Female Self Protection Course
'SOME FEMALES WILL BE THE TARGET OF VIOLENCE.....DON'T BECOME THE VICTIM OF IT'
VENUE; Horfield Sports Centre, Dorian rd, Horfield, Bristol BS7 OXW, Tel; 0117 9031643
Date: Sunday 19th February Cost: £22.50p Time: 10.00AM TO 1.00PM
Come and learn cutting edge self protection tactics and techniques from one of the UK's leading experts. Kevin O'Hagan 7th Dan black belt masters grade in Combat Jujutsu, 36 years training and teaching experience in the combat arts. He will be ably assisted by female self protection coach Soeli O'Hagan.
16 Years and upwards welcome. A relaxed and learning environment. Hands on training so wear appropriate clothing. Ask reception for price and booking procedures.
'A women is like a teabag you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water'
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Kevin O'Hagans Diploma dates for 2012 and testiomnials The first batch of new apprentice instructors have graduated from Kevin's diploma. They have all worked extremely hard and we hope they continue their Martial Arts journey with us. Read a testimonial from one of the vourse members right here. Or check out the dates for 2012
Seminars
Kevin's ongoing seminars have been incredibly well received and as always have provided hard hitting down to earth teachniques on a range of subjects. Check out a review by one of the seminar participants below
I was really looking forward to this seminar as I’d recently started looking at the Combat Jiu-Jitsu basics in occasional lessons with Kevin O’Hagan, and was ready for a hefty dose of the concepts and techniques in his always-enjoyable seminar format. As expected, he didn’t disappoint and by the end of the four hours I had enough material to unpick in weeks of training and drilling.
While most of us would agree that going to the floor in a real situation is the least preferred option, Kevin reminded us that whether we like it or not, that’s where you may end up. We may be pushed, tripped or struck hard enough to go down and there may even be the rare occasion where taking the person down and subduing him is preferable to, or more appropriate than, destroying him with strikes and kicks. He emphasised that in those situations where we found ourselves on the floor ‘out there’, we needed to be clear that what might work in a sporting grappling environment might now not do the job quick enough, particularly if there are multiple attackers. Throughout the seminar, he emphasised that everything was now permissible; a hand moving to secure a grip might now become a punch, strike, gouge or rip in passing.
We started the seminar by working through some basic pins; our first priority is to keep the attacker down and secured, before we could even think about finishes. We worked around our partners, first as a drill, then moving to light then heavier resistance. It was then taken up a notch as we added strikes, gouges and rips as we worked through the pins, finally having to work as our partners actively attempted to get to their feet. Suitably warmed up, we were more than ready for working against an attacker who had us in side control, high mount or other hold with and without a gi. It was here the difference between competitive sports grappling and combat grappling was made abundantly clear, with the defences and counters using a variety of groin strikes and tears, simple but effective pressure point work – which worked under pressure – and more. Occasionally painful, in a controlled way, but a lot of fun and a real eye-opener.
After a short break we resumed working with a gi, working on a number of finishes where we had controlled the attacker in our guard. Kevin emphasised, and demonstrated, that all these finishes could be used with a t-shirt or hoodie; we were merely using the gi jackets for convenience and durability. Once we’d gone through these finishes we then had the pressure increased, defending from our backs against an opponent who was wearing MMA or boxing gloves. As happened throughout the seminar this, like every drill and exercise, was demonstrated clearly (and with little held back) by Kevin and Jake. For the MMA fighters in the group this must have been a busman’s holiday but for those of us whose experience had hitherto been limited to stand up arts or pure grappling, it was quite an eye opener but very quickly helped us identify what could and couldn’t work under that kind of pressure. Hint: anything too complicated is doomed to failure under that kind of pressure.
Finally, Kevin prepared us for a highly complex and technical guard pass, the complexity of which, he assured us, would be worth the effort if we could pull it off under pressure. Ten seconds later we were howling with laughter at the simplicity of the pass which, once again, underlined the fundamental difference between the pavement arena and the mats.
Another hugely informative and enjoyable seminar with Kevin O’Hagan, and personally speaking, a fantastic springboard to continue my studies in Combat Jiu Jitsu. An honourable mention and a thank you to Jake O’Hagan should be made for enduring the chokes, cranks and gouges on our behalf!
Kevin O' Hagan Combat Groundwork Seminar, 5 June 2011
Andras Millward
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