Self Protection ABC: Breadcrumbs
This article continues our Self Protection ABC series and follows a previously discussed subject of Awareness. We have already established that awareness is one of the most important tools in our everyday arsenal, that it doesn’t stop at simply registering your surroundings or being able to recognise an escalation in a developing situation. Being aware means recognising a possibility of a potential situation emerging under a given set of circumstances. Lets discuss a fairly common example: meeting a stranger in unfamiliar surroundings. Imagine that during your normal daily...
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So, you are in a new City away from home, possibly for the first time in your life. New friends, new acquaintances and new experiences are all around you. You might feel worried, nervous, sometimes even scared… First of all, let me reassure you that Bath is a very safe city. However, as common wisdom says: better safe then sorry! The following advise is applicable to everyone, male or female, and applies to a variety of life situations, just use your common sense and adjust as per your circumstances. Awareness is your first and foremost tool in keeping yourself safe. It is a...
read moreDave Schultz Wrestling Clinic
A general overview of a multitude of wrestling techniques given by Dave Schultz and Brandon Slay. This video is a unique opportunity to learn from the experiance of not one but two Olympic gold medallists: Brandon Slay has won Olympic gold medal in freestyle wrestling in 2000, while the late Dave Schultz has won gold in both 1983 World Championships and 1984 Olympic Games. Unlike many tutorials available online, they do not focus on a single technique, neither do they provide an extended coverage of any of the techniques they demonstrate. Instead, these two legends concentrate on...
read moreWhat is Russian Boxing Style
With the rise of such MMA fighters as Igor Vovchanchyn and Fedor Emelianenko, plus a recent win of Wladimir Klitschko over David Haye, we see a lot of renewed interest in Russian style of boxing. However, there seem to be a lot of confusion as to what exectly is a “Russian style”. Some people claim that “Russian style” is characterised by long looping punches, others insist that it can be recognised by upright posture and heavy footwork movement. So, the question is, who is right? When talking about “Russian style”, one of the most important things...
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