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First IAOMAS (England) Seminar |
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November 9th 2003 was a historic day. A year & 2 months on from the humble beginnings of the International Alliance Of Martial Art Schools, a number of schools from England IAOMAS got together to hold the 1st ever IAOMAS seminar & as such made a small mark in the history books & by doing so, set the precedent which we truly hope other counties will follow.
The first IAOMAS seminar was scheduled for 8 (yes 8) hours of training, with the only costs being a fiver to cover the hall. Not only was this seminar tremendous value for money for all IAOMAS students that attended, but the diversity of the arts being taught , together with the quality of the instructors made it absolutely superb, with something for everyone, in bundles.
The seminar started off with a short introduction by host Stuart Anslow, followed by Shihan Michael Holden (5th Dan, Atemi Jiu-Jitsu) teaching escapes from wrist grabs. Shihan Holden took everyone from basic releases through to more complex ones using strikes & good footwork & made some complicated releases look very simple, and very painful! These techniques ended with painful locks, chokes & throws!
Following Shihan Holden was Sabumnim Stuart Anslow (3rd Degree, ITF style Taekwon-do). Stuart taught an advanced application of 9 Shape Block (Gutja Makgi), utilizing the block as a hold & control technique & placing it in street applicable attacks, for example sucker punches, front kicks, chokes & a bear hug. This got the sweat going as students used vital point strikes in order to secure the block (hold) followed by devastating knees & an ankle break or take down!
Following Sabum Anslow was Soke Robert Pattern (6th Dan, Goju Ryu, Uechi Ryu & Ryukyu Kobudo). Soke Patton demonstrated some great knife defences & got everyone going, first with simple counters & releases, following onto more complicated combinations utilizing locks & throws. What was interesting about what Soke Patton taught (aside from the actual techniques themselves) was the fact that all his counters finished with non-deadly force, although the opponent was highly incapacitated in most scenarios anyway!
Following Soke Patton, Bousabum`s Vikram Gautam & Farhad Ahmad (1st Degrees, ITF Style Taekwon-do) took the seminar participants through a number of Taekwon-do's advanced kicking techniques . Warming everyone up with the simple front kick, they were soon onto jumping front kicks, jumping back kicks, jumping turning kicks, reverse turning kicks, jumping reverse turning kicks, 360 degree jumping back & reverse turning kicks & combinations involving the fore mentioned kicks. Demonstrating the power found within the Taekwon-do kicks & enabling everyone to have a try at some of these beautiful techniques.
After a short break for lunch Sabumnin Stuart Anslow introduced the seminar participants to a small segment on Taekwon-do sparring. Starting off with reflex work to build up reaction speed, he followed onto 'one for one' & 'two for two' kicking. After this everyone was introduced to Taekwon-do competitive light continuous sparring, which was enjoyed by all. After a few rounds, a round of street applicable sparring practiced to highlight the difference between 'competitive only' sparring & street style sparring, which includes sweeping, grabbing, throwing & takedowns as well as kicking & hand techniques.
Once everyone had regained their breath following the sparring work, it was the turn of brothers Jamie & Damian Ward (2nd Dan Ju-Jitsu) to demonstrate some Ju jitsu escape techniques. These escape techniques included leg work, front, side & rolling breakfalls, escapes from the ground & standing (bear hugs etc.) often ending up in painful locks, with their opponents flying through the air only to end up locked tight on the floor in a choke or hold. All of which Jamie demonstrated on his brother with effortless ease.
Following this section Soke Robert Patton (6th Dan) took the floor again & introduced everyone to the kobutan (a weapon of control & restraint). Soke Patton demonstrated some take downs ustilizing the kubotan, followed by some very painful pressure point applications & defensive combinations which employ this great little weapon.
The next section saw Shihan Holden (5th Dan) take the floor again, introducing everyone to another traditional weapon, the Te-Bo. A short stick that is capable of producing some very painful locks. Shihan Holden demonstrated how the Te-Bo can be used against punches; forming a wrist lock, arm lock & choke all in a few short movements, against kicks, forming a extremely painful takedown & ankle lock. He also demonstrated how the Te-Bo can be used to disarm & control opponents & as a pressure point instrument.
The final teaching segment of the seminar was taken by Wayne Timlin (2nd Dan Thai & Kick Boxing). Wayne started off by taking everyone through Muay Thai's devastating low kicks, utilizing the shin as the weapon. This was followed by some great low kick counters, which involved over stepping the kick, rather than taking it straight on, using the arms for higher kicks & utilizing a take down on the kick. Following this Wayne demonstrated knee kicks, again followed by their counters including a nice little takedown on a knee kick. Wayne concluded his section with powerful elbow strikes & forearm smashes.
Though the teaching sections of the seminar were over, we rounded up with two mini-competitions for fun, one ground based & one stand up. The stand up was first. With each competitor being knocked out with a single point, so it was fast and furious. The eventual winner was Justin Goh from Rayners Lane Taekwon-do Academy.
Immediately following this was the ground based competition, after some tough bouts & an even tougher final, Richard Steele (2nd degree, Lincs ITF) won the bout by choking out his own student in a very tough final.
And this concluded the 1st International Alliance Of Martial Art Schools England Seminar.
Following the seminar, all students who attended received a glossy certificate & all instructors received a video of the event, filmed by Julie Anslow and all this for a fiver!
A big thank you to all the students & instructors that attended & made it such a great day. Thank you to Soke Robert Patton & the Taifu Karate & Kobudo Kai, Shihan Michael Holden & Seishin~Ryu Jiu~Jitsu School, Jamie & Damian Ward & Sai Ju-Jitsu School, Wayne Timlin & Impact Martial Arts, Richard Steele & Lincs ITF School & of course Stuart Anslow, Vikram Gautam, Farhad Ahmad & the students of Rayners Lane Taekwon-do Academy. |
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Instructors: Wayne Timlin, Robert Patton, Stuart Anslow & Michael Holden |
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