What use is stick practice in FMA? When giving a seminar or teaching FMA to someone new, I am always asked this question. Why do we practice sticks? We don’t carry them around with us in the street and they are just sticks after all. These are really valid points/questions and observations. It is very […]

Mobility for Martial arts ‘’Release your full kinetic potential” By David Tilston What you repeatedly do you become! So if you sit at a desk all day and do not move then you become an immobile chair. Injury is then more likely to occur due to shortened muscles, instability, lack of core strength and an […]

Cross training in martial arts Fitness and martial arts, in some shape or form have been always been practiced together. The basic stance work that every beginner learns is building the structure and strengthening their bodies for the training to come. Cross training between the two disciples should be aimed towards a unity and ultimately […]

Cultivate the beginners mind “Knowing” is the greatest enemy of learning it has been said. People like things to be familiar; we get up at the same time each day, have our same daily routines, wash, shave, breakfast, clean teeth etc. We leave for work at the same time, park in the same spot each […]

Spatial awareness in martial arts What is spatial awareness in martial arts? This is an interesting question which is over looked in martial arts in favour of just dealing with an attack as it is occurring i.e. concentrating on ways learnt in a system or style of martial arts to defend against the oncoming attack. […]

What’s the best martial art style to learn? This is a common question I get asked on a weekly basis and it should not be taken lightly, to some of us who have dedicated our lives to the practice of martial arts, we sometimes forget what a daunting task it is just to choose a […]

Guro Luigi visits England again On the 3rd of November Guro Luigi Santangelo of Filipino Kyusho Switzerland visited England for 4 days intensive training at the Filipino Kyusho headquarters in the south of England. It is always a pleasure to have him here in the UK for training and to catch up on life. For […]

Panuntukan or Panatukan as it is more commonly known in the west comes from the Filipino word Suntokan meaning brawling, it is the art of brawling using every available part of your body to defend yourself, e.g. fists, elbows, head butts, Knees, Shoulders, kicking, stamping, grappling, throwing, tripping, pinning, nerve dysfunctions, choking, neck breaks etc […]