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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Qualifications:
OCFM International Coach
6thDan Karate Jutsu
Europe's Leading Authority on Acupressure Points and their relationship to the Martial Arts
Inducted into the World Martial Arts Hall of Fame 2000
EFC Martial Artist of the Year 2000
4th Dan Ryu Kyu Kempo Karate
4th Dan Kick Boxing
3rd Dan Torite Jutsu
Instructor at Door Supervisor Courses
Instructor at Police Training Courses
Registered Self Protection Instructor ~ British Combat Association (BCA)
Senior Instructor British Combat Association
Former Trainer to the Cyprus National Thai Boxing Team
Professional Fighters Trainer
Areas of Speciality: Kata / Form Analysis and Breakdown, Players to the Game, Power
generation, Pressure Points and Self Protection.
Russell Stutely has also produced a wide variety of Martial Arts Videos that have been
distributed all over the World. He has been acknowledged as the leading authority on Kata
Bunkai in Europe.
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I have dedicated my life to the furtherance of knowledge for all Martial Artists,
regardless of grade or style. Russell Stutely
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Over the years I have been fortunate enough to meet and train with some of the UK's and
indeed the World's foremost Instructors / Seminar Instructors / Trainers and MA practitioners.
During this period I have also been fortunate enough to learn what I previously considered to be
well beyond my capabilities. For this I am eternally grateful.
However, I am also deeply worried and saddened by what I have learnt.
For years I was happy to do the same class week in, week out. Happy to march up and down in
lines, happy to do Kata and happy to do some Kumite. We were quite content to intensify the
training leading up to Gradings and / or competitions and push ourselves to what we thought
were the limits.
We were all gloriously happy in what we thought was Martial Arts, what we thought was real
Shotokan Martial Arts. We were told that Shotokan was about the best there is, and we were
happy to accept that, indeed so was I.
I / we were quite happy to accept that our Martial Arts would work for us in the street if we
needed it. Even though, at the time, several of my friends were bouncers and I knew deep down
that what I was doing would not work against them. Still , I kept training the same way. Even
though I knew it would not work. The thing is, I was HAPPY doing it and so probably are you!
Now, here is the problem... Does that story sound familiar to you? Do you know that deep down
what you are doing will never stand up to the venom and ferocity of a real attack? Are you
kidding yourself? More importantly, are you an Instructor who is kidding others by teaching the
same old stuff?
I mean to shock with this Training Manual. I mean to offend people. I mean to offend the Martial
Arts Do World. I mean to take you away from your comfort zone!
Firstly, I want you to leave aside personal likes / dislikes. What I am about to write is not a
personal attack on any person or any system. It is an attack on a mindset that is potentially life
threatening for those involved in it. If this offends you, then you are part of it.
Now, ask yourself some questions. Why did you start Martial Arts? According to all the statistics
most people started for Self Defence and / or fitness. These reasons are changing with the
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advent of Full Time Centres that are more biased to the personal development skills that Martial
Arts can and indeed does bring. But, they are another matter!
So, most people started for self-defence and / or fitness. What has been the result of those
years of training? Are you more able to defend yourself? Are you much fitter? You may well
think that you are, because you have reached a Dan grade in whatever you do. But let me tell
you, you are not!
If you have reached Dan Grade in say Shotokan, you will probably have become totally
institutionalised in that system, the same with Wado / Kung Fu / TKD etc. You will automatically
go into long, deep stances. You will bounce up and down in Kumite. You will automatically put
one hand at Hikite for no apparent reason. You will think that your reverse punch is a fight
stopper because it works in Competition. You could have reached Dan grade without EVER
having hit a pad or a bag, let alone a person.
You will be under the impression that your Jodan Mawashageri will work; you will think it is right
to step in front of your supporting leg when performing Yokogeri. You will be under the
impression that your back kick will work against anybody; your lunge punch will finish the fight
just like it did in last week's competition. You will do more and more Kata for no apparent reason
other than to learn another Kata!
Why, will you think this? Because your Instructor told you. His Instructor told him. And yes, his
Instructor told him.... And so on and so forth ti ll we get back to the villain of the piece. TheInstructor that started it all, whoever he may be.
Deep down, you know all this is wrong. What possible purpose does Kata serve in a fight? What
possible way can you land a spinning reverse roundhouse kick in a fight? Why would you
bounce up and down in a fighting stance for a fight on the street?
OK, I hear you say, what makes you think all this is wrong? What qualifies you to say that we
are wrong? We have Instructors with 7th / 8th or even 9th Dans from Japan that do not agree? It
has always been taught this way for hundreds of years? This is real Martial Arts.
Well, I say "Wake up and smell the Coffee!". Firstly I want you to think of every rule that there is
in a Kumite competition..no biting for example, no groin kicks etc etc etc. Now, we have a fight,
you stick to the rules and I GUARANTEE I will break every rule there is. I have just increased
my chances of winning 1000%!!
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Kumite, teaches you to stick to the rules.
Kihon teaches you terrible Body Mechanics
Kata teaches you Kata
These people are perpetuating the myth that Martial Arts in its present state works! Are you
dumb enough to believe them?
People sometimes say to me, "I have been training 25 years!".. That is often true.. But they
have been doing year 5 for the last 20 of them!
Just be sensible for a moment, ask a friend with no knowledge of the Martial Arts to look at what
you do and to give an honest opinion. What will you say when they ask you what the moves are
for in your Kata? What will you say when they ask why you put one hand on your hip and leave
yourself open to attack when you do a reverse punch?
Then have a spar with a boxer and try and use your "One punch one kill" Martial Arts punches
and see what happens. Have a training session with a Boxer and see how fit you really are.
When I start this argument, people bring up names of famous Martial Artists as "proof" that
Martial Arts works. Well, these people are making it work in spite of Martial Arts not because of
it! They could probably make Tiddlywinks work!
Now, I want you to look at your Instructor at the next training session, is he making all these
mistakes and more? Is he perpetuating this myth? It is more than likely not his fault, don't blame
him, he has become institutionalised. Martial Arts is more like a "cult" than some cults. Students
and Instructors blindly following the words of some "demi-god" in charge of their association,
who is the most guilty of all, as he is the one who has perpetuated the myth to all those below
him.
People are going to write and / or call me up and shout about the exceptions to the above. Of
course there are exceptions, I am not getting at those who do not follow the myth. However,
look at yourself and the system and the main Instructors within that system with a critical eye
BEFORE you make that call or write that letter.
You need to ask yourself ONE VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION. "Would you bet your life on
what your Instructor has just taught you?" If you hesitate for one moment, you would not. You
know that deep down it does not and will not work, the way it has been taught.
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awful troubled nightspots. There, you will learn how to create that opening that you need to land
your technique, whatever it may be.
Geoff Thompson and Peter Consterdine were instrumental in bringing to the fore the downsides
of current Martial Arts practices for the street. They were instrumental in the "pre-emptive
strike". We, as Martial Artists must be eternally grateful to these two people for that. They have
provided the solid base from which you can build and move forward.
I stated earlier that Kihons teach poor Body Mechanics and Kata teaches Kata. To rectify this, I
highly recommend that you contact The OCFM. There you will learn how your body really works
for self-defence. You will learn the real secrets contained within Kata. Go to the source, find out
the truth and decide for yourself.
This a quote from an OCFM Instructor " I used to spend 99% of my time trying to make my
Martial Arts work, now I am using Russells technology I am spending 99% of my time trying to
stop my Martial Arts from being so effective. I am losing training partners!" Be honest with
yourself, when was the last time you had to deliberately reduce your capabilities by 99%? I don't
mean by not taking a cheap shot against a compliant training partner either!
When I first publically stated the above at Seminars and in the Martial Arts Press I seemed to
upset quite a few people, well that was a complete success then I thought to myself. I struck a
nerve. I annoyed many Instructors.
I have had Instructors call me and challenge me to a fight; others called just to argue their case.
I had students call me and tell me how great their Instructor is and how he could beat me up if
he really wanted to, but he was a true Martial Artists and would not stoop to that level. I had
other students call me and tell me that their Instructor had simply told them that I was wrong and
that Martial Arts does work and that they should pay no attention to my Training Manuals.
I am so pleased with what has happened. I shall tell you why. It means that there are now many
more Instructors who are worried about what they are teaching and ots more students who have
had the nerve to question their Instructor!
Now, if each Instructor has say 30 students, that means thousands of people may begin to
question their art, may begin to look at what they really want from it. A very small start you may
say... well it reminds me of a story.
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When the Berlin wall came down and then Russia split into its various states, Mikhail Gorbachev
was asked how he changed the mindset of the whole of Russia.
"It was easy" he said, " I only had to change the mind of one man, Ronald Reagan. When he
was convinced that Russia was friendly, he convinced America. Then when America was
friendly, it was easy to convince the Russian people!"
So, in the same vein, if one Instructor changes his attitude, it could well affect the whole of
Martial Arts!
Make that difference! Change your attitude!
Now, on to how we can make Martial Arts work for the street.
As I stated earlier, you have to earn the right to land your technique! How do we earn that right?
How do we put ourselves in a position to make things work? How do we land our devastating
right hook or our devastating roundhouse kick?
The answer lies in the understanding of Body Alarm Reaction (BAR). Over the years, people
such as Geoff Thompson and Peter Consterdine have written detailed accounts of the
"Chemical Cocktail" all the fears and adrenal releases that occur pre-fight, during fight and after
fight.
They have talked and explained how the use of Action triggers can help alleviate some / many
of these problems. They are 100% right in what they have said and the solution they have
brought to the table.
I specialise in the teaching of Principles (what we call Players to the Game), BAR being one of
the 90+ that I actively teach. BAR adds to the effectiveness of the action triggers that Peter and
Geoff have espoused for so many years.
It is difficult to put across what is meant by this, and to appreciate the effectiveness of BAR in
the written word. However, as they say, feeling is believing. Any one, who has trained BAR with
us, knows exactly what I mean.
BAR can be used pre-emptively or reactively. It puts shock into your opponent at such a high
level, that usually the body just can't take it. Put another way, your opponent has decided to
start a fight with you / attack you. He has gone through all the mental trauma so superbly
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described by Peter and Geoff over the years. He has gone through that decision process. He
has weighed up the options, the consequences and your abilities. He has decided he can beat
you. He now sees the light at the end of the tunnel. However, what he thinks is the light at the
end of the tunnel is really the Headlight of you coming straight at him! That is BAR. You are
playing shock ping-pong.
The moment a threat occurs you launch into BAR response, again either pre-emptively or
reactively, it works just as well either way.
Then, you have earned the right to land your technique. Then and only then, can you do your
roundhouse kick / right hook / Kata Bunkai or whatever it is that floats your boat.
Techniques can now be analysed correctly, Kata now makes sense. How the Body works is
now just as important as doing loads more reps. Training smarter is better than training harder,
training harder and smarter is the best way to train.
Many Martial Artists have taken advantage of the huge amount of information out there on the
Internet, Message Boards, Discussion groups etc that abound these days. The volumes of
videos, seminars, training camps and Training Manuals that are available. These Martial Artists
have done themselves a huge favour, as they have improved themselves and probably at the
same time improved whatever art they practice.
It has also become apparent that too much in the MA is made difficult to understand, overlycomplex. Many people are adding to their syllabus to ensure that their students do not catch up
with them too quickly! Our work as Instructors, especially as full t ime Instructors, is to make our
students much better than we are.
Too many Instructors still have this age old problem of ego, we all have one of course, but it
must be kept under control. Instructors do not have to be the best in the club at every aspect of
training, they have to be the best at teaching, not doing.
To put it another way, some fight Instructors are expected to be better fighters than the fighters
they are training. This is ludicrous, if they were, then they would be fighting, not training! Manny
Steward does not beat up Klitschko before he sends him out to fight. He is a Boxing Coach!
This is where I think the mistakes have been made. In the MA we all want to be Instructors and
not many people want to be a Coach!
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I have been fortunate enough to train with Eddie Stokes and Peter Consterdine on many
occasions, Eddie too many times! Eddie has been working the doors all this time and has
recently returned from a 4 month tour of Iraq. His level of knowledge and experience in Combat
is second to none.
I have been very lucky to have trained with Eddie so regularly. Any of you that have met him will
appreciate just how good he is. This training, combined with what I learnt from Peter and Rick
Moneymaker has been invaluable to say the least.
Eddie has been a complete role model for me in the Martial Arts. Train hard but teach soft.
Eddie, is the epitome of a great Coach. This type of training brought myself and Eddie to many
conclusions. We knew that Self Defence should be simple and easy to learn, but we also knew
that the Old Masters kept saying that to truly understand Martial Arts and especially Kata took a
lifetimes study.
This seems at first to be a major contradiction. But, like many things, first impressions are not
always what they seem. Both myself and Eddie took the step about 7 years ago to teach SD
first and then people can learn the art as they go along, if they want to. This led to many things,
as a business, forget it, you hardly have any students. But for quality of students and people,
you cant beat it.
I remember saying to all the people that I taught, that I considered myself a coach. Eddie was
the one out there proving what we taught worked, week in and week out, as were the multitudeof Doormen etc that came to train with us. People like Jez Thorpe, Tony Bruno and Steve
Wallbank, all former Doormen and now coaches within our umbrella.
Now, back to that paradox of making the MA simple yet incorporating a lifetimes of study. How
can it be achieved? Has it been done before? What will happen to our system?
Of course this has happened before. It has happened with every single MA out there. Every
single one has been simplified from where it was, made easier than it once was. The knowledge
of the art has become much more superficial. Lifetimes study to truly understand Kata has lost
its real meaning. It does not mean, keep training till you can perform the Kata correctly all the
way through and score 10 out of 10 from every judge. It means, it takes a l ifetimes study to truly
understand why every move is made and what it is really for. Now, maybe in the old days with
slow communications it took a lifetime, but not now. We can be anywhere in the World in a day,
back then it took a day to travel 30 miles.
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This simplification that has happened in for example Shotokan, has resulted in a system with 3
or 4 punches, 7 or 8 kicks, a few blocks, a few stances and a load of Kata. Which, for the
majority, is just combinations of the above in a set order. Is that really a lifetimes study? To put
this into perspective, about 15 years ago I was watching a tape with all 26 Shotokan Kata on.
My sister, a Dance Teacher, saw it and said that it looked real easy to learn. I told her she knew
nothing about the MA and not to be so silly, as these Kata are known by only the very top
people who have taken years to learn them. She replied, with I could learn them in a week.
The bet was on. I lost, convincingly. She performed them superbly well. No in depth knowledge,
but the performance of the moves was beyond reproach!
Does this sound like a watering down to you? The performance of the moves is there, but with
no depth of knowledge. A perfect singer, singing in a foreign language. Hitting all the right notes,
but not understanding a word!
There has never been a better time in the MA to learn more, never been a time with so much
information, never been a time with so many multi talented Instructors out there. Yet, with all this
wealth of information, the vast majority of MA Schools have simplified still further. Now, no Kata
in Martial Arts is quite normal. Many Schools are teaching Kick Boxing, most of which neither
Box nor Kick correctly. They are merely over simplified versions of a simplified version of Martial
Arts.
The problem is, people have mistaken simplicity for no need to fully understand what you are
doing. There is a MASSIVE difference between the two. Take a superb Boxer, Herol Graham,for example. His depth of knowledge is amazing. He can explain exactly how and why every
part of your body is positioned for the best execution of each and every punch. That statement
sounds simple. But read it again. How and Why every part of the body is the key.
A simple statement, easily overlooked, easily misinterpreted, but that statement encapsulates
everything required to attack correctly, whilst keeping yourself defended. Read it again to make
sure you understand.
Now, onto our own syllabus, detailed later in this Training Manual. On the surface it seems
ludicrously simple. The execution of it, in fact is designed to be simple for the beginner. But, as
you read into it more and more, you see how it is alive with every aspect of the MA that is
required. This is the key to any syllabus.
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How do we stop it from being watered down? Simple. There are checks and balances in place
to ensure that the required standards are met. Not your typical wait x amount of years between
grades. It is a simple case of, you can either do it or not, you can either teach it or not.
That is why we have only students or Coaches, not Instructors, but Coaches. Each coach must
be verified by senior coaches and the more senior the coach then the more senior the
verification. Stop training and after a short period of time, you lose your certification. Each
Coach is certified for one year at a time. As long as they keep training and maintain their
standards, they are automatically renewed. Stop training or drop your standards and you are no
longer certified, simple as that.
Too many Black Belts reach 1st Dan and stop training. Then they are awarded grades by
friends and colleagues in the Industry and reach high Dan levels with no checks and balances
on their actual teaching ability or depth of knowledge. Putting in the years is NO EXCUSE, in
fact, many years training with no depth of knowledge is an even worse crime!
Now, back to the watered down bit. This lack of in depth knowledge is the real problem within
the Martial Arts. The sad thing is, that during this period of time in the MA there is no reason for
such a lack of understanding. There is simply so much information available.
Lets analyse Boxing for a moment, 4 punches, one stance and a few blocks. Slip, slide, bob,
weave, pivot and duck. Doesnt sound like too much to learn, does it? On a boxing coaching
course, they actually teach this in two weekends and voila, you are a boxing coach.
But, to truly understand how and why all those component parts can be fused together, takes
years and years of study. How to fight off the ropes, get out of a corner, cope with the various
types of fighters. This, simple subject on paper, is suddenly mind bogglingly massive in terms of
information. Suddenly, there is too much to learn!
Now, add in all the kicks of Kick Boxing, the knees and elbows of Thai, the throws and
takedowns of Ju Jitsu, the groundwork of Judo/BJJ, put it all together and you suddenly have an
unbelievable amount of information to digest and learn.
No wonder many Instructors take the easy path and just learn the basics and do not bother to
even try and learn the hows and whys. No wonder, there is a plethora of Schools teaching Kick
Boxing and yet they do not have a clue about the various elements, that make up a true system.
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To apply locks correctly for example, you should have a good working knowledge of levers,
points of balance, body structure, body physics, body dynamics, pressure points etc.
To strike correctly you need to know how your own body is balanced, how to position your body
for maximum impact, how to deliver the strike with speed, power, timing and accuracy, whilst at
the same time keeping balance, defence and structural integrity.
So much to learn, it seems impossible to have a deep knowledge of all this. In fact, you would
be surprised, it is much easier than you think. Do not take the easy way out and have a
superficial knowledge of your art. Delve deep into it, not the history, but how and why
techniques work.
I have spent the last 12 years of my MA life, doing just that. Analysing every constituent part of
techniques and learning how and why they are done in a certain fashion. This gives you a true
understanding of what you are doing.
This is called principle based training. The vast majority of students and Instructors are taught
on a technique based method. A monkey see monkey do method if you like.
If you are in a class or teaching a class of 50-60 students, it is difficult to teach correct principle
based methods. Much easier to have everyone in l ines, copying the Instructor. Think about it for
a moment, how do you really train?
This Training Manual will
explain how!
This Training Manual is designed with one thing in mind as per the title, exposing the hidden
secrets of Martial Arts. For anything to work it has to be simple in operation. There may well be
a wealth of knowledge and expertise behind what is working, but the actual performance MUST
be simple.
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All the information contained in this Training Manual has been proven to work time and time
again with a very high percentage success rate. That is the best you can hope for in any
encounter. Nothing is perfect and nothing works all of the time on all of the people.
But something that works 90+% of the time on 90+% of the people has to be a good thing,
especially if it is learnable within a few hours or even minutes of training.
Obviously, this Training Manual is designed as a training aid. It should be used in conjunction
with your training and not stand alone. Although in some cases the information contained in
here has been used as a stand alone procedure by many people with just as high a percentage
of success.
I highly recommend that you train each part of this Training Manual as detailed. You will
definitely increase your Martial Arts skills tremendously.
Remember, fighting skills are NOT self defence skills. Never make a self defence situation a
fight. The other guy might be a much better fighter than you. He could be a highly skilled
grappling Champion and you have just tried a fancy takedown and been taken to the floor as
well. In that case, you lose and lose big!
Keep it self defence at all times as per the sequences in this Training Manual and you should
fare very well compared to having a fight. A fight is when it has all gone wrong, which is where
your training comes in.
Many times over the years, people have asked me How come you can know so much about
the Martial Arts, how and why it works, how and why the body works and so many Techniques?
The answer is really quite simple, it is in principle based training as opposed to technique based
training. This is discussed in greater length later on in this Training Manual. Principle based
training was first shown to me by Grand Master Rick Moneymaker of the Dragon Society
International, who remains to this day, the one person I have to blame for setting me on the right
path. Its all your fault Rick!
Enjoy the Course
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Before this Training Manual starts proper, there are some issues that need clearing up first.
Where do certain parts of the Martial Arts overlap with others? When does my Martial Arts start
to become more like Ju Jitsu or Kick Boxing? Where does self defence training fit into all this?
What training attire should I use? Is it bad manners not to train in a Gi? My personal view on this
is quite clear. I train in a Gi when I do not want to ruin my T Shirt and shorts. I use a Gi for some
groundwork as it can take the pounding, pulling etc. I use a Gi top for takedowns etc as it does
not rip. That and formality of an occasion is the only reason I wear a Gi.
The biggest secret of Martial Arts is that it encompasses all of the attributes you expect from
every Martial Art. If you truly understand your Martial Arts, you will see that it includes: Self
Defence, Fitness & Conditioning, Power Generation, locks, chokes, strangles, grappling,
pressure Points, Body Physics / Dynamics and a thorough understanding of how and why the
body works and responds to various stimuli.
The MOST IMPORTANT SECRET of Martial Arts is that it is taught back to front by almost
every single Association in the World. Yes, I said back to front, they teach it all the wrong way
round. You are taught at first what you should be taught last, and taught last that which you
should be taught first!
All Martial Artists are taught the basic techniques first, followed by Kata and then more intricate
techniques and Kumite. Then later on at Black Belt level, they start to analyse Kata or want to
just know why the hell they have been doing Kata anyway. Then they learn some Self Defence
techniques and try to apply the basic techniques to these scenarios. Well, that DOES NOTWORK! Wake up and smell the coffee! YOU MUST learn self defence first and techniques etc
later. You must learn how your body works first and apply that knowledge later. You must learn
to hit very hard first and where to hit later!
I am very well known for Pressure Points in the Martial Arts and being able to breakdown any
Kata move from any system and give viable street effective Bunkai for that move. I do not know
every Kata out there. I do not know every move out there. BUT, I understand HOW and WHY
the body works and moves. This information alone can unlock the secrets to 90% of your Kata.
So, this Training Manual works in the order that you need to teach you the Hidden Secrets of
Martial Arts
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The order of things
Rather than the usual layout of chapters etc within a Training Manual. I have set out to
introduce you to the secrets of Martial Arts in the order that they are learnt. There are
no chapters because not one of these phases ever actually stops. The more you learn,
then the more you go back to the beginning and start again. The more you add to that
which you already know. This is one of the main Secrets of Martial Arts.
All Martial Artists should be taught the following BEFORE anything else: How to Box! Plain and
simple, how to Box. These four punches and the relevant defences against and stances etc take
a lifetime to master anyway. Just when you know how to use them properly, your reflexes have
slowed and you get beat by the younger faster guy. The balance, co-ordination, t iming, sparring,
technique of Boxing is paramount. Was not ancient Kung Fu called Chinese Boxing?
If you dont know how to Box then either I or my National Boxing Coach, Herol Bomber
Graham will help you. You MUST put in the practice time though!
Then, add in your Kicks, Knees and elbows and various other strikes within your system. This is
all done at the same time as you are learning your self defence, BAR, Palm Down etc. Every
time you have a new technique, low roundhouse kick for example, you add that to your SD
Training, your BAR Training and of course your Palm Down Training.
I hope you can see how this is all co-ordinated now?
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It Might Look the Same ~ But it aint!
I want you to think about the following for a while before you take any action. Have a good long
think and try to remember similar occasions in your own training. That is exactly what I did and it
helped me to improve tremendously.
How many times have you looked at what people are doing and thought to yourself we do that
or thats in our system as well. Many times at seminars when teaching a lock for example,
attendees have come up to me and said we do this lock in our system.
My usual reply is Good, you should be, let me see what you are doing with it. Then I look at
what they are doing and yes they are doing the same lock but it aint the same effect!
It may look the same, but it aint! By utilising the principles of leverage, body mechanics,
fulcrums, bases and pressure points, then locks can be made much more effective. To an
onlooker it may look the same, but to the person being locked, it is completely different!
Lets take a look at a reverse punch for example. Most systems are almost identical in terms of
delivery of this straightforward punch. The vast majority of MAs punching in very much the
same way. Again, to the onlooker, they all look the same and in the main, they feel the same on
impact.
Then, hold the pad for someone like Peter Consterdine or Peter Holmes or indeed any of my
National / International Coaches. The impact is completely different! Again, it may look the
same, but it aint! Peter Holmes literally punched straight through an ethafoam pad on 3
separate occasions. For those of you that have trained with these pads, you know how
impactive that punch must have been! Peter, in fact punched through one pad whilst we were
making our waveform video a few years ago.
These same impactive effects are found in other techniques, such as a slap, Hammerfist, low
roundhouse, hook, uppercut and headbutt. Why is it, that these techniques look the same as a
mainstream MA technique, but they feel so different?
This is not to say that all MAs who study Martial Arts, TKD, WC etc cant hit hard or kick hard,
of course some guys out there hit very hard indeed. The real problem, lies in the incorrect use of
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body mechanics / dynamics / physics. The vast majority of TMAs are taught to strike in a
manner that does not make the best use of their potential.
There, I put that as politically correct as I could possibly think of! It is this simple, if you do not
move your body correctly, then you will lose power and impact. It might look like what someone
else is doing, but it will not feel like it!
It is at this point in a discussion, that many MAs start reeling off names of people in their art that
can hit hard and are real tough etc. My usual retort is So what, have they taught you and your
training colleagues to be as good? Have they shown you the difference between what they
are doing and what you are doing? Or was it another, train harder, train harder command?
The important point I am making here is that it is vitally important that you are taught how to
generate power correctly in a strike. It is vitally important that you are taught how to apply locks
correctly. It is vitally important that you are taught how to unbalance your opponent properly,
making that throw or takedown extremely easy.
If you are trying like mad to hit hard and it is not working, then you are doing it wrong.
If you have to use loads of power to make a lock devastatingly painful, then you are doing it
wrong.
If you have to use loads of strength to takedown or throw, then you are doing it wrong.
There is no way to sugar coat this, no way to hide from this. Deep down you know it is true, but
it is sometimes very difficult to admit to yourself and even more so to admit it openly. Especially
if you are a Dan Grade already or an Instructor. Or even if you are a fighter!
Now, natural skills and abilities and will to win, may get you through as a fighter for example.
You may be so conditioned, so dedicated that your opponent will have to kill you to beat you.
So, these attributes may help to overcome your lack of punching power, your difficulties
applying locks, the massive amount of energy you use up trying lo takedown or throw your
opponent.
How many times have we seen Boxers with consummate defensive skills, but lack any type of
power for their weight? Then, someone else in the same division, punching the same way (or so
it looks) K.Os everyone! Again, it looks the same, but it aint!
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What is that devastating puncher doing, that the other Boxer is not? What is the difference
between a punch from Peter Holmes, Peter Consterdine and most TMAs?
The answer lies in the correct use of Body mechanics / dynamics and physics. It is the small,
subtle yet devastating differences in the technique that make all the difference.
What is the difference between your attempts at throws and that seminar Instructor that gets the
biggest uke up and tosses him around like a rag doll?
What is the difference between your locks and that Seminar Instructor that drops people with
the slightest touch?
Whats the difference between your trapping and that Seminar Instructor that traps and stops
the opponent in his tracks and has him totally off balance?
It may all look the same, but it aint!
I have lost count of the number of times people have told me that they have pressure points in
their system and they know them. There is a massive difference between knowing where a point
is located and being able to make it work!
It may look the same, but it aint
The fundamental flaw that I am pointing out to you, is the fact that most of these mistakes are
due to only having a fleeting / basic understanding of the techniques and / or the way the body
works.
A reverse punch for example, the way it is usually taught, is fundamentally flawed in that much
of your power is lost in the incorrect use of the hips and the withdrawing hand.
The way to really improve your MA, is not to train harder, but to train smarter. You must learn
how and why a technique works to truly understand it and make it your own.
You must learn the principles that make up a technique so that you can analyse it and correct
your own mistakes.
To do this, you must utilise principle based training and definitely not technique based training.
Learning principles is like learning the formulas in mathematics. Learning techniques is like
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trying to learn and remember all the answers! You may get the same answers a few times. It
may look the same again, but it aint!
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Do you train hard or train hard and smart?
Over the last 10 or so years I have been very fortunate to meet some of the Worlds most gifted
and talented Martial Artists. I have been even more fortunate to train with these people, learn
from them and become friends with them.
During this period my training routines have been heavily influenced by the likes of Peter
Consterdine, Herol Bomber Graham, Eddie Stokes and of course Grand Master Rick
Moneymaker.
These training methods have enabled me to improve much quicker than previously in all areas
of my Martial Arts. Just because I am well known for Pressure Points does not mean that I do
not train in other areas as well!
I always thought I trained fairly hard till I trained with Peter Consterdine. It was then that I
realised I needed to up my training regime considerably. Thanks for that Peter! Still not forgiven
you! I must say that Peter Consterdine has been an absolute inspiration to me in many ways. I
consider myself very fortunate to have met and trained with such a genuine person as Peter. A
true Martial Artist in every sense of the word and one of the hardest and smartest trainers you
will ever see!
Grand Master Rick Moneymaker introduced me to principle based training as opposed to
technique based. Rick totally transformed my Martial Arts. Rick Moneymaker was and is aninspiration to me like you could not believe. Always totally honest, brutally honest sometimes!
One of the Worlds greatest ever Martial Artists and a real friend.
Herol Graham showed me what it is like to train fitness and conditioning at World Class level!
What a quantum leap that is! Body sparring for one round with Herol is like doing 10 rounds with
anyone else, believe me! I still have nightmares from those sessions. Especially the 2 hour non
stop skipping sessions, when I thought it would just be 6 or 7 rounds to get warm!
How do these people get so fit and conditioned without spending 8 hours a day training? What
makes their training so different to what most of us do or most of us did?
The answer lies in how they train. Not just the sheer effort and willpower they bring to the table,
not just training very hard, but training very hard and very smart.
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The ideal way to train is to make your training specific to the tasks required. A pure Boxer for
example does not need to gain massive flexibility in the legs, does not need to train kicks, locks,
grappling etc. His training has to be geared around doing up to 12 x 3 minute rounds of non stop
action.
He needs to be supremely fit, able to keep going for long periods of time, able to make sudden
very fast, explosive, powerful movements in blitzes and all the t ime be conditioned enough to
absorb blows. He needs to keep his concentration at all time highs for three minutes at a time
and to be able to recover from near exhaustion back to ready to fight in just 60 seconds! Then
keep doing that for 11 more rounds!
So, how do we as Martial Artists adjust our training routines to get every last ounce of benefit
from every second we train? Train Smart!
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What is Smart Training?
To me, it is the best possible utilisation of your training time. How many people in a weights gym
do you see, standing around chatting? How many MAs do you see going through the motions?
How many people do you train with who are always stopping to ask a question or just to talk
trivia? This is complete time wasting.
Most of us lead very busy and hectic lives, so we must get everything we can from our training.
Firstly you decide what you want from your training. If it is purely a good all round level of
fitness, then that is what you train for. A good mix of running, circuits, bag and pad work should
sort that one out.
If you are a MA who wants to train for competition, then first write down what type of
competition, the main techniques you will use, the way the fights usually go, the timings and
when is the competition.
If it is points style stop start Kumite for example, you need to train for speed. Power is not
required if you are not going to actually hit anyone! You train your main techniques for speed
and explosiveness. You drill them like mad. Once you are nicely on the way to being warmed
up, start to make these techniques part of your warm up, then drill them, then utilise those
techniques against different training partners with increasing levels of non-compliance. Get used
to different heights, shapes, sizes of opponent. Get used to knowing your correct distancefrom each different body type. Keep away from exercises that are opposing the muscle
movement you are looking for. For example, bicep chins do not help with punching speed.
Biceps pull the arm in, not send it out. To punch fast you need lithe and strong triceps, back and
shoulder muscles.
Training at my Centre is geared towards Fighters. We have a mix of Boxers, Kick Boxers, Thai
Boxers and now we are just getting some MMA fighters. There are of course many who just
want to get fit, they do what I call White Collar Fighter Training.
We take a technique in isolation, maybe jab, cross, hook, low kick, takedown or in combination
and drill that for warm up. But make the exercise harder, bend your legs more than normal,
crouch lower than normal, move in further than normal, spring back further than normal.
When stretching, stretch in the form of the various techniques that you going to apply. This way,
your body gets used to the movement, used to being in that position. The muscle memory takes
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over eventually and your techniques become crisper and much more fluid. The other key to your
training is the old one of effort. You only get out what you put in after all. So when you train
smart you do not train easy! Still put in 100% effort all the time. It will take a few weeks before
you notice any differences to your MA ability by adopting this method, but it is well worth the
wait.
In your next Martial Arts Class, watch what is happening. Are you being taught to train smart?
Are you warming up with specific goals in mind? Are you drilling specific movements for a
specific task. Blindly going up and down in lines is NOT what I mean! The training smart
methodology is what I incorporated into my Pressure Point training. It enabled me to go from
novice to Internationally recognised as something of an authority in Pressure Point Fighting in a
relatively short period of time.
It is this training method that I am using to bring along more people in this field such as Peter
Holmes, who is destined to be one of the Worlds greatest teachers of Pressure Point
technology. Eddie Stokes utilised the self same methods to become unbelievably good at PPs.
I rate Eddie Stokes as the most complete PP fighting machine I have ever seen. His knowledge
is second to none and his ability to apply that knowledge is quite simply the best I have ever
seen, anywhere. Those that have met and trained with Eddie never forget the experience. Some
training days are etched in my memory, alongside the knuckle induced dents! People talk about
reality training. Eddie is reality training!
I am fortunate at the moment to train with various Olympic Boxers, along with fighters in otherdisciplines from all over the World. Training with these people is an inspiration and utilising the
methodologies of training smart, leads to big improvements, in short periods of time.
These same methods can be utilised to understand your Kata Bunkai correctly, your self
defence training in fact they can and should be used for any / all your training requirements.
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What is this Russell Stutely Pressure Point Course?
It is a series of One Day Courses that are designed to take the Martial Arts Instructor / Black
Belt / CIT to the next level and way beyond.
How Long will it take to become a Coach?
There are various levels of Coach, that have been detailed below. The first Level is a One Day
Course. Then there are a series of Coaching Days required to advance through the Coaching
Levels.
Can I advertise as Teaching Pressure Points?
Yes. Once you have fully completed the Course.
What are the benefits for my Martial Arts School?
There are many benefits, some of which are detailed below;
Extra Revenue from a new and LONG TERM Program
Extra Revenue from CITYou become a better Martial Artist
Extra Revenue from Seminars within your own School
You can teach your students to become better Martial Artists
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Courses & Levels
These Courses are designed to take you in a structured manner through the various Coaching
Levels. It is vital that you move from one Course to the next as quickly as possible. In this way,
you will improve your knowledge base as a Coach and by knowing more about your subject,
you will be able to enjoy all the benefits that this Course will bring to you.
Additional Requirements for Coach Recognition
First Aid
All Coaches MUST attend a reputable First Aid Course and continue with any recommended
follow up courses. Proof of course attendance MUST be logged with OCFM Head Office
BEFORE any Coaching Certificate can be issued.
Health & Safety
All Coaches MUST produce a current Health & Safety Certificate BEFORE a Coaching
authorisation can be issued.
Child Protection
All Coaches MUST produce a current Child Protection Certificate if they teach Minors.
Otherwise a confirmation letter MUST be sent BEFORE a Coaching authorisation can be
issued.
Enhanced CRB Check
All Coaches MUST produce an Enhanced CRB Check BEFORE a Coaching Authorisation can
be issued.
Insurance
Copies of suitable cover MUST be up to date and provided
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Fitness and Conditioning
This is an area of some contention. However, my personal viewpoint is that any coach should
possess a well above average level of fitness and conditioning.
Senior Coaches and above should be able to complete a 3 Mile run in less than 28 minutes.
They should also have a good working knowledge of correct warm up / down procedures,
stretching, conditioning and isolation exercises.
Anyone wishing to increase their knowledge of this aspect should contact Russell Stutely to
arrange fitness sessions / training camp or training routines etc.
Additional Points
The more senior the coach then the more fluid and flowing all the techniques should be. The
coach MUST also be able to teach to the correct level. It is imperative that the mindset is one of
a COACH and not of look at what I can do
There are also regular Training Camps and Coaching Courses available within the OCFM
network for many other Martial Arts and indeed in the OCFM Full Syllabus itself.
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Technique Enhancers (Players to The Game)
What are Players to The Game? They are the bits that make Pressure Points work properly.
Sure, you can just hit a point and get a reaction. But to truly be able to make Pressure points
work, you MUST be proficient in Players first.
Over the last 7 or 8 years many people have expressed an interest in learning the Players to
The Game or what are more accurately described as Technique Enhancers.
We have continued to teach these elements within our regular Classes and throughout the
Seminar Circuit with great success. These are ADDITIONS to that which you already know.
These can be trained in isolation in order to practice and make them a part of what you do.
Although, for the very best effect, they should be used in conjunction with as many other
Players as possible.
Over the coming Months I will try my best to explain each major Player in turn and give training
examples for you. Just ADD this to what you do and experiment with each one in turn and see if
you can gain any benefit from them. Please remember to keep power levels low in training and
to treat your training partner with the respect that you would want to be treated with.
Then, once comfortable with each Player, gradually increase the Power and take away the
compliance to a mutually acceptable level.
I have listed below the whole list of Players that are usually taught. This is an in-depth list and in
effect the Players have been broken down into Sub-Players if you like for analysis. Therefore, I
will during some explanations, lump various Players together.
These Players can, if you will, be likened to a set of principles.
Absorption of Attack ~ Go with flow
Accumulating Points
Alarm Points
Anatomy/ Physiology
Angle of attack 15,30,45,90
Associated Points
Body Positioning
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Body Type
Branch Meridians
Breath
Broken Rhythm
Color Projection
Combining Points
Connecting Points
Constructive Cycle
Cross Body Motor Reflexes
Damming of Meridian
Dan Tien ~ Lower Burner
Deep -Vs- Superficial Energy
Dermatomes
Destructive Cycle
Direction of Meridian Flow
Diurnal Cycle
Eight Meeting Points
Energetics
Entry Points
Exit Points
Extraordinary Vessels
Five Elements
Flow of MovementFocus
Four Seas Point
Inanimate Objects / Assistance
Inherence for 2nd strike
Intention
Intersection of Meridians
Kidney #1(station point )
Maintain 45 degree body angle
Mechanical Alignment: Footwork/ placement
Muscle Tearing
Neural Response
Opening the Gates (Blocking)
Perineum
Pinwheel (Blocking)
Planes of attack
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Point Location Accuracy
Power Zone
Proper Grab/Latch technique ~ "Bite"
Qi Gong Blocking (Iron Shirt)
Qi Gong for Borrowing
Qi Gong for Projection
Qi Gong for Storage
Quadrant Theory
Quickness / Personal speed
Range/ Distance/ spacing from opponent
Reversing the Cycle
Sealing the Air Gates
Sealing the Blood Gates
Sedation Points
Sinews
Small Circle Technique
Special Meeting Points
Sound Intonation
Source Points
Strength / Personal Power Level
Strike Selection (max. "vehicle" to deliver)
Structural Damage
TCM TheoryTongue (to roof of mouth)
Tonification Points
Uprooting
Vibration
Visualisation
Vitality
Wave: Diagonal/ Horizontal/ Spiral/ Vertical
Weapon First
Yin-Yang Theory
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The Syllabus
Plus, Dan Grades do NOT a Coach make. One could be a 2st Dan and at Senior Coach Level
or a 7th Dan that cant make Asst Coach level.
To ensure that standards are maintained, it is imperative that those wishing to become a Coach
train directly with a National Coach or higher as often as possible.
The RUSSELL STUTELY PRESSURE POINT BLACK BELT AND BEYOND Training Camps,
held twice a year are great times to train with many National / International Coaches.
Asst Coach
Strikes 1-4, 9, 11
Jab
Cross
Hook
Uppercut
Front Kick
Low Roundhouse
BAR 1-4
Hands up reaction to noiseGrab ~ Clap in front of face
Grab ~ slap top of head
Pre-emptive BAR to head
P Down 1-3
Basic Palm Down. Straight arms keeping distance
Above plus shin kicks
Above + go to BAR
Techniques 1-4
Gorilla Pull ~ Knock down arms / head butt or shoulder strike, grab round neck, knee to groin /
torso, pull down to floor and stomp.
Rolling Bitch Slap ~ Non stop attacks with tiger claw strikes / slaps to face.
Chin Drive 1 ~ drive chin back with jab / strike and follow up with punch to face / torso
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Strikes 5-7
Hammerfist
Slap
Elbow
BAR 5-7
Re-active BAR to head from threat
BAR + Shake
BAR + Pull head down + multiple BAR to head
Technique 5 + Variations
Gap Closer ~ block and enter, grab hold, turn head, take balance and strike
Dizzy Drill
Defender to point up to ceiling, spin round till dizzy (get the effect of being hit) and then utilise
everything learnt so far.
Balance Points
Wrist
Elbow
ShouldersHips
Head and Neck
Small of back
Knees
Ankle
Push from side
Push from front
Push from back
Creating a base to make them all work better
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Strikes 8 + 10
Leg sweep
Stamping Kick
BAR 8-10
Above + kick out leg
As above plus stomps to finish
All above both reactive and pre-emptive from all / any attacks
Balance + Slow Motion (SM) Sparring Single
Balance + SM Sparring Multiples
Technique 6+7
Flow from one to another
Waveforms Punch, Elbow, Slap, Kick, Head Butt & Hammerfist***
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Locks to wrist / elbow / shoulder
Technique 8 + 9
Rear Choke
Arm Bar
Takedowns 1-5
From outside of opponents right, your right to head, left hand to small of back and keep going
forward. Like irimi neage from Aikido
Grab head and ram knuckles into side above ear and force to the ground
Pull down on right arm at elbow balance. Overhook head with your right and sweep away legs
From in close, twist head to one side with flat of hand and overhook all the way round to your
left hand side down and behind, to ram back of head into floor.
Grab shoulder and kick out knee on opposite side whilst pulling down violently on shoulder
Application of all on the move
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Technique 10
Good working knowledge of locks to all joints
PP K.Os
St5
St6
St4
GB20
LI18
Vital Points
Eyes
Groin
Throat
Back of Head
Spine
Transitional Flow
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All the above Courses are available at a Discounted Rate to existing Coaches. We will organise
4 Courses throughout the Year for our Coaches. To obtain your Coaching Authorisation,
attendance and completion of the above is Mandatory. There are no exceptions to this.
Enhanced CRB Check
All Coaches MUST produce an Enhanced CRB Check BEFORE a Coaching Authorisation can
be issued.
Insurance
All Coaches who teach in any capacity whatsoever, even if it is your best friend in your Garden
once in a Blue Moon, MUST be properly Insured. Correct Insurance details MUST be logged
with HQ BEFORE a Coaching Authorisation can be issued. If you need Insurance, please
contact HQ for details.
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PALM DOWN
All the information contained in this Training Manual has been proven to work time and time
again with a very high percentage success rate. That is the best you can hope for in any
encounter. Nothing is perfect and nothing works all of the time on all of the people.
But something that works 90+% of the time on 90+% of the people has to be a good thing,
especially if it is learnable within a few hours or even minutes of training.
Obviously, this Training Manual is designed as a training aid. It should be used in conjunction
with your training and not stand alone. Although in some cases the information contained in
here has been used as a stand alone procedure by many people with just as high a percentage
of success.
I highly recommend that you train each part of this Training Manual as detailed. You will
definitely increase your Martial Arts skills tremendously.
Remember, fighting skills are NOT self defence skills. Never make a self defence situation a
fight. The other guy might be a much better fighter than you. He could be a highly skilled
grappling Champion and you have just tried a fancy takedown and been taken to the floor as
well. In that case, you lose and lose big!
Keep it self defence at all times as per the sequences in this Training Manual and you should
fare very well compared to having a fight. A fight is when it has all gone wrong, which is where
your training comes in.
Many times over the years, people have asked me How come you can know so much about
the Martial Arts, how and why it works, how and why the body works and so many Techniques?
The answer is really quite simple, it is in principle based training as opposed to technique based
training.
Here is a more detailed reactive scenario. The attacker is throwing many punches. The
defender palms down moves off at an angle and attacks back with BAR at the first opportunity.
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This is the most difficult scenario to train, but train it you must. No matter how horrible it may
seem or how frightening it may seem, it is still only about half as frightening as the real thing.
So, get out of that comfort zone and train it.
Fig pdown1
Palm Down the attacking arms
Fig pdown2
Whilst moving away and off at an angle
Fig pdown3
Look for an opening
Fig pdown4
Whilst staying alert
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and take it..
Fig pdown6
A good follow up strike
Have the attacker launch a ferocious attack with multiple punches. Utilise the principles of the
Palm Down and dive in with both hands to BAR your opponent on the head.
REMEMBER the attacker MUST attack with the ferocity and venom of a real street encounter
and you MUST defend with the same.
The attacker should be out of action for up to 6 seconds. Sometimes the attacker will be in that
much shock that he will simply fall over. Sometimes we have known attackers to simply pass
out through shock.
I can not stress the importance of getting BAR into your opponent. It is of paramount
importance, above everything else.
Just imagine that you are faced with the biggest, baddest meanest guy in the whole
neighbourhood. You BAR him and buy yourself up to 6 seconds before he is recovered enough
to go for you. In 6 seconds you can be away from the situation with a 40 metre head start. You
could be in your car and away. If the need is there you could have ample time to deliver the
blow required to finish the situation.
If you do not BAR this guy, he is going to rip you to pieces. Hitting someone much bigger and
much stronger and much more able will probably lead to you getting a more severe beating.
REMEMBER: Big fish still eat little fish!
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That is why there are weight limits in Boxing. That is why you dont see many 5ft 100lb bullies
hanging around pubs and clubs.
BAR helps to make that Big Fish a Little Fish for a few seconds. It helps to even the score for a
few seconds. You MUST do something when you have bought yourself some time though. To
simply stand there and admire your handiwork will result in a beating for you when the guy has
recovered.
The best advice is to get away from a trouble situation as quickly as you possibly can. If there is
no immediate escape then unfortunately Now You Are Fighting. We will cover BAR in detail
next.
Body Alarm Reaction BAR
More Information before we start
Over the years I have been fortunate enough to meet and train with some of the UK's and
indeed the World's foremost Instructors / Seminar Instructors / Trainers and MA practitioners.
During this period I have also been fortunate enough to learn what I previously considered to bewell beyond my capabilities. For this I am eternally grateful.
However, I am also deeply worried and saddened by what I have learnt.
For years I was happy to do the same class week in, week out. Happy to march up and down in
lines, happy to do Kata and happy to do some Kumite. We were quite content to intensify the
training leading up to Gradings and / or competitions and push ourselves to what we thought
were the limits.
We were all gloriously happy in what we thought was Martial Arts, what we thought was real
Shotokan Martial Arts. We were told that Shotokan was about the best there is, and we were
happy to accept that, indeed so was I.
I / we were quite happy to accept that our Martial Arts would work for us in the street if we
needed it. Even though, at the time, several of my friends were bouncers and I knew deep down
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that what I was doing would not work against them. Still , I kept training the same way. Even
though I knew it would not work. The thing is, I was HAPPY doing it and so probably are you!
Now, here is the problem... Does that story sound familiar to you? Do you know that deep down
what you are doing will never stand up to the venom and ferocity of a real attack? Are you
kidding yourself? More importantly, are you an Instructor who is kidding others by teaching the
same old stuff?
I mean to shock with this Training Manual. I mean to offend people. I mean to offend the Martial
Arts Do World. I mean to take you away from your comfort zone!
Firstly, I want you to leave aside personal likes / dislikes. What I am about to write is not a
personal attack on any person or any system. It is an attack on a mindset that is potentially li fe
threatening for those involved in it. If this offends you, then you are part of it.
Now, ask yourself some questions. Why did you start Martial Arts? According to all the statistics
most people started for Self Defence and / or fitness. These reasons are changing with the
advent of Full Time Centres that are more biased to the personal development skills that Martial
Arts can and indeed does bring. But, they are another matter!
So, most people started for self-defence and / or fitness. What has been the result of those
years of training? Are you more able to defend yourself? Are you much fitter? You may well
think that you are, because you have reached a Dan grade in whatever you do. But let me tellyou, you are not!
If you have reached Dan Grade in say Shotokan, you will probably have become totally
institutionalised in that system, the same with Wado / Kung Fu / TKD etc. You will automatically
go into long, deep stances. You will bounce up and down in Kumite. You will automatically put
one hand at Hikite for no apparent reason. You will think that your reverse punch is a fight
stopper because it works in Competition. You could have reached Dan grade without EVER
having hit a pad or a bag, let alone a person.
You will be under the impression that your Jodan Mawashageri will work; you will think it is right
to step in front of your supporting leg when performing Yokogeri. You will be under the
impression that your back kick will work against anybody; your lunge punch will finish the fight
just like it did in last week's competition. You will do more and more Kata for no apparent reason
other than to learn another Kata!
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Why, will you think this? Because your Instructor told you. His Instructor told him. And yes, his
Instructor told him.... And so on and so forth ti ll we get back to the villain of the piece. The
Instructor that started it all, whoever he may be.
Deep down, you know all this is wrong. What possible purpose does Kata serve in a fight? What
possible way can you land a spinning reverse roundhouse kick in a fight? Why would you
bounce up and down in a fighting stance for a fight on the street?
OK, I hear you say, what makes you think all this is wrong? What qualifies you to say that we
are wrong? We have Instructors with 7th / 8th or even 9th Dans from Japan that do not agree? It
has always been taught this way for hundreds of years? This is real Martial Arts.
Well, I say "Wake up and smell the Coffee!". Firstly I want you to think of every rule that there is
in a Kumite competition..no biting for example, no groin kicks etc etc etc. Now, we have a fight,
you stick to the rules and I GUARANTEE I will break every rule there is. I have just increased
my chances of winning 1000%!!
Kumite, teaches you to stick to the rules.
Kihon teaches you terrible Body Mechanics
Kata teaches you Kata
These people are perpetuating the myth that Martial Arts in its present state works! Are you
dumb enough to believe them?
People sometimes say to me, "I have been training 25 years!" That is often true. But they have
been doing year 5 for the last 20 of them!
Just be sensible for a moment, ask a friend with no knowledge of the Martial Arts to look at what
you do and to give an honest opinion. What will you say when they ask you what the moves are
for in your Kata? What will you say when they ask why you put one hand on your hip and leave
yourself open to attack when you do a reverse punch?
Then have a spar with a boxer and try and use your "One punch one kill" Martial Arts punches
and see what happens. Have a training session with a Boxer and see how fit you really are.
When I start this argument, people bring up names of famous Martial Artists as "proof" that
Martial Arts works. Well, these people are making it work in spite of Martial Arts not because of
it! They could probably make Tiddlywinks work!
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You need to ask yourself ONE VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION. "Would you bet your life on
what your Instructor has just taught you?" If you hesitate for one moment, you would not. You
know that deep down it does not and will not work, the way it has been taught. I was honest
enough with myself to ask that question and know the real answer. I would never take that bet!
If your self-defence techniques are done against a Martial Arts type punch, ask yourself this
question. How many people in the street throw a Martial Arts punch and then wait for you to do
your defence? Answer... None!
Having said all the above about the state of Martial Arts as it is taught, why you may ask do I
have anything to do with it? The simple answer is that I have a total passion and commitment to
the Arts.
Having said all the above, having said that Martial Arts as it is taught, does not work, I am totally
and utterly convinced and know through experience that Martial Arts can be made to work and
to work devastatingly well if you change things around a little bit.
What do I mean by change things around? Just little things like, don't make a self-defence
situation a fight... there is a massive difference. Don't make the body mechanics mistakes of
Martial Arts. Earn the right to land your technique.
About 1999, Eddie Stokes and myself were conducting a seminar. Eddie said these words "Youhave to earn the right to land your technique" Since then I have stolen that phrase and used it at
every opportunity. It encapsulates everything we are trying to say in one sentence.
This a quote from an OCFM Coach " I used to spend 99% of my time trying to make my Martial
Arts work, now I am using Russells technology I am spending 99% of my time trying to stop my
Martial Arts from being so effective. I am losing training partners!" Be honest with yourself, when
was the last time you had to deliberately reduce your capabilities by 99%? I don't mean by not
taking a cheap shot against a compliant training partner either!
Now, on to how we can make Martial Arts work for the street.
As I stated earlier, you have to earn the right to land your technique! How do we earn that right?
How do we put ourselves in a position to make things work? How do we land our devastating
right hook or our devastating roundhouse kick?
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The answer lies in the understanding of Body Alarm Reaction (BAR).
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Body Alarm Reaction (BAR)
If I were to choose one aspect of Martial Arts training above all others then BAR would be it.
This is the most misunderstood subject and yet the most important.
Many people have discussed over the years the psychological and physiological aspects of a
fight situation. The fight or flight syndrome. The chemical reactions that occur within the body,
when faced with danger and or potentially dangerous situations.
To my knowledge, no-one has addressed the problem of counteracting these adverse reactions.
BAR successfully counteracts all of these physiological and psychological reactions.
First you need to understand what is happening. Let's take a simple example;
You are in the chip shop on a Saturday night and some idiot decides it is time for you to take a
beating. Leaving aside the whys and wherefores of choosing you as his target, let's analyse
what happens next.
Your attacker has already gone through the tunnel of decision making; Can I beat this guy? Will
I get hurt? He has assessed the potential risks to himself and decided he will win. He must
have, no-one picks a fight they think they will lose!
His body has already gone through the adrenal rush, the panic, the tunnel vision etc. He hasalready experienced the fight or f light syndrome. He has already experienced all those things
that together we think of as fear, not only has he experienced it all, he has decided to get you.
He is heading towards the light at the end of the tunnel.
Well, BAR, transforms that light at the end of the tunnel to the headlight of you charging towards
him. It puts your attacker right back at the beginning of that decision process, it buys you time!
Time is a commodity that you desperately need and rarely have in a fight.
From the experience of hundreds of Doorman, Martial Artists and members of the public that
have been taught BAR, the average time that has been gained is up to 6 seconds.
In other words, once you put BAR into your opponent, he is unable to react or fight back for
anywhere up to 6 seconds. Just imagine what can happen in 6 seconds!
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You will know when you experience it. You will never forget the feeling.
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PRE-EMPTIVE PRACTICE
Stand opposite your training partner as in fig BB Bar Start
Fig BB Bar Start
Attacker shouts and threatens.
Have your partner shout and threaten
you. Make sure you feel that adrenal
rush and that your training partner gets
angry.
Fig BB Bar1
Immediately slap your partner on top of
the head with both hands.
Then have your partner raise his hand
when he feels that he is ready to carry on
fighting. Start this exercise at low power
levels for the defender and gradually
increase the power and intent. The
attacker must attack like he means it.
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REACTIVE PRACTICE
Have your training partner shout, swear, threaten and grab you viciously by the lapel or T Shirt.
The millisecond the grab occurs, BAR him as shown in Figs BB Bar Grab & BB Bar Grab 2. You
MUST completely ignore the grabbing hands and just hit with BAR immediately. Again get your
training partner to tell you when he feels ok to continue. You should be getting about 3 to 5
seconds of time now.
Fig BB Bar Grab Fig BB Bar Grab 2
In the next sequence your training partner must grab and try to punch you in the face with
everything he has. See Figs BB Bar Gr Hit & BB Bar Gr Hit2
You MUST completely ignore the grabbing hand, completely ignore the punching hand and just
dive straight in with BAR.
Countless times I have seen trained Martial Artists try to deal with a grabbing hand and bang!
Lights out! They are unconscious before they can do anything.
The hands of the attacker move too fast for you to do anything with them at this range. A big
Saturday night special that was telegraphed can be blocked, but nothing can be blocked at this
range.
Fig BB Bar Gr Hit Fig BB Bar Gr Hit2
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You should now have your training partner dizzy for about 6 seconds or even have him
collapsing due to the shock involved. Once you increase your power levels to about 30% most
people pass out in practice. You need about double that for real!
Detailed below is an example sequence of how to utilise BAR along with the other principles
detailed in my BAR DVD that comes with this Training Manual and Course.
The use of several weak areas are shown as examples of what can be done.
Usually only one or two weak areas are required in any situation. You would use whichever is
right at the time and what feels right for you.
Fig: BB Bar Start
The initial threat
Fig: BB Bar 1
A reactive BAR strike to the head
Fig:BB Bar 3
Followed by a football kick to the inside ankle
Fig:bar13
then a controlling head grab
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Fig: BB Bar 3
A hammer fist is delivered to the back of the
head
Fig:BB Bar 4
The head is then grabbed and pushed to
the floor
Fig: BB Bar 5
The face is smashed into the floor
Fig:BB Bar 6
The ankle is stomped on to break before the
escape is made
Obviously the above photo sequence does not need to be followed exactly. Just use whatever is
right for the threat at the time. Many thanks to my student, big Paul Butlin, for helping with these
photos. Paul is a professional Heavyweight Boxer ranked 15th in the UK and also a Doorman.
Pressure Points ~ Myth or Reality?
I have read with some amusement books that reference the use or rather non-use of Pressure
Points. Like any "part of the jigsaw" of Martial Arts, they have again been taken out of context by
yet more uninformed bystanders.
PP's are the last 5% of any given technique as I keep saying and keep teaching. They are a
part and parcel of what you should be doing. If I punch someone in the jaw, I will punch them as
hard as I possibly can (which is quite hard by the way) and try to land on a PP as well.
I or any PP practitioner worth his salt would never try to just use PP's with little touches or taps
in a real encounter. Taps and touches are for teaching and demonstration purposes only.
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As for the effectiveness? I have no doubt. The hundreds of Doormen we teach have no doubt.
The fact that Geoff Thompson invited me to be a guest writer on his website, should leave you
in no doubt. The fact that I assisted Peter Consterdine and Geoff Thompson on their annual SD
Seminar several times, should leave you in no doubt. Have Peter and Geoff been taken in?
Ronnie Green, Lee Hasdell and the esteemed editor of MAI Bob Sykes are just some of the
more famous names I could mention who are aware of the effectiveness of PP's for Combat.
Have they been taken in as well?
In fact, Bob Sykes is on two of my PP videos extolling the virtues of what I taught him as
regards PP's. Bob was so impressed with what he had been shown that he offered to do the
Introduction and also asked to appear in the videos.
Herol Bomber Graham, former professional Boxer, who was considered the finest Boxer the
UK has ever produced in his day was so impressed with the effectiveness of PPs that Herol
and I have now taught many seminars all over the UK in the useage of PP's for Boxers. Herol,
who is now a Boxing coach, is utilisi