

What is White Collar Boxing?
White Collar is often mistaken to be any form of boxing that takes place outside is an amateur or professional context. Find out more here.


What makes a great personal defence strategy ?
The subject and concept of personal defence is so vast its difficult to accurately define exactly what it is....


The only REAL blocks are cognitive! Part 1
Part 1 Introduction and Rationale Taekwon-do is a rich and varied martial art. As we know it's predominantly striking based and so it's...


A Purpose in the Pattern
When introducing Taekwon-do to the world, Grandmaster General Choi Hong Hi detailed that the art comprised five key areas of practice...


Personal Training Needs To Wake Up!
Finding myself with too much time today I started clearing out my desk. It's one of those jobs that gets put off and put off and then put...

Renegade Martial Arts…navigate beyond the mess
The reason someone begins anything is deeply personal. There’s maybe a goal, sure. There's a total benefit in identifying this first, we...


Martial Arts Drills: are they all just a 'fancy mess' or more a question of context and intention
Is ‘The Fancy Mess’ and ‘Organised Despair’ in Martial Arts a Reality or Is it More a Question of Context And Intention? Bruce Lee is...


Positive Change is always possible!
There's always been a part of me that admires a strong character. I guess it comes from my family, my mother and grandmother were very...


Old School Sparring...A Case for Reflection
The Urban Dictionary defines ‘old school’ as: “Anything that is from an earlier era and looked upon with high regard or respect....”...


A beginner's mind
The mentality with which we approach any situation is the most fundamental of all principles. Deep consideration must be given to the...