Archive for the ‘News’ Category
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Grading date
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- July 6, 2010
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There will be a grading for senior grades-green belt plus on Thursday the 22nd of July. There will only be one open training class that evening. The class will be from 6.30-7.30 and the grading from 7.30 until 10.00. Apologies for any inconvenience, normal training on the other days that week. If you’re a junior [...]
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New York tentacles
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- June 20, 2010
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It’s with regret that we’ve said goodbye to Jamie Hutchins one of our senior Black belts who’s off to a senior publishing job in New York . Does this mean that Jamie will forget the Academy? I doubt that, hopefully he’s an initial outpost in the U.S. Above all we wish him well. However the [...]
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Filipino boxing day Sunday
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- June 7, 2010
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This coming Sunday it’s Filipino Boxing day. No, not like a special day after Christmas, rather it’s a day training in the art of Filipino Boxing. This is a form of dirty street boxing often called panantukan. An incredible art where clinch methods, punches, elbows, chops and finger jabs link in with unbalancing, tripping and [...]
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Filipino Festival
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- June 7, 2010
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I got to go along to the Filipino Martial arts festival this Sunday. Apparently I was booked to teach but they’d neglected to tell me!. So my class was taken by old academy hand Master Pat O’Malley. This Festival is really unique. It’s rare for a group of Filipino Instructors to all come together in [...]
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Grading postponement
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- June 2, 2010
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Guys I’ve postponed the senior grading for a few weeks. I will be putting on special classes for seniors to practice all the grading techniques. Apologies if you’re inconvenienced. See you all in the class tomorrow.
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Knife fighting drills
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- May 21, 2010
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Understanding knife fighting helps your empty handed defence as many of the techniques and concepts are similar and you get to understand the knife from an attackers viewpoint. If you want to be a great Martial artist I think the knife is an essential way for you to learn principles that would take much longer [...]
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Grading success.
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- April 26, 2010
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The recent Grading went really well with students taking belts up to green. The standard was really high with a number of people passing with distinction and getting a first class pass. A couple even jumped a grade they did that well. Many thanks to all who took part for their determination and hard work. [...]
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Diamond in the rough
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- April 14, 2010
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One of my old friends and sparring partners and one of the Academy old guard Black belts Peter Dunne showed me this today. It’s his daughter Stephanie and friends recording a song she wrote. This is just a rough edit but it sounds great. Hope you like it too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlHJnHYty_c The band is called scarlet [...]
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