A big thank you to Karl Steadman of CrossFit 3D in Manchester, for inviting us up to run a Personal Defence Readiness™/S.P.E.A.R. Intro Course for his CrossFit members. He has a fantastic CrossFit Box and all the attendees were very motivated and friendly people! It was very enjoyable sharing the SPEAR research and training with such engaging athletes.
It's always so fascinating to see the connection between PDR/SPEAR and CrossFit. The functionality in both is so very apparent and it's enjoyable watching CrossFitters perform so well in the training due to the functionality of their fitness and determined mind-set that supports them in the PDR/SPEAR drills.
Karl is a great CrossFit Coach (Level 2) and he applies the same enthusiasm to spreading these Self Protection skills to others, so thank you for that! He sees and truly 'gets' the wholistic value to training in both disciplines. In fact, he got the bug so bad, that he spontaneously signed up to the first UK PDR Instructor Course in June and is now a certified Coach! Congrats! He runs a weekly class now, so if you're local it's a great opportunity for you.
Also I'd like to say thank you to my Assistant Instructors, Karl Stone and Max Lobatto for their help and to Miles Key of CrossFit Hove for the photos, video and support.
Thanks again to all that attended for your energy and hope to see you again in the future.
Stay Safe
Zeb
