I have recently received interest in re-establishing regular 3-4hr training sessions in London.

You can register your interest in attending these sessions by mailing me at info@totalbodydefence.com

Once sufficient numbers are attained venue and dates will be announced

Regards

Alun
Tel: 07948965526

I would be interested in this. I came along to one of the Kilburn seminars last year and it was good stuff.

I was half expecting something a bit more like traditional ju-jitsu but the methods were more about overwhelming someone quickly and aggressively at close quarters to put them out of commission. It was all done with pretty straightforward moves too.

Hopefully the numbers will be there to make this viable.

Hi Gav

Nice to hear from you again. I've had some initial interest so will keep you posted as numbers are attained.

Take Care
Alun

I will be running regular sessions in London, starting on Sunday 31st January 2010. Please mail for full details

info@totalbodydefence.com

Please add " London" in the title of your mail

Thanks
Alun

Just a coutesy reminder that I will be in London this coming Sunday if anyone is interested in coming along, details as follows:

Date: Sunday 31st January 2010

Venue: The Winchester Project, 21 Winchester Road, Swiss Cottage, London NW3 3NR (1 min walk from Swiss Cottage underground station)

Time: 11:00am-2:00pm

Feel free to contact me if interested

Alun
07948965526

Many thanks to Alun for coming up on Sunday and bringing his guys Rob, Matt and Chris to give us some training in the TBD Goshinkwai system.

We got straight down to things with a footwork drill and even though we only really covered two techniques – a response to a left handed attack and a response to a right handed attack – the three hours seemed to go past very quickly. That was fine with me as I would much rather spend a long time on doing a couple of things in-depth than skimming the surface of lots of different things.

Alun was constantly circulating to give feedback and advice and the guys who came with him were excellent training partners. I picked up something useful from all of them whether it was about balance, generating power in a move etc.

I’d attended a previous Goshinkwai training session and saw the same key components here – footwork and fast, aggressive strikes to create an overwhelming response. This time I also felt how adaptable the system is. The same basic response could lead to restraining a drunk mate or be taken further to violently stop an attacker. The responses weren’t written in stone either so the experienced guys there were adapting their moves to what worked for them. There was nothing flashy in the moves either. It was all stuff like palms, elbows, short punches and hammerfists.

I got a lot from the training and look forward to seeing more of the system at the next session.

Cheers!

Great to see you again and glad you enjoyed the training, it’s always pleasing to have positive feedback.

The location and facilities were ideal also and we plan to be up again the end of the month, so will keep you posted

Al