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Tue, 2012-07-10 12:42
I’m pleased to be able to tell you all that the World Combat Association has definitely struck a cord with practical martial artists all over the globe with enquires, interest and memberships coming in think and fast. As you know, one of the roles of the WCA is to provide guidance and support for member groups to develop truly holistic syllabus; and to have that syllabus, and the grades awarded against them, formally recognised.
I’m pleased to be able to announce that the first syllabus has just been approved! The syllabus in question was from Lee Taylor Karate. I’...
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Fri, 2012-07-06 15:31
Since the last newsletter, I’ve added 45 minutes worth of bunkai instruction to this website and the YouTube channel! I’m currently working on the next newsletter and hence thought it would be helpful if I could put all the recent videos on one page for ease of viewing. So here we are! Please have a look at the titles below and watch those that grab your attention! I hope you enjoy them. If you like these quick free clips from the seminars, please support their production by checking out our professionally filmed and edited DVDs and downloads. Thanks for all the support!
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Fri, 2012-06-22 10:32
All in the USA may be interested to know that I’ll be teaching an open seminar in Kansas from the 28th to the 30th of September this year! The fliers and booking sheets are being finalised and as soon as they are I’ll let you know! Really looking forward to it!
All the best,
Iain
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Thu, 2012-06-21 12:27
This week I feature in the Practical Defence podcast (episode 223) discussing multiple enemies! The Practical Defence podcast is very good and I’m very grateful to Alex Haddox for introducing me to his listeners. Please have a listen to the episode and also be sure to checkout the extensive back catalogue: http://www.palladium-education.com/practicaldefense.shtml
The direct download link is here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/practicaldefense/Practical_Defense_223_-_Multiple_Enemies_with_Iain_Abernethy.mp3
All the best,
Iain
PS The next episode of own podcast is still in the...
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Thu, 2012-05-31 13:29
For a while now I’ve been telling you about the organisation that Peter Consterdine 9th dan & I have been working on to internationally cater for pragmatically biased martial artists like you. Here in Britain the British Combat Association (BCA) has fulfilled this role for almost 20 years; but there has been nothing to cater the huge international network that we all know exists. People who have been following what I do for a while will also recall my SATMA idea (Society of Applied Traditional Martial Arts) to address this issue. Having discussed the problems with Peter we...
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