Yesterdays self defence seminar

Thanks to everybody who turned up and made the day a great success. I would personally like to thank all the instructors for making the day so spiecial and informative. Ill be back later to post more but please feel free to post your thoughts, comments and reviews here.

Thanks peter and all the instructors for yesterdays seminar i enjoyed the day thanks again

that was a great seminar i will write a mini review when i get chance,thanks again to all the instructors and thanks to craig and rick for all the organising.

I've been working through the film footage there's some great stuff guys

cheers
karl

amazing day, my first ever training seminar. huge thanks to anyone who partnered me when I was stuck, tony terranova for the big smiles and encouragement, and magic mick tully for letting me join in with his crew and keeping an eye on me. Stunning trainers Mick, I am officially jealous !
Awesome effort from rick and craig putting it all together and I really enjoyed meeting everyone.

cheers

Mol

The pleasure was all mine mate...yesterday was a great success and a wonderfully POSITIVE experience!
as for the trainers you obviously meant the red snakeskin and gold numbers i was rocking...and not trish!
hahahahaha
great day and truly nice to meet yourself and all the other guys and gals on the day...heres to many more!
and thanks again to craig and rick for putting it all together and Al,Louise and Trish for the smooth running and timekeeping!
Mick x

That was an awsome day, great instructors and great guys to spar with, the only shame is that there isn't another one soon
Looking forward to the next Masterclass with Geoff next Sunday, hoping to see Al and Peter there as well.
As a long time away from training and... I will lay odds on being the oldest there.... these are my animal days as Al says in his latest blog.
I am looking for training partners in the Liverpool/Manchester area if anyone is reading this, I think there is another part of the forum to post that request as well.
This is a geat community and I feel priveleged to be part of it.
Steve

Great stuff steve see you sunday and maybe partner up for a few drills...your an inspiration mate

Yes... a big thanks to everyone involved is in order! I for one had a fantastic time and am looking forward to doing it all again soon.

Cheers guys

Absolutly fantastic Seminar, loved every minute of it, I actually came away remember some of the stuff wether its still there tomorrow though hehe.

Big Thanks to all the Instructors and the forum admins who made this an event to remember.

Also thanks to Gursh and Andy for partnering me off through out the day.

Roll on the next one!!!

Dave..

A big thanks to all the attendees, the instructors and to Kaarl for working so hard filming the DVD - it was a true community spirit event with the real martial arts budo exihibited throughout the day -
Respect,
Tony. T

I agree a most enjoyable day thanks to all who made it possible, also thanks to Alban for being my rag doll for my presentation... thanks bro
peace...

Just to add my little bit

Thanks to absolutely everyone involved - instructors, admin team, attendees and the venue staff.

I had a great time, it's nice to hear so many other people did too.

There will definitely be more like this in the very near future - perhaps with more time for each instructor???

Thanks Kaarl for filming - I think I have your pads and gloves - please drop me a line so we can arrange their return to their rightful owner

Thanks again all - it was a great day

Respect

Al

It was a great day! Well done to all involved!! Very well structured and organised too. However i have a small request for future seminars (involving pad work) - would it be possible to incorporated a quick "methodology" for how to use the pads properly from the pad mans' perspective, i.e. how to hold them properly and how to interact with your partner.
I trained with about 5 different guys who have never done any training before and i found the pad work was a little more challenging than needed because the pads weren't right. I helped the guys out but thought it may be something to bare in mind for the future.

Many thanks to everyone involved on Saturdays seminar.
I had a great time.
I met some old friends and made many new ones.
Take care,
Eddie

Really disapoited that i could not make it
Any chance that there will be a dvd of the day made available?

Hi Stuart

Kaarl kindly filmed alot of the day, as well as training in the sessions, so a big thank you to Kaarl.

Between Kaarl and myself we are looking at putting something together that we can share with everyone.

Kaarl is going to do some initial editting and then I will aim to get it put together, produced and advertised.
Price to be agreed with the instructors, but I'm sure it will be as reasonably priced as the seminar itself.

The seminar was a great demonstration of how top martial artists from all backgrounds can get together, work alongside each other and deliver a first class seminar on the theme of Self Protection, in the truest spirit of martial arts.

The DVD will be a reflection of this and a great momento of the day.

Rest assured, this was the first of many seminars.

Thanks for the hard work to set the course up ladies and gents...took away some good things to practice and as ever met a good bunch of people! My forearm is black & blue now though thanks to Eddie...but it was sadistically enjoyable getting it that way!!

I’m off to buy some bags of rice at lunchtime so I can use FFMA’s warm-up drill with the lads. How long should I cook it for Tony? ;0)

Looking forward to seeing the DVD guys.

Great to hear everyone had a good time
met some amazing people and my only regret is i did not get to chat with more of you from this forum
amazing what we acheived by working together as opposed to arguing about hand positions and intent hey?
Mick x

Great to hear everyone had a good time
met some amazing people and my only regret is i did not get to chat with more of you from this forum
amazing what we acheived by working together as opposed to arguing about hand positions and intent hey?
Mick x

Mick you had a doubly good time, as you posted twice!!!! Did you get a choke on sunday with Tim in the end!? Yes it was an amazing day, as already mentioned, shame there wasnt enough time to meet people from the forum.Still, the ones i did meet were awesome.I had a great day, and learnt a few new things.Thanks to all involved.Cant wait for the dvd Al.

Well done to all the guys who organised the seminar, it was a fantastic experience, one which I shall never forget.

So many big names under one roof and only for a tenner! A big thanks to the instructors as well as the organisers. It was well worth the 2hr drive.

Not only were the physical techniques spot on but also the philosophy.

Cheers Davey for partnering up with me.

Take care all,
God bless,
Gursh

I too thoroughly enjoyed the day, made all the more enjoyable by Mr Mischief, Bob Spour!! Our students were buzzing all the way home. With respect to Abnetts question re the pad coaching - this is a subject close to Tony and my hearts and we will certainly include an aspect of that in the next one....if we are asked back of course!

Big thanks to Adolph, I mean Al, for the mountain of work he did and to the other helpers who made a massive contribution but expected no thanks.

Regards

Alan Mac.

As Al and Esther have already said, Saturday was brilliant. It was fantastic to meet everyone and learn at the same time. We were buzzing on the way home and cant wait for another seminar! Thank you to everyone for all the time and effort that went into a fantastic day.

Helen XX

Abnett i totally agree but again it was down to a time thing but were working on that for the next one...

Just wanted to add my thanks to the organisers and instructors for a truly fantastic day. Loads of useful stuff to take away & practice - looking forward to the DVD release. Cheers to Davey & Gursh and everyone else who partnered up with me. Really great to catch up with everyone again - can't wait for the next one !

Andy