Saturday, 12 March 2011
Tuesday, 8 March 2011
Women and Escrima?
We were recently sent an email asking whether Escrima is a suitable martial art for women. We believe that Escrima without doubt, is perhaps one of the most suited martials arts for women. There are numerous factors for this, however to keep the response brief we will outline 2 main points.
Escrima is all about movement, if you get hit, you move, as opposed to other martial arts which say "if you get hit, do this technique", this invariably leads to a wrestling match and whoever is the strongest will possibly win. Escrima, does not play this dangerous game. We teach people to move and attack, move and attack, move and attack. Escrima is in many ways a pre-emptive martial art, we anticipate what our attacker is planning and feed off that before the attack is actually carried out. If the attack is unsuspected, we use body mechanics to get out of a difficult situation, a small framed person with the correct knowledge can therefore easily escape an attack.
And perhaps one of the most overlooked aspects of martial arts is weapon use. Weapons are very common in society, and their use is on the increase. It is not realistic to assume that "if someone grabs you here, you do this". This is simply unrealistic and puts the "victim" at even more danger, believing that the self-defence they have been taught will work, chances are it won't. We teach weapon use, not only for you to become proficient at weapons, but for you to learn how to deal with a weapon attack. To have some knowledge of weapons may be your best chance of self protection!
Escrima is all about movement, if you get hit, you move, as opposed to other martial arts which say "if you get hit, do this technique", this invariably leads to a wrestling match and whoever is the strongest will possibly win. Escrima, does not play this dangerous game. We teach people to move and attack, move and attack, move and attack. Escrima is in many ways a pre-emptive martial art, we anticipate what our attacker is planning and feed off that before the attack is actually carried out. If the attack is unsuspected, we use body mechanics to get out of a difficult situation, a small framed person with the correct knowledge can therefore easily escape an attack.
And perhaps one of the most overlooked aspects of martial arts is weapon use. Weapons are very common in society, and their use is on the increase. It is not realistic to assume that "if someone grabs you here, you do this". This is simply unrealistic and puts the "victim" at even more danger, believing that the self-defence they have been taught will work, chances are it won't. We teach weapon use, not only for you to become proficient at weapons, but for you to learn how to deal with a weapon attack. To have some knowledge of weapons may be your best chance of self protection!
Monday, 7 March 2011
Escrima Concepts
All of the The Escrima Club Instructors have trained and continue to train under the Escrima Concepts system. Escrima Concepts is the foundation of everything we do with weapons and our understanding of weapons is borne from many years of hard work, toil and fun under the tutelage of Paul Leslie, Master Steve Tappin and Wayne Tappin. With The Escrima Club, we strive to promote Escrima Concepts to as wide an audience as we possibly can.
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New Escrima Club class
We are very please to announce that we are starting a new Escrima Club class in Hackney. The class will take place on Wednesdays at 8.30 at the London Fitness Studio, in London Fields Hackney. We are very pleased to be working with London Fields Fitness and feel that this provides us with an opportunity to expand Escrima outside of its usual student base.
Escrima Concepts seminar - London January 2011
What a great start to the year. Escrima Concepts held their first seminar of the year in Chingford, North East London. The seminar was well represented with instructors and students from all over Europe. The seminar, conducted by Master Steve Tappin, Wayne Tappin and Paul Leslie, provided an excellent opportunity to train with a variety of people from different martial arts backgrounds. We look forward with anticipation to the next one!
Saturday, 5 March 2011
Welcome to new Combat Centre | The Escrima Club Blog
Introducing martial arts, self protection and self defence to all in London. Specialising in Escrima Concepts and teaching escrima to both genders and all shapes and sizes. Escrima Concepts will teach you weapons and unarmed self protection. Proving vitally effective and realistic in todays society.
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