HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Wishing you all a very Happy New Year!

May all your dreams and efforts come true for 2010.

Train hard and stay safe!

"Concentrate upon and consecrate yourself wholly to each day, as though a fire were raging in your hair!" Anonymous Samurai

STRONG!

“Strong people are harder to kill than weak people, and more useful in general”. Strength Coach Mark Rippletoe

CAVEMAN VS MODERN MAN

Thanks to CROSSFIT Football for this interesting link:

Caveman vs Modern Man - Who Would Win Olympic Gold?

Just finished reading a great book called 'Born To Run' by Christopher McDougall.

It's a good read that includes real life adventure but also an in-depth look into the lost art of running.

If you run as part of your fitness programme then recommend that you do an internet search for 'Vibram Fivefingers', Barefoot Running' and 'Pose Running'.

It will enable you to run with far less injuries and develop a more efficient technique. Get rid of the trainers!!

Enjoy!

RANGE ROVER

Another good Personal Defence Readiness training session at last

night's class. Well done guys!

We warmed up with some reps of the 'Close Quarter Form' (used for developing close quarter tools) solo and with a Bad Guy. Then basic SPEAR Strengthening Drills to develop the conversion of the Startle-Flinch response when ambushed. We then focused on a brilliant drill called 'Range Rover' which helps create useful Mental Blueprints for selecting effective tactics in various ranges of combat. The twist in this drill is that the Bad Guy controls the range, not the Good Guy!! Finished off with a BMF (Ballistic MicroFight), replicating the Big Bang moment of an ambush, surprise attack. The Scenario chosen was to approach, make contact and deal with a seated person who needed to be removed from the chair. The Bad Guy ambushed at whatever point in time he chose. The Good Guy had to weather the ambush and counter to enable disengagement. Some wore High Gear and some without.

Everyone is progressing well. Keep up the good work!