please Advise
Hi, As I said in my introduction im new to the greater manchester area and looking for some quality self protection training. I've come to learn it doesnt get much better then the SDF Ive searched for my local clubs and have short listed them to just 3

Michael Coady
Hi Guys, In Washwood Heath, Birmingham, there is a Jitsu club run by a certain Michael Coady, 7th Dan Jitsu, 6th Dan Judo, 7th Dan Aikido. He is aged around 66 and claims to have been a close student of Kenshiro Abbe in London and to have trained with

Old style Ju-jitsu
Hi Dave, Have you heard of Tenshin Rye Ju-Jitsu and an instructor called Derek Fairhurst??? Trying to contact him - an old instructor of mine I lost contact with cheers and regards

Private class-Steve Morris
I first heard of Steve Morris many years ago in karate circles. About three years ago I was searching on the net for Steve wondering if he was still training etc. My searches didn't come to much as I didn't know that Steve had moved on and was practicing

Always being dominated in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
I have been taking Jiu Jitsu for a couple of months now and notice that I am always on the bottom, especially when grappling with bigger and/or stronger opponents. My question is: Are there any calisthenic (or weighted) exercises that would give me the

Daito Ryu Ju Jitsu..
Hi Dave hope you are well, A friend of mine is intrested in Daito Ryu Ju Jitsu..he says he beleives it to be one of the only HARD Jujitsu left that is still taught in the UK and Japan..he also says that it has a very high Drop Out Rate due to its harsh

George Wilson
Has anyone ever heard of a Professor George Wilson of Walsall, West Midlands, England? He is supposed to be an 8th Dan ju-jitsu "master" who trained in Japan. I have been told he is the man to go to for shiatsu treatments but i can't find

Book - The Complete Kano Jiu-Jitsu (Judo) ---- H.Irving Hancock and Katsukunma Higashi
I would like to hear what others think of this book. I received it as a gift but am leary with the content... There are no traditional names that I can tell, every technique is refered to as a "trick" and the pictures vs description are not

JIU-JITSU! JIU-JITSU! JIU-JITSU! Fabricio "motherfuckin" WerDOOM
Call it what you want. Werdum had one thing(BJJ) on Fedor in this fight and that was all he needed. I know Werdum will never get the credit he deserves for this win because "duhhh he got knocked out by dunior dos dantos" but he tapped the

World Jiu-Jitsu Expo supermatch card streamed live over the internet
If you can’t make it to Long Beach, California, on the 12th of May, you won’t get to polish up your gentle-art skills under the expert eyes of the likes of Roger Gracie, André Galvão, Robert Drysdale, Rodrigo Comprido and Ronaldo Jacaré. Nor will you get

2012 Pan-American Jiu-Jitsu Championship Brackets
http://www.usbjjf.org/bracket_viewer/Bracket.html

Kieran McGeeney
Good article in this morning's Indo about him and the Kildare footballers McGeeney's circle of trust Kildare boss may have alienated some locals with his 'win-at-all-costs' attitude, but his players seem 100 per cent behind him, writes Christy

Indo Article
Anybody read Colm Keys article in todays Indo? Sums up perfectly the the lengths at which McGeeney and this squad are taken to seek success. Never knew about the security on the gate at hawkfield, would of loved to see the reaction of the lads getting

Jiu Jitsu Classes
Hey folks, I'm thinking on taking up Jiu Jitsu classes. I have never done any martial arts before and would like to take up Jiu Jitsu. Has anyone got any experience they can share? Also, I'm not the most athletic guy, play football and go to the

Profile of Dave Turton
Born in Rotherham, South Yorkshire in 1948, Dave moved to North Manchester in the early 1950's, moving back to his native Rotherham in the mid 1980's Like many others, Dave's intoduction to the Combat Arts was due to being beaten up on too many