Alright lads , im Chris just found the forums so thought id pop by and say hello .

im 23 , from the south ( or saaaaf ) of england been training mainy cardio but ive been watching the youtube vidos and got me really interested . absolutely shite about writing stuff about myself so ill leave it there .

Howdy Chris. Nice to have another southener on here

Greetings Gents,

My name is Daniel, 36, also from the Saaaaf, and as my handle I especially created for you chaps might indicate, I don't train half as much as most of you, except for IN MY MIND. They say it's 50% mental anyway, haha.

Started judo at 9, karate 11 and tasted jujitsu 17 and then 19. Always found most trad schools to be clueless as to reality. Knife defence with X-blocks, compliancy etc. Trained with the heavy bag on my tod over the years, being a hermit on his quest for Wisdom. I'll let you know when I have anything for ya!
Done Aikido and Taiji yet even the hardcore Aikika rely on punches and headbutts in a jam! Yet I still love to harm-onise, it gives oneself a chance to "negotiate" with miscreants.

Love Richie's open minded devotion to truth... sometimes too open!

Training in my own way, fusing everything I have ever seen and liked, from Taijiquan and Silat to "Attackproof"'s no technique approach. I get bored with drilling so I like to mix things up. Oooh, baaad discipline! That's me!

Specialty: now that would be telling! Expect the Unexpected... though the elbows are an obvious pair of points

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Hi guys, just joined up, I've been a fan of Rich's videos for a while now and finally decided to join the forums.
I've always been fascinated by the psychological aspect of a fight, be it using body language to make yourself a harder target or ways to overcome that paralysing fear I seem to always get when I'm in a situation that may become violent... really interesting stuff and Rich... you do a fantastic job of explaining it, it's really helping, keep up the good work!

I'm from the North, Newcastle to be exact, but I recently emigrated to Canada, and now live in Vancouver BC, I train at a small Bjj club called Northvanbjj, I got bitten by the Bjj bug and have been training hard ever since, I've done a few years of kickboxing and judo too, Judo is still probably my fav

Anyway, thought I'd just check in, hopefully I can pick up some tips from you guys that have a bit more street experience / knowledge, as I'm severely lacking in that department and I don't want that to come back and bite me in the arse at some point!

Cheers lads!

greetings bigsteve...

Hi, I'm Rob. I started training in karate 34 years ago...very quickly realised it wasn't the best thing for helping save your a$$ in a street fight. Over the years I've been on self defence courses, far from them being any good, they were teaching you how to get yourself killed!

I stumbled across Richie's website by sheer luck..bonus I think! I've just received my first DVD (knife offense) very pleased, am just about to order some more. One thing that is seriously overlooked in the majority of self defence courses/ martial arts training is the psychological side to being involved in real, not choreographed violence.

Got lots of martial arts experience, bit of street stuff too but there's sh^t loads I don't know..I think I will be learning a lot from Richie's DVD's and this forum!

Welcome Robbie, I'm sure you'll like it here

Many thanks for the welcome, sure I will

Chris/Daniel/BigSteve/Robbie,

crikie, were've i been?...
greetings, nice to hear your backgrounds.
now, back to training

Hello all,

I've been lurking in the forum for quite a few months, finally decided to register. Actually, it's the first forum I've ever registered on. Love the breadth of topics and depth of insight here. Thanks to Maija for telling me about this.

My background's mostly in Aikido, and I teach it, but it's the self-perfection, not self-protection part of my training. Did JKD for a few years, Paul Vunak lineage, so in empty hand we worked a lot on getting to clinch range from various entries, then working headbutt-knees-elbows. Also did a little kali stick and knife stuff (which I really enjoyed) as part of the JKD. My instructor stopped teaching JKD and is now teaching sport BJJ, so that's what I'm doing now. I like training BJJ, but I know that's definitely not where I want to be in a real fight.

Looking forward to learning and sharing,
Karen


Oops, meant to say it's ONE OF the first forums I've registered on . Second actually. Hey, I was distracted by the toddler

hiya Karen,
welcome. having Maija as your lead in is keeping good company indeed. and it sounds like
some nice training variation you've explored.
looking forward to your insights


JKD always interested me early

Hi Karen and welcome to a fellow go with the flow, joint locking, pain inducing practitioner...

Hi Karen, 'sup? nice to see you here

Hello Karen, Congratulations, dont tell this lot but this is my first ever forum as well, sssshh

& hello to everyone else recently come onboard. Now we can have really big discussions

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