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Category Archives: Principles of training
Joint Seminar – Kalis Ilustrisimo Repeticion Orihinal (KIRO) & Small Circle Jujitsu Concepts Programme (SCC)
Saturday 12th October, 2013 KIRO UK & Ireland hosted a joint six hour seminar in London with Small Circle Jujitsu today. Master Shamim Haque, the Director of KIRO UK & Ireland and the personal representative of GM Tony Diego, 2nd … Continue reading
Posted in Arrest Technique, Events, Filipino Martial Arts, Grappling, Ju-jutsu, Jujitsu, Kalis Ilustrisimo, Martial arts, Martial Arts Training, Principles of training, Prof. Wally Jay, Small Circle, Uncategorized, Weapon Arts
Tagged Kali Eskrima Arnis, Kalis Ilustrisimo, Small Circle, Small Circle Concepts, Small Circle Jujitsu
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Distinguishing ‘Training Methodology’ from ‘Fighting Style’
(As with a number of my previous posts this piece is excerpted from a chapter of a book I hope to publish later this year – I hope you enjoy it, and whether or not you agree with it, do … Continue reading
Posted in Filipino Martial Arts, Grappling, History, Ju-jutsu, Jujitsu, Kalis Ilustrisimo, Martial arts, Martial Arts Training, Principles of training, Prof. Wally Jay, Small Circle, Strategy, Teaching, Uncategorized, Weapon Arts
Tagged Aikido, Antonio Diego, Antonio Ilustrisimo, Development, Environment, Evolution, Filipino Martial Arts, Individual, Insight, Ju-jitsu, Ju-jutsu, Leon Jay, Martial art formation, Meiji Restoration Japan, Morehei Ueshiba, Prof. Leon Jay, Prof. Wally Jay, Small Circle, Style, System, Training Methods, Wally Jay
Fit to Fight – Exercise, Health and training to survive
Introduction There is a long-running debate concerning whether training in the art makes you fit for the art – as well as just generally fitter – or whether it is necessary to undergo fitness training to enable you to survive … Continue reading
Posted in Aerobic Fitness, Fitness, Genetics, Health, Learning, Martial arts, Martial Arts Training, Principles of training, Psychology, Science, Supplemental Training, Teaching, Uncategorized
Tagged Aerobic Fitness, BBC Horizon, Cardio-Vascular Fitness, diabetes, Fitness, genetics, Health, Health & Longevity, High Intensity Training, Sports Science
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Questions, Questions…
Years ago my wife (who was my senior student then as now, but not my wife or even girlfriend at the time) and I had a dojo at St. Mary’s Medical School in Paddington in London. We had a lot … Continue reading
Mindset – our flexible friend
Anything sophisticated enough to be called a martial art uses psychology in a multiplicity of ways. A generalised understanding of the psychology of stress and aggression (nearly the same thing, though mostly they simply overlap) is obviously useful. This can … Continue reading
Principle-Driven Arts…from Concept to Practice
I have been fortunate to gain teaching ranks in a wide variety of martial arts, but I have passed on that material, and my own, in a way that few of my teachers would have recognised. Having cross-trained – though … Continue reading
Posted in Concepts, Martial arts, Martial Arts Training, Principles of training, Uncategorized
Tagged Concepts, Martial arts, Principles, Training approaches
Commonality And Uniqueness in Systems and Styles
The following is an extract from a chapter of my forthcoming book – “Form & Function” . I’ll be publishing other extracts over the coming months; I hope you enjoy it, and find it informative. Most martial artists see their system … Continue reading
Posted in Concepts, Filipino Martial Arts, Martial arts, Mechanics, Principles of training, Uncategorized
Tagged Analysis, Commonality, Concepts, Development, Evolution, Uniqueness, Variables