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
_________________

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.

Niven takes on America!

currently training at Greg Nelsons school whilst on a gap year, ewen steps into the cage!

Scott steps up

Friday Fight Night **15th May Kirkintilloch**
Starts 8pm
'Friday Fight Night' at The Waterside Club, Kirkintilloch.

Tickets: there will be some tickets available directly from fighters! See Chris Moir


Matches confirmed so far are:

Mani Singh (KKBA) v Michael McGeochan (Annan Dragons)
5 x 1.5 mins @ 64kg's

Ricky Jackson (KKBA) v Joe McCabe (SMTC Sprinburn)
5 x 1.5 mins @ 69kg's

Crawford Hercus (KKBA) v Scott Fraser (AMAG)
5 x 1.5 mins @ 88kg's

Stuart McCrackle (KKBA) v John Ferguson (SMTC Springburn)
5 x 1.5 mins @ 70kg's

Ritchie Carrigan (KKBA) v Steve Barbieri (Carlisle MT)
5 x 1.5 mins @ 66kg's

Stuart Pitner (KKBA) v Simon Fraser (SMTC Airdrie)
5 x 1.5 mins @ 63kg's

Lindsay Stirling (KKBA) v Linda Morgan (Wossobama Ayr)
5 x 1.5 mins @ 67kg's

Brian Tottie (Caledonian MT) v Daniel Rigby (Aberdeen MT)
5 x 1.5 mins @ 70 kg's

Still looking to match

B Class
Keith Middleton 75/77kg's
29 yr old
Exp: 8 fights (6 wins)

C Class
Mescho Donko 72/74kg's
32 yr old
Exp: 4 fights (2 wins)

Gary O'Brien 95+kg's
31 yr old
Exp: 3 fights (1 win)

Gary McKinlay 58/60kg's
25 yr old
Exp: 0 fights

Stick Play

Bob Spour is teaching on Sunday at 11am. £10 for members - Thai boxing. Bob is in Scotland teaching the USP course in Glasgow, details of which are on the USP section of the website.

Technique of The Week: Fundamental Jun Fan Kickboxing

Technique of The Week starts with this Fundamental Jun Fan Kickboxing drill required to go past the Phase 1 stage.

Look at this drill in three stages.

The Prefix is an entry and in this case we are using a kick to move from kicking range into punching range. The three kicks shown here are O'ou Tek, Jit Tek and Juk Tek.

Then in the middle we have the punches and the selection of the combination used are historical and considered suitable for learning in the best way, but later on can be changed to alternative choices. Ray here shows how good body mechanic and technique can generate power, so try not to hit hard as that will come in time. Concentrate on the flow.

The suffix moves back to the kicks with the padholder stepping back and out of punching range, back into kicking range. There are plenty of kicks to use but we are focusing on a default drill here. If the padholder doesn't step back then we could move into standing grappling range.

So work the drill and learn to flow between the two ranges in the three sections seamlessly. Repeat good technique and DO NOT substitute technique for power. Power will come in it's own time.



Copyright AMAG

Phase 1 class

Rey Diogo

This seminar is sold out

Easter weekend

Phase 1 and Open Mat survive the weekend cull. With Instructors away on courses and Chris Moir fighting, we'll take a bit of a break this weekend.

Enjoy the eggs and we'll see you Monday onwards to work off the excess!

pictures

3 amigos & kettlebells class

new banner in background

Silat

XTS feng shui

We have organised a feng shui "expert" to realign the energy fields at the gym this afternoon.

We feel this will improve the technique of all the students.

Please be aware that when you turn up tonight that there may be some changes and take extra caution so that you dont hurt yourself.

Sunday

With the clocks going back, a thai fighters session will be at 12noon on Sunday.

Sport Formula

We have more Sport Formula vits in stock including a new fruit punch flavor sweetened with Xylitol.

Xylitol is said to have several health benefits including: good for teeth, bones and lower in calories and stabilizes insulin levels. Fruit Punch tastes good and will be available at reception in £1 packets. A packet of 30 costs £27.99. Tubs, in Orange flavour are £24.50.

First member to purchase gets a SF cap!

Quality nutrients for quality life, since 1999.

Thai fighters session 10.30am Sunday

With a few fights taking place soon, Thai Fighter training will commence Sunday am. Pad work, cardio and sparring. If you turn up to assist the fighters you will learn and develop your own training.

Phase 1 Tests

We will conduct testing for Phase1 on Sunday 22nd at 12noon. If you think you are up for it discuss it with the class instructor.

Spour NLP workshop cancelled

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Amag Tweets

TWEET AMAGjkd will bring any of you twitterers out there the latest updates on AMAG

Want to be a movie star?

Ever wanted to be involved in the movies, this could be your start!

From the creators of Blue Dragon, this is a pilot that we shot in February 2009 in preparation for our fothcoming feature-length movie. We haven't invested in certain equipement therefore sound and lighting are issues that will be worked on, however this gives a flavour of what is to come.

This pilot is quite fast paced and features small action scenes throughout. We spent only a few hours on each action scene but this is just a very small taste of what we're aiming for and what we're capable of.

Comments and constructive criticism are very welcome. Also, if you live in Aberdeen or around the city, please contact me if you wish to be involved.

Contact email - Graeme Noble = graemenoble89@hotmail.com

(Please watch this video in High Definition (HD) to enhance your viewing pleasure)

New Stock in Shop

We have new gi's at entry level. We use Fighting Films gi's which cost £40, come with a belt and stand up to the requirements of training better than most other entry level gi's.

Coming in very soon will be Sprawl shorts, Boxing Gloves, Focus Mitts, Fairtex top of the range bag gloves and Sports formula!

Saturday New Class - Silat

New Class Sat 11am taught by Pat Davies: Maphilindo Silat -Inosanto Method

Maphilindo Silat and Madjapahit Martial Art was created by Guro Dan Inosanto. The system is a compilation of the Madjapahit, Philippines and the Indonisian Martial Arts.

Seminars

Seminars info on website

Rey Diogo 16th April

Bob Spour NLP on the 30th March

Testing times

15 students took their grading and were exceptionally good! These guys will move into the greater array of classes. These guys walked in without any experience about 3 or so months ago and started and have the foundations to build on.

Phase 1 testing

Sunday 2.30pm

Ultimate Self Protection

This will take place at 12noon on Saturday in place of the Phase1 class.

Friday Night shut

adverse weather conditions have meant the postponement of tonight's event

we'll try and get it on tomorrow so watch website blog for announcement

stay safe guys

events

Bob Spour This Weekend
Phase 1/2/3 Tests Feb 22nd

The Bob Spour Experience

Timetable

Why join AMAG?

Everyone has many reasons why they start martial arts, but its the desire to improve - not measure against others - themselves. Here at AMAG we dont try and get you to fit into a style, you are the style! You all learn the same material but we encourage you, at principle, to mould it for you. You still need to understand how and what a hit is, so yes that uncomfortableness is addressed in reality. But it makes you stronger. If you dont like us then go elsewhere, thats your choice, but we are not here for you to 'try' martial arts, we are here to improve not only yourself but all of us.

Classes are on and busy!

So far so good, Monday night classes were packed!
Tonight we have Jun Fan kickboxing at 6.15pm with Pat Davies
7.15pm on the red mats is Leighs MMA mix up whilst on the black mats Pat is doing an edged weapons class which is restricted.
8.15 is the phase 1 class

see you there!

Get ready To Rumble

We OPEN on Monday
Right now Tuesday has a couple of changes. Leigh moves his excellent session to 7.15pm with Pat teaching the 6.15 Jun Fan kickboxing. In the end section, alongside Leighs class, Pat will be teaching Edged weapons. This is not for beginners but for the FMA students and Advanced students.
More classes to be announced very soon.

Best Wishes for 2009

Happy New Year
Lets make it a year which you surpass all expectations! You can do it!

Dave's mma reel is below. He started at Amag about 10 years ago with NO prior training and ACHIEVED! He could do - YOU CAN DO!

Instructorship promotions

It is with GREAT pleasure that I award the following people the qualifications that they have earned!

Full Instructors

* Leigh Richardson- Black Belt 2nd Dan
* Peter Richardson - Black Belt 2nd Dan
* James MacDonald- Black Belt 1st Dan

Associate Instructors

* Ray Wilson - Brown Belt
* Caz Ewan - Brown Belt
* Ross Turner- Brown Belt
* Bill Mutch- Brown Belt

Apprentice Instructors

* Heather Kerr - Purple Belt

Full Instructor in Muay Thai

* Mathew Russell - Red And Silver Arm Band

In the case of Leigh and Peter they have trained for a lot longer than anyone else through times when there was never any thought on gradings or qualifications. This extra time is represented in the 2nd Dan Black Belt qualification. Not only do they exemplify the quality AMAG can produce, they also seek to develop in their own pursuits.

James had trained for 10 year on a consistent basis and whilst he is moving on has exemplified the attributes that the AMAG training brings. He is also an excellent teacher and will be missed.

Ray, Caz, Ross and Bill have all trained for a long period of time and again are great examples of what you can achieve. All 4 will be taking their UFA tests this year.

We welcome Heather onto the Apprentice programme and I'm sure she will continue to develop in the same way the others have done so.

Matt has trained with me for around 15 years and while he has now a competency in grappling, his love for Muay Thai has been a great asst to AMAG. This qualification is the highest accolade i can give.

I hope you all will take the time to congratulate the above when you see them. They should be your role models and i hope your names will join them on the list in the future.

FESTIVE TIMETABLE

FESTIVE TIMETABLE :

Tuesday 23rd JKD X train 6.15pm, Phase1 7.15pm

Wed 24th Thurs 25th Fri 26th CLOSED

Sat 27th Kettlebells 11.30am, Kickboxing (all levels) 12.15pm, Open Mat grappling 13.15pm

Sun 28th SuperSantaStickSunday 5pm

Mon 29th BJJ Open Mat 6.15pm, Thai 7.15pm

Tues 30th JKD X train 6.15pm, Phase1 7.15pm

Wed 31st through to Sun 4th - CLOSED

Reopen on Monday 5th Jan to 2009 Timetable.

HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND ALL THE BEST WISHES FOR 2009

New class in 2009

New Womens training tops

New Vests for women are in stock
£15

Phase 1 testing

Next Tuesday December 16th at 7.15pm
Anyone wanting to test will need to be endorsed by Ray Wilson.

Erik Paulson

Non AMAG members can now book their place on the seminar from today.

Lanark Results

Semi Pro Rules 86kg
Steven Peebles (Griphouse/DNFT) Vs. Bartoz (AMAG)
Steven "Bam Bam" Peebles wins by triangle choke rd 1. Bart took on the experienced Bam bam and nearly had him with a guillotine in the first minute, but Bam Bams hand got caught in the buckle on the ropes and the ref stopped the attack. Again Bart attacked the neck and punished Bam Bam with ferocious punches. However, inexperience allowed the more experienced fighter to win by a superbly executed triangle. A big thanks to Steven for stepping in late and well done Bart.

Semi Pro Rules 70kg
Billy Quinn (Dumbarton MMA) Vs. Arak Zienkiewicz (AMAG)
Majority Draw: Well the crowd booed this decision feeling that Arak had dominated the second round so conclusively and the surprise on both corners faces said it all. Billy came out strong and overpowered Arak with striking and it went to the ground with Billy controlling. Arak regained a good position and dominated the fight despite some good leg attacks from Quinn.

B-Class Thai 5x2 Min Rounds
Scott Gallagher |(Dumbarton MMA/DNFT) Vs. Chris Moir (AMAG)
Scott Gallagher wins by majority decision: Again the decision surprised us and if you looked at the two fighters afterwards Gallagher was concussed and bruised up where Chris didn't have a mark. Gallagher did utilise knees well and both fighters were equal on that with the judges swinging to Gallagher's ammount of kicks

Well done to all the fighters, you did well and i'm proud of you in what's been a difficult time. A great representation from the club to travel such a distance and a big thanks to the cornermen. Heads up to John and Gary who put on a great show.

Handwrapping

Pugilists

Three fighters are now primed for the Sportfight Scotland show in Lanark at the weekend. Bart and Arak are fighting semi-pro MMA with Chris Moir fighting Class B Thai.

All fighters have been good in training and each has developed since their last fight significantly.

Semi Pro Rules 86kg
Steven Peebles (Griphouse/DNFT)
Vs.
Bart (AMAG)

Semi Pro Rules 70kg
Billy Quinn (Dumbarton MMA)
Vs.
Arak Zienkiewicz (AMAG)


B-Class Thai 5x2 Min Rounds
Scott Gallagher |(Dumbarton MMA/DNFT)
Vs.
Chris Moir (AMAG)

TBA-UK New Instructor

Congratulations to Caz for becoming the first woman in europe to achieve her Instructorship under Ajarn Chai.

New T Shirts in Stock

New club Tees are in stock. By next month you will be stopped from training if not wearing an official T, these are a double sided print with XTS on the back.

There are also Gi's priced around £50 and gloves, shorts and shin pads etc.

Water Bottles are also available.

Marc McFann

Marc McFann (seen here with Ray "Kettlebell" Wilson) is in tonight to teach from 6.30pm. Its only £20 which is dirt cheap for someone of this quality.

Marc has been instrumental in the development of AMAG training since Pat first started training with him back in 94.

Purple Belt

Ewen Niven attained his Purple Belt on Monday 13th October.
Congratulations!

UpComing Seminars

Wed 29th October 6.30pm Sifu Marc McFann MMA £20
Fri 21st November 6.30- 8.30pm Bob Spour Ultimate Self Protection £10 amag/ £15non
Sat 22nd November 2 - 5pm Bob Spour Muay Thai £25
Tues 9th December 6.30pm Erik Paulson £40

Ray Wilsons Kettlebells Blog

This years Dog Brothers gathering went well. I am disappointed only having fought once on the day, but after the fight I took a coughing reaction to all the deep freeze spray that the guys use for bruised muscles and bones. Coughing and gagging for an hour made my throat, chest and guts wrench up and while I was scraping up all the last enthusiasm I had, I decided it wasn`t worth doing one more just to end up properly injured, so I accepted it and called it a day for that event. Disappointment was somewhat distinguished the next day when I was formally accepted into the Tribe. Happy Dog, am I!! LOL
Moving on, the one fight I had I was very happy with. I was in shape and confident when stepped up (bricking-it before hand though!). Some stick smashing, into clinch, and finished on the ground, both of us stick less!

Already training for next gathering! (tail wagging! LOL)

In building up to this event I had a training schedule that I was happy with. Training at my MA club, AMAG, regular runs and regular KB training. KB`s involved a daily "stacking" routine and then a high burn session 3 times a week, which was great.
The last two weeks I trained the long cycle daily that Steve advised, in place of my 3 times a week burn. The long cycle was a great burn, and in a different sense from what I`d been doing, so a welcomed change. I challenged myself two of my last training days by doing it as a double KB drill. One word..... f&%ked!! LOL, brilliant!

This Sunday sees me taking my first workshop for the AMAG members! The following week I`m beginning the weekly class there, which I`m really looking forward too. Once I make timetable arrangements, I`ll be opening to the rest of Aberdeen!

Rannoch has been a great help last few weeks. Full of inspiration and very encouraging!
Pat, my instructor, is very supportive and also a huge inspiration.
I`ll keep in touch and inform everyone as I go. Thanks again for your help, advice and teaching - I`m very happy to be training under the IKFF and Kettlebells Scotland banners!

Kettlebells Aberdeen, here we go!
Wuff! ;-)

XTS

XTS is the new venue for the AMAG experience. Get down there!

The Big Flit

I will be moving equipment out of the JML premises and taking it to storage
If anyone would like to help at any time it would be gratefully received.

Saturday:
After 11.30am, when we have finished with the celebratory end of gym class, we will start moving equipment, mats etc down to the car park. A van will be ferrying stuff to storage

Sunday: 12noon – 4pm
Lifting floorboards, taking apart some cupboards and taking to storage

Monday evening – 6pm onwards
Anything left will be taken to storage

I hope I will see you there!

Fighters return with mixed bag

Bartoz won his first mma fight with a decision. A good learning experience that will see him grow.
Chris lost a decision in the Fight of the Day.

Well done to both guys!

UFA Instructorship

Bill Mutch was awarded his UFA instructorship. Congratulations!
UFA Aberdeen:
Patrick Davies Associate 3
Leigh Richardson Apprentice 3
Peter Richardson Apprentice 3
Caz Ewan Apprentice 1
Bill Mutch Candidate
Ross Turner Candidate
Ray Wilson Candidate

Seminars

After successful seminars with Marc McFann, Rodrigo Antunes and Dave Carnell, more are coming your way.
John Spezzano, Tuhon McGrath, Ajarn Bob Spour are all about to set foot in the Academy.

Suitable for ALL levels!

Fights in Aberdeen

Sunday May 4th

Inosanto Lineage

Leigh and Peter Richardson have both been welcomed onto the Inosanto International Instructors Association. Congratulations, your journey begins.

BJJ Team come back with medals

Neil Wins GOLD!
Krystoff has won SILVER.
Antoine has won SILVER.
another day euan.
Big heads up to Stevie headlock, Big Ben the legend and Siva for their great support!
They beat teams coached by Rick Young and Roberto Atalla.

Im proud of you!

Chris Moir Wins Again!

Chris won his second thai fight, his opponent not coming out at the beginning of the 4th.
Scott Sales didnt get the result but well done in stepping up.

Two fighters in Dog Bros

Dog Brothers Martial Arts Seminar

September 29, 2007
"Dog Brothers Gathering of the Pack"

Location: Stettlen (Bern), Switzerland

Registration: if you have interest to fight you have to preregister until 14.September. If you need more informations please contact:
lonelydog@bluewin.ch

Registered Fighters:

Benjamin "Lonely Dog" Rittiner (Switzerland)
Oli "C-Gost Dog" Schaer (Switzerland)
Graeme "C-Scotty Dog" Higgins (Scotland)
"Dog" Stefan Konstanjevec (Germany)
Oskar Bernal Ibanez (Spain)
Jiri Söderblom (Sweden)
Emin Sabovic (Sweden)
Lukas Friedli (Switzerland)
Marlon Höss-Böttger (Switzerland)
Dominic Ischer (Switzerland)
Roberto Cereda (Italy)
Christian Eckert (Germany)
Peter Fray (Germany)
Chris Smith (Germany)
Andreas Hommel (Germany)
Jochen Giese (Germany)
Thomas Rickert (Germany)
Torben Lorenian (Germany)
Ray Wilson (Scotland)
James Mc Donald (UK)

Phraya Pichai Grades

Leigh Richardson 8th Khan
Peter Richardson 8th Khan
Heather Kerr 6th Khan
Rituka Sharma 4th Khan
Pavel Hanko 3rd Khan
Luanne Mack 3rd Khan
Charles Ogboke 3rd Khan
Jon Cameron 2nd Khan
John MacKenzie 2nd Khan
Aleksander Strzalkowski 2nd Khan
Ben Catterill 1st Khan

Daniel Lonero Workshop

Its going to be a great one!

For Polish students

Witam! Nazywam sie Krzysiek i od roku mieszkam w Aberdeen. Od zawsze
interesowalem sie sztukami walki, w Polsce uprawialem najpierw taekwondo
a potem zapasy. Trenuje w AMAGu od pol roku MMA,jest to w wolnym
tlumaczeniu polaczenie najlepszych elementow z roznych sztuk i sportow
walki. Chcialbym polecic te szkole wszystkim. Poczatkujacy moga tu
znalezc zajecia(np. Phase 1 czy Kali) dzieki ktorym naucza sie nie tylko
podstaw sztuk walki ale takze nabiora pewnosci w sytuacjach realnego
zagrozenia np. na ulicy. Osoby bardziej zaawansowane znajda tu game
zajec,od zapasow po tajski boks, ktore pozwola na doskonalenie swoich
umiejetnosci. Istnieje rowniez mozliwosc uczestnictwa w roznego typu
zawodach w brazylijskim jujitsu, mauy thai czy dla najlepszych walki 'w
klatce'. W klubie panuje prawdziwie rodzinna atmosfera. W razie
jakichkolwiek pytan prosze kontaktowac sie bezposrednio z AMAGiem lub
pisac do mnie na krisgud@wp.pl.
Do zobaczenia wkrotce na zajeciach!!

Class changes

Monday
6 - 7.15pm BJJ Advanced
6 - 7pm JKD TEEN
7pm PHASE 1
8pm THAI BOXING (All levels)

Tuesday
6.15pm THAI BOXING
7.15pm BJJ beginner
8.15pm Combat Submission Wrestling

Wednesday
Jun Fan Kickboxing
Filipino Martial Arts
PHASE 1

Saturday
11am JKD Teens
11am Little Dragons
12 noon FMA/Phase1&2 (all in one class)
12 noon Judo

more changes will filter through as the week goes on
changes do disrupt but can also energise. Those who cant make the new Tuesday THAI time should utilise the Monday class which is open to all and will be incorporating the punch bags as well.
We make these changes in view of our resources and also class numbers. A couple of other classes are being looked at including Maphilindo Silat and a trapping class.
The changes will start next MONDAY.

Busy Time

Well its been a wee bit busy so i haven't kept you up to date.
McFann was superb as usual and the subsequent UFA camp saw us exposed to Krabi Krabong!
We have had Bill McGrath fly by, head of Pekiti Tirsia International. What a great seminar and well attended. If things work out right, i will be the PTI UK Director, organising Tuhon McGraths future UK trips.
Then we had Rey Diogo, BJJ 4th degree black belt come and teach in another amazing seminar!
Bob Spour is up next with a Self Protection workshop and Thai session on the Friday 18th/19th respectively.
July 7th sees Daniel Loreno pop by. Daniel trains with Guro Inosanto and teaches at the Inosanto Academy. He'll be covering Maphilindo Silat!

Meanwhile it was great to see Peter receive his brown belt in BJJ from Roberto Atalla, a well earnt achievemnt that is a credit to the club.

Finally, WELL DONE to Chris Moir on his recent Thai fight victory. His first one where he dominated and won by unanimous decision!

McFann Returns

Inosanto Legacy

February 7, 1967 to February 7, 2007
Sifu Dan Inosanto
Head Instructor of the Jun Fan Gung Fu Institute to the IAMA Founder / Head Instructor

Yet when they write their rewritten history they often fail to mention that many of those who claim to have been trained by Lee were in fact taught by Inosanto and certified by Inosanto.

Gavin wins in Thailand!

Gavin Hedges wins his first fight in Thailand:
I am pleased to say that my fight ended in a first round Knock out
saving me having to try and fight for 5 rounds , It started with a
lovely superman punch and ended with a switch left knee , and
thankfully it was me who won . cant say the guy was a good fighter but
hell a wins a win . i fight again on the 12th .

a big thankyou must go to you Pat for all your help and the work you
put into your students , cheers .

Dod Copland

Some of you may remember Dod when he was involved with AMAG. Others may have known him as a colourful charachter who busked with bagpipes in Union St.

Hes in a very bad way right now and anyone able to offer help should contact Pat Davies. Dont let the situation happen when you might have to say "i didnt know"

Thai Gradings

Kru Bob Spour tested people the other weekend and im pleased to announce that Steven Moreland, Mathew Russell, David Marlow and Ross Turner all passed their 10th Khan Red armband (like a black belt in other systems). The standard epitomises the quality of training at the AMAG. Well done!

1st Khan
Rod Robertson
David Tawse
Elaine Keith
James Gibb

2nd Khan:
Ewen Niven
Chris Kennedy
Paul McIntyre
Angela McBain
Trudi Giacomini
Stella Farmer
Kenny Stewart
Stewart Comrie
Andy Tait

3rd Khan:
Rituka Sharma
Mike Pratt
Scott Sales
Andrew Brown
Neil Cushnie
Lee McComskie
Alan Strachan
Claire Keane

4th Khan
Peter Steele
Corinne Ooms
Yannis Mavrommantis
Paul Smeaton


5th Khan:
Danny Reid
Craig Cameron
Chris Pilichos
Sean Dines
Heather Kerr
Ray Wilson

6th Khan
OliverChew

7th Khan
Chris Moir

9th Khan
Caz Ewan

10th Khan
Matt Russell
David Marlow
Ross Turner
Steven Moreland

Holiday Opening Times

FRIDAY 22 CLOSED
SATURDAY 23 CLOSED
SUNDAY 24 CLOSED
MONDAY 25 CLOSED
TUESDAY 26 CLOSED
WEDNESDAY 27 5.30PM OPEN BAG SESSION 6.00PM BJJ 7PM BAG/PAD SESSION
THURSDAY 28 5.30PM OPEN BAG SESSION 6.00PM BJJ 7PM BAG/PAD SESSION
FRIDAY 29 CLOSED
SATURDAY 30 12 BJJ 1PM KALI
SUNDAY 31 2pm BJJ Fighters session
MONDAY 1 CLOSED
TUESDAY 2 2pm BJJ Fighters session
WEDNESDAY 3 OPEN - NEW SCHEDULE

Events

Sat 2nd: 7pm Festive party at the CloverLeaf
Sun 3rd: 12noon BIC
Friday 8th: Self Protection for Men 6.30
Saturday 9th:
12noon Judo; Teens
1.30pm - 4.30 Thai Grading
Sunday 10th: Ross and Ewen fighting

Self Protection For Men

Self Protection For Men as taught by Bob Spour

Don’t be a victim! Take control of your environment, take control of fear.

Friday 8th December 18.30 – 20.30

Cost: £20. Come with a friend and get a discount! 2 people for £30!!

This course is open to women as well as men. Separate Women Self protection Courses will be available in January and February.

Wear comfortable clothing.


Call Pat Davies on 07710401111 for further details. Please on pass this mail to men who you feel may appreciate it!



Bob Spour

Director and founder of SAS Survival, Bob has served extensively in the military spending many years with the SAS. During the course of serving with the latter he saw action in number of different theatres.

Bob is a highly qualified and well respected Martial Arts Instructor spending many years instructing Self Protection and Thai Boxing, and is the Chief Instructor to the Phraya Pichai Muay Thai Camps International.

A Licenced NLP Trainer with The Society of NLP , a member of the Association of Professional Hypnotherapists & Psychotherapists and the Professional Organisation of Stage Hypnosis; Bob has extensive experience working with individuals and groups in a variety of settings as diverse as sales, military training, drama workshops, and the comedy circuit in London. He also works with individual clients over a wide range of personal and professional development issues. He recently appeared on a Channel 4 programme demonstrating some of the techniques of NLP in the context of fear management.

Holding a degree in Drama and Theatre Arts Bob also worked as a professional actor and stand up comedian.

He is also a Survival Instructor, Corporate Trainer, Writer and NLP Trainer.

Fridays Class is on!

Fridays Combat Athletics is ON this Friday

No class THIS wed - see McFann post

Timetable

The current timetable needs updating, this is it
Monday
6pm BJJ advanced 7.15pm CSW 8.15pm Kickboxing for Beginners
6pm Teen JKD 7pm Kali

Tuesday
6.15pm MMA 7.15pm BJJ for Beginners 8.15pm Thai Boxing for Beginners

Wednesday
6.15pm Jun Fan Gung Fu 7.15pm BJJ 8.15pm Muay Thai Boxing
5.15 Teen JKD 7.15pm Kickboxing for Beginners

Thursday
6.15pm Judo 7.15pm Muay Thai Boxing 8.15pm CSW

Friday
6.30pm Combat Athletics (circuittrainingfightstylee)

Saturday
12noon Kali Silat 1.30pm Teen JKD
1.30pm Judo

Explanations elsewhere on the website.

2 New Classes - Beginners

Thinking ofstarting? Cant wait forthe BIC?
Want to brush up on the fundementals?

MONDAY 8:15pm
Wednesday 7:15pm

Get started TODAY!

Sifu Marc McFann

This Wednesday sees the return of Sifu Marc McFann to Aberdeen Martial Arts Group’s Academy in Justice Mill Lane. Sifu McFann is a student of Sifu Dan Inosanto, the man that the late Bruce Lee left in charge of his system and teach on his behalf. McFanns qualifications see him not only as a Full Instructor under Inosanto in both the Jun Fan Gung Fu as well as the Filipino Martial Arts, but an Instructor in Mande Muda Silat (an Indonesian fighting art not designed for sport), Thai Boxing and Larry Hartsell’s (another former Bruce Lee student) Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do Grappling Association. Sifu McFann also has black belts in Judo (in which he competed in the USA Team), Kempo Karate and Hapkido.

Now residing in Arkansas where he runs the McFann Acadamy of Martial Arts, Marc regular teaches seminars through the US and in the UK where he lived in the 90’s. Founder and World co-ordinator of the Unified Fighting Arts (UFA) Sifu McFann will be teaching the seven ranges of combat and the seminar is suitable for ALL levels and ANY style.

The seminar starts at 6.30pm and will run for 3 hours and costs only £25. Private lessons are available throughout the afternoon although these are being filled fast. There will be an opportunity to grab a beer with Sifu after the seminar.

Return of THE McFann

Marc McFann is here on Wednesday teaching from 6:30pm. At 25 pounds its a great opportunity to train with this wonderful teacher. BOOK NOW!

There will therefore be NO classes on Wednesday due to the seminar!

AMAG on TV

For anyone who missed the North Tonight segment it is on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuePc7Yf-Jw

Beginners Induction Course

THIS Sunday at 2pm
Details as below!
BOOK NOW!

Wednesday's New Class

A NEW class specifically for BEGINNERS starts on Wednesday at 7:15pm!

Taught by Ray Wilson the class is for the complete beginner who wants to start training.

NOW YOU HAVE NO EXCUSE!!

BIC Course THIS Sunday

BIC course is THIS sunday 2-4pm.
A general introduction to the arts taught at AMAG. 20 pounds which includes the club tee shirt (10pound)

Jenna's Close Shave

Jenna Mack, a student at AMAG recently raised money for Breast Cancer Research!

Below her close shave can be seen and we warmly applaud her efforts.

AMAG-News

AMAG-News
A few changes for Mondays:
A Teenage class is now also on Mondays at 6pm!
Bjj now starts at 6pm and runs till 7.30pm.
Kali moves forward to 7 pm
CSW starts at 7.30pm

Theres new Evolution stock in and with the colder evenings on their way we have a good stock of sweat pants!

More news to follow!