A five year gap between my first blog post and my second... Impressive even by my own standards. In fact, I even forgot I had started a blog until the other day. I was chatting to a friend and student about some of the projects I'm involved in and he said 'you should start a blog.' My response to that was, why? The usual reservations - who'd really be interested in what I have to say, but it got me thinking; and I remembered I'd already started one several years back. I even remembered the username and password for the account. So what the heck! Let's give it a try...
A LOT has changed in those five years - both in terms of the field of martial arts/combatives/personal protection, and in my personal position. Things have really moved on in the field; a new generation of instructors, with newer, better, more refined ideas have forced their way to the fore. The mini explosion in reality-based self defence has brought something of a consensus on what principles work (and what don't). Combat sports such as MMA and BJJ have taken athleticism of combat to a whole new level and have reached out into other areas that have hitherto been largely ignored in recent decades (functional strength training, kettlebells, primal movement). These are exciting times. Onwards and upwards...
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