Bob Weatherall was born in the small coal mining town of Nuneaton in the North Warwickshire county in England, where he still lives today with his second wife Noreen.
Bob has been a fighter from an early age, he had to be. At the age of 5 years, he developed, as it was then, the crippling disease of Polio. This was first noticed when he started to get very tired and fell asleep at school. A ...
Author: Bob Weatherall
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Over the past three decades, methods of teaching selfdefense have taken a quantum leap forward.
Back when the martial arts were a novelty in America, whatever system you were studying was the beall and end-all of personal combat and woe to anyone who dared question the veracity of the techniques you were being taught. Rigid instructors rarely acknowledged the legitimacy of their counterpart ...
Author: Andrew Breen
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In the old days, the Okinawan martial arts were all business, claims Los Angeles-based karate expert Isaac Florentine. The kicks were designed to break bones, and the punches were intended to relieve the enemy of consciousness with a single blow.
But that was then, and this is now. As karate’s popularity exploded, the art lost more than a bit of its potency, according to many insiders.
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Author: Robert W. Young
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Martial arts are currently studied worldwide from a variety of cultures. Martial arts can improve your fitness levels and muscular condition immensely. Depending on the martial art you choose to do, you may even learn some effective self-defense techniques.
There is a major debate as to whether martial arts are effective as self-defense. My personal experience has taught me it is best to ...
Author: John Gibb
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As a Christian and a martial arts student, I have often wrestled with the idea of self-defense. Does God expect me to defend my family and myself when physically attacked or am I to “turn the other cheek” and endure it in the name of Jesus? As I considered the many comments I encountered on this topic, I became even more confused. Some advocates for “religion” have gone as far as to say that an ...
Author: Tom Katch
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TALENTED instructors and students alike gathered for the 1992 Bujinkan Ninjutsu Summit, with representatives from many Australian Bujinkan Dojos all eager to participate in this greatly anticipated annual event. The summit was held within the Hunter Valley NSW this year, and all in attendance participated one hundred percent in their efforts to make the weekend successful.
Without a dou ...
Author: DANNY ROBERTS
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Opportunities in life are rare and many people don't make the most of them. Fortunately this is not the situation for the numerous perceptive students who have already embraced the character building principles and practices of Cheah Advanced Taekwondo.
Originating as a traditional martial art C.A.T.A. incorporates the fundamental tenets and practices of Taekwondo, which alone produces str ...
Author: D. & K. KIRKWOOD
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WITHOUT MEANING to sound too parochial, I'll stick my neck out slightly and say that Chinese combat methods are renowned for the wide variety of their hand techniques. Most Kung-Fu styles use a wider range of hand/arm weapons (such as claws, gouges, palms, backhands, punches, backfists, hammerfists, forearm, elbows and shoulder strikes) than their Japanese, Okinawan and Korean counterparts.
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Author: Situ David Crook
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THE MULTI-FACETED Filipino Martial Arts of Kali/Eskrima/Amis etc are currently enjoying a substantial surge of popularity in Australasia and around the world - due, in no small part, to the energetic promotional efforts of such internationally renowned ambassadors of their styles as Masters Dan Inosanto, Cacoy Canete and his family, and Remy and Ernesto Presas.
The no-nonsense, combat-effe ...
Author: Nick Capozzi
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Martial artists need to understand concussion from two points of view. Causing it is a way of immobilising an opponent and so the ability to concuss it is a goal of training. We also need to know when we or one of our fellows has been concussed and what to do about it. This article will look at all these issues and give guidance in regard to the question: Do we need a doctor?
Concussion ...
Author: Peter Lewis
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