The return of the training diary!

Keep it coming Jamie! Your insights and reports were always very popular!

All the best,

Iain

Thanks Iain. This is the latest entry  http://www.clubbchimera.com/?p=1553

Hi Jamie,

Good post and I particularly liked the following line:

Jamie Clubb wrote:

There are no absolutes in our training, as there aren’t in real-life situations, but there are principles I have seen generally remain consistent.

Thanks for sharing these here. Always thought provoking!

All the best,

Iain

Glad you liked it Iain. This is my writing at its most raw; note form if you like. The expression "martial science" is banded around a lot, but in order for us to aspire to science we need to accept no absolutes in our training and be wary of what Kathryn Schulz called in "Being Wrong", "The Lure of Certainty". 

Here's an extra diary entry I have posted for this week Frontline Self Defence Skills - The Basics

Okay, two for the price of one!

Developing a single technique and anti-bullying

Overlapping self defence and sport

This week's notes:

Building the hook

Retaining basic skills under pressure

Target familiarization

Recent workshop write-up

From striking to combat grappling

Strength through positioning

Strikes, sweeps and self defence

Recent mini-workshop at the Boys' Brigade

Posturing and blind spots

Teaching Mo Teague's Hard Target System January Workshop 1

Teaching Mo Teague's Hard Target System January Workshop 2

Boxing "Takedown!" Kickboxing "Takedown!"

Attributes from Combinations

Vagabond Warriors I

From stand-up to ground & mental toughness

MMA specifics & pre-emption revision

Write up on Feb Hard Target Part 1

Write up on Feb Hard Target Part 2

Personal Space!

The Grading Looms...

Grading looms

13th official CCMA grading

Kickboxing - impulse and impact

Rapid Combat Defence DVD shoot

Grappling - taking the back

Hard Target Day 1 - March

Hard Target Day 2 - March

Stand-up, clinch and ground revision