spent on getting the new website up and running. We are back on track now though and I have a few podcasts ready to record and roll out as we go.

This latest podcast is called “Knowledge is NOT Power!” and it discusses various issues surrounding “knowledge” and how “knowing” a technique is a long way away from being able to apply that technique. We also compare “theoretical knowledge” vs. “practical knowledge” and “experiential knowledge” vs. “non-experiential knowledge”. Finally I give my formula for power and the basic training cycle needed to ensure combative function.

This new podcast also includes some news and a new section where I do my best to answer questions from listeners. In this podcast we cover whether the changes to karate initiated in Japan were beneficial or detrimental to karate and what art I’d like to formally study but have not yet done so.

The new website means we don’t have to compress the file so you should also notice an increase in sound quality. Anyhow, I hope you enjoy the podcast and I’ll be back with more soon!

 

Please follow the link to download the podcast or to listen to it online:

 

http://www.iainabernethy.co.uk/content/knowledge-not-power-podcast

 

Note: The voting and counter on the website's media player are not yet active (will be soon). The download link can be found under the player.

 

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2 - Basic Pinan Shodan / Heian Nidan Flow drill (online video)

 

Seeing as the new website has good media functions, I’d better start making regular use of them! So here is the first of many exclusive video clips that I intend to regularly add to the website. Some videos will be specially filmed for the website and others, like this one, will be footage that was not intended for the site, but nevertheless should be of interest.

In July of this year Nicolas Hofele (uke) and Georg Keim (camera) from Germany came to the UK to spend a week privately training with me. During the week they took a lot of video footage to help them recall all the things we covered and they kindly agreed to my posting some of it on this site.

This clip covers a drill using the opening three moves from Pinan Shodan / Heian Nidan combined with the shuto-ukes that follow later in the kata. Those who have studied the “The Pinan / Heian Series: The Complete Fighting System” DVDs will recognise the drill shown here as a variation and combination of the first and second drills shown on volume one. If you are not familiar with those drills, this video may be a little hard to follow. Hopefully, you’ll get the general idea though and find the video of interest.

I hope you enjoy the video and I’ll be back with more videos and drills soon!

 

Please follow the link to view the Pinan Shodan / Heian Nidan Flow Drill:

 

http://www.iainabernethy.co.uk/content/basic-pinan-shodan-flow-drill

 

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3 - Extreme Impact 6 to 10 Now Live! (including 5 free online pad drills!)

 

The latest Extreme Impact Units by Steve Williams and myself are now available for download! Thanks to everyone who purchased units 1 to 5 and made these new units possible. 100% of the funds generated from units 1 to 5 have gone into producing these new units and we could not have made them without your support. The new units are all around 30 minutes in length and we’ve stuck to the price of £9.70 / unit. There is also the special offer of getting the all five new downloads for the price of four. So that’s 2.5 hours of training drills for just £38.80.

The new units are on the following themes:

Extreme Impact Unit 6 – No More Comfort Zone! Advanced Fitness and Muscular Endurance Drills.

Extreme Impact Unit 7 – Angled Knockouts: Hooks and Uppercuts!

Extreme Impact Unit 8 – Confusion Drills!

Extreme Impact Unit 9 – Footwork: Dynamic Striking on the Move!

Extreme Impact Unit 10 – Bag Drills: Training Alone!

All of the units (1 to 10) can be purchased from the following webpage:

http://shop.iainabernethy.com/acatalog/Extreme_Impact_Downloads.html

For the last few months we’ve being adding previews and samples to you-tube and you can view them below. I hope that you enjoy these previews and it gives you an idea of what the new units contain. Steve and I hope that you enjoy making use of these drills in your training and teaching. We feel sure that making use of these drills will lead to training sessions that are highly productive and never stale!

 

Please follow the link to view FIVE Extreme Impact Online Videos / Previews and to learn mote:

 

http://iainabernethy.co.uk/news/extreme-impact-6-10-live

PS Due to many requests, we have has some high-quality extreme impact t-shirts produced! I’ll let you know when they are available.

 

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4 - The British Combat Karate Association is Go!

 

Please follow the link below for all the latest information on Peter Consterdine’s & Geoff Thompson’s British Combat Karate Association! I’ve also copied the enquiry letter and the advert that recently ran in the UK’s martial arts press below. The information pack and application form have also been uploaded to my website and they can be downloaded from the following page:

http://iainabernethy.co.uk/news/british-combat-karate-assocation-info-packs

The BCA (British Combat Association) has undoubtedly had a bigger impact on UK martial arts than any other body and I’m really excited about the positive effects I see the British Combat Karate Association having. I strongly feel the British karate scene needs an organisation like this and I’m sure it will be of interest to many of you.

Please check out the downloads and the information below and if you have any questions Peter will be only to happy to answer them. He can be reached at peter@peterconsterdine.com or by phone on 01924266016 or 07831576509. You can also write to the BCKA at BCKA, 12b Wellgate, Ossett, Wakefield, WF5 8NS.

All the best,

Iain

 

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BCKA Enquiry Letter from Peter Consterdine 8th Dan:

 

Dear Instructor,

Thank you for your enquiry and please find enclosed our Information Pack, which I hope you will find of interest.

The BCKA is built on the foundations of its sister organisation the British Combat Association (BCA) which, since its inception in 1993 has been groundbreaking in its approach not only to the high level of service and support to its Instructors, but in its non-political philosophy.

The Association has been established to cater for all disciplines within the world of Karate and we would hope to be able to provide you and your students with the home you are looking for.

As you will see, the information contained in the brochure is presented on the basis of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), but it is likely that you may have a number of queries that the brochure doesn’t answer and please feel free to get in touch and I have provided my mobile phone number at the end of the letter.

I am sure that you will find that the BCKA offers you all that you would expect from a major association, from the usual range of comprehensive insurances, gradings and coaching (via the EKF/SKGB Coaching programmes), tournaments, courses, regular newsletter and club promotion through our prestigious website. All this and more is supported by a highly efficient and supportive administration with speedy turnaround of student licences and club registration. We are always available to talk through any issues and are more than happy to help with syllabus development.

Also enclosed with the brochure are sample licence/record book and grading certificate, together with the Association’s Bye-Laws and sample student membership application sheet.

So, don’t hesitate to get in touch with any query and I look forward to hearing from you.

Kind Regards

Peter Consterdine 8th Dan

Chairman and Joint-Chief Instructor

P.S. Instructors will be required to apply for a CRB Enhanced Disclosure before being accepted as full members. If you require any further information regarding CRB please ask.

BCKA 12b Wellgate, Ossett, Wakefield, WF5 8NS

Tel: 01924 266016

Mob: 07831576509

Email: peter@peterconsterdine.com

 

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5 - X-Po Podcast Part 1

(Six well known martial artists drink beer & chat)

 

Regular visitors will recall that at the USA side of the X-Po event earlier this year Kris Wilder, Rory Miller, Marc “Animal” MacYoung, Al Peasland, Nicholas Yang & myself had a good chat about all things martial at Kris’s place … and we recorded it!

It was a very wide-ranging discussion and how often do you get such a group under one roof and around one table! The first part of this recording has been uploaded to You-Tube and is now available for your listening pleasure. I hope you enjoy it and we’ll be sure to bring you all other episodes as they become available.

 

 

You can listen to the first part of this podcast on this webpage:

 

http://iainabernethy.co.uk/news/x-po-league-super-friends-podcast-part-1

 

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6 - In-depth Karate Grappling Training with Iain Abernethy

 

It is now almost 10 years since “Karate’s Grappling Methods” was published! To mark this anniversary – and to meet requests I’ve been getting for some time for a In-Depth program of learning on this subject – within the next two weeks, I will be announcing details of a course (5 full days / 1 day per month) for those wanting to get to grips (pardon the pun!) with this area of the art. The course will cover the following:

• How to Recognise Grappling in Kata

• Integrating Striking and Grappling

• Grappling when Weapons are involved

• Simple Gripping Skills

• Chokes and Strangles

• Effective Seizing and Gouging

• The Principles of Joint-Locking

• Throws and Takedowns (including the nine throws of Gichin Funakoshi)

• The Role of Grappling in Self-Protection

• Grappling and Multiple Opponents (i.e. how to get out of there and avoid grappling)

• Realistic Ground Fighting (i.e. do damage and get up)

• Traditional Karate Grappling Drills

The course will be open to all grades, will start in January of 2011, and will be certificated. It’s a one off course to mark the anniversary of the book and will be open to a maximum of 20 people. Training will be here in Cumbria from 10:30am to 3:30pm on the following days: Sunday the 30th of January, Sunday the 27th of February, Sunday the 27th of March, Sunday the 17th of April & Sunday the 15th of May. The total cost will be just £750.

If you want more details, please email me (iain@iainabernethy.com) and I’ll then ensure you are the first to know when places are opened up. There will be no reservations at this time and it will be first come, first served when places are made available.

 

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7 - Available date for seminars for the first half of 2011

 

My diary for 2011 is filling up fast and hence there are only 5 dates left available for anyone wanting me to visit there dojo in the first half of the year. As I have been saying for some time, I am reducing the number of dates I make available in 2011.

I do hate to disappoint people but ever increasing demand and reducing availability means that’s an inevitability. The dates below will be allotted on a first come, first served basis so please contact me (iain@iainabernethy.com) ASAP if any of the following dates are of interest:

Sunday the 16th of January 2011
Saturday the 5th of March 2011
Saturday the 16th of April 2011
Sunday the 22nd of May 2011
Sunday the 12th of June 2011

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

All the best,

Iain

 

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8 - Upcoming Iain Abernethy Seminars!

 

Below you can find details of my upcoming open seminars for the next few months. I look forward to seeing you at the next event in your part of the world! Please don't hesitate to contact me (iain@iainabernethy.com) should you have any questions on any of the upcoming events below! Details of other seminars in 2011 are being finalised and will be added soon.

 

For details of all seminars (including maps): http://iainabernethy.co.uk/seminar-dates

 

 

9th and 10th of October 2010 – Denmark

 

Vejle Shotokan Karate-Do and Hinnerup Karate hereby invite you to an open seminar with Iain Abernethy on the 9th and 10th of October 2010 in Vejle, Denmark. Saturday 9th of October 2010: First session 11.00 – 13.30 (Bunkai to Jion) / Pause 13.30 – 14.30 / Second session 14.30 – 16.30 (Impact training). Sunday the 10th of October 2010: First session 10.00 – 12.30 (Bunkai to Jion) / Pause 12.30 – 13.30 / Second session 13.30 – 15.30 (Kata based sparring). Address:DGI Huset, (At the judo dojo below ”hal 1”), Willy Sørensens Plads 5, 7100 Vejle, Denmark. If you register for the seminar before the 1st of October 2010, the price is DKK 250 per day or DKK 350 for both days. Please email your name, degree, and karate club information to Jean Sørensen at jean@shotokan.dk There are 50 available spots at the seminar. Once the spots are filled, registration is no longer possible. Should anyone register and pay after the 2nd of October 2010, the price is DKK 350 per day or DKK 450 for both days. Payment: Please send an international cheque to Vejle Shotokan Karate-do, c/o Jan Graversen, Bakkedraget 8, 7100 Vejle, Denmark. Who can participate: Anyone above 15 years of age. Note: If possible, please bring a target punch mitts and a kicking pad.
 

 

17th of October 2010 – Swindon, Wiltshire

 

This seminar will run from 1:00pm to 5:00pm and will be held at St Joseph’s Catholic College, Ocotal Way, Swindon, SN3 3LR. For further details and to book your place, please contact Andi Kidd at Andi.Kidd@stfc.ac.uk You can also call Andi Kidd on 07818417181. The cost of the seminar is £25 (full amount or a £15 deposit secures your place). Cheques should be made payable to “Andi Kidd” and sent to Andi Kidd, 15 Dulverton Ave, Park North, Swindon, SN3 2NT. Places are limited so please be sure to contact Andi as soon as possible.

 

 

30th of October 2010 – Thornaby, Stockton On Tees, Cleveland

This latest open seminar organised by Taisho-Do Karate will take place from 12:00pm to 5:00pm and will be held in the Harewood Space Sports and Arts, Robert Atkinson Centre, Thorntree Road, Thornaby, Stockton On Tees, Cleveland, TS17 8AP. The cost of the seminar is £20 (full amount or a £10 deposit secures your place). Cheques should be made payable to "Taisho-Do Karate" and sent to Mark Raistrick, 7 Clarendon Road, Thornaby, Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, TS17 8JQ. Mark can also be contacted on 07508015614 or Taishodo@aol.com for further details.
 

 

31st of October 2010 - Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland (Note Venue Change!)

 

On the 31st of October I'll be teaching an open seminar from 12pm to 4pm at Chapel Neighbourhood Centre, Chapel Road, Kirkcaldy (west), Fife, KY2 6TT. Directions: A92 turn off for Kirkcaldy west, past Sainsburys on to A910, 1st turn off from Wester Bogie Road. The cost will be £25 and people can book a place by contacting Stuart Maxwell on stuartmaxwell04@btinternet.com or by calling 01592650862 (between 5pm and 6pm). People need to pre-book a place and payment will be taken on the door. Places are strictly limited so please act soon.

 

 

13th and 14th of November - Idar-Oberstein, Germany

 

Bunkai Jutsu Seminar mit Iain Abernethy am 13. / 14. November 2010 in Idar-Oberstein. Wir freuen uns, in diesem Jahr wieder ein Seminar mit Iain Abernethy in Idar-Oberstein anbieten zu können. Unter dem Thema „Practical Bunkai Drills and Kata-Based-Sparring“ werden wir anhand ausgewählter Übungen aus den Kata lernen, eigene Drills zu entwickeln und in auf den Kata basierenden Übungskämpfen anzuwenden. Der Lehrgang ist offen für alle Stilrichtungen und Graduierungen. Lehrgangssprache ist Englisch. Mindestalter ist 18 Jahre! Da die Teilnehmerzahl begrenzt ist, wird um eine Anmeldung gebeten. Ort: Mehrzweckhalle der Grundschule Göttschied, Eichenwaldstr. 1, 55743 Idar-Oberstein. Zeiten: Samstag, 13. November 2010, 10:00-17:00 Uhr (dazwischen ca. 1 Stunde Mittagspause). Sonntag, 14. November 2010, 09:00-13:00 Uhr (dazwischen ca. ½ Stunde Pause). Gebühren: Ticket für Samstag 30,00 Euro / Ticket für Sonntag 20,00 Euro / Wochenendticket 40,00 Euro. Anmeldung: bis 06. November 2010 an carstencas@aol.com. Info: www.karate-goettschied.de. Haftung: Der Veranstalter und Ausrichter lehnt eine Haftung jeglicher Art ab. Bewirtung: Für das leibliche Wohl in der Halle ist gesorgt. Am Samstag ist ein gemeinsames Abendessen geplant. Übernachtung: www.idar-oberstein.de
 

 

21st of November 2010 - Denny, Scotland

 

On the 21st of November I'll be teaching a seminar in Fankerton Hut near Denny, Scotland. The seminar will cover basic bunkai drills, flow drills and kata-based-sparring (including multiple opponents and weapons). The time will be 12 - 4pm and will be £25 per person. Payment must be made in advance to secure your place. For further details please email Craig Penman on craigpenman20@hotmail.com or call him on 07729922251. You can also write to Craig Penman, 8 Dalwhinnie Place Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, ML6 6GL.

 

 

23rd of January 2011 – Ayr, Scotland

On the 23rd of January, I'll be teaching an open seminar hosted by the Musashi Karate Club. The theme will be flow drills from the Pinan / Heian series and two-person close range striking drills which can be done both with a partner and on the pads (focus mitts will be available for those who do not have their own). The seminar will run from 11am to 3pm and will be held in Alloway Primary School, Doonholm Road, Ayr, KA7 4QQ. The seminar will cost £20 per person and is open to all grades. Cheques (payable to Musashi Karate Club in advance to secure place) are to be sent to the following address: Jamie Gray, 29 Highpark Road, Coylton, KA6 6QL. For further details and to book your place, please contact Jamie Gray on Jamie@musashikarate.co.uk or 01292 571824 (evenings & weekends). www.musashikarate.co.uk

 

 

19th of February 2011 – Bridgwater, Somerset

The seminar is to be held on the 19th of Feb from 12:00 to 3:00pm at a cost of £25 per student (14 years+ only). There is a maximum of 30 places available at each seminar so you are encouraged to contact Andrew as quickly as possible. This seminar will concentrate on a host of variable flow drills from Kushanku / Kanku-dai and the Pinans / Heians that will develop fluid body motion, relaxation, going with force and continuous domination. The seminar will be held at the dojo: Plum Lane (end of), Dunwear, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 5HL. For further information please contact Andrew Daly at bridgwaterwado@tiscali.co.uk You can also call Andrew on 01278 685559 or 07500847121. To secure your place, send a cheque for the full amount made payable to ”Andrew Daly” to 47 Rowlands Rise, Puriton, Somerset, TA7 8BU. www.bushi.org.uk There is a short junior session (under 14years) from 10:00 to 11:30 at a cost of £15.00 each. Please contact Andrew to book places and for details.

 

 

20th of February 2011 – Presteigne, Powys

 

On Sunday the 20th of February I’ll be teaching an open seminar in Presteigne, Powys. The seminar will cost £25 and will run from 11am to 3pm in East Radnor Leisure Centre, Broadaxe Lane, Presteigne, Powys, LD8 2YT. Cheques (payable to “Lee Taylor”) to be sent to Lee Taylor, Shushokan Karate Clubs, 9 Kings Court, Presteigne, Powys, LD8 2AJ. Lee can be contacted on 07976914617 and leeshushokankarate@msn.com Website: www.shushokan-karate-clubs.co.uk

 

 

13th of March 2011 - Newton-le-willows, Merseyside

On Sunday 13th March 2011 I’ll be teaching a second seminar at SKK Judo Club, Legh Street, Earlestown, Newton-le-willows, Merseyside, WA12 9NH. The last sessions was great fun and I look forward to seeing everyone who was at the last one as well as meeting some new faces. The seminar will run from 1pm to 5pm and will cost £25.00 (payment in advance). Cheques, payable to “SSK”, to be sent to Chris Robinson, 8 Rose Hill, Euxton, Chorley, PR7 6JX. Chris can also be contacted via cskcinfo@googlemail.com or 07854270569
 

 

Details of Iain Abernethy’s upcoming seminars can be found on the News Page of www.iainabernethy.com To organise a seminar for your club, write to seminars@iainabernethy.com or call 01900829406.

 

NOTE: 2010 is now fully booked & 2011 filling up fast! Please be sure to contact me ASAP if you would like me to visit your dojo in 2011.

 

For details of all seminars (including maps): http://iainabernethy.co.uk/seminar-dates

 

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9 - New Iain Abernethy "Beyond Bunkai" DVD update

 

I recently received the final edit of the new “Beyond Bunkai” DVD! I am extremely happy with it and Harbour View Productions and Outpost Editing have done an amazing job!

The DVD provides detailed instruction on a non-scripted semi-live flow drill that utilises all the motions from Naihanchi / Tekki Shodan kata. It’s aimed at karateka who already have a solid appreciation of bunkai and now wish to practise in a more realistic and combative way that involves adapting to the enemy’s attempts to neutralise your attacks and ensuring you can make an effective escape.

The DVD covers all the various elements of the drill and includes numerous demonstrations of the drill done live. We also have a breakdown of the kata itself and a discussion on the history of Naihanchi / Tekki Shodan.

As soon as I receive the master disks, I’ll send the DVDs off for pressing and all going well the DVD will be ready before Christmas. I’ll be sure to keep you up to speed and please watch this space for news!
 

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10 - Iain Abernethy back in Idar-Oberstein - 13th & 14th of November
 

Bunkai Jutsu Seminar mit Iain Abernethy am 13. / 14. November 2010 in Idar-Oberstein

Wir freuen uns, in diesem Jahr wieder ein Seminar mit Iain Abernethy in Idar-Oberstein anbieten zu können. Unter dem Thema „Practical Bunkai Drills and Kata-Based-Sparring“ werden wir anhand ausgewählter Übungen aus den Kata lernen, eigene Drills zu entwickeln und in auf den Kata basierenden Übungskämpfen anzuwenden. Der Lehrgang ist offen für alle Stilrichtungen und Graduierungen. Lehrgangssprache ist Englisch. Mindestalter ist 18 Jahre! Da die Teilnehmerzahl begrenzt ist, wird um eine Anmeldung gebeten.

Ort: Mehrzweckhalle der Grundschule Göttschied, Eichenwaldstr. 1, 55743 Idar-Oberstein

Zeiten:

Samstag, 13. November 2010, 10:00-17:00 Uhr (dazwischen ca. 1 Stunde Mittagspause)

Sonntag, 14. November 2010, 09:00-13:00 Uhr (dazwischen ca. ½ Stunde Pause)

Gebühren: Ticket für Samstag 30,00 Euro / Ticket für Sonntag 20,00 Euro / Wochenendticket 40,00 Euro

Anmeldung: bis 06. November 2010 an carstencas@aol.com

Info: http://www.karate-goettschied.de

Haftung: Der Veranstalter und Ausrichter lehnt eine Haftung jeglicher Art ab.

Bewirtung: Für das leibliche Wohl in der Halle ist gesorgt. Am Samstag ist ein gemeinsames Abendessen geplant.

Übernachtung: http://www.idar-oberstein.de

 

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11 - Geoff Thompson and Peter Consterdine Seminar (28th of November)

 

GEOFF THOMPSON & PETER CONSTERDINE’S ULTIMATE SELF DEFENCE SEMINAR

A rare event and not to be missed. Geoff and Peter will deliver the most comprehensive and effective self defence and practical martial arts seminar in the UK. From Impact Development, Line-Ups, Fear Control, Pre-emptive Strikes, Power Kicking, Sweeps and Takedowns, Close Range Striking to Managing Conflict, Performance under Stress, Self Defence and the Law, plus a range of Combat Concepts.

A certificate will be awarded upon completion of the course.

As always, this will be an inspirational seminar and one not to be missed. Book early to secure a place.

Cheques payable to:‘BCA’, sent to British Combat Association, 12B Wellgate, Ossett, Wakefield, West Yorkshire WF5 8NS.

 

Tel: 01924 266016. E-mail: info@britishcombat.co.uk

COSTS: BCA MEMBERS £85 NON-MEMBERS £100 - £50 DEPOSIT SECURES A PLACE
 

www.britishcombat.co.uk

SUNDAY 28TH NOVEMBER 2010 - Venue: Centre AT7,Austin Drive, Bell Green Rd, Coventry CV6 7GP.

All places need to be pre-booked - the course will fill quickly!

Course starts 10am to 4pm. Doors open at 9.30am for registration. DVDs, books and clothing will be on sale on the day.
 

Peter Consterdine

 

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12 - "The Secrets of the Iron Fist" by Steven Burton

 

Over the last three decades Steven has specialised in traditional Chinese Shaolin Kung Fu, weapons and Qi Gong (internal energy cultivation) and Iron Palm techniques as taught in the Shaolin temple for the last 1500 years having trained at the Shaolin temple himself under Shaolin Master Shi Gen Jun.

Steven also has intimate knowledge of Tai Chi (as a Senior Indoor Student of Grandmaster Chen Zheng Lei (19th Generation of the Chen family)....and Steve has also been taught by Grand Master Jeremy Yau of Lau Gar Kuen and Master Liming Yue, Grandmaster Kong Jie Gou – both incredible masters of the internal arts in their own right.

Steven even trained with a very high level Master of the Ancient Taoist Internal Arts on the ancient mountain in Zhang Jia Jie. Tien Men Shan – Zhang Jia Jie , China. the place where Sifu Steven Burton studies the Taoist Internal Arts.

The Iron Palm / Fist DVD’s are an A to Z training programme covering everything from conditioning, how to make the Dit Da Jow Iron Palm ointment through to Full on Street Application of the Iron Palm / Fist techniques.

The DVD’s have been produce by NAP, a leading production company in martial arts instruction DVD’s and are of the highest quality.
 

The content of the 6 Disk DVD set is :-

Dvd 1 - Iron palm external conditioning
Dvd 2 - Internal Iron Palm Qi Gong exercises
Dvd 3 - How to make the Iron Palm Dit Da Jow training ointment
Dvd 4 - Striking weapons of the hand
Dvd 5 - Weak target areas of the body
Dvd 6 - Street application of the Iron Palm, etc.

The applications utilise pressure point (Kyusho / Dim Mak) methods as well as the internal and external power generated by the Iron Palm / Fist method.

As the DVD’s are an A to Z programme they are only available to purchase as a set. The knowledge contained within the disks will enable you to apply this invaluable skill into whatever martial arts you practice irrespective of style or background.

To purchase the DVD - and to watch some online previews - please visit: http://www.northern-dragons.co.uk/ironfist.ASP
 

http://www.stevenburtonironfist.com

 

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All the best,

 

Iain Abernethy

 

 

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