Street wise Self-defence Seminar 

Streetwise a FREE seminar for the public.

The afternoon started with Sergeant Farley of the West midlands Police Force giving a short talk on local crime stats and general tips on avoiding trouble.

Following this Sensei Martin Blakeway took the group through a short warm up and then explained some theory & psychology of self-defence. Stance and basic techniques followed before the group was split into three manageable size groups. 


Sensei Steve Pride & James Lloyd took their group through wrist locks, and defence from grabs to clothing, wrist and arms. 
Sensei Andrew Docker with the help of Marc & Matt Allen explained & taught techniques to use to defend rear attacks. This included elbows, backfists and back kicks. 
Sensei Martin Blakeway took his group (with the help from James Eccles) through simple effective blocks including outer & inward palm blocks, forearm block and the importance of the "fence" - defence stance. He combined these with palm heel strike the use of the forearm.

The afternoon simply flew by - every 35mins the group rotated and were taught by the next instructors and their techniques. 

As the afternoon came to a close Sergeant Paul Farley (wearing full riot gear) reinacted a mugging scene and showed how the police restrain their criminals. He then gave a talk on reasonable force and citizens arrest. Rounding things up nicely.

The final part of the afternoon was a great demonstration on how it can be with regular practice - Sensei Steve Pride defended against armed & unarmed attackers in the form of Arron Dovey & John Skeldon. He showed the devastating techniques of Chongshin Do including throws & takedown techniques to restrain, disarm and control your attacker.

All in all the group enjoyed the session and all left with a new insight in how to deal with attacks from different situations. Many thanks to all who was involved.

Public comments -
Excellent - very informative and clear useful to practice in safe environment.

Fantastic - In such a short time I have had my eyes opened.

Very good relaxed atmosphere, made to feel really welcome. Learned allot.

I learned plenty of things I did not know - was surprised at the effectiveness of even the simplest technique. Very informative.

Very Good - Excellent - a good range of different things.

Very interesting especially the fact that the instructors made it fun to do. Learned allot leaving me better prepared.

Very good - good balance of information and practice. Very user friendly! for all ages & abilities - well done.

Informative, well planned - enjoyable. 

SENI - Reviewed 
Once again we showed we are a Martial Art that not only has a great deal to offer but has some fantastic talent to back it up. Many, many thanks to the guys that took part and demonstrated (with much professionalism) our art. Matt Allen & James Eccles demo'd some great compromise Jujitsu sparring, Ben Vowels & John Skeldon did a great demo of realistic street self defence and Jamil Aslam & Nathan Salmon demonstrated some fantastic high kicking action. A Special thanks to the three younger members, Bradley Topham was there on Saturday & James Wedgwood & Joshua Atkins (both 8 years old) demo'd some great sparring in the ring on the Sunday - got the huge crowd cheering - a day they wont forget. 

Bradley Topham using strike sheild 

Members waiting to perform - Nunchaku and Viking Combat

Ben Vowels and Nathan salmon demo Jiu-Jitsu 

 There were many others - and thank you ALL for being a part of the show and showing the public who & what Chongshin Do is all about. It was also very pleasing to see ourselves and the members of Spirit Combat demonstrating together - sometimes we take for granted what a great organisation we belong to - Soke showing he is still an expert Martial Artist at 65 years old, and showing that Martial arts doesn't have to be ALL serious !