English Martial Arts Podcast Show

the sometimes noble and often incredibly ignoble Lancashire martial art whereby a man repeatedly kicked opponents or victims as hard as he could. We return to the theme today because of the exciting news that a Purring Display is going up in Wigan Museum, a display which has been put together by Anna Smith: special congratulations to Anna and how I wish I was in the UK this spring! The image above is hers. There were essentially three types of purring in the eighteenth and nineteenth century: the golden age of purring stretched from the late 1700s to the late 1800s: Competitive purring: here two men stripped, sometimes naked, and fought it out using clogs. Blows were to be directed towards the feet and shins of opponents, though of course sometimes things got out of hand. We’ve given an excellent past instance of this that includes the memorable line ‘at the last kick… his shoe was half imbedded in the groin’ of his opponent. A great deal of money changed hands over these fights. Scrap purring: an argument i

the sometimes noble and often incredibly ignoble Lancashire martial art whereby a man repeatedly kicked opponents or victims as hard as he could. We return to the theme today because of the exciting news that a Purring Display is going up in Wigan Museum, a display which has been put together by Anna Smith: special congratulations to Anna and how I wish I was in the UK this spring! The image above is hers. There were essentially three types of purring in the eighteenth and nineteenth century: the golden age of purring stretched from the late 1700s to the late 1800s: Competitive purring: here two men stripped, sometimes naked, and fought it out using clogs. Blows were to be directed towards the feet and shins of opponents, though of course sometimes things got out of hand. We’ve given an excellent past instance of this that includes the memorable line ‘at the last kick… his shoe was half imbedded in the groin’ of his opponent. A great deal of money changed hands over these fights. Scrap purring: an argument i

In this short episode we talk about making the techniques you learn your own.

In this very short episode I am updating everyone on how we are doing and what direction we are going with both our weapons practice and uniforms.

This short podcast talks about our two new venues, our new uniform and then leads into a talk on making your martial art correct for you rather than just learning parrot fashion.

In this short episode we look at modern weapons that can replace age old weapons for selfe defence.

This episode Organic Self Defence is an episode that talks about how organic should you allow yourself to be with a Martial Art? The self defence portion of the talk, brings in many ways of self defence including your home and training.

In this episode we talk about the seax and the origins of the broken back style in England. We talk about literature that mentions the Seax such as Beowulf, Sagas and other areas. we talk about classification of the seax and the principles of how it should be used.

In this episode we talk about self defence and why dedicaed self defence lessons are more practical than martial arts lessons. We also talk about de-escaltion in self defence and how to control the adrenalin dump with the mind.

In this podcast episode I talk about various styles of martial arts from around the world as well as self defence and how it differs from the martial arts taught today. I also talk about the martial mind and how it is found mainly in modern combat sports and less and less in traditional martial arts. I dont talk about Hema in this episode except for the English martial arts.

In this short episode all the updates we have planned are spoken about, I talk about the updating of our gear for recording, Seminars in the new year, well as how we will be moving to our new premises.

In this episode we look at how our club is doing and how to find a good instructor, we also look at training the mind and how the mind controls everything the body does.

Hello All, In this episode, I just give some updates on where the club and the training are going, also an update on some other aspects of training.

In this episode we talk about injuries in the martial arts. It isnt a comprehensive talk just general talk about certain injuries than can be caused by training incorrectly.

In this short episode we continue our look at Silvers Dagger.

In this very short episode we talk about recent events that have happened to me and the training of the martial mind for defence in daily life.

In this episode we look at part two of George Silvers dagger fighting. Taken from his passage on using the dagger

In this episode we look at George Silvers instructions on the dagger fight. Is the interpretation we give to it correct and training with this weapon

DEFENSE, SELF-DEFENSE. ... Force likely to cause death or great bodily harm is justified in self-defense only if a person reasonably believes that such force is necessary to prevent death or great bodily harm. The Right To Protect One's Person And Property From Injury. Mental self-defense is the ability to get into the proper mindset for executing a physical self-defense technique. Many martial arts schools and self-defense classes focus primarily on the physical nature of self-defense and often neglect the mental aspect. If you are skilled in the physical aspects of a defensive technique, but lack the mental toughness and tenacity to execute it, you will not be able to perform - especially under duress. Controlled environments cannot easily mimic the stress and adrenaline dump which occurs during an attack. There is a very real need to be able to enter the proper "mindset" if one is to have a realistic chance of surviving a potentially deadly encounter. This mindset is the ability to focus purely on the suc

In this episode we talk about various aspects of the martial arts especially in self defence. Self-defence is a countermeasure that involves defending the health and well-being of oneself from harm. The use of the right of self-defense as a legal justification for the use of force in times of danger is available in many jurisdictions, but the interpretation varies widely. Physical self-defense is the use of physical force to counter an immediate threat of violence. Such force can be either armed or unarmed. In either case, the chances of success depend on a large number of parameters, related to the severity of the threat on one hand, but also on the mental and physical preparedness of the defender. Unarmed Many styles of martial arts are practiced for self-defense or include self-defense techniques. Some styles train primarily for self-defense, while other martial or combat sports can be effectively applied for self-defense. Some martial arts train how to escape from a knife or gun situation, or how to br