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Welcome to the After-party: Dealing With the Consequences of Self Defence
Violence ain’t pretty.We’ve all seen violence at some point or another, though surely to different extents. If you haven’t then you are either very, very sheltered or very, very lucky (or both). With...
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The Flip Side: Traditional Martial Arts and Combat Sports ARE Effective for...
One of the things I discuss often is the separation between combat sports, martial arts and self-defence (if you don’t know what I’m talking about, read this). Self-defence practitioners often exclaim...
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New Morning Memberships
Get fit. Have fun. Learn Mad Skills. 6AM. 10:30AM. Monday to Friday. Due to popular demand we have started a new Morning Membership that allows you to attend unlimited Kickboxing and Krav Maga classes...
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Get fit. Have fun. Learn Mad Skills. 6AM. 9:30AM. Monday to Friday. Due to popular demand we have started a new Morning Membership that allows you to attend unlimited Kickboxing and Krav Maga classes...
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Not Just a River in Egypt: The Most Dangerous Thing You Say to Yourself is...
$hit Happens. All the time. To everyone. We watch the news and see a story about someone getting mugged, assaulted, sucker punched, raped, murdered. But that stuff happens to other people. I lock my...
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Defending You from You: Self Defence, Defence of Self, and Defence From Self
So good to be writing again! It's been 3 long months. What does ‘self defence’ mean to you? To most people it means being able to defend themselves or their loves ones in the event of a violent...
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'Roses Really Smell Like': Reasons, Excuses and Recognising Your Own BS
Knowing when to train and not to train can be a tricky minefield to navigate. Every martial artist has experienced this. Whether it’s soreness, injury, family or work commitments, car trouble, bad...
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14 Day Kickstarter
2 Weeks of unlimited Martial Arts & Fitness classes for $47. Results start here. Classes are on six days a week at CAIA in Leederville. Learn to defend yourself, get fit & have fun with...
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Spreadsheets, Processes, Goal Setting and Developing Training Plans
Let’s start with something you (hopefully) already know. Combat sports and self-defence are not the same thing. If you think they are, then I recommend you read this. If you still don’t believe me,...
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Trick Question: Where Does Real-World Violence Happen?
A fight is about to start. You know it. You tried to avoid and you tried to de-escalate with no success. The person is pointing at you, shouting that he is going to punch your teeth down your throat....
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'I Hate Violence': Thoughts on Tools, Idealism and Misconceptions
I remember describing to some family members, in excited fascination, some new insight I got into self defence and violence prevention. To my amazement, they were horrified by what I was describing....
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Perceptions and Reality, Pt 2: Language Matters
About 5 years ago I wrote this piece on how we perceive violence happens. In the 5 years that have passed, many things changed, but what was discussed in that article still holds true. Today I’m going...
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Acceleration and Gauges: Thoughts on Less Commonly Discussed Aspects of...
Adrenaline is one of the realities of self-defence. If you have never experienced violence, you are 100% guaranteed to be adrenalized if something happens. And even if you are very experienced in...
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The Missing Ingredient in Self Defence
What do you think is the most important element of self-defence classes? Giving the student real self defence skills, in all their facets, is the obvious answer, but is it the first one and the only...
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Assumption is the Mother of All Failures... and Can Get You Killed.
Assumption, as the old saying goes, is the mother of all failures. Quite often when we look at things that don’t line up with our world view or beliefs, the first port of call should be to review our...
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3 Things That ONLY Martial Artists Know... And How You Can Know Them Too
Martial artists learn lots of very cool things. Power, balance, speed, conditioning, confronting pain and fear, respect, discipline, dedication, determination... The list goes on. My first foray into...
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Situational Awareness and COVID 19, Part 1: Self Defence, Preemptive Striking...
This past Thursday, Noah and I made the tough decision to close down CAIA for 2 weeks due to the COVID 19 pandemic, with us monitoring the situation to see how long we may have to stay closed for if...
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Situational Awareness and COVID 19, Part 2: Red Alert! Cooper's Colour Codes...
The Late, great, Col. Jeff Cooper developed a system of situational awareness which is known as Cooper’s Colour Codes. The system is a very effective way of classifying how situationally-aware we are....
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Training for Self Defence and Violence Management in the COVID Era
COVID-19 has seen the world change many aspects of life that were considered basics, given…
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