The difference between ‘take on’ and ‘take out’ to an instructor who has been trained and qualified in military close combat coming up through the ranks is very clear in that to take out the enemy or neutralize the enemy in relation to the rules of engagement and standard operating procedures is the primary and […]
Saturday, July 11 and there was a definite chill in the Canterbury night air as around a hundred wrestlers and grapplers weighed in at the Rangiora Wrestling Club in preparation for the upcoming South Island Championships the following day. With such a strong turnout in freestyle Greco and submission and with a wide range of […]
Blake Tomlinson of Dunedin remembers as a youngster hearing of his father's dabbling in boxing and this may well been what sparked his interest in the fight game. Blake was born in 1981 at Dunedin and attended Kings High School. He began his training in martial arts initially at age 15 in the style of […]
The martial arts world may be well versed in the life time martial arts achievements of Jon Bluming, the Kyokushin Karate 10th dan black belt and Judo 9th dan black belt. Jon was a pioneer in mixed martial arts and never lost a judo or karate match and strangled the legendary judoka Kaminaga unconscious. However, […]
Ricky Welsford began wrestling at age 7 at the Taieri wrestling club. His first wrestling coach was Steve Wylie who trained and moulded Ricky from that early age developing that raw and enthusiastic talent into a formidable wrestler. The first tournament Ricky can remember as a 20kg youngster was the Taieri championships where he begun […]
Combat Sports School Olympic Wrestling Club team, with Coach Alan Rolton. On the recommendation of the national senior wrestling coach, Rodney Jarman, the Combat Sports School Olympic Wrestling club decided to send Jessica Todd to the Australia Cup to get more competition. The tournament was held in Melbourne Australia and hosted by the United Wrestling […]
Coach Karl Webber demonstrates a submission on Todd Group Christchurch chief instructor Tim Wright By now readers will be aware that the New Zealand Olympic Wrestling Union has begun establishing submission grappling in New Zealand under the control of FILA and their world grappling committee. Crighton Cobbers wrestling tournament recently included submission grappling and was […]
There was no hint of the recession "Down Under" as once again exponents and instructors turned up to train test and instruct. The phase 3 specialist training commenced the week before the phase 1 and 2 courses of instruction and this proved to be a valuable new regime that enabled the instructor cadre and specialist […]
Caution: The contents of this article are for education purposes only. The principles described are extremely dangerous and are for military close combat training and operations only. Their application applies solely to the military. Close combat, being a continually developing and changing package, in order to stay at the forefront of enemy specific threats, tactics, […]
FILA, the governing body of Olympic Wrestling, is also the authority for submission grappling, international competition beach wrestling, and Sambo. In 2008, The New Zealand Wrestling Union, a FILA member, began the establishment of submission grappling in New Zealand. I was tasked by the President of the New Zealand Wrestling Union, Mr Brian Stannett, to […]