Next stop, Chicago
Published: Wed, 05/15/19
Hi ,I first met Allen Reed at Fightcamp a few years back. I think he was teaching a workshop on tomahawk and knife, or it may have been the bowie…
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Some thoughts for Easter Monday
Published: Mon, 04/22/19
Hi ,Well, something had to displace Bre it in the news cycle and the Notre Dame fire seems to have done the trick.What has been interesting is the way…
Learn from your own practice
Published: Tue, 04/16/19
Hi ,Key Principles of getting good at anything. Part 3: Learn from your own practiceA key principle of Stav training is developing an awareness of the…
Keep it simple
Published: Mon, 04/15/19
Hi ,Key Principles of getting good at anything. Part 2: SimplifyWhen I attended Geoff Thompson’s masterclass series of si seminars back in 2012…
Be your own master
Published: Fri, 04/12/19
Hi ,On Wednesday night we were practising some Savate kicking at the HEMA class I attend in York. I have done the occasional Savate workshop at events…
Taken back in time
Published: Fri, 04/05/19
Hi ,On Saturday I went to York to meet up with some people I lived, worked and studied with over thirty five years ago. A couple of the people…
A good harvest and a broken promise
Published: Fri, 03/29/19
Hi ,My study windowsill is covered with a collection of seed trays and small plant pots. So is our kitchen windowsill. There are about a dozen rocket…
Principles save lives
Published: Mon, 03/18/19
Hi ,There have been two tragic plane crashes in the past si months. The first was in October 2018 when Lion Air Flight 583 took off from Jakarta…
Why Brexit matters
Published: Wed, 03/13/19
Hi ,In 2015, just before the general election I went to a pro Bre it meeting. (I don’t think we were even calling it Bre it then). It was certainly a…
My Martial Arts Goals for my 60s
Published: Sat, 03/09/19
Hi ,Venetia and I moved back to East Yorkshire in the summer of 2017. On pretty much the first evening I was here I decided to go for a walk along the…