11 days of remembrance Day 1, 11 Days of Remembrance It’s been over 100 years since the start of world war 1 ‘The Great War’ And it is appropriate to reflect on the millions of...

HIT THE BLOODY PADS!– HARD – Not too long ago, at one of my seminars, a question was put to me by a boxing coach, or maybe he was making more of a statement rather than a question.  The...

the martial arts habit   DO YOU REMEMBER THE OLD MAGAZINES? YES..  the old Black Belt Magazines, Inside Kung Fu and their articles or the ones in Combat Sports Martial Art Magazines and the European...

it’s only a mistake.. if you don’t lean from it! It was a long time ago I ventured into the world of wanting to be a warrior.  From reading about the Spartans to knights, and the martial...

GETTING STARTED– AGAIN – Since we’ve spent a year now facing the challenges of training through this Pandemic what a lot of you are telling me is, you’re becoming frustrated and...

USE OF FORCE Here is a conversation I get involved in a lot with police officers and their trainers regarding police training standards and in particular on the subject of police arrest and control...

the pause I was having a conversation with Geoff the other day.  Geoff has done a lot of Thai boxing and MMA. He will freely admit to you he was a bit of a street fighter in his younger days and...

FEAR!?! After participants compete my 4-day CORE Course The second most common question they ask: “FEAR … why do we continue to address FEAR?”   Why the subject of FEAR you ask?...

Why don’t more instructors teach this stuff? After participants compete my 4-day CORE Course The most common question they ask is, “Why don’t more instructors teach this stuff?”.  And of course as you...

The Fighting Irishman Major Pat ‘Dermot’ O’Neil When it comes to St Patrick’s Day most people think of the Irish, green beer and those heavenly delicious Lucky Charms, but for...