COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

This seminar will examine knife attacks from a range of distances and scenarios, teaching both self-defence applications and core Jitsu techniques. We will play with distancing and see how this changes the attack, the required response and the success rate of the response when the attacker applies more pressure. Throughout the seminar we will be looking to put the tore into increasingly disadvantageous positions.

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We will fo on the basics of knife defences for lower grades while letting higher grades explore different responses and techniques from a range of different scenarios.

This workshop will be open to grades who have some experience with knife training, but is not suitable to juniors under the age of 16.

The seminar will explore the idea of assessing the situation and self-assessing your own personal tools, skills and abilities to identify your most effective way to dominate and control the situation.

We will also explore fighting back from a position of disadvantage, including: weapons, size, age, position, injury, numbers, using pain & mechanical compliance, pressure points and striking to dominate.

We will utilise drills to understand the enhancements and limitations of stress and how to identify the ‘moment,’ the optimum time to act to ensure you dominate physically and psychologically using all your skills of movement, striking, locking and throwing.

The seminar will be intensive and participants are advised to bring an old T-shirt they don’t mind being ripped as well as Gi. Participants are also welcome to bring gum shields and other protective equipment.

We will take a very basic form (kata), examine the body mechanics and stances and see how these elements can be used in a jitsu environment

We will also work through the body mechanics of jabs, crosses, hooks and uppercuts and work through striking combinations. We will see how trained strikers can get so much more range and power than your standard bar room brawler.

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If you have focus mitts, please bring them as it will help in striking drills.

This seminar will examine the details of throwing techniques, looking at connection, tai sabaki and structure needed through the phases of throwing techniques - tsukuri, kuzushi, kake and kime, covering positive and negative stepping and looking at renraku and renzoku waza, hon forms and variations within various fight dynamics.

We will look at different Muay Thai attacks and practice striking mechanisms that we can introduce as part of our defence. We will then turn towards full Jiu Jitsu style defences against these attacks from certain attacking distances: kicking distance, punching distance and the clinch. Please bring a mouth guard and gloves if you have any.

Single leg or double leg take down with ankle pick and follow through workshop. 

Exploring the variety of leg take downs from grabs and Russian arm drags with atemi strike and resistant Uke. 

Suitable for both novices and advanced practitioners.

Striking is an integral part of self defence. In trying to combine it with full techniques or artistic Jitsu, the application of strikes can often impede the flow or effectiveness of the whole technique. The
session will explore a few highly effective strikes and the challenges of linking them fluidly into full techniques, considering the multiple factors in a dynamic situation. Overall, simplicity will prevail and tori will recognise they must choose to develop their "locker" techniques that they can apply naturally as the time to consider, select
and react does not exist.

The seminar will cover what has worked for me over the past 20 years as a Jitsuka and how you can incorporate this into your own toolkit of techniques.

"What if..." This is simultaneously the most often uttered question from students, and the most annoying and dreaded question for instructors. But it also holds vast potential. In this workshop we'll be using "what if" as a development and training tool, to unlock it's potential and remove the stigma associated with it.

We'll use it to build up known as well as new techniques, develop new training tools that will let you employ the jitsu you know into situations that you could never foresee. Do you feel unorthodox attackers are a piece of cake? Are left-handed attackers a breeze for you compared to right-handed (or the other way around)? Does nothing faze you when you receive an attack that wasn't what you expected? Have you always gotten a satisfying answer when asking a "what if" question? Then you should probably pick another seminar than this one.

 Combatives, Martial Arts, Self Defence, Combat sports. Its all the same thing isn’t it ? One quote I particularly like is "The difference between martial arts and Combatives, is that martial art is something that you do with someone, …….. whereas Combatives are something that you do to someone ”

We will begin with looking at some traditional historical combat skills and then at some of the combative skills taught in the 1940s. How and why they were applied, and then examine what we may be able to take from that into modern jiu jitsu practice.

 In this seminar, we will dive into the realm of No Gi training. Experience firsthand the unique dynamics and challenges that arise when traditional attire is not a factor.

You'll have the opportunity to explore and test your skills in realistic No Gi scenarios, pushing the boundaries of your Jiu Jitsu abilities. We'll focus on techniques and drills that help you find the right pockets and isolations to effectively neutralise a No Gi attacker.

Be prepared to delve into a range of scenarios, derived from No Gi self-defense principles. These practical applications will enhance your self-defense arsenal and provide valuable insights into real-world combat situations.

Grab your rash guard or t-shirt, paired with Gi bottoms or leggings for this course. Expand your skills, deepen your knowledge, and experience a transformation of your skills in No Gi Jiu Jitsu.

This seminars seeks to improve our locking skills to work against resistive ukes. The seminar will incorporate the recent changes to the UK syllabus and is suitable for any grade and include assistive striking (complementary atemi).

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 The seminar will further look into upgrading knife defences for a resistive uke. Imagine there's no agreed winner in a knife fight, how does that change the techniques we might choose? For example, what if the uke is allowed to switch the knife into a different hand in mid technique? What if uke grabs and stabs at the same time? We will explore different scenarios and how we can apply our knife defences to these.

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This seminar is not suitable for junios under the age of 14.

Whether you're a 7th kyu or 7th dan we all make mistakes.  It's just that the longer you've done Jiu Jitsu the better you get at disguising or automatically moving on from the mistakes. 

In this workshop you'll work with your uke to learn more about how to analyse your own techniques and movement, think about the common mistakes you make and either iron out the problems or turn them into something that works for you. 

Come with an open mind and the honesty to admit that not everything works for you in the way you'd like. 

This is a workshop so don't expect me to provide all the answers as we'll be working together on helping each other's Jiu Jitsu move forward.

During this seminar, the aim is to explore, expand, and refine your kansetsu-waza (joint locking techniques). We will consider the perspective that locking techniques are not only discrete, but exist on a spectrum and are applied over time.

Training this mindset can allow you to blend and respond to resistance from an opponent in a way that sustains control and compliance by moving seamlessly through technical forms.

It is my hope that by the end of the seminar, you will begin to blur the lines between "distinct" techniques and rather understand kansetsu-waza as a mode of response over time.

This will be applicable to all levels of jitsuka and you can, at the very least, expect to walk away with a lock or two you might not have seen before.

We train the big movements in our style repeatedly (and we're really good at them). But one can break these down into some really fundamental movements that are repeated in almost every throw we play with.

Learning what these building blocks are, and becoming very precise in executing them, can improve every technique we know. Also, a light session that won't break anyone :).

This seminar focuses on the totality of self defence, including looking at some soft skills such as violence awareness and de escalation.

We will also look at working from a position of disadvantage and techniques that are applicable in real world situations.

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This is a no gi seminar so come wearing a training t-shirt/rash guard/sports top and shorts.

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This seminar will be offered in two instalments with one of them not suitable for juniors.

A focus on our recent syllabus enhancements and the core skills they are intended to develop, and why. One of the areas we cover will be knives and we will test them: so please bring a really old, light-coloured t-shirt that you don't mind ruining as we will be using some red marker pens (that we will ruin).

We will keep it fairly light given how busy the week will be; and light-hearted too (hopefully with some crashmat fun, if we have them).

This seminar focuses on upgrading all our standing grab defences for the resistive uke with a plan e.g. grab and punch, grab and drag etc. with resistance. This includes wrsit grabs, body grabs and strangles. We will explore what happens next when the uke reacts and complementary atemi, which includes a throwing element. This seminar works for both novices, as well as Nidans and above.

Ian’s seminar explores the posture, positioning, foot placement, and balance taking for effective reaping
throws (garis), counter throws, and “invisible” reaps. As a respite from continuous break-falling, there will be
some intermittent discovery with wrist locks.

Bring plenty of water, and a rash guard as some training may be without a gi top.

This seminar will show you that everything is a drill. It will teach you how to scale drills by moving from a first introduction on to light drilling to moderate resistance to full application.

This is suitable for all grades with everyone able to train at the pace and intensity best suited to them.

Join Chandni for her seminar on the best in martial arts she has learnt over the years in Jiu Jitsu and from inspiring role models in Capoeira and Krav Maga - which have influenced both her style and mindset.

Chandni’s seminar will focus on working smart not hard and making the most of the tools you already possess, even if you weren't aware of them. This is a curated seminar sharing quick and effective strategies and techniques to use in every day life for practical self-defence.

How good are you at dealing with multiple attackers? What do you do if you're outnumbered, without backup and working against the odds? In this seminar we will be touching upon the effecting striking and movement that is vital to develop when dealing with two, three and even four attackers.

It will look to build your confidence to adapt to the situation, how best to utilise your size and the skills you have in your jitsu toolkit and of course learning how to turn on your switch at a moment's notice.

This seminar will look at three core themes and can be applied whether you are an instructor, looking to be an instructor or just want to get the most out of each other when you’re training. The insights gained from this seminar are based on my career as both a teacher and a Jiu Jitsu Instructor:

1) Teaching pedagogy- how to get the best from your students (as an instructor) or each other (when training).

2) Reflecting on the role of a coach – the power of words and the common challenges of young people, why do people seek out the dojo and what do they want from it?

3) How to fall safely – literally and metaphorically.
The seminar will include a range of techniques to allow the discussion of the above principles.

Questions are heartily encouraged.