South West Rope Dojo

5-week Self-defence course’s
Running on Mondays 6.30-7.30pm at the Red and Black Club in Tavistock starting on Monday 1st November.
Running on Thursdays from 8.10pm at Bere Alston Parish Hall in the meeting room starting Thursday 4th November.
10 spaces available, cost £30 for the course
Delivered by an experience Self-Defence and Martial Arts instructor teaching everything you need to know that isn’t taught on most Self-Defence courses
We’re going to cover
• Why people become victims
• Situational awareness
• Some basic conflict management
• How to get help
• What is reasonable force, if you don’t understand this, you’re not able to justify acting in self-defence
• Disengagement from hair pulls, clothing grabs, strangles, write grabs, head locks and bear hugs
• Self-defence at work
• Strikes
Course run by Steve, who is a Btec Self-defence qualified instructor. Steve also delivers courses in conflict management and challenging behaviour, whist teaching martial arts for over 16 years.
For more information, please contact Steve, email [email protected], text 07773863518

Full reasons why i believe its right to not reopen gyms and indoor martial arts at the moment. Please have a listen.

Extended full version on why its not yet time for martial arts classes and gyms to re-open. by Risk assessments during covid-19 reopening • A podcast on Anchor Looking at ppe, difficulties with ppe, young people and why were not ready for indoor exercise venues.

Quick over view on Boris’s announcement yesterday on gyms and indoor martial arts trainer a longer more detailed on going up later. This is the teaser.

Gyms and martial arts not re-opening on 4th July by Risk assessments during covid-19 reopening • A podcast on Anchor A breif overview on my thoughts as a therapist, pt, martial arts coach on gyms and indoor martial arts training not being able to re-open. Longer details version going up later to explain reasons why its the right decision.

A little hojo practice in class last night. First practice for a while.

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Petition: Allow Martial Arts to be on the GCSE/A Level syllabus. Martial arts such as judo, taekwondo and karate have been dropped from approved activities as part of the GCSE and A Level curriculum. Martial arts promote self discipline, self confidence, respect as well as an excellent way to improve all round fitness and not to mention teaching self defence.

A little bit about why Hojojutus was used

Defining the Science of Rope Arrests Hojojutsu Part 1 — Classical Martial Arts “In hojōjutsu, you seize the individual and bind them with rope, other names are torinawajutsu (取縄術), hojōjutsu (捕縛術), r…

some great pic's of hojo-justus taken from Taran's research

Another image I compiled when I first created this page back in 2011. Like others from this page I have seen it floating round the internet for a long time now, but this was the original source B|

This compilation depicts the initial arrest of various individuals using Hayanawa methods (Note the short length of rope fitted with a Hebiguchi / Jakuguchi) following their capture with the use of Torimono-Sandogu (Sasumata, Tsukubo, Sodegarami) or Jujtsu like grappling.

A great example form Taran demonstraining some Hojo-jutus

One of the first images I compiled when I founded this page back in 2011.

Since then I have seen this floating around the internet a great deal, but this is the original source B|