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Street Talk – The Self Defence Federation Newsletter – March 2010

by Dave Turton on March 8, 2010

March 2010. Please note: Street Talk will be placed on the SDF Website. ONLY Club Heads, Instructors, and Reps will continue to receive the newsletter through the post.

However, any member requesting a posted ‘hard copy’ will be more than welcome to receive it.

Welcome to this latest issue

This is the FIRST Issue for 2010, and quite a fair bit to write about this time, so here goes!
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NEW MEMBERS

I would like to welcome all those who have joined already this year, from the loyal clubs who regularly send in both NEW and RENEWED members year after year .. You are the backbone of the SDF.

Individuals:

Our Individual new members are always welcome, as usually they are martial artists of some experience and skill, thus increasing the ‘skill’ base of the SDF…

  • Brad Ritchie (Progressive Conflict Management Systems)
  • Jonny Figgis (A very strong member from Southern Ireland)
  • Steve Harknett (3rd Dan Kempo Ju-Jitsu from Harlow in Essex)
  • Gary Broocks (Shotokan Karate Black Belt from Bournmouth)
  • Mickey Tulloch (great C.V. from Washington Tyne & Wear)
  • Mike Hulme (Assistant Instructor at the famous Deisel Gym in London)
  • Neil Wilson (Tony Blauer SPEAR System Instructor from Rayleigh in Essex)
  • Julie Smethurst (Top Fitness & Self-Defence Coach from Bolton in Lancashire)
  • Garry Smith (3rd Dan Ju-Jitsu Instructor from Sheffield, SouthYorkshire)
  • Aaron St Omer (Via Top SDF Man Tony Gladwell in London)
  • Daniel Meade Multi Skilled martial artist from Haringey, London)

As you can see, a vast range of skilled new members bringing more depth to the SDF.

Clubs:

It is always nice to get new clubs in the SDF. It’s more than new members; it’s a new venue and skill base for SDF’ers to visit.

From the end of 2009, we have had the pleasure of the following new clubs, who are very welcome indeed.

  • Selby MMA (A mixed martial arts club run by Craig Lawrence .. top club, top instructor … based in Selby North Yorkshire)
  • C.E.M.P.A. (A new and exciting venture by an old friend and long term SDF TKD Instructor Mark Richardson. Mark is based in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, and formulated a NEW Concept in his training skills)
  • J.J. Kickboxing (top class Kickboxing and self-defence club run by John Rickaby 4th Dan .. based in Bishop Auckland County Durham. This club has produced regional and national champs)
  • Sesku Academy a long time SDF member Adam Redfern runs this highly successful Thai Boxing Club in South Kirby (Nr Pontefract)… The club has recently moved into new premises and I went along to sort out the club joining the SDF and adding self-defence to its Boxing & Thai Boxing

That’s FOUR new clubs in THREE months … welcome all.

Events:

Not a great deal to report from around the SDF world … always the same at the start of a year.

However, Friday 5th march 2010 was a memorable evening. Andy Crittenden of ACMAC Doncaster hosted his second seminar with the legendary Catch Wrestling Coach Johnny Huskey.

I was delighted to attend this event and meet up with many old and new friends in the martial arts. Too many names to mention, but nice to see Neil Anderson and Steve Grey again after about 10 years… They are from Eckington and are top grappling men.

I shared my spectators slot with my old friend and long term SDF man Neil Hall. Neil runs the Caged Steel club in Dewsbury… top man indeed.

Without doubt Johny Huskey is the BEST Catch Wrestler and Coach I have seen in at least 25 years. If you missed it, you missed a great night.
He even stuck a painful arm lock on me… excellent stuff.

Also Andy is hosting a seminar with PHIL GLOVER at his Doncaster club.
Date: Sunday 25th April … 11am to 1.00pm.
Phil is the TOPS in Thai Style Kickboxing tuition, and the seminar fee is a PALTRY £10 !!!.

Grades:

It’s always great to hear of SDF members getting grades from other organisations or through our own network of high graded instructor.

First: Andy Crittenden & Ian Harrison.

I have been teaching both Andy & Ian privately every Tuesday morning for well over 7 years (Andy for 10).

They started with me as 5th Dan TKD for Andy & 3rd Dan Kickboxing for Ian.

Now they have both reached 3rd Dan in the SDF Self-Defence System, and well deserved it is.

Ian had a double as he also gained his 4th Dan in kickboxing as well. Well done you two

Speaking of Andy Crittenden, as most of you know his club in Doncaster (South Yorkshire) is where most of the SDF’s events, such as seminars, courses, gradings etc happen.

Well, after much fundraising etc, Andy has bought new mats for the club, it looks GREAT!

Action for Society:

Our new national charity is now in full swing, and I will be contacting SDF Reps, Heads etc with a view to holding out the old ‘begging bowl’.

This charity is a very worthwhile one indeed. So if any clubs or members want to help out raising funs for us, please contact us with your ideas or requests.

It can be as little as sticking a collection tin on your signing in desks, to organising actually collections through your club members or even for those of you who enjoy taking part in charity events, DO ONE FOR US!

Checkout our charity on its temporary website:
www.actionforsociety.org.uk
Charity Registration Number is: 1131918.

Odds & Sods:

We are now trying to organise the TENTH ANNIVERSARY EVENT for the SDF.

This will be at Andy’s Club in Doncaster over a Saturday & Sunday later this year.

We will be getting a couple of TOP CLASS Instructors, and there will be FOUR 2 hour sessions over the two days.

I will teach one each day and the guests will have one slot each for either the Saturday or the Sunday.

We also hope to book a room with a DJ and some grub (important) for a social get-together on the Saturday night for those who might be staying over or can make it home (sober??)

Tickets will be printed and sold as soon as we get dates and guests organised … we will be looking at costs around £80-£100 for this ONE OFF event.

Costs will include the 2 days training, and the FREE GRUB at the evening … (you pay for your own booze … sorry!)

Reports will be sent to the Martial Arts magazines. This cannot happen again so have a think about coming along.

Start asking and letting me know how many we can expect.

The rules are simple…

NO TICKET NO NOTHING! So watch out for developments, and let’s have your ideas, suggestions and approximate numbers coming.

I am considering adding a new page to the SDF website listing all the various Regional, National & International Champions (Past & Present) we have as SDF members.

We have an amazing collection of champs Juniors & Seniors from every known form of martial art, including boxing & wrestling as well.

People should KNOW the calibre of our members, especially as we are supposed to be a self-defence organisation NOT a competition body.
It will take some time to get the names listed, especially if we include PAST champs as well…

If we DO decide to go ahead with this extra page, I will be sending you a form to fill in listing your champions … anything from 1st to 3rd places will be listed.. (it could take ALL my available web page space Ha ha)

That’s it for this month … please send in your event reports and anything else you want included either on the news pages on the website or in this newsletter.

Dave Turton 8th Dan

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Can A Woman Beat A Man In A Fight?

by rezbi on July 3, 2009

I’d like to see the average guy try to bully this gal.

Watch her choke out the interviewer… he doesn’t even know what happened after he comes to.

Smelling salts, anyone?

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Bodybuilding competition

by rezbi on June 17, 2009

You should be able to find several indispensable facts about Bodybuilding Competition in the following paragraphs.

If there’s at least one fact you didn’t know before, imagine the difference it might make.

The advantage of competing is better progress.

‘Bodybuilders’ that compete make improved progress then those who do not compete.

The reason is that regular competition forces us to cycle our training.

Accordingly the body is continually receiving new training stimulus & responds with new muscle growth.

To bring out the best in someone there is nothing like competition.

A 5th place finish last year will motivate you to work harder to place higher this year.

This steady effort to be the best will only lead to the top.

When selecting your 1st competition make-sure it is far enough down the road that you have enough time to prepare.

Deciding to enter a competition that is only a few weeks away is foolish.

There is at no point that you can get into top-shape & have a good posing routine prepared in such a short period of time.

‘Bodybuilding’ competitions are divided into 2 phases, the pre-judging & the evening show.

The pre-judging is main factor in the competition.

It is generally in the morning, this is like a preparation of the evening show.

It gives the judges an opportunity to evaluate the competitors without the interruptions of a mass audience.

You will definitely need to attend the pre-judging as a future competitor.

In the majority cases the judges select the winner in the pre-judging.

By attending the pre-judging you will learn what is probable of the bodybuilder’s performance.

The pre-judging is further divided into a number of different rounds – compulsory poses, symmetry round, individual posing routines and comparisons.

Men do 7 compulsory poses & women’s do 5.

Occasionally the individual posing routines are left-out of the pre-judging & only performed at the ‘evening show’.

Posing ability of individual & routine is very vital.

Posing can break or make your chances of winning the competition.

You have to select a competition that is most appropriate to your physique-level.

If you are a ‘Teenager’ then you can enter the junior or teenage division.

Few competitions also have Novice division for 1st time competitors.

This article’s coverage of the information is as complete as it can be today.

But you should always leave open the possibility that future research could uncover new facts.

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Bodybuilding supplements

by rezbi on June 17, 2009

Bodybuilding refers to the sport of building up muscle mass in certain parts of the body and then sculpting it well. Bodybuilding has become a full time professional sport for many people. People do bodybuilding just for recreation, or to enhance their personality and also to take part in body building competitions at local, national and international levels. Bodybuilding may take between several months to several years. Bodybuilding involves doing a set of exercises that are directed towards building muscle mass in specific parts of the body. Along with exercises, there is also a specific diet to be followed. The diet is prescribed by experts. Then there are the bodybuilding supplements to be taken. Bodybuilding supplements are not exactly steroids that can do more harm than good.

In fact research shows that the body building supplements, along with the proper set of exercise and nutrition can go a long way in increasing the muscle mass in the body. The most popular bodybuilding supplement available in the market today is nitric oxide stimulator. The muscles begin to grow when you do intense training. The muscle growth is very much dependent on the synthesis of protein in the body. Hence it is very necessary to introduce the right kind of nutrition for the body which is very much high in protein. Hence the muscles which get good amount of protein will grow very well. Also by exercising, the blood flow in the muscles increases and hence there will be more oxygen and nutrients in the body.

It will also lead to the removal of toxins from the muscles like lactic acid as well as carbon dioxide and other products. Bodybuilding supplements like nitric oxide stimulator will help to dilate the blood vessels in your body which will help to increase the blood flow in the muscles. Nitric oxide is an important hormone in your body that helps to increase the blood flow to the muscle and hence helps the muscle to grow. The enzyme by the name of nitric oxide synthase helps in controlling the amount of nitric oxide in your body as it converts amino acid. It is nitric oxide that is the most important factor that helps your body to attain muscle mass. The muscle pump increases because of increased blood flow to the muscles. The levels of certain hormones in the body also increases which leads to further muscle growth.

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Bodybuilding websites

by rezbi on June 17, 2009

Bodybuilding websites are one of the bets sources of information for knowing the ins and out in bodybuilding. There are many bodybuilding websites on the internet that you can refer to in case you are serious about bodybuilding. Some of the most popular bodybuilding websites on the internet are www.getbig.com, bodybuilding-show.com, physique-show.com. Some of the bodybuilding websites are general websites and some of the bodybuilding websites are specific websites that talk about a specific bodybuilding topic like bodybuilding exercises.

Hence it is necessary that if you are serious about bodybuilding or want to know about bodybuilding then bodybuilding websites are the best source of information. Many of the websites have been influenced by Hollywood stars like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone while there are many sites that have been inspired by WWF stars like Hulk Hogan.

The bodybuilding websites contain information for amateurs who have just started to practice bodybuilding as well as for professionals who have been doing bodybuilding since several years. Many bodybuilding websites also contain information the competitions to be held at the local, national and international level. Many bodybuilding websites contain the latest news in the world of bodybuilding and the news is updated regularly. Hence you are assured of always getting the latest news about the bodybuilding world.

There are hundreds of bodybuilding websites on the internet today. if you search through search engines like Google, you are sure to get more than a hundred results. Bodybuilding is becoming very popular in many countries across the world. There are many bodybuilding websites that sell bodybuilding merchandise as well. Most of the bodybuilding websites contain basic information on what bodybuilding is all about and how you can start your bodybuilding regime. There are a whole lot of exercises to build up muscle mass in the specific parts of the body mentioned on many bodybuilding websites. The exercises are many and hence they are normally categorized into different sections according to the parts of the body that will gain advantage from the exercises.

The bodybuilding websites also have quotes as well as tips from the top bodybuilding stars which help to spread information about the sport. Other than the bodybuilding websites, bodybuilding forums are also very popular where you can join in as a member and share as well as gain as much information as you want on bodybuilding. So go on, log on to a popular bodybuilding websites today.

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