Check out Lee Livingstone's MMA gym - somewhere in Sneinton - Nathan Leverton (Levo on here) knows him . . . I think he's a blue belt in BJJ....
I have a set of 2" DB handles from John Beaty of Fat B'stard Barbell Company in the States. Best to use for 'pulling' exercises like Rows,...
My Shureido gi was my favourite ever. Kamikaze Europa is a good "every day" gi and the Kamikaze Sovereign is pricey but very nice. Buy...
Nakayama wasn't 'sent' to China by the JKA (it didn't even exist) - he went there in 1937 . . . he had only been training for five years at that...
Actually the people in the BEST KARATE books (and Nakayama) knew very little about the kata they 'taught' although they did what they did know...
Don't do it to yourself, youth. T'aint right.
I've got it on CD - "Multi Stage Fitness Test". Never used it . . . ever.
A big fella was training in our gym and a skinny looking teenager said "how can I get really big?" This bloke said "Eat pies and drink beer,...
I love ALL forms of gripwork. Grippers, sledgehammer levers, plate pinching, 2" think dumb-bells, bending nails. 'Ave it!!!
#2 with the right (at any time of day or night) Not bothered about reps. Goal gripper is BBSM. On the KTA now (phase 2 : week 1 : day 4...
Please note, this relates to CDO only: There is a Batizado (baptism) usually once a year where the seniors (Instructors, Professors,...
LoneBencao - My original post regarding the grades was for Jon1983uk's benefit as he had asked a question specifically about CDO classes.
M Ponciano and CM Casquinha are both CDO. As for the corda stuff . . . I'm going on what I've got experience of. Some 3rd belts have been...
I don't know about Professor Parente's classes but my first one went like this; Our teacher was at the front facing the class and the students...
Cordão De Ouro is a great group (but then I would say that - it's the group I joined a couple of weeks ago) and I'm enjoying the training - alot....
This excuse of 'karate not being about fighting' is a load of old pony. The reason some karate instructors teach that attitude is because they...
Do sledge-hammer levers. Failing that, wrist curls. Not with a bar though - just with a plate.
This post is based on technical ability only. Kawasoe does very nice karate. Scott Langley (JKS - Asai / Kagawa ) is the best Westerner...
I've worked with 'proper' dogs - Army Patrol (arm-true) Dogs - as a handler and in the baiter's suit. I've done all types of situation training...
30 years ago the entire GKR would have been run out of town within days of setting up. Mugs, all of them.
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