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2016 Southern Districts Multi-Style Martial Arts Karate Championships

International Okinawan Goju Ryu Karate-do Federation West Otago Host to the 2016 Southern Districts Multi-Style Martial Arts Karate Championships. West Otago Community Centre, Suffolk Street, Tapanui 9th April 2016 Admission Gold coin donation, family $5 Karate – Tae Kwon Do – Kung Fu – All Martial Arts Disciplines INFORMATION: Gabriel Phillips Ph/Fax (03)2048458 – Cell 0276854522 – email [email protected] […]

Captain Ben Mängels “The Mangler” Combative life Remembrance

Benjamin Hubert Mängels December 14, 1936 – November 21, 2014. Ben passed away at Elbert Colorado aged 78 years. He is survived by one son, and four daughters. Malcolm Mängels Dolly Foley Rhoda Baily Caren Mängels Marlene Parks Ben’s son, Malcolm brought to my attention how his father with all his toughness and combative capabilities […]

Masaji Taira Hanshi – New Zealand 2015

Goju Ryu Karate Principles & Application Masaji Taira Hanshi New Zealand Seminar 2015 Dunedin 30,31 October 1 November Main Seminar – Friday Dojo Training – Black Belt Grading – Fees Main Seminar – Other days – 31 Oct, 1 Nov Fairfield Hall 12.00pm – 4.30pm 7pm 30 October Fairfield Hall 2 November Maximum $200! $150 […]

Todd Group Thailand Specialist CPP Course 2015

Conducting small group specialist tactical subject courses globally is common practice for the Todd Group and the recent Thailand CPP course was one such course. This recent circuit of training provision in Africa and South East Asia also included meetings to formalize future courses in several countries including a major training provision contract that will […]

South Africa CQC 2015

Phase 3 Training. The Todd Group’s annual close quarters combat course was conducted out of the SWAT range facility Centurion. The course ran for nine days providing training in phase 1 basic, phase 2 advanced and phase 3 specialist packages of the Todd systems of military CQC. Phase 3 Disarming Seated. Phase 3 alternate threat […]

Shorty Hansen

  [Show slideshow] It is a very sad day with the loss of Shorty and my best wishes go out to Linda and family.  I knew him for 51 years and we talked most weeks. It only seems yesterday I was at Shorty’s 70th birthday party in this building and he said to me recently […]

Samoan Joe

Samoan Joe

Sadly we lost Samoan Joe last week. He died in Melbourne Australia after a long illness. He was a star of Steve Rickard’s “On The Mat” show for many years. He travelled the world and was one of few local wrestlers that went to Pakistan.  He was frequent visitor to Singapore and Malaysia. Sad day as Joe loved coming […]