Two of my instructors, a senior student and myself attended the Lameco Escrima & Knife Combat Workshop run by Damian Halforty and Rahneer Fabi of Bakbakan Int. at Damian’s gym in Howick Auckland. The seminar was run over the weekend of the 3rd and 4th of December with the Knife Combat phase being run on […]
When I'm taking a class on self defence I usually start with asking them 'what's the 1st rule of self defence' and get some blank stares from my new students and the answer of 'don't be there' from my more experienced people. I then ask for the 2nd rule, which results in more blank stares […]
Ronin (Independent Warrior) Martial Arts is the umbrella organisation for an affiliation of martial artists and martial arts schools and clubs to be able to come together and benefit from each other's experience. It is the brainchild of Chris Nicholson and Dwane Morgan who had the vision and drive necessary to create an independent organisation […]
When we learn about the Martial Arts it should be remembered that what we are studying are techniques that were designed by and have their origins in the military of the day, to be used in combat which was predominately conducted at close quarters. The fact that what ever style you happen to be studying […]
When I first started training in the Martial Arts it was with a school where only the blocks could make contact and you weren't allowed to attack the limbs or even to kick below the waist. Later on after I got my Black Belt I started to seriously question some of the techniques, training strategies […]