Self Defence

Tony Blauer is coming to London

31 January 2012
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On the 3rd March, Tony Blauer himself is flying into London to give a Be Your Own Bodyguard 1 day seminar at Crossfit Central London. I’ll be there, along with many of the other Personal Defence Readiness (PDR) Coaches from around the UK and Ireland. If you’ve never seen Tony teach his very unique brand [...]

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Video of CrossFit Founder Greg Glassman at SPEAR Combatives Camp 2011

29 October 2011
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Below are 2 videos of CrossFit Founder Greg Glassman giving a lecture at Tony Blauer’s Combatives Camp in Las Vegas earlier this year. I could listen to Coach G talking all day, but I particularly like his answer to the common question: “Which diet should I do, Paleo or Zone?” To which he said: “That’s [...]

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My new Personal Safety website: PDRManchester.com

20 October 2011
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For the last 6 weeks I’ve been working hard on building a new website and am very pleased to say it’s now ready for public consumption. As you may know, whilst I might be a mild mannered office worker by day, I have a super hero alter-ego as a self defence coach. Well maybe not [...]

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Burpees with a Torn Rotator Cuff, Yay Burpees!

7 September 2011

Since I’ve returned to exercising and prehabilitating my shoulder’s torn rotator cuff by doing rotator cuff tear friendly exercises, I’ve noticed a marked improvement in my shoulder pain. No it’s not fixed, nor close to it but to be honest, if it wasn’t for wanting to exercises fully again, I reckon I could live a [...]

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No Charges Against Man who Stabbed Burglar to Death

24 July 2011
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It’s the classic nightmare scenario: it’s nearly midnight and you’re asleep in bed at home and hear noises downstairs. You go down to investigate and are confronted by 4 masked men in your house, one armed with a machete. In the struggle that ensues one of the burglars is stabbed in the chest. His 3 [...]

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Self Defence Lessons from Jaycee Dugard’s Abduction

11 July 2011
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The astonishing story of 11 year old Jaycee Dugard’s abduction, 18 year captivity and eventual escape is so rare and so horrific that it’s been headline news throughout the world. It’s coincidental timing then that the same weekend that sees me assisting on another 2.5 day PDR self defence course with Tony Blauer, Jaycee launches [...]

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Weekend of PDR/SPEAR Training in Gorey, Ireland

6 June 2011

This post is a little over due but a few weeks ago I had the pleasure of attended a 3 day weekend of Personal Defence Readiness (PDR) training and workshops in Gorey, Ireland at Daragh Bolton’s Focus Martial Arts club. Senior SPEAR Instructor Neil Wilson, myself and fellow PDR Coach Charles Shanks flew over from [...]

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PDR / SPEAR Demo at The Martial Arts Show

23 May 2011

Where does the time go?? I seem to be having trouble recently putting posts up here, must try harder to write up stuff that goes on, so I’m a bit behind. 2 weeks ago I had the privilege of attending The Martial Arts Show with 3 SPEAR Instructors and another PDR Coach, to put on [...]

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Disabled Gran Headbutts Teenage Mugger

22 April 2011

This you need a black belt to defend yourself from a mugging? Read this story (copied below) and think again: A disabled grandmother who fought off a mugging attack by headbutting a teenager has said she believes she broke his nose. The 49-year-old, who is just 5ft tall, said she retaliated as the youths tried [...]

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Identity Theft: Defending Your Identity

8 February 2011

Here’s the scenario: you’re at the shops, you want to buy that car / TV / walk in fridge freeze / Body-Solid CEXM4000 Multi Gym (maybe not!) and you hand over your flexible friend to the spotty faced sales clerk. There’s a bit of a delay and he rings your bank for authorisation, when the [...]

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