Technique of the week

With Erik Paulson due in December. lets start working our positions and lead into submissions. If you dont have a partner, then you can do this Star #1 drill on a pillow, but we do recommend you close the curtains so your neighbours dont get suspicious!

Cross Body - kazure Kesagatame - North South - Kazure Kesagatame - Cross Body

Niven wins in the US again!

Dans the Man!

With a Silver and Bronze in the bag for Crawford and Mike, Dan took on the man mountain in the Absolute division!

respect!

Self Protection Workshop THIS FRIDAY!

Bob returns and conducts a special Friday night session.

One of the foremost authorities in Self Defence - you can take part and learn how to avoid conflict, how to manage conflict and how not to be afraid!

BOOK NOW: 644139 Payment reserves place.

Working the Ranges

Guro Dan Inosanto

Hubud - Technique of the Week

Phase 1 & 2 Testing

This Sunday at 12.30pm
PHASE LEVEL ONE

Demonstrate
Footwork; Step & slide, Pendulum
3 types of jab. Horizontal, Vertical and finger jab
Cross and stepping through cross
Left and Right hooks, Upper cut left and right
Roundhouse kick: Right Thai kick, snap round
Side kick
Front kick

2 min rounds (1 min rest)
Round 1: Single shots and combinations up to 3 techniques Hands only
Round 2: Ng Da Combinations (5 techniques) – hands & feet

Single stick: La Coste Cinquo Teros 1: angles counts as called.

Demonstrate 10 exercises in 30 seconds

AMAG Salutation and its meaning


PHASE LEVEL TWO

Demonstrate:
Triangular footwork
Roundhouse: Right Thai kick, low/high roundhouse, skip roundhouse, snap round
Side kick (2 types) Theep, Oblique, Dum tek, Leg shield, Jeet tek, Cut kick
Inside/outside crescent, Spin heel, spin side kick, spin hook kick, spin crescent, Long knee, skip knees
Shovel hook/ 'Mexican' hook, Overhand, Back fist, ridge hand
Inside/Outside Bob & weave, Inside/Outside Slip, shoulder roll, duck, Cover, Shoulder/biceps stop

3 min rounds (1 min rest) incorporating punching, knees, kicking and display footwork
Round 1: Single shots and combinations up to 3 techniques
Round 2: Ng Da Combinations

Single stick:
La Coste Cinquo Teros 3: angles counts as called.
Hubud Drill
Hi box sumbrada stick up/down
Demonstrate the defences for #1-5 with stick up and stick down
Sinawalli drills
o Ikis series
o LaCoste 7 count

3 Self Protection techniques

Kru Bill Mutch

Bill took and passed his TBA Instructors Test on the weekend. Two whole days of training , ending with two rounds in the ring left the exhausted Bill elated.

Khun Kru Pat Davies performed a Ram Muay for his Associates level.

Training at the camp was provided by Ajarn Chai, Sifu Marc McFann and Ajarn Bob Spour. A total of 14 hours! A big attendance from AMAG displayed the quality of the club.

The Dog brings home a Cat

Chris, Heather, Ray and Jon

Ray took Chris, Jon and Heather with him to this years European Dog Brothers Gathering and all fought brilliantly. Heather was awarded her Cat title, the first level to becoming a member of the tribe.

There were some real wars on this trip but the benchmark standard was raised! Well done!

The Hounds with Benjamin Rittner

Stick drill

Having worked on this drill for a while, Ray and Chris get flowing with it

TBA-UK Weekend Camp 15-16 August

Saturday
12 - 3pm Marc McFann
3.15- 6.15pm Ajarn Chai

Sunday
10.30 - 12.30 Bob Spour Ultimate Self Protection
12.30 - 2pm Marc McFann
2 - 6pm Ajarn Chai
Any testing requests must be made as per Association requirements. Bill Mutch will be testing!
pre pay price £100. £120 on the door.
One day £60/75
Rough n Ready Gym, Spring Lane, Northampton.
Nearest Hotel: Ibis

All levels welcome - its awesome

Technique of the week

Bobs up on Sunday - USP time!

Bob will teach his USP course
12 - 3pm £20
If you haven't done this at least once then you dont know how life changing this is. If you know anyone wanting self protection masterclass - LET THEM KNOW
Casual dress - sense of humour
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Technique of the Week 30/05/09

Technique of the Week: BJJ Scissor Sweep from Guard

Technique of the week - Right Roundhouse kick

New Filipino Martial Arts class - Mondays 5.30pm

New Filipino Martial Arts class as instructed by Peter Richardson

Peter is certified by Guro Dan Inosanto and Sifu Marc Mcfann in Filipino Martial Arts

This class will run from 17:30 until 18:15 on Monday's starting 11th of May.

The FMA class will introduce the students to several areas including single/double stick, single/double knife and stick & dagger. Kali also has a very effective empty hands range (Panatukan) which translates from the weapon based movements and will be taught in this class.

With the use of weapons students will develop their attributes such as speed, timing and agility but will also learn sensitivity drills such as Hubud and grappling (Dumog)

Dumog has its empty hand application as well as the weapon portion which will be also covered in these classes.

The class due to the time slot will be small enabling me to concentrate on the individuals progression through the system, ideal for every level.

New Red Arm Bands in Phray Pichai Grading

Bob Spour came and taught an excellent seminar with everyone getting graded on Sunday.

Bill Mutch was given his Instructors qualification in Phraya Pichai while Caz Ewan and Leigh Richardson received their 10th Khan Red Arm bands.

Others graded included:
6th Khan
Chris Penter
5th Khan
Scott Fraser
Rituka Sharma
3rd Khan
Kenny Watson
Scott Brown
2nd Khan
Stuart Mundy
Davio Ghidelli
David Letts
Paul Davies
1st Khan
Ryan Forguie
William Pearson

Thanks for supporting!

Setting the Balance by Leigh Richardson

Setting the Balance

We've heard Bob Spour say it and more recently we've heard Rey Diogo mention it and in the past I've heard Ian Guthrie (Peter's old Judo coach) and our very own Pat say it too. What am I talking about? Attribute training of course - or more commonly known as running, weights, Combat Athletics.....

Attribute training is great for the martial artist, it helps them develop further in their chosen system(s) and allows them to compete or perform better. Running for instance is a probably one of the best and quickest ways to get fit. Develop an awesome cardio system and build our endurance. Weights can help too. They can help us first of all get stronger but also gain weight, in a good way rather than the route paved with pies and pizzas!! Also there is Combat Athletics which is a class that has exercises designed to supplement your martial arts training.

However, therein lies the clue. It is supplementary training and should not be mistaken for training in the arts/systems you hope to improve in or compete in. This is a problem though, because what happens to a lot of people is, they start to put more effort into their running or weights training than their martial arts that they are hoping to improve in.

Put it like this, if I were to be given a choice of doing a run or training in say Pat's Jun Fan class, I would train in the Jun Fan class in an instant. I wouldn't even have to think about it. The benefits of that class alone will help me develop my punching, kicking and trapping skills along with other attributes like footwork, balance and head movement. As far as my fitness and strength go, I can hit the pads hard and fast and very quickly be on the way to improving my cardio and strength. But there is one important difference I will become fighting fit, Jun Fan Gung Fu fit rather than being a great runner - which I'm not really interested in becoming.

This short article maybe very obvious to some but I have seen people fall into this trap on a number of occasions and they can't seem to understand why they have good running times but still perform poorly on the mat or on the pads.

The bottom line is, if you want to get fit at doing Muay Thai, Jun Fan Gung Fu or BJJ then train hard in the art firstly and if you have any time left train in your supplementary systems.

I hope this helps to point out one of the many martial arts pitfalls.

Leigh

Leigh Richardson is a Full Instructor and 2nd degree black belt at AMAG.