The seminar was held at Universal Combat Arts, Castle Hill. Thanks to Kirk Sicard and Simon Farnsworth for their hospitality. Russian Tie (2 on 1) Stand facing your partner, feet parallel, so your four feet form a square. Your partner gets a neck tie on you with his R hand. Grab his R wrist with…
Category: Seminar
John Will Seminar 15 Oct 2017 – Half Guard, the Seed
The seminar was held at the Red Boat Wing Chun Academy in Redfern. A wonderful surprise at the start with Red Boat Wing Chun’s chief instructor, Rick Spain, being awarded his Jiu Jitsu Black belt by John. David Suker of Stealth Fighting Arts in Bargo, received his the day before, and drove John to the…
Dave Camarillo 16 Sep 2017
The seminar was held at Higher Jiu Jitsu in the Woolloomooloo PCYC, organised by John Smallios. Dave’s first major statement was “Athleticism begins on the feet.” You want to be on your toes, moving, and always in a position to move. Not flat footed. All the running, sideways stepping, two in two out, etc. that…
The Gathering 2017, and a Rigan Machado seminar 10 Sep 2017
The Gathering 2017 I travelled to Melbourne to attend the Will/Machado Gathering, a competition organised every year by John Will. This year celebrating thirty years of BJJ in Australia. “Fawlty Towers”, where I stayed with the Langes, the Lazichs, Pete King and Elvis Sinosic. Unlike the TV namesake, staff are professional and the stay was…
John Will Seminar 5 Mar 2017 – Ashi Garami 2.0
Seminar was held at Rick Spain’s gym, Red Boat Wing Chun Academy, in Redfern. Terminology Today’s seminar concentrated on what John calls “Inside” leg control. If you sit facing each other, and you have his L leg trapped in your R armpit, this is “Outside” leg control. If, in the same position, you have his…
Stanley Tam Qigong Seminar 25 Feb 2017
The seminar was hosted by Joe Worthington of Jungle Brothers Movement. Qi can be thought of as bioelectrical / magnetic energy. Five Aspects of Traditional Chinese Medicine Acupuncture Herbalism Moxibustion Bian Stones Qigong, Massage, etc. Only Qigong is a solo practice. Also known as Daoyin. External exercise – Jiu Jitsu, Martial Arts, Weight Training, etc….
Steve Maxwell – Gracie Jiu Jitsu Core Concepts 11 Feb 2017
It was hot … it was good The seminar was held at Higher Jiu Jitsu, Woolloomooloo PCYC. I arrived early, but not as early as Steve Maxwell, who was already on the mat doing his mobility workout. It was an extremely hot day. I went up to Steve, shook his hand and asked the obvious Jiu…
Steve Maxwell – Integrated Breathing 11 Feb 2017
The seminar was held at Higher Jiu Jitsu, at Woolloomooloo PCYC in Sydney. The major problem most people have with breathing is that they tend to breathe using the top (clavicular) and middle (intercostal) chest muscles for the breath rather than breathing deep into the diaphragm. This comes about from sitting for extended durations and…
Steve Maxwell Jiu Jitsu for a Lifetime Seminar 4th Feb 2017
The seminar was held at Higher Jiu Jitsu, Woolloomooloo PCYC. Thanks to John Smallios for the opportunity to act as host for a day at his club. Steve reiterated the importance of training Jiu Jitsu as a “soft” art. Play, give up the hard rolls with full resistance, be especially careful of resisting the stack…
Pedro Sauer seminar 24 Oct 2016
The seminar was held at Higher Jiu Jitsu, at the City of Sydney PCYC in Woolloomooloo. This will be a difficult write up. We did some techniques, certainly, but to just write them up would be a “finger pointing to the moon” type of mistake. This really was a “this will make you think about…