tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428486508710262802024-03-13T10:56:04.988+00:00Urban EscrimaUrban Escrima specialises in realistic self defence training. Escrima is a realistic and effective system for today's society. Learn both weapons and unarmed self protection right from the start. Are you interested in studying self defence in London? Come along to Urban Escrima and start training with experienced and professional instructors.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01144785830773567536noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-842848650871026280.post-24485396973228606722014-06-09T22:46:00.001+01:002014-06-09T22:46:19.053+01:00Martial Art Seminar with Grandmaster Brian Jones<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">We'd like to thank Grandmaster Brian Jones for returning to Hackney, where he introduced Escrima in the 70's, and delivering a brilliant seminar yesterday. It was also great to have Master Ricky Crofts, Master Jay Dobrin & Master John Morgan assist and share their experiences and knowledge.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">It was a real pleasure have you all come down and we look forward to seeing you soon.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our nightclub / bar seminar gave students an insight into the challenges faced defending your self in a different environment while also trying to protect those you are with. </span></span><br />
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Here is our latest <a href="http://www.urbanescrima.com/" target="_blank">Self Defence</a> video. Thank you to everyone who helped create the video and to those who took part, we are very grateful. If you would like to see further <a href="http://www.urbanescrima.com/" target="_blank">Urban Escrima Self Defence</a> videos please check out <a href="http://www.youtube.com/urbanescrima" target="_blank">Youtube chanel</a>. If you would like to find further information on the self defence system we teach, please go to the <a href="http://www.escrimaconcepts.com/">www.escrimaconcepts.com</a> or <a href="http://www.facebook.com/escrimaconcepts">www.facebook.com/escrimaconcepts</a>.</div>
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<strong style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Here is a review from Kristian, an Escrima Concepts practitioner who attended the recent <a href="http://www.urbanescrima.com/" target="_blank">Urban Escrima Self Defence</a> Environmental Awareness Seminar, enjoy!</strong></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span id="more-683" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></span>The <a href="http://www.urbanescrima.com/" target="_blank"><span style="padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px;">Self Defence</span> Environmental Awareness Seminar</a> was Explosive! If I learned one thing it was the importance of “Exploding”!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">The aim of the day was to give a taster of the higher grades of the Escrima Concepts Syllabus but also link the training all the students have been doing and ground it in realistic situations and different scenarios.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">We began the seminar like any other lesson as with movement drills, working on our off lining but working on another aspect of the system “explosion”. We started with a 4 for 4 drill where 4 attacks were fed by an attacker. After the 4th and final attack the defender “exploded” changing their energy and role in the scenario from being a passive defender to an aggressive attacker who would then feed 4 attacks of their own and vice versa. Although it was a simple excercise it was still challenging as a defender changing your energy (exploding) and redirect it back at your attacker in a split second.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">We practised “exploding” from different scenarios including enclosed spaces ,if your bag was snatched, walking with your mobile phone, fending off armed multiple attackers, from a seated position, attackers around corners and at different levels such as walking up and down stairs.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">In order for something to “explode” a trigger needs to be set off. The Instructors asked the class when should you react to an aggressor? The answer is “as soon as possible”. But only through developing an awareness of “zones” and identifying when a potential attacker enters your zone.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">It was a good day and an excellent turn out with lot of hard work shown by everyone. It re-affirmed to me how much more there is to learn in the system and that made me want to work harder. I’m also lucky to be learning and training with some dedicated and talented students and instructors.</span></div>
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Here is a video we done with The Chrissy B Show on Sky TV. It was a fun day and we hope shows the importance of realistic <a href="http://www.urbanescrima.com/" target="_blank">self defence</a> training. If you would like to see further videos, please check out our <a href="http://www.youtube.com/urbanescrima" target="_blank">Urban Escrima Self Defence YouTube channel</a>.</div>
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We are pleased to announce our certified Urban Escrima Environmental Awareness Seminar on Saturday 27th July from 1.15 – 4.15 at London Fields Fitness Studio.<br />
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This seminar will be a great opportunity to link your training to real scenarios!<br />
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This seminar will help to understand how your self-defence training can protect you in conflict.<br />
You will be able to assess as realistically as possible, what you are capable and are not capable of doing when under stress.<br />
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To enable you to think clearly about appropriate responses to any given situation.<br />
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Safe zones<br />
Multiple attackers<br />
What constitutes a weapon?<br />
Required response to an attack<br />
How to respond to an attempted mugging / bag snatchStreet based attacks (yes, some of the day will be spent in the street)<br />
Scenario based training at London Fields Train Station<br />
Defending yourself while seated<br />
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<b>Prices for the day are:</b><br />
Urban Escrima / Escrima Concepts Members: £30.00 (paid in advance) £35 on the day<br />
Non-members: £40.00<br />
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<b>To book your place, please email us on: urbanescrima.com</b><br />
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We are running a FREE special Taster Session to help you with your Fitness and Self-Defence New Years resolutions. And as it is the start of a new year and we are in a very giving mood, we are offering a very generous training package just for you!<br />
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Places are limited, so contact us now on info@urbanescrima.com to BOOK your place on the Taster Session and also to find out about our special new years promotion.<br />
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<b>The Taster Session is on Tuesday 8th January from 6.45-7.45 at London Fields Fitness Studio E8 3PN.</b><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Catherine has been with Urban Escrima almost from the beginning, so we are really pleased to be able to see what Catherine thinks of her training and the club.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong id="internal-source-marker_0.3547379544470459" style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Please introduce yourself, where are you from and what do you do?</strong></span></div>
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’m <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stray-Souls-Magicals-Kate-Griffin/dp/0356500640/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1355408612&sr=1-1" target="_blank">Catherine Webb</a>. I’m from London (Hackney, to be exact)</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and for half the year I write novels, and for the other half I’m a theatre lighting designer.</span></span><br />
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<strong id="internal-source-marker_0.3547379544470459" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">What type of books do you write and are you working on anything at the moment? Do you have a blog or website or something where we can keep up to date with your work?</strong><span style="background-color: white;"><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I write fantasy books, with a bit of other stuff thrown in. I started writing quite young, so as Catherine Webb I’ve got a series of eight or so children’s books which sort of grew up as I did. Now I write mostly as Kate Griffin, writing books set in London. However, at the moment I’m writing something completely different – a detective story, set in 1550s Istanbul. It’s not my usual kettle of fish, but I have a massive soft spot for the Ottoman Empire (doesn’t everyone?) and the 1550s are a fantastic bit of history where the world is at once swashbuckling medieval, and simultaneously full of gunpowder and intellectual turmoil. I keep a blog -</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.kategriffin.net/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 3px; text-decoration: initial;">www.kategriffin.net</a> - which has all my information on it.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’ve been training about a year, and I’m level two.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span id="internal-source-marker_0.3547379544470459" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong id="internal-source-marker_0.3547379544470459" style="font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Are you currently training in any other martial arts or have you done anything before?</strong></span>I did a tiny bit of karate, and a bit of jiu jitsu while at university. My chief memories of karate was being shouted at, and having to crawl up the stairs to my dormitory room after Friday class, almost physically unable to bend at the knees. Jiu jitsu was better, but there was a lot of bowing, tumbling and wondering why the person I was supposed to throw bodily to the floor using only my hip and circular movement, had to be six foot five and weigh seventeen stone.<strong id="internal-source-marker_0.3547379544470459" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></strong><strong id="internal-source-marker_0.3547379544470459" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong id="internal-source-marker_0.3547379544470459" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Why did you choose to train in Escrima Concepts? And what do you most enjoy about your training? </strong></strong>I chose Escrima slightly by accident. I was feeling very unfit, but knew that if I was going to get more exercise I wanted to learn something useful while doing it. I also knew I didn’t want to be shouted at by an angry Sensei again. There was an offer to do classes at the London Fields gym, and I saw Escrima on the list. After looking it up on the internet, it seemed a lot more interesting than other martial arts I’d tried, so I gave it a go, and have kept on giving it a go ever since!</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think there are two things I like most about training. The first is that, even within certain techniques, everyone does it in a slightly different way. I really appreciate this, as it both broadens your options and simultaneously forces you to learn how to read whoever you’re working with. For example, when sparring with one student, over time you come to notice that he’s good with his live hand and always steps through, which in turn forces you to change what you do. But when sparring with another, you realise that this student always does smaller, tighter moves, and doesn’t necessarily put in his live hand, or only does on certain shots. It’s such a flexible, friendly environment that you can actually get to think about, not merely what you’re doing, but what everyone else does and how that might affect you – and I really like that. The other thing I love is the technical nitty gritty; I really enjoy that moment when you suddenly understand how doing something simple, can lead to something devastating.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><strong id="internal-source-marker_0.3547379544470459" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong id="internal-source-marker_0.3547379544470459" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Are you currently training in any other martial arts or have you done anything before?</strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I did a tiny bit of karate, and a bit of jiu jitsu while at university. My chief memories of karate was being shouted at, and having to crawl up the stairs to my dormitory room after Friday class, almost physically unable to bend at the knees. Jiu jitsu was better, but there was a lot of bowing, tumbling and wondering why the person I was supposed to throw bodily to the floor using only my hip and circular movement, had to be six foot five and weigh seventeen stone.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Get out of the way!!</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span id="internal-source-marker_0.3547379544470459" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><strong id="internal-source-marker_0.3547379544470459" style="font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">What advice would you give to anyone thinking of taking up Escrima Concepts?</strong></span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I started, I used half a broom handle to practice getting comfortable with the movements in my living room, as training with any sort of weapon felt really odd for the first few weeks. Don’t be afraid to ask questions that seem trivial or daft, because they’re really not; and remember that if Nigel says something is ‘kinda… okay’ you can probably be really pleased.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks Catherine!</span></span><br />
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Welcome to the latest installment of our ‘Interview with a Student’ series. Chris is a long time student with Urban Escrima <a href="http://www.urbanescrima.com/" target="_blank">Self Defence</a> so we are really pleased to see what Chris’s thoughts are on training.<br />
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<b>How long have you been training with Urban Escrima and what grade are you?</b><br />
I started training with Urban Escrima in May 2011 and I am second grade.<br />
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I have done Jiu Jitsu and Aikido before starting Escrima.<br />
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I like the simplicity and no nonsense approach. The Escrima which is taught is pretty dynamic and flexible. It welcomes techniques from any martial arts that works, so what I have learnt before is not wasted. I would say what I have learnt before is the rough edges being chiselled, refined + learning something new.<br />
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Its a really challenging. Most of the time I am trying to overcome myself before learning to overcome or control others if there is a scrap. But I think mentally the weapons part has taught me to keep/walk away from trouble because of the damage it can do if employed.<br />
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<b>What do you feel is the most important thing you have learned at Urban Escrima?</b><br />
Finding out how little I know about self defence in stress situations and believe me in a confrontation the situation will be stressful. No getting away from that.<br />
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<b>What would you say to someone thinking of coming down to train at Urban Escrima?</b><br />
I would say come and try out the system for about a month and you will train with some great lads and lasses.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong id="internal-source-marker_0.8108002122025937" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Please introduce yourself, where are you from and what do you do?</strong>My name is Vasilisa, I am Russian. I used to work as a lawyer in my home country,<span id="more-281" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></span> but I abandoned law for Photography when moved to UK.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">How long have you been doing photography? Can you give us a link to some of your work?</strong><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />My photography career started in 2005 when I became a Co-Author of a gift/photography book “Grey Matter: Why it’s Good to be Old”. At the moment most of my work is Wedding and Portraiture Photography. Also I have a few students of Photoshop. My Wedding Photography website www.photographyrealm.co.uk</span><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Some work can be seen on FB page http://www.facebook.com/VasilisaPR</span><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong id="internal-source-marker_0.8108002122025937" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />You have been doing the Urban Escrima Hyde Park training sessions right? How is that going?</strong>I enjoy our sessions. Most of my training is gym based and doing Escrima in the Hyde Park is very pleasant.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Are you currently training in any other martial arts? Have you trained in anything before?</strong><strong id="internal-source-marker_0.8108002122025937" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></strong>I am into Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Also, recently, I started traditional Japanese Jiu Jitsu.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Because a friend was running his own club and I was invited to check it out, after 2 or 3 weeks it started making sense to me and I got hooked so I can say I am glad that I was invited.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">Hi, my name is Amy from Germany. I am a musician and I sing for a hardcore<span id="more-218" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></span> punk band called Pettybone and I am also a vegan pastry chef and ceramicist:)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">I have been training in Escrima for roughly 10 months or so and I am now 2<sup style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">nd</sup> grade. Previously I trained in Wu Shu Kwan (Chinese Kickboxing) for 3 years achieving brown belt.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">I was attracted to Escrima as it teaches you self defense in real life situations, where you become familiar with using armed and unarmed concepts that help you become more streetwise and confident.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">I enjoy working with sticks and learning disarm techniques as well as practicing unarmed scenarios.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">It has made me become more streetwise, more confident and also more fitter as it involves quit a lot of movement.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">Try to avoid the attack and do a runner <img alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" src="http://www.urbanescrima.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Those of you inspired to to get fit or learn something new are welcome to come along to Urban Escrima classes for some energetic, fun training sessions. We are just a short journey from the Olympic Park. See the Contact Us page for details.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For more information about the London Games check the following link:</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.london2012.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">www.london2012.com</span></a><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.urbanescrima.com
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/44805369">Chrissy B Show - Learn To Defend Yourself</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/uckgtv">UCKG TV Production</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">Urban Escrima will be featured on Sky TV's channel 219, 'The Chrissy B Show' on Wednesday 20th June 9.30pm-10.30pm, where we explain and demonstrate scenario based self defence.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">Thanks to Barbara Be and Adam for the opportunity to show the effectiveness of Escrima Concepts, also thank you to Amy and Nacho for helping out and to London Fields Fitness Studio for letting us use their space :)</span><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.urbanescrima.com
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Please check out <a href="http://www.senishow.com/">www.senishow.com</a> for full details of the whole Expo.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here are a few of the treats in store: Karate, Taekwondo, Fencing, Chi Sau, Amateur MMA, BJJ, NO GI, Judo, Capoeira Campeonato, Kurash, Wu Shu, Freestyle Wrestling, Escrima, BTC Team Championships.</span><br />
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