Andrew Nerlich
I practice Wing Chun Kung Fu under the tutelage of Sifu Rick Spain. Wing Chun is a pretty minimalist Kung Fu system. Its standard curriculum consists of three empty hand forms, then a set of techniques to be practised on a specialised wooden dummy, though they can also be done without it – “Air Dummy”,…
The seminar was held at Higher Jiu Jitsu, in the City of Sydney PCYC, hosted as usual by Mestre Pedro’s Sydney representative, John Smallios. The seminar was pretty much all Pedro answering questions from seminar participants. While this blog describes “techniques”, he would want them to be seen as particular manifestations of more fundamental and…
The seminar was held at Rick Spain’s Red Boat Wing Chun Academy in Redfern. The crucifix is a variant of back control, with one arm trapped by your legs. The essence of back control is to keep your chest glued to your training partner’s back, and it applies equally here. This seminar assumed a basic…
The seminar was held at Higher Jiu Jitsu, in the City of Sydney PCYC, hosted by head instructor John Smallios. The seminar was no gi. The techniques are equally applicable to gi, MMA, and possibly self defense or law enforcement arrest techniques. Warm up Games and Drills Start from a wrestling crouch. Attempt to touch…
Gordon Ryan is a successful Brazilian Jiu Jitsu competitor at elite levels. Much of his earlier success came in competitions with rulesets allowing use of a range of leglock techniques which are banned by the most popular sport Jiu Jitsu body, the International Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Federation (IBJJF). Gordon Ryan trains under John Danaher, a…
These videos are of myself performing Wing Chun forms – which are solo movement patterns, analogous to kata in Japanese systems. These forms are from the Traditional Wing Chun system of William Cheung. My instructor, Rick Spain, teaches them with modified stances and extra footwork from those normally taught in a Traditional Wing Chun school,…
Media Interest. Really? I was involved in a serious road rage incident on May 11, 2018. Described in It Seems to be Working – Part 2. Senior Constable F had asked me for my thoughts about possible media attention. I told her that I wasn’t opposed to the idea, if some good were to come…
What follows is long, detailed, and no doubt boring. I wrote it this way intentionally to give the reader a feel of how tedious and disruptive the aftermath of a fifteen second violent confrontation can be. The Event On Friday, May 11, 2018 a bit after 1 PM, I was driving north along Forest Way…
The seminar was held at George Adams’ gym in Lakemba. Thanks to George for arranging the seminar, and to his students for their friendly and welcoming attitude. The best place to get an idea of Rodney’s background and qualifications to teach personal defence, and an overview of his system and its rationale, is on these…
I went to my GP a few weeks back for my annual checkup. I’ve gone once a year since I turned fifty. I am now sixty-three. He asked me if I had any problems eating, sleeping, going to the toilet, etc. No. I take no prescribed medication. I am in good shape for my age,…