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However, the Matsumoto Gun Conps ar katana vwtkizathi but cary Yanegaehims” guns Matthew Okuhara explains the at ofthis marl ar ‘The Power of TKD 14. ‘How Taekwondo saved my life's remarkable stor hat inspired "The Pink Belt Scholarship {unique finer to help women learn Taekwondo tld by Kesty Mitehens, The Mortal Mouse Taekwondo Blogger ‘The Power Pain Multiplier 16 Many martial antsy, jin particular are hulltonan understanding nd application of the principles of leverage, What does this mean though? on B Wl explains ‘Tradition is Killing Wing Chun? 18 Almost anyon who loves mart arts knows Jp Man, he Wing Chun teacher of Bruce Lee In ipManisday, Wing Cn was highly rege fovit practicality and effectiveness Howevey, x ‘Wing Chun in danger of coming stuckin itself? Adan Willis explain Mental Health Warrior 22 Jim Wright interviews remarkable man, Robert Consulmagno, who nthe face af adver, ‘wants people to join him on his quest tEnd The Stigma asuclted with mental heath 4KD Investigated 48 ‘We Are Right and You Are Wrong writen while Ihe was teaching in kay cently Ch alot problem tha sem te prevalent inthe JKD world today ent falls ‘Savate World ch: ships FO Following several months of preparation the 208 Savate World Champiooships tok pacein ca October atone othe ryt exhibition spaces in Southeast Furope, Julie Gabriel reports ‘The Spirit of Aikido 52 In Aikido individuals must learn that itisnot June techniques tha they have wo maze. The development of self” isabo an important Without his holistic approach to developmen, maximum ffetcan not be achieved. Bob Jones expains Bridge Building 56 Sock hor ouragetraningin another stem to enhance your style or martial ats bridge builng the principles of another at ceahancing your own! Stephen Blomeley opens oer cyes to dlfzent perspectives Traditional Training 60 ‘Lose yourself to find the way'Steve Rowe looks a finding the right Balance Original Truth 62 slike riding bike. Hazard Fixation’ sania artiste ate very similar to motorcyclists Laketotclaborntes. Dim Mak 64 Dim Mak isa far more sophiicated and complicated System ofiahting a slf defence ‘han simply striking ew points and hoping for 3 KO to happen, Athos Antoniades explains ‘hecomplete fighting sysyem of Dim Mak, woe voma ty OFTey Lee ek Cele aCe oo Tay (eT ee ey fame for being the birthplace of Mi Ree Ud Hung Gar Kung Fu styles. Fist of the Fat: Be aya diversity of boxing it houses does not stop at the latter. There’s Lae) style outside of TU Pte rata Onl eg rents OS / Seen noteiea The a eee feealerrenets ees Pee “White Eyebrows” (nickname given because Cee te survivors ofthe destruction ofthe southern Seon eet) seen nee (4644-191). 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Se et Coe ee etre tgs Peete tire Cee etc | Eneeieenrmn hi Fist of the Fatsan White Eyebrow a)withetthew Ol@hara Samurai are normally associated with sharp swords and close combat. However, the Matsumoto Gun Corps area rare breed as far as modern Japanese martial artists go. Yes, you will see th ‘wearing katanaand wakizashi but they will also be carrying, “canegashima” guns, named afterthe small island of ‘Tanegashima in southern Japan. ‘centuries - going some way to 10 womamagazine le: Matthew Okuhara ts more than re-enactment or display es about preserving history. Matsumoto Castle was designed with this new warfare in mind and the tactics and equipment reflect that said Matsumoto Gun Corps spolssman Matthew Okuhara Matthew Okuhara ia British veteran now living in Matsumoto, Japan. I frst got Jnvolved with the Matsumoto Gun Corps fn 2016, he reollects. ‘Td heen involved with martial arts for quite some time before but this was mostly a MMA Kind of thing..SPEAR as well, ifyou've heard oft Asa ‘western samurai’ Matthew Okuhara, fscen asa bit ofan oddity within the gunnery community in Japan. “Tk was hard at first’ he says. ‘But | havea strong connection Ashooting martial art? With a British Veteran of Iraq & Afghanistan? Sree etd Gun Samurai? Yes. That’s Houjutsu. tothecity and more than anything I'm willing tocommie myselfto what we do! In Japan there are gun team¢all around the country nd they often meet up to share research andl demonstrate ther shila arms, The Matsumoto Gun Corps puts on displays and lectures tothe publicas well Inacountry Where martial arts are so well known and a pareof many people's ives, houjuts is perhaps the most unique came across Japanese gunnery thro family connection so was quite Lucky in that respect. [had known about the Gun Corps for some timeasa regular visitor tothe Far East before setling dawn here permanently Inotder tojin and begin training | had to atten an interview at Matsumoto Castle Gun laws in Japan are really strict so theSee ees eee ey 10 make sure that the integrity ofthe Dee ee eee et Deen ren ea od coer eee ec a See ce eee Pe ee ees ornare and the other end controls the firing ee eet ee eee ed Eee ees er ey eee een Se ee res The raining sdirected by Captain Nishibori. Heis an expert on eee eis ee ee ent Japan. Assuch, in 1990 hestarced the etn) Cer ead et ees isthis research that pr Ena eters eee) cit ene erty ee es Introduced in 1543 by the Portuguese smatehlock gun changed warfare ee es Eee et) Se eee) ee retter suited to their needs and armor ee eee ee ed (orashigaru) could be tained ina few months. The samurai that lead the Sear as and powerfil tanegashima -some using three times as much gunpowder per shot. They were not only expected to command troops of athigatu, but to also identify and climinate high priority targets - fist by gunand then by sword. The heavier guns hhejped shoot through cover, walls.and armout. Ata famous battle at Nagashino - the highly skilled and feared Takeda eavalry ‘were all but wiped out by the gunners of the Tokugawa. With the arial of new ‘weapons also came new tactics As warfare and technology developed, the skills and requirements demanded of the samurai multiplied. The research ees ‘of the comps drives the training that is ‘undertaken, Matsumoto Castle itself was built with firearms in mind so there isa ‘wealth of material from history to study =~ ‘The guns wed by the modern samurai are all antiques. They we produced in the Edo-era, before the Meiji Restoration, that saw out the last samurai AAs members of the gun corps, thecastlecollection allows each practitioner touse and act as custodian toa tanegashima, or rmatehlock gan. The inventory itcelf's extensive and features over 200 examples - most ina fring ‘condition. Many ofthe gunsare absic production - the kind that was stockpiled for use by the militia and peasant soldiers. Interesting these guns were sometimes called noodle gins’ asthey had tendency to bend when the barrel overheated from heavy use! The Finer weapons were reserved forthe samurai and arecasy to distinguish ‘owing tothe ornate decor on the stock, and also the langer caliber. ‘The process forloading and firinga gun is in eight steps “This fe sometimes done whilst standing (orkneeling) and at other times is done ‘whilst moving in and out of formation, Inatraining session its relatively stinightforward todo these maneuvers specially asthe equipment allows foreasy and fast movement =the training uniform Is much bkekendo but without the armour; hakama, -eikogi (traditional trousers and jacket) and tabishoes. They also carry shorter samurai swords called wakizashi in their belts. However unlike their samurai ancestors they also make use of some quality ear and eye protection as wel! Outside of practice though the Matsumoto Gun Comps wear full amour from head 1106. This looks impressive and it ‘almost ‘males you feel superhuman! according tosome members, but there area few drawbacks to itas well 1 personally found that | got very hot, very ‘quickly in my armour! Iessomnething Fin used o now bat in the Japanese surimer, itisquite warm, Likeany martial at itis ‘important to stay well hydrated and to also develop yourself to hecome accustomed toyourenvironment, says Okuhara, "The abuto, or helmet also restricts peripheral vision so we spend a lot of time developing awareness of ourother members - tothe point where you can See’ what they are doing to the left and right of you without taking your eyes of the tango Assparting snot possible (owing tothe deadly andl long range nature of houjutsu) 42 womartagacine it isnow practiced in much the samewayas theirheritage and do not want the history traditional archery, kyl, or perhaps more oftheir discipline to clisappear. familiarly as kata that you seein more well ‘We train in the tactics and skills of the known martial arts. time, equip ourselves the same and research the heritage that has been ‘Sword skilsand closecombat do not form left tous. ‘regular partof the training but are by ‘no means ignored..aferall, why bring The Matsumoto Gun Corps is keeping the sword toa gunfight? Thesamursicarry samurai spirialive, their swords with them when training, “Ourmain focus isto not only be the best, clisplaying or taking partin evens. Many fof the gan corps are also familiar wth the traditional martial artsas well = earate, judo and kendo especialy They recognize the need to not ony become proficient with the tanegashima, but toalso ‘maintain the high martial standards of those ‘gun team in Japan, butto also be the world expertson tanegashima and the skills of warring ' states period! who implemented and developed houjuts, all those years ago, Much like any of the Japanese martial arts, those who practice it fel rightly proud in CT Sg Care ey ce Pane ete et“A journey of discovery into the forgotten origins of karate” TheKARATE-KA “ By Joel Reeves Sth Dan Okinawan Karate [After a chance encounter in Tokyo with an Old Man who recalled training in his youth with the Father of Karate-do, Giehin Funakoshi, the author ultimately abandons the mainstream dojo to seek out the last ofthe Te masters bie. THE KARATE! 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And it was the one thing - through it all - that had been holding her together. Her confronting story inspired a unique fundraiser to help more {twasafterupm. She lay on hee pillow wondering ifshe should escape now or wait until the morning. She's terrified, thinking if she gives in to sleep, he might actualy try toil hr. Iestarted as control. What she should ‘wear, who her friends shoul be, constant put-downs and name calling. So quickly its turned into something. much, much worse, Earlier today he choked herso hard ‘eh left a mark on her neck. Ie hurts toswallow, She knowsshe needs ta leave. There is ‘no way in hell she going to live through a repeatof the unspeakable violence her family endured atthe hands of her alcoholic father back home in India ‘She nuns her fingers over the long lumpy searon her chest ~a ghastly and ‘permanent reminder of what her father was capableof, 14, womamagazine women learn Taekwondo. /| The Power Of... - anekwon How Taekwondo Saved My Life: Heer life with a seemingly loving new husband on the eastern side of Australia ‘was supposed tobe an escape from all of that, Haw wrong could she have been? Connecting with Anaya.. This isa retelling of “Anayais story (with hher permission, “name changed to protect identity) as told to Kristy Hitchens, the Mortal Mouse Taekwondo Blogger. Anaya was NOT looking for sympathy, only to share hes leveof Taekwondo. “1was one of those person who have self doubt and Iwas one of those person who never feel confident about “After [joined doing Taekwondo it’s changing me. 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Les make this a success and expand Itto the rest of the world Find out more and donate at: hnttps://chutfea.ore/ project/pinkelt. home to her family, means she ean no Pee ety Ce oer ee ee Cet tte Peace eet eee ee es er ee eet aes eee roa Tee ae cee Oe ane Coe? pee Pree! renee ores eee ay Pe eee ene Sect with more work ora higher paying job, See again and resume her training. endees oe RIE Photographs: John B Will ‘The Power Pain Multiplier’ Or... THE ART OF LEVERAGE Many martial arts systems, BJJ in particular, are built on COC err cat eet Royale eats outs eg car CT Dna ere una ceteLed coryears I thought I could answer that prereset ee esate a So let me take you through a sped-up version of how leame tounderstand what See ed Leverage on the Mat Firstly, knew the word. I could use the word ‘Leverage’ in a ee ee eee eee ear idea of what it really meant. [had some va ey Ce eee a peer td fener Sees eee eee object with a smaller object through tees ‘of these things called levers. eee eee) understand that the levers we are using (in that art) are in eee eae ested ee her eres lever known as the humerus! [also began to realise that if ‘we wanted to move lever, we had to apply the force to the ee ee ee ee eee Poe e er tice st Mei ae Se eet arts (in particular) See este eee force to, and move, the levers that were the opponents bones" ee eee Leveraging Leverage Now if we come to understand that leverage i ultimately Se eeFo eee een ee et easy eee ee nee as ee ae ee ee Re ee em a ce ee es Cerin Learning how to set aside some ofthe money ee Reet eee eer ee et nS See ee again, overtime will pay huge dividends that ‘ean improve our lives dramatically Learning how to leverage our time in smart eee eee a ee) eee eset] finite resource; how we manage it really shapes See Dt See eee en een jn our martial arts training sa large Riera nr rer) eee ers Peeks eet eee Grtreesttt ee eee Seen ne ey eerie) DEA aes Rs cer RCL Sears Gumuent ekePa Re erat regarded for its practicalit sotheranshave progressed todeal with ‘ever evolving threats from long ran and take downs, Wing ‘Chun practitioners forthe most part, have stayed inside their "chi sao bubble” of traditional close-range training. This fs why. 2 year Wing Chun avea difficult time recommending Wing Chun to anyone In most cases, the arti taught with too 18 Womartegazine en ne Oe eto and effectiveness. However, less and less people today eer Ree CRE a traditional of a mindset in order to ts quality. Now, dant get me wrong, nowing theartinsideand out like 1 do, theart self is nothing shor of genius But the welity is, the modern state of Wing ‘Chan traning isnt living upto its application potential Here's why: For most Wing Chun practitioners, preserving tradition is more important than handling modern threats. This unhealthy dependeney upon tradition has blinded its practitioners to some of Wing CChun's mostobvious modern needs. Rigid Definition All the issues surrounding Wing Chins lackof evolution boil down todeas of rigidity: Wing Chun practitioners, or the ‘most part, hola very righ definition of what Wing Chun must be. This generally stems from the prevailing idea of attempting to “preserve the art rather than continually evolving it. Too often, people inArticle: Adam Williss ‘Wing Chun look to practice exactly a5 Ip Man di. This focus upon “passing ‘ona tradition” isviewed as noble within the Wing Chun community. Yer, this exact focus upon preservation is what killin This focus upon preserving a tration promotes the ka that those whose lineages closest "the source” isthe most original or authentic. Although 3 worthy ideaand not wrong in of itself, tying tobe original orauthentic ist what Wing Churn needs. ‘Wing Chun is meant to bea living, breathing, ever evolving art. Rigid definitions of the arc attempting topreserveit only bring Wing (Chun closer to becoming obsolete. ‘When Wing Chun i free to evolve based upon modem, practi needs itvalive. fei thriving, And ‘because ofthat, it isrespected Respect doesn't come from legends ‘of the past. Iecomes from honest ability in the present Truth and Hardwork ‘The only way to break fee from this rigid mindset shard work. Wing Chun hhas to be honest about traning for pplication and continuous pressure testing, Inother words, practical sparring \wherestudents are constantly hitting and getting hit. Coming froma place where this doesoit happen. This kind of change is goingto be very dificult. However, if ‘Wing Chun is tosurvive, honesty isthe only way itean evolve. Thisseems obvious from the outside ooking in, but in an attempt to preserve traditional training methods, there isan ‘overal lack of practical sparring, Instead, drilsare prioritized ina dead pattern often Photographs: ©Adam Williss this, starting sparring only while in arm contact isa common practice. esa common limitation tobe tole don'tkick, ‘don'tattempe takedowns’ strike, only push” oF “don follow through with your strikes" “don't ito the face ‘don't {someone changes levels fora takedown, Wing Chun practitioners are commonly taught not to break an upright posture This stubborn reliance ‘onan upright posture often allows grapplers tocasly get under them. If Wing Chun practitioners dont practice agains akedowsn attempts they wort know how to prevent them. ‘The truth? es more common to have Wing Chun practitioners go back and forth debating theory than i isto hit and get hit. 4 1 Gotta Link Another issue inches an over reliance upon linking or bridging. Wing Chun isa stutking art Yes, it blends aspects without an actual stimulus. Because of this the idea of manufacturing away in has developed as practitioners attempt to force an opening outof nothing, However, Wing ‘Chum is based upon acting simply and cfficie ‘ofstand-up grappling, but the main goal of Wing Chun isto strike. Often practitioners sgetsoused to sy upon a stimulus, not forcing an opening, Trying tocreateor forces pathway misses the entire point of Wing Chun’ response-hased!natre ‘What sparring theres, students areaften confined by too many rigid limitations. Currently, in Wing (Chun many Wing Chun practitioners only practice ataclose range. Along withand “bridging” with ther training partners that they rely on this link for security. This creates adefensive-mindediness counter tothe goal of striking, Iecreates what's referred toas chasing hands. Although ‘most Wing Chun schools consider this oot, almost all Wing Chun practitioners do itanyway. This goes to show that saying something is poor doesn't matter when training methods ofte This problem of saying one thing while doing another is very common, 1 Gotta Trap Too many Wing Chun practitioners focus g. This promote linking, ‘on rapping rather than biti creates the idea of forcing ait rather than the practice of asking forthe hit. Constantly asking i the key to being able to find your way in. Trapping happens as ‘ means to negotiate your way into your gal, but only after asking correctly. This is why trapping, in the sense of trying totrap, doesnt work, It means that you! 20 womantegazine are trying to create or force an opening ‘outside the moment. The art of Wing Chun is about operating in the present, practitioners fail to understand isthat structures irelevantifsomeone has the angle on you. This is why most Wing Chun rot setting up with combinations for the practitioners enter long range sparring future. Ths isa big difference between boxing and Wing Chun 1 Gotta Be Close Traditional Wing Chun dosent address likea siting duck waiting tobe picked off ‘They structure up and post on one leg from six fect away This sso far from the idea of being ike waver: Jong range practice. Therefore it often takes To me, the entireart of Wing Chun aaclose-range posture and mind! Ismeant asa process to freeyou from long range. This iewhy most boxers usually limitations. Yet so many get distracted by dominate Wing Chun practitioners. In Jong range, mobility, evasiveness and fluidity is key. What most Wing Chun the rules Fonly they could see that the rules are merely guidelines to help point them to being able to evolve. Info: www.ocwingchun.com Dragon Defense System: dragoninst.comSky TV Channel 192 > YouTube ChinaHour Channel PRESENTED BY HOUR“The world breaks every one and afterward mar are strong at the broken places.” -Ernest Hemingway Sea a Ce COS SAS os Oe URL associated with mental health. pea »sa32 £Ss8 see 8 2e38 Bees 3288 gege 235 gas B32 g & 2 8 8 ‘say that Robert Consulmagno has overcome adversity during his life would be an understatement His Mother was only 5 years old when Robert was born, and his Father suered from schizophrenia which ultimately led tohis suicide, That alone, would be enough trauma fora young 8 year old boy, however, it didnvend there CConsulmagno mother remarried, ancl fe was this step-father’ hand that heendured the serious physical abuse that wold uel is biological pre-dispenition for mental health issues, This aise woul follow Robert, Into the US Marines where hisaversion to authority and un-dlagnosed Bi-Polar Disorder led to discipline and “code red” style hazing merous incidents of ‘Each time he was knocked down, Cozmo got up! His reaction when asked about his time inthe Marine Comps? “Ioved the Marine Corps, and I didn want to igetthrown out” It seems the Marines brand of structure and discipline ‘ltimately agreed with Consulmagno, ‘and ie here that he achieved his fest ‘accolades for what would become his litestyleof smashing fitness records. That inital achievement came inthe form ‘ofa Navy Achievement Medal for his consistently perfect scores in the service's rigid physical fitness test. That means doing 20 pull-ups, a 3-mile un in 18 minutes.and wo crunches Isatdown with Robert recently and asked for his thoughtson a variety of issues, Here's haw it went. Robert Consulmagno: The day | found out | was Bipolar, and had PTSD made me st shake my head, Iain denial, but the inner mesaid, Cozmo, youtcant lie to yourself. ook at my past and all the crazy things I had done. {never stayed in one place ‘There were countless drives across the Country: Vegas, CCricago, St. Louis... would just jump in the earand 0. Td finda spot tocrash on Craigslist or lived with fiends. One time I wound up in Tampa, Florida and rented an apartment. tok outa loan and furnished it setld in, then saton my eaueh, and was like holy can livin Tampa, Now what? My firstonler of business was awaysto find a local igymand then g»"beastmode’ in it daly Ie wasin Florida that | was introduced to Brazilian J Jitsu. trained at Marcio Cruz BJ. Marci is known as “Pe De Pano” and isalegend in BJ. Istuied under him forovera year. competed under him 8 umesand ‘won. I would get my Blue Bele from afer winning the IBJJF Miami Open. After that day I realized Martial Arts andl competing was why I was puton ths Earth, ‘Soom after, | left Tampa and headed back ¢ " —~ to Pennsylvania Searching forthe next ry f challenge ‘My message to kids and parents isto scrap your dapat \ Till this day | am still searching. Mental Hes completely ruin you, if your dont tlle about and seek help! Donit worry about ‘what people think high level fighters and athletes who talk tome butare afraid to.come out into know so many woe noma ty 23the light for fear of backlash. One fighter sid bro you got balls man for coming out and talking about this. I shook my head and was like you too ean too, However, not everyone an talk openly about it, but I think with a strong support group those folks will ‘come out of the darkness. Ah, man Bruce Leeand the Hulk. Ye ry role modlls are Rocky Balboa, fh, two of them are fictional characters but to me they are real! Marvel Super Heroes live in all of us. wasthe kid who read ‘comic books and envisioned himself saving the world from evil and pain. Competing and fighting was my ‘way of emulating those characters. Think about it, NFL football players are Gods to some people Sports havea way of healing and helping people Take Bruce Lee... Abh, Bruce Lee... Man, Brucewas physical specimen. | would wad his “Are of the Human Body” and follow his every lead in the gym, and in life. To me Bruce was the epitome of a wonder human being. Loving, caring, inspirational anda beast when the the need arises | want people to understand that Bipolar Disorder and PTSD are very rea 1 those aflcted ‘with them will have episodes here and there. | dant take medication for fear of drugs and worsening my and ‘srmptoms. firmly beieveserious exercise and dict ‘can overcome many physical and mental issues. A good support team helpsas well. I guess [want peopleto join me on my quest to "End The Stigma” associated with mental health, Forall my fellow service men and women all I can say is seek help, PTSD is real as well asother Mental Health isues Find something special that ean helpyou fight hack! Maybe ie'ssportsor art? What ever it that feeds your soul and helps you follow a >My workouts are intense! | walk into the gym with my headphones pumping inspirational music, and with an intent to push the bar. find the mental 24 womamagazine aspect has to be more on point then the physical. If my mind is right, my body isthe reflection oft sgiveyou an example. ‘When training for my 4 World Records 1 ‘woul wall in the gym with a ire like no ‘other. I remember once | was talking toa guy in the gym and was like the gym tll I doa 1000 standing ab wheel rollouts, He thought Iwas nuts, but I said 0 gota pencil and paper from ‘gym owner and would mark off on the paper sets of 0 andl 20 tll hit1000 reps. I dont bro, fim not leaving, watch me. remember the time that went by. I would bang a set out then walk in a circle like a tiger in cage then jump back on the wheel. ‘Another time | grabbed a guy atthe gym and asked him to put ewo gslbs plates on my back. | did sets often with him holding the plates on my backs they dont slide off and hit me in the head. Ha ha rememb another time Iwas deadlifting and dead set ‘on pulling 405 for one rep. [rained for months rack palling ssolbs to pulling 315 with high power resistance bands tied to my fet in order to get to 495 forone good clean rep It was my dream! ‘Wall the day came when Iwas readyand littleidl I know I eouldl pull 4os forsets of 7 reps. not acl fora 45 year old man at 165 pounds, Guys twice my = Ihave so many crazy sessions and they never get bored. m constantly trying to push my body. Hence the broken back fiom this ast World Record. | A fia recor killed me but it wasso worth | di i for —— red my Ls and have a slipped dise as well, This mental health nd for my legacy! Lam proud to hold Ns World Records, many Ju Jitsu Gold Medals and = me bing inthe hoxing ring once at Ringside World Cha pionships. lost by decision but won in life Several years, and numerous awards and World record later, Consulmagno isa bit more contemplative. He offers, “Weall have challenges and issues in life, What matters is that you make a choice to own itand fight like hell todo something about it? These days, Cormo spends his time training, speaking to groups about the stigma of mental heath issues, setting World records and His mantra... beauthentic, he relevant, be enjoyable, be accepting and be POWERFUL! This mindset has led him toa recent #1 ranking inthe world in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in his ageand weight lass, an honorable mention in the prestigious 2018 Disabled Veteran of the Year awards. This pas July, Robert seta World record for most standing ab wheel rollouts in one hour wearing a o pound vest, A deeper look into Consulmagne’s family history reveals a possible reason for Cozmals ceaseless moto and drive forgreatness, His Greac Grandlathes, Michael Consulmagno carne! the New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame. During the 19605, his “Great Gramps” bored inall 8 divisions, and came 149 wins in. 175 bouts scoring 50 knockosts in the heavyweight ranks, n induction into Pedighee...defiance...orsimply the wil to conquerhis «demons and rise above the obstacles placed before him. Whatever the recipe for this warriors ‘quest towards greatness. One thing lean, say forsure.. he’ not done. von woma ty 25very soften you wil come scrossa combat sport ‘moviethat manages to find Juste right balance of ‘rama and action ~ that i, more drama than action, When fights are justified wth backstoris fil of nasi ‘ermtion, they become allt snd gratifying, Warrior achieves exactly this poten mixin the word of mined martial arts, where punches, kicks, and ‘nthing goes’ brutality ane expose in all their bloody glory Originally released in 1 the popularity and cult status of the film have led to a well 2vein gKand Blu Ray The excelent asting of Tom Hardy Joel Edgerton anil Nick Nolte are at the heart the films star quality. deserved, upgraded The ila focuses around two brothers facing the fight ofa lifetime amidst the ‘wreckage ofthe broken fil within the brutal high-stakes world of Mixed 26 womamagazine Martial Arts (MMA) fighting, A former Marine, hunted bya tragic past, Tommy ondan rtums to his hometown of Pittsburgh and enlists his father, recovered alcoholic and hisformercoach, to train him foran MMA tourmament warding the biggest parse in the history ‘ofthe sport. As Toray blazes violent path towards the ith prize, his Brendan, afrmer MMA fighter unable to makeends meets public school NOMINATED FOR AN ACADEMY AWARD” OULU eee ae oe ae {for is family Eventhough years have passed eee et Se ee ee eee eee a ee eet eee es et eee es ae ‘while waging the most intense winner-take-all eas See eee Cae ee eee net cn battle [tia wonderful story showing how Se ee et ees eee Se eee Seaee er a een Tes Ce eee es yottup, cheering, and applauding, Definitely worth owning and watchinga pa Requiem For A Fighter Requiem For Fighter sa real hard iting Irish set actioner starring Kim Kold. I tll thestory of Lucas,a former Danish Army officer who travels to Derry, Northera Ieand toclear up details of his estranged snl death, He discovers that there was another side to his sons lifeand the people he partied with. These inchude Michael who has been fighting inunlicensed boxing matches to raise quick cath, trained by hie Father who does not know Michael ie questioning his sexuality The fights ave ben building to final fghtagainot Brian Beru, undefeated Kingo the Gypsy’s and a ‘wrecking machine, Michael wll need Lucas help ifhe is to survive. ‘Thestarof the flm Kim Kold hasan interesting backstory. Aftera stint asa forball goalkeeper; he took up bodybuilding and became Danish National Bodybuilding ‘Champion in 2006. In 2007 he was persuaded to play the lead roe inthe shor film Dennis. Being g3 em tlland weighing 40 Kilogram he ‘sprimarily known for his hulking ize He has sgoneon toappearin Fast & Furious 6 and Star Trek Beyond. Directed by Daniel Patrick Ogle it features his movie hallmarks: brothers struggling with inner demons, pointed-shoes rock-meete-opera soundtracks and unvelenting cathartic violence, ‘This movie afl on revenge movie with boring and Ireland as its backdrop. Ispeaks. for itself you love rough, tug hard-hieting Boxing movies this is not tobe missed. © Android Cop Android Cop Inthe year 045, yt its ofcourse, rip-off a liferent plot and isset ‘ofthe orginal 1987 Robocop movie Yes, it asa Tugs, but itieabsoltely an ‘entertaining action movie. More particularly with today's advances in technology the viewer can better understand the meaning behind the original Michae! Jai White (Blood and Bone) starsin the action adventure and shows that thecriginal Robocop was not as helpful detailed and tech savvy as Android Cop. MW playsa Los Angeles Police Department detective partnered with anew Android crime fighter. Together they enter the Zone, a forbidden section ofthe cty plagued with an unknown disease. Ther, they discover the source ofthe illness and uncovera troubling Government conspitacyasits cause The action scenes ae very good and Michael Jai White ie isbly doingall his own fighting and presumably most of his own stunts No complaints about the hand-to-hand combat. Moreover, when the {guns come out nd the shooting begins the excitement levels sea notch further The CGl looks great The acting i high quality ftom the whole cast, and the lentifal action performance continues the ‘quality theme, Charles. Dutton is elly sping forthe Oscarat the end of the flim, Inaddition, one must give props to Randy ‘Wayne who has the hardest job of all as the tile character. Good overall entertainment with a good story that gives clue to what ray await us al unfettered power and money can corrupt society -gpod philosophy behind this movie youanabselt. Escape Plan 2 In this sequel, Ray resin (Sylvester Stallone) is managing an eliteteam of security specialist trained i the rt of breaking people out ofthe worlds most impenetrable prisons, When his most trusted operative, Shu Ren, is kidnapped and disappears inside the most elaborate prison eve bil, entirely computerized and constantly changing shape, Ray must track him down with the help of somec his former fends Sallone's acting s good, he looks lke he is enjoying it unlike in Reach Me where he looks beyond tired. In adelition, new Asian character joins the celebrated cas, she the talented martial ans action star Huang Xiaoming, who plays Shu she s beet known for Donnie Yen's Ip Man 2. ‘Thefilm is what itis, apure high ocane unslinging hard knocking, fight after ight flick headlined by Stallone on tp fer. The movie haea good pace. Some ofthe tech stories an bea ttle confusing, never the less it senjoyabe if you ike old skool action fms with modern production values. There ‘sa greattwist inthe middle ofthe movie Steven € Miller wroteand directed this second instalment, which till features Stallone, whilst Dave Bautista replaces Amie ‘Sly bas his trademark voice and confident attitude, the references tothe frst movie smakea good fallow upto the: Stallone and Bautista are awesome in this sequel: Escape Plan 3: Devils Station has already been announced. nal and worawomaty 27TC Earth Gina Carano stars in this action film, She iganex MMA fighter who has developed ees action star, who performs her own fight ee Blind Fury Blind Fury i loosely bass, modernized . ce eee aes version of Zatoichi Challenged, the rh Se eee century set film in the Japanese Zatoichi lm the kidnapof hersster In this dystopian series. Charles Robert Carner (Gymkata) Pee eet voote the script Pe or en es] a ee ey The action centres on the charac ser Hauer is mostly remembered Pe eee es Nick Parker (Rutger Hauer) a Viemnam Fors roleas the super android Roy Baty Sener ty vet who lest his sight in action Lost on in Blade Runner. In thisfilm, playing eae tees eo the batlfild one ofthe local blind man, there are some scenes, which Se eee Vietnamese tribes finds hi, they take are very hun ee nn eae Im nan are for i, teaching hin ae toenkancehistemaining ensesandto "Theis perfect fraction fins ri Breen eened expertly wield aor with impremively choreographed > Bee entre fig sequences, The sr S (On his et tothe United States, he stunts and action sequences are Jes low budget movie pes tovistan old Army end, Franke lrected with firby Phillip coer Devereaux, but disenersthatheand his Noyce, and reat camera work ens wifeare dvored, and Frank nolongerlives awesome anes, enhance the Sea there. Unknown tohis ex-wife Devereaux very fast pace! 4 peers Js accumulated lange debe paying Theacting crooked casino in Reno. The cain bo Peery ‘ewig to forget : Pe ertieies Devereas who ita chemist, cresting re nforeethe deal, they Hauer, wth ret character r cau tempt to kidnap hison. The thugs sting and dazzling fight eet encounter Nick whosaves the boy Thus tween Haverand Sho Kost Pees boginsaroad mipto Vegastopotectthe The movieis necenary fora : eee boyand sve is fiend, with the boss smart arte movie collection . eee | dee henchmen in pursuit Great aetion, Great Fun 28 womaragazineANATOMY OF AN ANTIHERO Q&A with Alan DELABIE CREATOR, Anatomy of An Antinero isa rini series and ‘feature fir that isthe story of Franck Denard aman accused ofa crime he did not comm. ‘Once out of prison, he discovers he has a \. brain tumor. He ends up agreeing to be the test subject of a government funded research facility. The adventure stats in France but then moves o the US in San Diego and Los Angeles, Caloris wnat is itabout7] Ws full of suspense, acton, and a Jot of drama. Of course itinvoWves rmarial ats but t's not necessarily ‘a marial art fm. Franck is forced to.choose between being involved {na huge conspiracy involving the military, or take @ chance on stating @ new ile fr himsel. | want to add a more iret approach when creating the fight ‘choreography thanks to the advice of Billy Blanks and Bob Wall Everyone can identily with Franck, because it a message for people to never give up beeving in themselves no mater the situation I's not a super hero story but rather a modern story in facing the challenges ite throws at you rho matter how ctficul, SES | was fortunate to gain funding from our Kickstarter campaign and also receive nance ‘rom some private investors with the help of Meosha Bean, a very talented Director and cinematographer, who believed in my project rom the beginning. Christopher ‘Jermus who's also the executive producer, ‘my bes! friend Richard Sumbu who's also a producer and one ofthe actars o the show, and LH Chambat who has been a huge help tos for the post production. iis important tohave support from people who believe in ‘the project. I's not easy to bein independent production. With that being said, | would say thank you to all the people who supported Us and I'm grateful to have my Dream Team Actor and Martial Artist ‘Amalia, Moosha, Fichard, LH wha have been behind me throughout this whole project. EEE We were lucky enough to have a cameo ‘rom Billy Blanks who also gave his input for the fight scenes and Bob Wall (Enter tho Dragon, Game of Death) who plays my master instructor its an honor to have a legend tke these two in my min seres. Of course let's not forget to mention Erie Roberts who plays Colone! Brooks anid Catriona McColl, an actress known forthe fims of Lucto Fulel Also we have our main stars Merrick Mecartha as Dr. Brown, Angelique Kenney as Valantine Malanrain, Christina Okolo as Melissa Jordan and Tahir Hubbard as Oficer Johnson, TnI Master Todd McKinely of the American Kenpo Karate of San Diogo generously lent us his dojo asa fim location. Bruce Lee, Bob Wall, Chuck Norris, and Billy Blanks of course are my inspiration. Jean Claude Van Damme isa very important to, we are both from Europe. My favourite fms are Bloodsport, Kickboxer and Enter The Dragon. lam the creator and one ofthe main actors. I play Franck Oerard, | especialy tke the ramatic aspect of the character. tis a pleasure to play this type of role. Ir ‘There were no wires or any kind of elects used in any of our fight scenes. When it comes to doing fight scenes, I prefer to do them old schoo. | ike for them to have ance balance of both fantasy and raw fighting. Altough preter the rough fights because in realy aight is not artistic but raw, | also feel that you need to bring inthe aesthetic appeal that brings out the ants in martial ar. ST Avaliable on Amazon Prime, OVD willbe avaiable carly 2019, woneworaty 29Get ready for The Raid ly for Snatch with. a touch of Tarantino in Marc Price's latest film ‘Nightshooters’. It’s an all-out roller coaster that takes the viewer through numerous unexpected twists and turns, and importantly as director he gives his fight co-ordinators plenty of room to inventively keep the mayhem and action flowing. 30 Womamagacine his film has the familia, well- loved plot of a movie-within-a- movie, fullof some impressively choreographed fight sequences, gory set pieces and comedy. Iksacassi,inacool Is moviestyle, black ‘comedy, gangster crime drama, along with the all mportant 100m to room, loor to floor chase with added bloody splatter, horrorand revenge, anda great deal of extremely well executed smartil arts fighting. ‘The film opens.at nighton alow budget film ‘erew makinga zombie fim called Davin of the Deadly in an abandoned tower block that is ‘scheduled for demolition the following day, in fact to their surprise they uncover the cables and then the explosives that are going to turn itintoa massive pile of rubble. Desperate to finish their schlocker they accidentally discover that the neighbouring rower block is being used fora very diferent kind of shooting, a gangland ‘execution; the gangsters ‘see the film erew and theit lights and realise they have witnesses, ‘The well armed eriminals sf out to remove the film ‘rew in what should bea ‘one-sided massacre. Luckily, the film crew have a martial arts expert, and an inventive SPX/ ‘Make Up Artist, add to that the gangsters cant risk using their guns in a building rigged for «demolition, without blowing everyone up. Nigheshooters stars Jean-Paul Ly, an Impressive lead and leary arising tar in martial arts movie actors x hei simply briliant asthe hard hiting and fearless Donnie. The ‘undoubted martial ats skills of Ly come into their own inthis movie, healso acted asthe fight choreographer forthe film creating visually ‘exciting, believable ight scenes that are as hi ‘on adrenalin as they are deadly Otheroutstanding performers are Richard Sandlling who isa fantastic gang leader Tarker, ane! Adam MeNab as the ever more desperate low budget director Marshal ‘The film isa fll bore, entertaining, high octane, high punch count, high gun score crime thriller, daring to go were other film procacer’s fear to tread ‘The iconic The Raid undoubtedly influenced Nightshooters, yet a tremendousamount ofcomedy has been added sai violently and gorly moves the genre along, gaining an identity afte own asthe film makers desperately try to survive the murderous gangsters The visual eects are stunning and Mare Price knows how to shoot the action, with wide and long takes, letting us see the choreography, inall its hard work. e becomes even more {impressive when you learn that Nightshooters was shot in just 1 days. Theres deft balance between action and comedy for much ofthe fim, jales low aplenty lke the gore, splatter and violent deaths. Swearing is full na din your face asyou might expect as its not every day that Zombie flm and the next you'r destined to dic; unless youre a gangster in which case i's the usual need to fone minute you're makin murdersomeane ta stop them telling the law that you've murdered someone, Yes, of course, the pace ofthe film i fast and unstoppable, one lot have to escape, the other want to kill them so theres no hanging around Which makes itentertaining and nails your eyeballs forthe duration of the movie. The original soundtrack by Adam Langston is great throughout the film delivering emotion, mood ‘and tension. The Cinematography is good for a low budget picture, The stunt team are also to be commended for creating such outstanding fight sequences espe usd eh ened ember een eee Oe ee men Cia ci Shia Aus aie Nueces aeTae ese of martial arts practice, from eMC rat Ceres arts crn Tr Ce Ala. rtm Rab z ie style Screen Fighting Cass g oa) Pa eeeat tts SAC LST ra Enea are tL eee | } a frame Londo, Jean Pal won Best a4 varmenareira seni aaa ae. Era recon wi eerie Sree rages nee ooo ery sets Peneeterise reset es es CNC m Seo ey Kenneth Branagh. eee Peete fee ented Pao een end sama action/stunt department ee ee ee! Pee nee Poet acid ee ed Live Another Day, Lucy and Ce ed ee a anew ere) een r ee Tad Ore nec bya Stunt Ensemble’ on the critically acclaimed ‘DOCTOR STRANGE’. This was followed by a nomination for Best Fight’ at the Taurus Awards for his work ene eee eed eee ee eee a celebrity ithas been revealed that he is Sea eee ota) a a eee of SHLLLE-LD.) and Bai Ling (The Crow, eee a ee ee Cee ey See Se ete family ona British Council estate terrorised bya local gang, until one day they take ina See Der eee ed its collaboration with Jean-Paul. Ascendant ee eee ees Con ete ner tens Pree a eae include recent eee Genesis, Devil's Playground and Cryptic. Pe te eee See ene ony ae oe eee er Se ea Per eon nie een ee eee eg eee ed TDA ae have an exclusive interview with Jean-Paul ee Se net eed Stylish Martial Arts Movie MayhemPacANCBAMY 2 LY he 1: NIGH TSHOOTE: i I f | WRITTEN 5. Se BY MARGE PRICE | ss a | Twocrews. Onerim, lors or ButeTs. Fe BEFORE GENER: Ad RELEASE OW 26TH DECEMBER i ORDER TR EXT Ae se Rta er LU err ONCE ‘inauasie FROM. 1st DECEMBER)The Legendary Blind Swordsman in his many forms The popularity of Zatoichi films is immense. They are the longest-running action series of films and a television series that are both set during the late Edo period (0830s and 1840s) of Japanese history and, created one ofthe screens greatest heroes, The character a blind masseur who also happens to bea lightning fast swordsman, ‘was erated by novelist Kan Shimozawa, Daiet Films (now Kadokawa Dai Studio) and actor Shintaro Katsu, who created the screen version, develope this originally minor character for the screen. As this conic figure, the charismatic and earthy hero became an instant superstar, lendinga larger-than-life presence tothe thriling adventures of a man who lives staunchly by a code of honour and delivers inevery town and village he enters lms that feature him are variously pulse pounding, hilarious, stirring and completely ofthe val. Twenty-six films were made between 1962 to 989, and from 1974 to1979, the television series Zatoichi was prodced, staring Katsu and some ofthe same actors that appeared inthe films, Katsu Productions procluced these. One hundred episodes, with episodes 99 ancl 109 being a two-part story finale, were aired before the Zatoichi television series was cancelled ‘The reasons why the Zatichi franchise enjoys such an enormous cult-statusare numerous, but one is because he isthe most likeable character ever in Japanese cinema to workas a hited sword. He's sucha kind, gentle and humorous ‘man by nature, who would rather solve problems than resort to killing someone. Shintaro Katsu Ssbrilliant inthe role of his i. The first two films in theseres, ‘were the only two that were filmed in black and white Interestingly, Bruce Lee wasa fan of Japanese films, particularly Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman, he approached hhisroles in is films with thesame ‘exaggerated emotional syle of Japanese samurai movies. Bruce Loved the Zatoichi series so much that he did a photo shoot to see what he looked like in character, with the klea of himself playing Zatoichi In addition, the 17th film “Zatoichi Challenged!” ofthe original series was remade in the US in 990 (by TriStar Pictures) as Blind Fury, an action movie starring Rutger Hauer, Moreover, Takeshi Kitano who also starred as Zatoichi inthe film directed a 2003 film, with thesame name. The film was awarded the Venice Film Festival's Silver Lion for Best Direction in 2003. Finally, stage version of Zatoichi dinected by ‘Takashi Mike starred Show Aikawa, hich was very success Now over go yeats since the original films were made a deluxe set of the Zatoichi fms produced between 1962 and 1973, have been digitally restored ‘with uncompressed monaural soundtracks and wil be released in Noverberasa The Criterion Blu-ray Collection fiom Sony pictures. Inadaliton tothe iconie movies the bonis cextrasare, A Blind Swordsman, 1978 documentary about Zatoichi portrayer and ‘lmmaker Shintaro Katsu, slong ith cerview with its director, John Nathan, anew Interview with Asian-film critic Tony Rayns, Trailers, and New English Subtitles, Also included in the bored et isa book featuring ~an essay by critic Geoffrey OBrien, Synopses ofthe fl rnovelistand musician Chris D, The Tale of Zatoichi the original short story by Kan Shimozawa, Twenty-five illustrations Inspired by the films, by twenty-five dlferent artists by criti, What truly makes the brilliance ofthis filmed series is the mixture of Samurai action with comedy, drama and philosophical clements, The action is great in all the films, but it isthe plot that outweighs the ighting by far: Overall, thisset isa great piece of cult-cinema and everybody even remotely interested in Japanese films mastown it. rwww.woma.ty 35‘Tsui Hark’s phenomenal Once Upon A Time In China trilogy Parts I, Il, & MIL, plus Once Upon A Time In China & America has arrived on Blu-ray, in the UK, from brand new 4K restorations! (OF course they feature the awesome Jet Li starring as the real life Cantonese folk hero, Wong Fei-hung, curingills and righting wrongs, and fighting the bad guys in superb set piece fight scenes. You know the score these films: captute the essencean 36 Womamagazine physical embodiment of traditional Chinese values and moral incorruptiility in the turbulence of change in the roth century with awesome martial arts asstandard. So let Phil Wrath bring you up-to-date with the movies: The Ultimate Story — ONCE UPON TIME a frst is stin late oth century Canton, in ‘Qing dynasty China The film depicts the egendary and very real, martial arts hero ‘Wong Fei-Hung’s 6847-1039) ight against foreign fore (English, French, American ‘ad Japanese) actions in China. When Aunt Yeoarrives back fiom Ameria totally wsterised, Wong Fei-Hung assumes the role of her protector. This proves to bedificl when bis martial ats school and lca militia become involved in Sere battles with foreign and local government. As violence escalates, even Aunt Yee has to question her new western {deals buts it possieto fight zane with Kung Pu? 4 Once Upon a Time in China is quite simply one ofthe best films ever to come outof Hong Kong from almost every perspective. Jet Listas the role he was born to pay Hie martial arts master doctor and commander ofthe local militia, Wong Fel-Hung, Despite noteven being able to speak Cantonese his ating just using fal expresion, and boxy language is highly impressive conveying a man of great lignity and command beyond his real age This soundly answered the erties who considered him too young forthe role. From Jet Lis perspectiveit musthave been adificult roleor hi totakeon, with Kwan Tak Hing (who played ‘Wong ei Hung in around :00 films) and Jackie Chan. (Drunken Master I& I) being his predecessor. The wondrflly athletic Yuen Biao plays Leung Foon, 2 traineeactor who wants to learn kung Fito protect im Kent Cheng is perfect for the role ofthe lager than life ‘Lam Sui Wing whois Wong Fei Hung’ hed stent The action ie superb which is unsurprising considering Yuen ‘Woo-Ping choreouraphsit, though erties wil til fault in CHINA the wirework and use of doubles, Te final showdown is. ‘masterpiece of editing as Jet Li was injured and ha to be doubled for many ofthe shots that werent above the wast, ‘bu is fist techniques make up for this. Te film has a ong. running time fora maria arts movies, hckly, there is plenty of ine fr story and scton, ‘An honourable mention has tog the music writen by James Wong, ait isoncofthe greatest and most ‘memorable ofall martial arts themes, This fil, fordiector Tsui Hark, marks the peakofhiscreative genius Overal:this sone of the alltime great martial arts Part il In this soque, maria artsexpert Wong ei-Hung faces Kung, a mercenary rival with skills to equal his own. Inaddton, Canton isconvulsed by astruggla Derween the local eepresentaives ofthe Chinese government and Europeans who want to control China, and Wong end up in le ofthis. Hes again assisted by young Chung, and again must protect Aunt Yee his young, westerized aunt by adoption with whomHhePerkon Lieb amen usatoas aed Upon A Time In China Series of films was the casting of Jet Li {At the time ofthe first flm’s production he had already been 2 successful martial arts sports personality and had had lead rece ones liiieantinn = peeeelieaiG, Hebepalgetersee( pasar) einen rote pe re ein =< Slam al eta tere aM ices je calmed 4 eens Cee eed , (omar eels esperar aldara peer peeeiea amemeo ie eae Reis eer ary aa comer y= ER ear eee leer alte casi ee! CE eae peeled (Coleg aye pagy eee een ey ey ee eet es ee ee ret en) “4 ie end ee eae 28 Pe) eee ty ee eee ee et) eis pee Peete aT eee eta) i ‘and Tumbling Fist He ‘He co-starred in The One (2001) and re =? has alo studied othr War (2007) wth Jason Statham, The rs PY i ee mere rer eee ie zi 6 SE a ee a Fist Shape intent character vilain in Tho Mummy: Tomb of Br err ee ae ea he Z225 Se ean Ca re and emma en etnat erent Pi ra-4 te ee Pea rec re c $ ra id et eet PEt presen ium tieenetiniriapth neni a a esa Sstu s mastered EEE pest teeny Ydfrom pages This sas good asa sequel can get it isa farther fantastic lung fi ride ad almost 3 good as the fs, ‘fthatis posible! ll the characters areexcellent yet again, with awesome character development, and the fight choreography issimply incredible. Jet Liane Rosamunde Kwan have great chemistry onceagain! ‘Tui Hark’ direction is flawless with some incredible camera work, amazing shots during the fight scones, ‘great angles ll pitched at an incredibly fst pace. With ts shorter running time and a more coherenthy constructed storyline, Jet Li returns to play legendary ‘Wong Fei Fhungand continues much where Part I finished. However, the stakes are upped in pat wo a ther isa staggering final duel between Jet Li and Donnie Yen, that is crafted to appear uttery realistic. Theaction and martial artsare orchestrated by Yuen ‘Woo-Ping, and thereforeare exceptionally well choreographed and executed: no further explanation is needed fora masterat wor, Thefi at least one tha was reinventing itself Ulimately thisbecame the Republic of China, represented by its highly respected progenitor, Dr Sun Yet Sen, the only revolutionary Figure admired equally by Nationalists and Communists alike, Itshould be noted that Sun Yet Sen strongly believed that the only way the Chinese could ti themselves of Manchurian dictatorship wae by adopting the Modernist culeue ofthe West thatthe ‘Manchurian’ utterly loathed and feared seal bith ofa new nation, of Allinall the fabric ofthe story isstrong.and the martial arse feel they ate being entertained by ction and drama not just action. In many circles, this second movie the bes in the seriesas it develops the characters and really delivers on ation. Partill In this Third instalment ofthe series, wesce Wong Fei-Hung ad sidekick Chung ative in Peking just asthe Empressannouncesa Lion Dance martial ats {nt places to male the viewer RT ee contest, Also accompanying him is cousin Yee, his young, westernized ‘secretly betrothed. Wong, ices. possible romantic rival ina Russian diplomat, Tumanoveky whom Aunt int-by-adoption, towhom Wong Yee knew back in school, nda marta arts alin the brutal Club Foot, who beats up Wong’ father. Club Foot ‘sa great character baddy who works for the unpleasant ‘Leung Fun, a man determined to win the prestigious Lion Dance contest whatever the cot Seeing this movie you will vealise that Tsul Hark really hhasa knack or period fms. Jt Li in his thir in the series, dsplys his martial ats prowest as he battlesll his enemies an! in doing this, he demonstrates the great use of ajacket to ward offa street battle, the estaurant fight scenes clas Jet Liand you haveto love the signature shadow les kick, which Wong was famous for ‘The scenes with Wongaand Aunt Yee (played by theever lovely Rosamund Kwan) are natural and engaging, The way they play off ach other so innocent that you cannct help havea smile on your which adds to the emotion and in some way the humour. You really oot for him to get the gi fice: It also w chance to see a jabs Jet L (Overall, he lm works wall n part because i keeps the humour ftom Pare I.The gentle comic touches throughout are laugh-out-loud funny and they really bind the whole film together, making ita very enjoyable film thaciswery asy co watch, The plo. he previous fimsbut it as many ‘may be lightly weer th other strengths. PartIV&V Yes, there are another: movies in the Once Upon A Time tn China canon, Part a IV V that continue Wong Fei Hungs story. Neither feature Jet Li, the lead in both is2 HiS2 HSE na BS rah | mea PRESENTED FROM STUNNING BRAND NEW 4K RESTORATIONS AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY IN A LIMITED EDITION 4-DISC BOX SET AN EPIC KUNG-FU TRILOGY FEATURING VIRTUOSO FIGHT SEQUENCES, EXTRAVAGANT SPECIAL EFFECTS AND STARRING JET LI. as EXTRAS INCLUDE: Once Upon a Time in China and America (From a new 2K restoration); New audio commentaries by Hong Kong cinema authority Mike Leeder; Hours of interviews with key cast and crew, including Jet Li, Donnie Yen, and Tsui Hark; Hours of documentaries and behind-the-scenes featurettes; PLUS: Collector's booklets featuring new essays on all films. 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As they don feature Jet Livre haventincladed them inthis review: Theres always another time. In China & America This final instalment in the file series once again stars Jeti (afierafouryeargap) as Wong Fe-Hung, witha story set in both Hong Kong and the US. Wong Fei Hung, and erew travel t0 9th century USA to visit Bucktooth So \who has openeda marta arts schoo! and line. Around this period, many Chinese workers were indenture. ‘workers to US raid companies, and were haeshly treted ate notso great; whilst not tribe, itis a suprise that with very tough conditions. Existing American workers! none of them are wel known, or known ata fr that matter dislike towards the Chinese immigrants was high. Asa result, Overall, this is alot of fun ifyou want plenty of action andl Sogetsinto roublewith theAmericans and themob, and laughs. calls Master Wong forhelp. Extras Once Upon A Time In China Parts I, 6 1, Toui Marks ‘orignal trilogy. sa glorious high-poin in martial-arts “Theaction and stunt workin this lm has heen called the ‘eighth wonder of the world’ ‘Thethings Jet Li does with his fightingand acrobatic skis are taly amazing Isa great story, too; very humorous in places, asi spoofs the ‘Once Upon a Time in China series in zneral. further filmmaking Once Upon A Time In Chine & America makes complete package of Jet Li as Wong Fei Fiung, Now forthe firs imeon Bloray, in the UK, Eureka Classics present thisiconic set in a Special Limited Edition 4-Dise Box Set loaded with extra content ‘outstanding element isthe use of widescreen to showcase Innge-seale stunts All thee films, sourced from brand new 4K restorations ‘with original Cantonese audio tracks optional English audio some would say that either is tacks, optional English subsites. Once Upon A Time In Part IL Fither way itis wortha China & America 00 mins, HD] the final chapter in the watch. Once Upon a Time in China series presente from anew 2k restoration Some folk argue the point, however this film Pare Vlis not ‘onthe same evel as Pares 1 HL yet, This film playson the series comedy side, there are laughsand over the top Kung-Fusetion, which delivers lot of ‘entertaining fun. Cliché Ness uo commentarieson Once Upon A Time In China IIT by marta as cnern authority Mike Leeder and fimmaker Ame Venema, Ficasve new video interview withactor Mike Mller [49min] xchsvenew veo interview with ctor John Wakefield (39 ins). The piled on cidhéas we Legend of Wong Fei Mung (8 mins featureteon the evemarsuding Indians, legendary fl hero. Archival interview with ctor and amnesia conuptofcals, Shaw Brothers veteran, Yen SHF-Kwa [i min] Archi interview wth Jt [io mins]. Aehivalitrview with isbotcl villain oneof ‘Donne Yen Archival Q&A with Jet Li [io mis] Archial ‘who just happens toknow interview withalrector Taal Hark [35min Archiv ng Fa! interview withactorJohn Wakefield [mins]. Making (f Once Upon a Time in China and Ameren (35 in) Trilers Pisa exisive Collectors Booklet fisting new ‘essays onal films by James Oliver. Mexican bandits and The action scenes are wel choreographed forthe most pat thecast areintreduced in a way that means you do not havetohaveseen eater instalments the ‘The Once Upon A Time In China Series, starving the ‘only real confusion i thetile as weneversee Wu Shu athlete et Li, isatrue epic tbuteanda feast of them in China! The Chinese castdowell;ssone information and entertainment about China, itscultureand woul expect There are grea action scenes with its bautifil martial art systems Xin Xin Xiong, who plays even; Rosamund ‘Kwan is alo likable as Aunt Loe. The western cast (Our view; worth every penny, buy It now. wowewomaty 444 ral Welcome to our second column in World Of Martial Arts Magazine. In thisisste we look at the new film starring the Afghan Bruce Lee India, the Far East and Russia love Bruce Lee so much they are making, their own movie to honour the master. We also bring you news of two new Bruce Lee products from Steve Kerridge and Eastern Heroes and update you Con yet another short biography on Bruce. ambitious international venture. See you next issue. Walk on Andrew Staton and Kieran Clarkin. roduced by Suresh Sharma who last produced the gritty drama Halla Bol and Suresh, Babu Malge aveteran proclacer and dinectel by ‘Cheetah Yajnesh Shetty who helmed Hum Tampe Marte Hain. In addition, William. Bond is Executive Producer Starring newcomer Abbas Alizada ‘or Abb Li, isa martial artist from Afghanistan who achieved instant fame via Facebook because e looks like Bruce Lee. Healso happens to be big appreciator of Bruce Lee's work and has such loyalty to Mr Lee that he has transformed his body to look like the master. Inspired by Bruce Lee, the movie revolves around a poor young man fiom Afghanistan who has devoted his ife ro helping his village. Within him isa special power that will help him, fight an encroaching ei that threatens not just his home, bucalso the world 4 42, womamagazine New film honours the legacy of Bruce Lee ‘He is Back’is a film by Showtimes Cinema and SBM Studios in Association with Ninjoor Pictures, they are all set to roll out their The storys by Chitah Yajnesh and sound by Resul Pukutty, the screenplay and dialogue re bby David White. International names inthe movie making business are attached and include DoP Ross Clarkson and world-renowned action sirector Kecha Khampaladee, ‘The film isa joint venture between five countries inluding India, China, Rusia and Thailand The film was launched at Armani Burj Khalifa in Dubs with agrand mahurat. The movie also ntriuces actress Aline tlyumzhinov ina lead wie ‘along with an ensemble cas of Hollywood stars! T myselfam a huge Bruce Lee fan. When. | met Cheetah Sir he shared his views about this (He is back) film. Moreover, when he showed me Abb Li photograph | knew that ‘we had to carry forwatd this projec, We decides! ‘on this and within two months have reached to this stage. From January, we will start shooting forthe fm and release by june or July” Said Producer Suresh Sharma ‘The Film sset to shoot in Kosovo, Cambodia, Thailand, Russia, and the USA. Filming offically ‘begins on January 28th, 2019, M studios,Rr aay BIOGRAPHY Therearealready many Bruce Lee biographies, Bruce Lee Biography: Master Your Purpose re eae cera Cre eee eae a ee Se ee ee er eet ee ete porno eee eee formae, ts 84 ps eee es eer c ha entree tenet reader 1 look beyond Bruce Lee in the physical eee ee te ee es Se ee eer See ent ‘The book highlights the many lessons and Pee ee eer eee eg aes ch we, the public, could benefit from on many ee eet as ee ery eee ae ees et ee ear et re et cere ea aphies continue Soret eee Pees ad p as. MANDARIN SUPER STAR After several years of research and sourcing rare and unpublished photographs, Eastern Heroes are nov proud to offer avery limited “Red Stripe Collector's Edition Bruce Lee Mandarin Super Star offers the definitive andl most comple fame and extensively covers the lead ‘up tohisrole in his breakthrough movie The Big Boss. e bookon his meteoric rise to This project has been a labour of Jove for Steve Kerridge and Darren (Chua. The book which was orginally 360 pages has now increased by a further 40 pages taking toa staggering 4oo pages of new, and many rare, photographs and clase to 50,000 words of information covering the timeline from 1969 ~ 7, including, the making of his first movie for Golden Harvest “The Big Boss! This s NOT justa picture book; Steve and Darren take you on ajourney bringing the photographs to life with back-stores and first-hand information, (Only 200 books are being produced, cach will be numbere ‘The hardback edition also comes witha protective media cover For your copy goto www. EasternHeroes.com and signed. hye se IMAGES OF BRUCE LEE This November hot on the trail af the Bruce Lee Forever Poster Magazine Collection fiom Eastern Heroes comes Volume Ise +f mages of Bruce Lee’ by worl renowned Bruce Lee historian Steve Kervidge. Itis compiled and produced by On. The Fly Productions offical Iruce Lee merchandise cstribated by Eastern Heroes. This new magazine ithe fist in series of high quality magazines detailing the many Images of Bruce Lee throughout his ite They are printed directly from the 35mm ‘negatives and printed on high-grade art paper: The magazine will build into asx issue Limited Edition Collection, rea to be preserved in ‘beautflly designed binders. The fist oo orders will receive a 6x8 Black & White Photograph talen from the'Roof Top Photo Shoot ‘nd will be printed direetly from the original 35mm negative. This new collection follows the other great product made by Steve and Eastern Heroes and is must forall collectors of Bruce Lee memorabilia For more information check out www.EasternHeroes.com, woewoma ty 4345th Anniversary celebration Over the next six issues we are going to look at several articles and interviews celebrating the 45th Anniversary of Enter The Dragon. These articles will outline the meteoric rise to Iconic status of this articular Bruce Lee film. The first article is by resident Bruce Lee Historian Peter Jagger and he looks at how the critics firs evaluated the film before its cul status, and then how over the years the film has been cut badly and finally restored and now theorized over. Quite an epic journey fora tow budget Martial Arts ‘movie, so read and enjoy. CS ; , 2) (> wie rruce Lee's popularity was already on the rise in this country, especially among the Chinatown lcommunities, when Enter the Dragon premiered inthe USA in ‘August 1973. Fist of Fury had opened in the West End of London in July 1973, the day before he died itbrokeall boxoffice recordsat the Rialto cinema for normal performances, for first day, for first week and fortwo weeks run. During the first two weeks, 21.200 peopleattended the Rialto cinema to see Bruce Lee in Fist of Fury; but itwasafterthe UK iter the Dragon in january 174 that the Bruce Lee/Kung Fu crave REALLY took off in thiscountry. Indeed, Enter the Dragon bbecamean intemational sucess and Bruce Lee bbecamea worldwide phenomenon. ve «cinema release of. Enter the Dragon vss submitted tothe British Board of Film Censors for dassification in August 1973-Stephen Murphy was he BFC Secretary atthetime. On October 3rd 1973, with fvecuts tothefilm, Enter the Dragon was classified 3s '’ certificate In December 1979, James Fert ‘ho had taken over the role of BBFC Secretary, re-assesse the film, resulting inthe nunchaktu/ 44 wowamagazine » chain sticks footage being removed (and so was the image of the Bruce Lee holding nunchaku on the cinema poster). was one of Bruce Lee's many fans sand wrote othe BBFC informing them on my displeasure at their miss: treatment ofa Master at the height of his genius. [received a detailed response fom them (acopy enclosed) dated April 980, which included the BBFC stating: “Itis extremely unlikely thacthesecuts will berestored, continued to protest. ‘who was infuriated a the Jn 2001 all previous cuts, {including the nunchaka: footage, were restored when the film was elassitied 8 forvideo. But what was the reaction to Enter the Dragon inso73/24? And over the years, has the film critics opinion of. Enter the Dragon changed? “This is what film erties said about Bruce Leeand Enterthe Dragon in 74, shortly after the UK release:iT ec Dad puffy starlerette Ahna Capri and. perry Porcnrrerg tor aera carer enn er eee eer ee een a cena Sans easy . faliccrspieead pre eerer - r Perea rere en Saito o eerie) emer erat eal Ee en erat yer saneeey ery ae Pie bene een teh ory SP roy Seren eel ee aie seem Pas Srey ar eens mr eee eee ee ip ec mai Prey ees pene arlene eo nary ere ike al chose posthumous Jin meen ay ee a ee ee ec Imakes to necrophiliacs may well be ring: *We forge our bodies in the fre en ee og ee ree ra ‘young Bruce Lee was so patently fit makes all other values possible” Oe ee ee oe roe een ei ee bricks. and the whipcordin his neck yet looking at his own austerely Bana aeeen yma) (eee ainait metry Serre Polperaniavuie, carer hah ae aS be erie ry rg Lae nn enna Cet Te ; Rrveysorireeranrjmirammreeta a een em rome ere . dete enone) | tied eprom anne eeebeen pena epee seeeeie his peepee feet ee as cee iri sceaeiet q paperanian, ee a ea ee eer ey “Have some te’ which he enunciates as anvexcuse for battle seenes fee en ee y fe ee eee ae rd ‘not to mention that ofthe Lee ever bothers to run away from ee ee ee ere een es Cree rs incredible as Batman i. When Once we hietheisland, outnumbered, he ends opponents Ce me ee eed Cee ee a Ce eed whetherat the hand:to- the story and concentrate on the eee ee ee ee eee ea er dlown inthe subterranean Because he final ight to the death orn ey cen ce ee) Ee ea Re er aaa Er aia wow woma.ty 45 ~ ~~Merrill Ferguson Now Revel February 8th 1974 “fhe current craze for Kung Fu andall hings Oriental can be attributed to any one man, then that ‘man muse surely be Bruce Lee. Enter the Dragon, ‘the Eastern cul film in which he stars, has been playing o capacity audiences in the past few weeks. Deut (and serme swift and shrewd spade work by ‘a platoon of publicists) had transformed a minor superstar into an international cule figure. The brightest cing since Valentino and James Dean the publicity man shouted. In private, however, they wondered just how far the Le cul could be pushed and for how long, Their anxieties were some foundation, Dead cult figures are notorious Jor their commercial brevity Also, Bruce Lee was ot without ‘Chinese. And any film man will tell you that the West has ahvays displayed a curious resistance to the idea ‘of any long-term amination of Oriental heroes. To complicate matters, Lee, unlike Valentino and! Dean, was not a good actor. the other hand: Le ‘had many good and fashionable chings going for. He was an extremely handsome man. He looked like very schoolboy’ idea ofa storybook Chinese hero ‘that is to say, half Western, half Eastern He wee also ‘enormously athletic; moving about in his flms as if ‘he had never heard ofa pace slower than a fla-out sprint Then, he was hucky that his films arrived at the time they did..Finally, he had good old-fashioned film star sex appeal...ven those who intially scorned ‘0 mention him, escepe in amused or contempeuctss tones, are naw changing their minds.” lan Findlay Exciting Cinema Magazine, 1974 ‘Robert Clouse seems ta have lst grip ofthe movie «at various times and then tried to get back into the ssvng ofthings, but at that hedocsne succeed terily well The lashBuacks, although meant in good faith, just do not have the solidifying effect that they should Ihave, and the scenes where Lee is recruited into Mc Braichwite'secret organisation are terribly weak The film tselfdoesnt seem to rally warm up until the men are safely onthe island and performing at [Nota really spectacular film by ‘any meansand it didn’ really do justice to Bruce Lee’ abilities. The fi the spectacle ofthe Martial Art Tournament and did the tournament. Teane much too heavily on not make enough effort to createa realy solid story ‘out ofthe material given. This was not due tothe dirstor, Robert Clouse, alone, but tothe terrible scripe supplied by Michael Allin. Al all, not avery satisfying experience 46 Womamagazine SMA Throughout the years, Enter the Dragon has continued to receve similar reviews, such as Kim Newman's review in 2003, thirty yearsafterthe film’ intial release that appeared in the book ‘too Movies You Must See Before You Die’ Kim Newman 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die ‘Director Robert Clouse has the styl yout expect ofsomeone dieting a Brock Landers adventure (los of zooms and flares)and Lee whose real-life Hong Kong English was heavily-accented but fluent and distinctive, suck with Charlie Chan dalogue consisting of nigmaticaly wise pronouncements. But the action sil delivers non-stop astonishment as without the aid ofthe wines oreffcts use in the likes of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Lee goes magnificently through the motions, wiring his sigmarure nun chucks, flexing has oiled eors, influential on an entire genre of subsequent martial art movies and «template for every beatem-up computer game. Enter the Dragon wins its place In gil history purely on the strength of Lee's charismatic presence and literally inimitable fighting moves” The real importance of Enter the Dragon was realised afer being the subject of much academic study. Asit stateson Wikipedia:aes “The film's themes generated scholarly encapsulates the fundamentals of Cee ra ete ets the event and the communication of ee ets Bruce Lee. Accondingly, my proposal eee eee te is that Bruce Lee was inde a ena ee Fe ‘expressed: Bruce Lee transcends Rather, this rhythmic moti reiterated ‘cultural boundaries. Not just an Asian by Bruce Lee, actually enabled (or ee aie et completed) a profound transformation ‘cultural phenomenon, thefirst Asian both in Western discourses ofthe a a Perec eee eee eee ee eee) private, discursive, psychological and Pee eer Come United States National Film Ce eaten ee eee eee eae ee ee ee eed Ce ars ee ee ee eee ‘cultural theory toanalyse and assess representation Bruce Lee and used Bruce Lee to er analyse and assess cultural theory in acceleration und intensification of his book Theorizing Bruce Lee’. contacts brought by technology and See ee ad ‘at Enter the Dragon. An example of and intensification of stereotypes, his analysis isshown inthe following stereotypes that, rather than simply aon pease care Eiitareh (eniuinrauetry ee (ogee Bt climates...(chow 2002:63)" SC aoay eeenee emt Pane nee lomatimaiceio 7] Pen Aap oper meal y tent the Dragon) will continue to be natin ements etn supreme cal. In particular, one can clearly see it enacted and re-enacted ee ee ee ree re He bests hordes of opponents, and en Ss ements ae een Amidst the mayhem ofa mass battle, ee ee ee eee eres eee ee) rhythmic eye from stillness ea eed Seen en oe no ey Pe ee ee oeArticle: Chris Kent Photographs: Chris Kent Info: www.ekjkd.com Jeet Kune Do INVESTIGATED “We Are Right and You Are Wrong” Written while he was teaching in Italy recently Chris Kent talks abouta problem that seems to be prevalent in the JKD world today. 48 wowamtagazine see it here in Europe and I see it {going on elsewhere. That problem is the continual negativity ‘expressed by individuals or groups of individuals against ‘other individuals or groups. This has gone ‘on for years, and | honestly doubs that will ever cease. All the talk about one big happy JKD family is just that, alk. Inadaltio in my family, we had disagreements and arguments, Moreover, there are members ‘of my family Ido not ike. T do not know about you but Well as someone who has been intimately involved in JKD forever 45 years, 1am going, tolet those people know afew hard truths Fear & Jealousy People who engage in such ations are doing, aclisservce to JKD and Bruce Lee's legacy. You may say you are doing itoutoflove and respect for theartand Bruce, but you are doing it out of fear and jealousy — fear ‘of possible competition from other teachers and groups, and jealousy because it'sall about real estateand who has the most students, schools, Instructors, ee. have een this for decades s0 please do not try to convince me that you are doing it for allthe right reasons, Certification There is no one individual or group that possesses everything, orthe absolute truth to the exclusion of others. see more and :more groups coming into existence every day and they all laim to be “the best “the purest”"the truest” and so on. Let us be very clear about something, The fact that you have received cert someone simply means that you have fulfilled the requirements that that person or group requires giving you a certificate. Inaddition, different groups have different requirements. Thatisup tothem and noone ele, Ie does not mean that your ctificateis better than someone cls It simply means you havea certificate from someone. Get ove ation from people So again, in the end, however you try to conceal things; you areabout power and control. Moreover eventually people will see that about you. Imadaltion, just so you do not think Tam ‘ue intentions jst being negative and pessimistic about things, let me offer up some solutions, Building Bridges ‘Why not strive to build bridges that unite ‘or connect people rather than walls that separate them — bridges that lead to better ‘understanding and better relationships within the JKD community Try seeking out similarities rather than differences — set aside creative or philosophical differences and engage in talking with others who possibly do not agree with you in various subjects with the idea that something better ‘might come from it. Te best in any industry bring out the best in one another and it is no different {for Jeet Kune Do, Stop being fearful or {feeling threatened by other peoplewho might be teaching JKD and competing with youtin some way. Collaborate and share information and knowledge. now that some people who read {his will continue doing what they are doing, That is okay. Let them. However, perhaps some people ‘who read this might decide that there isa better way to perpetuate JIKD. Morcover,|am speaking to those people.ollowing several months of preparation, the 2ox8 Savate World Championships took place in October at onc ofthe largest exhibition spaces in Southeast Europe - the International Fair Plovdiv. Bulgaria, the host federation and its president, George Tanchey, organised airport pick ‘ups, hotel accommodation and food for several hundred people, as well as building the competition venue, A massive task ‘completed with determination and smiles. These senior world championships are ‘open to adults aged a8 years and over. In total, x8 World Champion titles were awarded - 8 weight categories for men and 8 weight categories for women in Savate Assaut, and the male and female ttle in Canne de Combat, Assaut isthe most commonly practised form of Savate. A wide range of people ‘cam participate safely in Assaut, which ‘emphasises technical and tactical sails without forceful hits. As savateurs wear boots (chassures), this control of force is an important aspect of athlete safety. Elite athletes ate distinguished by ther speed mobility and agility. 50 womamagazine Despite beautiful sunny days outside, the indoor stadium echoed to the cheers and encouragement of athletes representing 43 countries. Savate is growing in popularity around the world, and for the first time, athletes from Azerbaljan, Georgla, Guinea, India and Peru participated. France, the mother country of our sport, showed their dominance by taking many titles, with notable wins in Assaut by Thame Raguig (France, F-70kg) now 44times world champion and Julie Lazard (France, F-6skg) now 3 times ‘World Champion. In Canne de Combat, Benjamin Latt (France) showed his sill by taking a qth World Champion title and Nicole Holzmann (Germany) by {aking her second World Champion tide. A recent change in the scoring system for Canne was tested at this event, with great effect, encouraging the athletes toexpress their creativity rather than just scoring points. The overall medal distribution reflected the spread of Savate, with 23 countries taking 1 or more medals, including an with asilverand 3 bronze, and Peru and Czech Republic with their first bronze medals, The qualifying tournament ofthe 2019 World Championships in Savate ‘Combat willbe held in Hammamet, sia, in May. Followee in July by che ‘World Youth Championships, which will ‘be held in Croatia For the ill results of the 20x8 World ‘Championships and to see the 2019 calendar, check out the website ofthe Federation Internationale de Savate at huep//fisavate-ong,SCT an BG SL SOL Ba TT FG Be SCL Pn + SELF DEFENCE oe aa [i y Tuition and Exper 1b: www.aikido-baa.org.uk i 01943 863857 "| Jonesbinw@btinternet.com INTERNATIONAL ALIA OPER yt MARTIAL ARTS & RING SPORT ISTITUTO PITRE oa Seep sacen)Mate! Secs oe ee st learn that itis not just techniques that they have to master. The opment of “self” isalso an important factor in the development of a true martial artist. Without this holistic approach to development, maximum effect can not be achieved. ‘These developmental aspects include Technical Principles from the Physical, Psychological, een eGr Rete ete ant oes Reet 52 womanagazineaC Tote Lara Perret ee Soe ets Perera ee eee ae ees EA ee Shizentai isthe understanding ‘of personal balance through good eae rn ee ee) eee errs Pence ered eee ne execution ofa technique. Itshould be ae eer) Caso ee eee respond toattack or defence, and provides ere ere gs eee ea) DOC LEY CeO) See ey Sed Ce Peete ae pecially, the effective use of avoidin ee an) See ee take control oftheir opponent by destroying Deeg] attackers balance. The mest effective on SSE way to perform Kuzushi sto pin the ‘opponent frst, prior tothe balance break Pinning moves an opponent's weight from their centre to the front or back foot thas restricting movement. n Aikido there are primary and secondary balance breaking, dlirections which provide opportunity to dlestry an opponent’ posture. en see ee ee ee eee ee te etre ts ee ee Bee eee ae Pere oad ee eter tee Direction and Kake (execution of technique) ‘The rection of throw isa vital element ‘To maximise effort, Tori should always Ceca) ee ees Se td ‘work through an opponents weal fines Aligning Tor’ strongest posture with their ‘opponent’ weakest immediately prior to the final execution of the technique. “The Technical principles involve the understanding and acquisition of sil ‘The ability to deliver te! depend largely on the adaptability of the practitioner “Thedevelopment of skilful practice epends on four main factors + The experience and communication skilsof the coach + The development of the individuals sentra ‘of the body to receive and tore information I nervous system and the ability + Physical maturity of the student and ‘their ability to translate information into practical application and activity Prior experience ofthe studentand the skills they have already experienced. Getting the key principles embedded in practice i fundamental tothe development of Aikido, the rests ‘window dressing In the next issue ‘we wil begin to investigate the application of these principles through asic Aikido techniques. wwwwomaty 53Physical Development Phys atribites area crical element inthe delivery ofeach throw and the development ofthe individuals Aikido, The five ley elements of physical development are Flexibility, Endurance, Speed, Power and Timing In order to produce the perfect throw each of the five elements need tobe perfect. Physical strength is no substinute for good technique. Indeed some practictioners try to substitute strength for technique with negative consequences, Flexibility Increased flexibility facilitates speed and agility that are key ingredients ‘thus increasing the effectiveness of the technique. Endurance Endurance is the ability for sustained 54 womamagazine practice. Is the means by which the boy, through training, makes effective use of oxygen asan energy source. The ‘maximisation of aerobic, anaerobic and ‘muscular endurance provides for effective sustained practice Speed Speed isa major component ofall combat sports. The most important aspect of speed relates to reaction time -the time thatelapses between the intial attack and the response. Speed should be calculated inrelation todistance but is esential to ensure effective avoiding action. Power Pens isa controversial element for some Aikidoka. Thedefinition of power ‘sstrength x speed. Strength being the ability of muscles to move the body. The key toany good martial ats practice is to generate large quantities of power and apply to technique. Once achieved this is an unstoppable combination. We must also ene Pe ee oes remember that all power is generated from pee or ten Timing Pe ee ees See eee ees most appropriate moment to maximise oe ae Pe ery ee er practice and performance, we must ala ee ee training regimes have to be related to need Le Pay Tete eer ee eet Pe eee eee) eee eet Sree a tet and performance. Aiko is ideally suited eee ee et ‘maintained a more traditional philosophy: This philosophy canbe blended with eee ee ee ee ee approach to training. The core psychologic Eee ete eee Pee ens ee eee ed nges, collect and assess {information quickly nd determine an oe Seeby developing concentration which allows SOCIOlogical focus thus maximising mental fiexbilty AgSpects Sociologia aspects are required forthe practitioner to link the art to “daily life” tgive it meaning outside the dejo and provide an environment forthe practitioner tomaximice taining The discipline of commitment and dedication muse be instilled in practice. ‘Without commitment only limited progress can be achieved. ‘Traits, such as generosity, humility respect, loyalty and integrity are key behaviours in a true student of Aikido, These provide for 2 rounded human belng and help eradicate self interest, selfishness and arrogance. ‘Commitment and dedication grow alongside confidence. Individuals need ohavesef assurance in thelr ability © perform. Confidence isa postiveattribute which needs tobe developed, but tempered With a sense of proportion and! humility. (Over confidence can lead to complacency. During my formative years, I waslucey to have extremely good teachers who not only taught excellent technique but give stuxlentsa sense of worth and instilled a sound ethical base. Amongst these Mike Smith 7th Dan deserves a special mention asa unique human being and inspirational teacher. Emotional Characteristics Emotional development focuseson a range of atiutes that underpin a well balanced indi “The development of emotional robustness isessental so practitioners areable to ‘control emotional responses and the concept of Mushin Mogamae or empty mind. Thisis the technique of proccing a wocally automated response without ‘conscious thought. ‘Tohave control of body and mind inches the mastery of nes emotional response both during practice and as part of “daily life Inaadtion practitioners should be assertive not aggressive, have courage and not be subject t» peer pressure, to have pesitive outlook and be patient ane cempathetie. ‘To master Aikido, whether asa mattal artor martial sport, an individual must develop the physical and technical aspects and be able to grow spiritually, morally and ethically wonevoma ty 55Article: Stephen Blomeley Dix Photographs: St sn Blomeley & Chris Kevern Shock Horror Outrage: Training in another system to enhance your style OR Martial Arts Bridge Building: The principles of another art enhancing your own! ima Martial Artist whose base artis Taekwondo, lam currently a 6th Degree Black Belt in World Taekwondo (WTF Olympic style) and have been training, teaching and competing overa 38 year period. A fairl succesful player in national WTF ‘competition Ietited from competing at around 35-36 years old in what my generation would call ‘Old School Taekwondo. I recall my early competition experience ‘was done with no headguards, no matted areajusta hhogoo (body armour) and a taped offsquarefor the ring, Every now and again, someone comes along on your martial art journey who inspires you and that you can learn from if you have an open mind! Tel believe a student should strive to achieve proficiency in the basic techniques of theirchosen art ‘.egotto Black Bel but then most will stick with their bnase art and perhaps look no farther: Can another att help you to perhaps understand yourown hase art toa sgyeater depth? Is the grass greeneron the otherside? Candipping your fee into a different style that has Similar aspects to your base art help you develop intoa better martial arts practitioner? In spite of what some might think it's NOT sacrilegious to study other martial arts {had not been training long when the BBC ran a6 part documentary on television tiled ‘The Wary of the Warrior’. | took note of various things that the dlifferent masters from diferent arts portrayed for thesseries. Iwas fascinated with some of the conversations and the techniques that were shown, ‘pecially about certain points or anatomical areas including reviving an opponent who had been rendered unconscious, As time went by and learned Black Bel 1 soon began to realise many clements were missing in our taining despite having some wonderful technical teachers along my path 56 womamagazine ‘I wanted answers to techniques that were contained in Forms, Poomsae, Patterns; Tal, Palgue, Jura, Kata ete ea ‘The modern day approach to training sto teach afew basics to thestudent then get them learning to fee spar litle, whereasin the old way students werent allowed to spar until they had buile up quitea repertoire of techniques. Therefore the mindset was very different Having my own class and through my circle of Martial Art frends, | had hosted various seminars from non-Taelewonde people or attended afew myself which opened my eyes to diferent perspectives ‘especially concerning edged weapons. knew and immediately understood that the general edged : weapon material shown in the Taekwondo world was realy very basicane! pechaps not that fective tobe honest Tackwonda does nat begin fiom a culture of being weapon based frst hand. ‘Enter the Bridge BuilderSoon tothe Bridge Building and mestepping into the ‘world of Karate! Various fiends fom diferent arts attended aseminaron pressure point work with me Sensei Vince Mortis was the host and I immediately gained “GNIW N3dO NV 3AWH NOA Al INOU4 NUYV31 NWO NOA IVHL ONY NOA SauIdSNI OHM ASNUNOF LUV valuable information and possible He himself hac or in the process cof studying his Kata ith a view to deciphering the many odd or strange “TVILUVIN UNOA NO ONOTY S3AIN09 3NOJINOS ‘NIVOV GNV MON AUaAa hand positions and movements which were certainly not ‘blocks lining up 's studying and ‘Vince and his group were excellent, friendly, ery respectfl and accommodating as proper Martial tists should be. [absorbed many ofthe principles shown into my own Taekwondo training especially concerning the forms. You only have to look at Kata and Poomsae and although performed in adifferent approach syle wise, they have many similar ‘orsame movements. Bridges vwere being built on so many wawnoraty 57levels, fiendships, understanding, knowledge shared, knowledge gained, ideas created and the odd literature todigest. Vince has written afew books on the subject and Inecommend they are well worth having in your ‘martial library. Within a culture of learning especially ‘onsuch a subjects patterns or kata, had many light bulb’ momentsor the penny dropped’ which seemed to sive me better explanations than the usual “tsa block? ‘or well“we dont sweep in Taekwondo’ ‘Suddenly Icould see or visualise what I had watched way backon the BBC ty concerning my sense. Gone was some of the nonsense that Iwas avoiding a sweep when I was stood on one leg or had lifted one foot ina particular direction. Icould see the leg sweeps, traps, grapples, take downs chokes, anatomical strikes all contained within my ‘own arts forms which may have been dropped, lost or just not passed on as we didn't compete in that way on the sporting mat’ Adapting my view point even justa litle enhanced ficient practiceona one toone training, Noone has all the answers but it sure fl ike people were heading, in the right direction, as the people who originally created the devastating techniques ifdone properly were long gone. ‘Every now and again, someone comes along on your martial art journey who inspires you and that you can learn from if you have an oper mind! ve picked many things up from many different teachers andl wherever Lean I ty tosee what another artis doing and how they approach things. havea few very old martial books which are pre world war Il ‘which contain small sections showring the concepts anatomical strikes to vulnerable points, the serious and fatal blows, chokes that are not generally showa in modern judo etc. Ive met many great © cisferent syle reachers like Vince Morris, Rick gt ry ‘ a, Clarke, Wally Jay, Bill Wallace, Lake Holloway to name but a and the few. Theirapproac many different variations of martial art has helped meopen my eyes and possibilities even more asto what iscontained within my own, Ey Currently 1 try to trainin certain Silat seminars run by Maul Mornie teaching SILAT SUFFIAN BELA DIRI a martial art from Brunei in Asia, Why.. Interestingly lotof the Silat i stil self defence focused ratherthan sport based, This s why undertook traning inthe first place. One thing l have absorbed through another fikene and great teachers how cultureor environment has a pare to play in how an art develops oF progresses. Like all the other practitioners or teachers from different styesithas helped me adapt and expand my ‘own group training | think ifyou'reopen minded and willing to continue to learn you can adap, visalise and develop.your awn training strategies to beter yourself nd in the long term your students or lub members whilst till keeping the traditional arts alive, Through ‘my willingness to look at others to help enhanee my own style | now have a teacher who embodieseverything that I visualised many, many years ago via that BIC tv series, Maul and his SSBD group are open and try to ‘educate and enlighten martial artists on the core principal of his family art. | gave him the nickname “The Bridge Buildes” partly referring to his engineering degree study in the UK, and mainly because he builds students understanding of correct body mechanics, footwork, structure, timing clistance and efficiency. Without ieyoure limiting your chances of having a successful ‘outcome in a self defence situation. Correct practice especially if your lifes at stake takes time, you cannot rush it! Which i why the bridge building comes into play. You need to be taught by efficient teachers who havea deep understanding cof body mechanics, mindset and movement because you cannot ge the syntax of the techniques correct just by watching. vide. Experiencing that particular is whataids the stepsand understanding, You can absorb it into yourown art tohelp you understand it better and pethaps he more efficient as you also get older. Tes not about sparring! les about concept, tactics, mechanics, principles, baiting. trapping, smooth efficient movement. Many open senior martial artists glean so much from teachers such as Maul and this is surely the best way of preserving our heritage and traditional Martial Arts for future generations, before it isall lost to purely sport technigies. The forms/Patterns/Kata ‘ofa particular martial art are just a memory aid and by taking par in seminars or studying another similar yet diferent style or ant, in my opinion, definitely enhances your original at. We should all encourage cach others ars and develop the culture ‘of learning from, cach other Keep Bridge Building! Pace Ue hae HE BUILDS A STUDENTS UNDERSTANDING OF CC MULL ML a Seu GAVE HIM THE NICKNAME “THE BRIDGE PT a ey aay wnenoray 59You started training to improve yourself. You got fitter, stronger, lost weight, learned to defend yourself - so you ticked all the boxes, right? You mix with a good group of people and you feel good about yourself..... So why do you... Skil feet anxious and lay awake at night worrying? Do the smallest of things make youso angry? Find yourself puting thers down, so you can feel ood about yourself? Still need the postive attention ofothers? ‘Still have that nagging feeling that something about you snot right? You can kneel in setza and meditate in rmokusoa che sart and end of raining szseions or stand inaharg zhuan (standing post for ages magony without showing it-s0you can meditate - right? Wrong, Suffering to learn, also L known as ‘eating bitter’isan ¢ important part of our development and personal testing in the Martial Arts, but itis only one aspect of itArticle: Steve Rowe Photographs: ©Steve Rowe Infor wwweshikon.com www.martialartstandards.org Lose Yourself To Find The Way What went wrong? In our culture we feel that trying hare shows that we are putting 10% into what we redoing and wil please our coaches a well asthose around usand makeus fc that we redoing our best. The problem i that it can dampen our sensitivity to our own body, mind and emotions and alsothat towards ‘others and this ean lead to that feling of deep unease and mistrust. Wecanttcontrol ceverythingand everyone to make the world around us fit our perception of what ‘tshould beand showease our personal success tooursclves and others. Being the bestyoutean be’ sof course highly subjective and having a mode! like body to fitthe media idea of what you should be and having more money, property and goods than most ather people comes ata price, itoften feeds obsession, narcissism and losing your health, sanity and friends. So how do we find the right balance? Luckily the traditional Martial Artsalso has the answer, thelrstructure fs based around balance and harmony. Karate: The nand empty ofageresson Aikido: The way of narmory Wado: The way of peace Goju: The baiance of hard and soft Jude: The way of softness Iu sits: The ski of sonress Tal Chi Chuan: The martial way to find the greet harmony ‘Budo: To ‘sip the spear’ and create peace ‘The problem can be that fitting traditional martial arts into western culture, we are in danger of throwing, the baby out with the bathwater by clismissing a valuable partof the culture that they came from, By trying to make them fit our media driven ‘gym culture of self punishment to improve, we are losing that idea of peace, harmony and balance. The ‘three treasures’ of good health are. Mind, Body & Breath ‘The bility to harmonise the Mind: ‘Body’ and ‘reat’ can bring peace and good health and we don'thaveto sacrifice worldly success to achieve asic traltional training will correct bad postureto help depen the breath, bring more oxygen to the bratn and make the mind moreaware, focused, sensitive and intense, ‘Many martial artists only practice exciting 'movernent so that they remain engaged, ifs more boring, they put headphones inand play exciting music to keep them distracted from what they are doing, all the time i exciting, powerful, painful and adrenaline pumping, they ean keep sping, but at theend they are fatigued and drained and this will bringon the balancing felings af weakness, insecurity an fatigue ‘The balance lis in stillness, dep breathing and mental discipline, Tis isthe essential part of meditation that offen gets missed. Aajusting the posture, correcting the ‘breathing, holding the attention and keeping it focused are skills that nee to be taught. The philosophy and strategies of ‘the traditional ars lay in unfocused vision, anopen spontancous and responsive mind, ‘the ability to let goof angerand aggression, losing the ego and developing emotional intelligence and wisdom areal essential to the right kine of training fain theats is that of The Way, ‘Do ‘Taoism, understanding the impermanence ofall things, the way of nature, our inter- slepenslence with everything and everyone around us, Beingstil, breathing deep, calming dawn and losing ourself to find the harmony we have with itall and finding ‘that essential stillness that las behind and sustains everything means we will never feel isolated, out of syncoranxiousagain Look into the roots of your art Find that bralance that may have been lost. Ifyou cant find it within, look without, there are many people like myself teaching ‘bolt ‘on’ programmes that will enhance the internal aspects of your are and provide that balance thatit may need. Many of us have also ‘westernised! the language and teachings so they are not vague ar mystical but still retain that essential ‘magic’ of hrlanceand harmony. Keep calm and learn to harmonise! won woma ty 6Hazard Fixation eterna a Nec ele) nea ci ee eed eed Peter ean See eee ees preety eee ener een. am ree ee er eee ee eee ete eee et eee] She aetna eer cats Reenter eed eee eis Peso a! eases et eee ee eee tee) ee Pe eo a Cee ere aU ea gt coer) rete ees tater See ee ee 62-Womariagacee During sparring) have you everwordered ee cet es Se eee? seme) Ee end oe eae eee eee y frustrated, angry, rigid and tence, leading ee eae ee tees ree mee rer rca? 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Wipe away and dissolve all its experience and be born afresh. pee eee soyoucan Start Living, Remember,’ like cr) ) Cm Cra ee a Tes cee er er ee oe ersten Paces en eee re eee ere Pee est er ey ee Mother Earth, so you can live in the now, become present, and liberate yourself eecta: Dim Mal Ben Te. Peo Cea eerste itantils The Complete Fighting System Of. Pireee eitoe Ceara} pm ci) Scene res Ree eee ut ream aieteibs stourud daltons eCeceetnay Pon nace NON Lys teres ue ease DUR m a tet Ursa eg muri eur tacos init jon to the ‘pressure pointstrikes, thesystem cludes Reptile brain, Fagle vi tek G11 's legendary founder, Chan Se scegaictny Seemed ee Sea er perme raat oat een Sen eee ree invented. With the collaboration of other worked out which acupuncture points ee eee ered ero when struck, as wells the optimum eee ey See ote rly points which would make strikes to major ee aoa Gall bladder for instance, situated by 64 Womaragazine ees See one Tee eae es ee ee Sree enna anes Peet scence! Setar Tee me ee er eee ee roi ie ee peer eT Te ee ee een aes say not manifest itself immed ately ut eens Re te ee oa Pe oneness See eens collaborators made thei discoveries by a) Can Ae ee eee points to strike, the optimum direction to ents Cee ene ee ene! See eee eee es eee a result CSF formulated the basis of what postures, or moreaccurately 8 expressions of Saar ccm Chotfand Kao) each of which isa different Se eee enc Pci ee Reibc nese ee kt Doe ance een eo eeeReptile Brain & No Mind Being aware that humans are not natural fighters, and that our most likely response to anattack would be to freeze, or to cower in at, SF realised that it would not be enough to simply lear these most dangerous points, and expect to use them on a siting duck There were 2 separate aspects to this —_— Issue, which had to bere 2. Bnable humans to overcome their natural fearof attack, by instantly changing their'mind sets when attacked, from that ofa docile human, to raging wild beast fll ‘of aggression, prepared todo whatever ietakes to survive, at a subconscious retlex level 2. Teaching them how to fight, and Idon't mean punching and kicking, Which are only the tools fr fighting, but ‘the way’ to fight, by using subconscious (No mind) power and ‘not physical thought, power. This is essential as wedo not havethe venom ofthe snake, the super strength, claws and sharp teeth of most wild animals or the agility of the sprightly monkey, and it would therefore not be enough to just ‘enter our Reptilian brain, We need to be ableto fight in tickers foclerto penetrate ana dlefence, gain access to, and strike Dien Male points reflexvely using explosive speed and maximum power forthe least expended energy Both issues were resolved through the practice of the'Tai Chi (Dim Mak) form (ESF had founded to disguise the Dim Mak veo noma ty 65ea ee et ec LEY See aoe eee rey asonly then will Reptile Brain, ane! NoMind Pere! ree The heat erated by the movement ofthe ae Beatie tee oer centred in the Lower Dan Tien to Jing, causing eer ees eer ne ree ee inthe brainstem, thereby releasing the wild eee See ee eee cee ne ere ee ea ee ee See ne By releasing the wild animal within, ese teeta attack, we too would change from ee eee beast ready and willing to do whatever ee eee) ee ce Through the diligent practice ofthe Tai Chi Ob ee eee methods based on the 13 postures, we reach ee ee es Pe en ete eee eee ee ee Pe ee eee ks Se eee Sen ee eee tes eee ree ee See ee eT ee ee Pence ee een ee eee Se ne eo ee eee eed eee heed BU ee kang Pe a rein FIGHTING PRINCIPLES. Caen WITH HOW THE PALEO-MAMMALIAN IS 66 womamagazinemuscle power, as it makes use of the whole body to fight (the body isthe weapon) and not just the attacking weapon. Fa Jing is also the ‘engine of to transfer adverseenergy into an attackers acupuncture points, causing great damage by wsing an explosive violent shaking of the waist. This is necessary in order to im Mak, as its the only way achievea KO or wore forthe vast majority of Dim Mak points. Engaging ‘No Mind’ ‘The issue of learning ‘the way’ to fight ata subconscious rellex lve, was also resolved by the movement ofthe 3 postures inherent within the Taichi form, The so that, as well as entering the Reptilian Brain, the varying combinations ofthe s5 postures and their respective energy manifestations, would programme/re-programme the paleo-mammalian part of the subconscious (the body mind which ‘ean only be programmed through body movement and not language ‘or text!) with internal fighting Principles, through the abstract applications inherent within its postures, which ean be used reflexvely against any attack, ata‘No mind’ level, tostrike at the most devastating points from whateve Jnatany time. Evidently therefore the very chi and the key that ‘unlocksall its hidden powers is [Biden within these 3 postures ‘essence of T Fiptingbrincip-s propammediato, Iheeaben ius body and include Re tlioweg + Ashe attacks, attack fist, upset their Llming by doing what they don'texpect you todo, + Lead an attacking force into emptiness by co-ordinating with and re-directing amattackers chi flo, thereby setting him up fora counterattack + “Using 4a to defeat a thousand pounds by evading as we go forward and tacking ashe comes in for is attack, and using the soft (Yin) to defeat the hare (Yong). + "Not even a feather shall alight! without prompting sudden violent counter attack in fll reptile mode. + Always counter with a rapid succession of strikes ac explosive speed (Fa Jing) The Reptilian Brain isa purely reflex bran which aets in accordance with how the Paleo-mamymalian is programmed, therefore once enacted, ie would act in accordance with these fighting principles. Programming the subeonscious inthis ‘way, entering the Reptilian Brain with all that ic entails, from pressure point strikes and No Mind, thatareall inherent within the form, makes Dim Make intoa ‘complete, formidable system of fighting, and ‘earned itthe name of Supreme Ultimate Boxing’ integrated, and “Through the generations, ancient masters, such as the legendary Yang Lai Chan, used Chang Sa Fengs’ Immortal 13 postures to ‘expand on the original form, and also to develop many 2 man sets such asPush hands the ‘San Sau’ ‘Da Lx’, and s0 on, in order to further programmethe Paleo: mammalian (Body Mind) partof the subconscious with fighting principles, tobe used ata No Mind level, when in Reptile Brain mode in order to gain access to Dim Mak Conclusion We can safely conchide that as faras the ‘martial aspects of the system are concemed itis geared towards prog subconseious mind with interna fighting elements, such as Reptile Brain, Eagle Vision, Fa-fing and No Mind, all achieved through the practice ofthe Yang La Chan form, which explains why the original Thi was Dian Mak amming /te-programming the name for Tak This training will change our natural response roan attack from being teflexively defensive to becoming reflectvely offensive, enabling us to penetratean attackers defence, gain access toand strike pressure points By practicing the Tai chi form and its related training methods, we use the physical to gain che internal, and the internal wll then direct the physical to always do the right thing, because if the mind doesn't have it, we don't have it! wonewoma ty 67Tai Chi Inner Secrets Advanced Wing Chun BJ Breakdown Inside Ancient Arts Mat Mastery Wall Of LegendsAWAILABLE IN i we GUIS VERSIONSCoes PRESENTS SUBVERSiV meh EV Broly a UU yy Cree PAN RYE @ BIFLO oa Card Cray rc cs COMING SOON SUBVERSiV Od AA TAA PSCC Te art MTT Ce y Pees ME me et We have a series of Exclusive Filmed Content featuring Renato Laranja and Nell Melanson that will be released on RLU cane