I recently received an email from a martial artist that was after some more tips to help him as an older competitor compete in modern WK F karate competitions. So I have put together 10 tips for older competitors, they are in no set order however I hope you get something out of it. As always I thrive on your feedback and suggestions if you want to get hold of me sending an e-mail, scott@pollets.com.au, FB, Shihan Scott Boyd My New podcast web page is http://karate_tips_and_tricks.libsyn.com/

Anyone that has been listening to my tips would know that distancing is one of my big talking point. Understanding the point where you're either in or out distance to me is extremely important. So today I am talking just about this line, the invisible line that is very fine but also extremely important. As always I thrive on your feedback and suggestions if you want to get hold of me sending an e-mail, scott@pollets.com.au, FB, Shihan Scott Boyd My New podcast web page is http://karate_tips_and_tricks.libsyn.com/

Here is my Christmas message for 2016, I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and a prosperous New Year! As always I thrive on your feedback and suggestions if you want to get hold of me sending an e-mail, scott@pollets.com.au, FB, Shihan Scott Boyd My New podcast web page is http://karate_tips_and_tricks.libsyn.com/

Today I'm talking about different personality traits and how they affect the way you compete. As always I thrive on your feedback and suggestions if you want to get hold of me sending an e-mail, scott@pollets.com.au, FB, Shihan Scott Boyd My New podcast web page is http://karate_tips_and_tricks.libsyn.com/

When most people set up their sparring posture and start to move whilst facing an opponent quite often the movement is subdued. My suggestion is to make it a tad chaotic this can help hide any footwork that you want to use to set up a technique. Have a listen and I'll try and explain it better. As always I thrive on your feedback and suggestions if you want to get hold of me sending an e-mail, scott@pollets.com.au, FB, Shihan Scott Boyd My New podcast web page is http://karate_tips_and_tricks.libsyn.com/

The Rolling punch or should I say my Rolling punch, this technique is a reasonably simple one in its nature however to deliver it properly is a little bit harder. The biggest bonus of this technique is its intimidation factor and its demoralising strike. As always I thrive on your feedback and suggestions if you want to get hold of me sending an e-mail, scott@pollets.com.au, FB, Shihan Scott Boyd My New podcast web page is http://karate_tips_and_tricks.libsyn.com/

If there is one thing that every competitor has to deal with is defeat. This is the case with every sport and really everything in life. Wouldn't it be wonderful to be able to win at every endeavour that you ever try ? This could be a really good thing or it can be really bad. Today I'm going to talk about the positive side of winning and losing and the negative side of winning and losing. (Yes there is a negative side to winning!) As always I thrive on your feedback and suggestions if you want to get hold of me sending an e-mail, scott@pollets.com.au, FB, Shihan Scott Boyd My New podcast web page is http://karate_tips_and_tricks.libsyn.com/

Interview With Hanshi Pat Mckean Bio; Hanshi Pat McKean is regarded as one of Australia’s leading martial artists and truly a master instructor. Hanshi McKean is the founder and chief instructor of U.K.B. Kenkokan Martial Arts. He is a Hanshi Jūdan (10th Dan) and one of the pioneers of karate in Australia. Bom in 1950 in India, Hanshi Pat McKean has been training karate continuously from the age of 4. He has been teaching karate in Australia since 1970. Hanshi McKean is a Vietnam Veteran and served with the 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Infantry in Vietnam in 1970 – 1971. He was the Outstanding Soldier of the Year in 1970. Hanshi McKean has competed in state, national and international competition. He is a fully accredited NSW Department of Sport & Recreation Level 2 Coach, St John’s Ambulance First Aid certified, an International A Grade Referee and is the current National President of the Australian Koshiki Karate-do Federation. Personal strict discipline, good attitude and manners, a healthy diet and good hygiene are stressed at all times. Hanshi McKean makes no exceptions regarding these principles and this ensures that all students receive maximum benefit from regular and sensible training. Unlike numerous Australian, New Zealand, Japanese, Korean, European and American high-grade instructors who very seldom, if ever, train with their students and do not participate in the physical training of their students. Hanshi McKean trains daily with his students and gets to know all his students personally. He does not believe in any secret techniques as the style he teaches is based on traditional as well as modern, scientific and safe principles. As always I thrive on your feedback and suggestions if you want to get hold of me sending an e-mail, scott@pollets.com.au, FB, Shihan Scott Boyd My New podcast web page is http://karate_tips_and_tricks.libsyn.com/

It has been a sad loss to hear of the late, great Muhamed Ali's passing. He was famous for many things but one of the things he was most famous for was his footwork. The catch cry was "float like a butterfly and sting like a bee". Let's have a look at this in regards to tournament fighting. As always I thrive on your feedback and suggestions if you want to get hold of me sending an e-mail, scott@pollets.com.au, FB, Shihan Scott Boyd My New podcast web page is http://karate_tips_and_tricks.libsyn.com/

Many times when I see fighters competing they are constantly changing stands from left foot forward to right foot forward, in other words, they're switching stands. There certainly is a time to this and it can be very useful. But consider using a half switch rather than a full switch or not even switching at all. Today's episode is about when, where and how to switch stance so you don't have a downside on a switch. As always I thrive on your feedback and suggestions if you want to get hold of me sending an e-mail, scott@pollets.com.au, FB, Shihan Scott Boyd My New podcast web page is http://karate_tips_and_tricks.libsyn.com/

One of the problems when it comes to higher level technique is that some people like to make things more confusing than they need to be. High level technique doesn't have to be confusing As always I thrive on your feedback and suggestions if you want to get hold of me sending an e-mail, scott@pollets.com.au, FB, Shihan Scott Boyd My New podcast web page is http://karate_tips_and_tricks.libsyn.com/

I thought it was about time to explain another tournament fighting at technique. This is called the ghost punch. The basics of the technique is a stance switch followed by a distraction and then a reverse lunge punch. It is cool technique and it appears that punch comes out of nowhere thus the name ghost punch. My New podcast web page is http://karate_tips_and_tricks.libsyn.com/ As always I thrive on your feedback and suggestions if you want to get hold of me sending an e-mail, scott@pollets.com.au, FB, Shihan Scott Boyd

Because competition fighting is a totally controlled environment. Many martial artist believe that it doesn't help in real-life scenarios. Anyone that has listened to my podcasts would know my view on this. But I thought it was time to make 100% clear. Iain Abernethy , recently discussed in his podcast the fact that tournament fighting of any type isn't realistic to real-life situations because of the band methods that rules in force. I am inclined to agree with him. However, there are positives to tournament fighting in relation to real-life combat. As always I thrive on your feedback and suggestions if you want to get hold of me sending an e-mail, scott@pollets.com.au, FB, Shihan Scott Boyd

Depending on who you talk to will change the answer you get. Some people and groups believe you shouldn't compete with minor injuries gained during the bout. Others believe it is more important than ever to go on. So I thought it was time to give you my view on this subject As always I thrive on your feedback and suggestions if you want to get hold of me sending an e-mail, scott@pollets.com.au, FB, Shihan Scott Boyd

Well the answer would be an obvious yes! But there's something else that I would like you to consider have a listen and tell me what you think As always I thrive on your feedback and suggestions if you want to get hold of me sending an e-mail, scott@pollets.com.au, FB, Shihan Scott Boyd

With so many different competitions and ways of fighting with many and various styles, It can be very difficult to choose a system to follow. Unfortunately, martial arts can be a very ego driven sport. In other words, many people think what they do is better than someone else and their system is always the best and everyone else's systems and styles are rubbish. I don't believe it for a second, so I thought I'd give you my views on just how I think on this subject. As always I thrive on your feedback and suggestions if you want to get hold of me sending an e-mail, scott@pollets.com.au, FB, Shihan Scott Boyd

When a student completes in martial arts competitions is imperative that someone is in their corner helping them to achieve their goals. This is the coaches job. But sitting on the sidelines screaming out commands is only a part of it. Coaches have other duties as well. Here are my thoughts on it. As always I thrive on your feedback and suggestions if you want to get hold of me sending an e-mail, scott@pollets.com.au, FB, Shihan Scott Boyd

Once gain in this tip was inspired by an e-mail I hope you enjoy it As always I thrive on your feedback and suggestions if you want to get hold of me sending an e-mail, scott@pollets.com.au, FB, Shihan Scott Boyd

Today's tip is inspired by an e-mail, and the question was what basic techniques would I teach to my students that are going in martial arts tournaments? Well, today I'm going to give you my favourite five techniques. I use these myself and I teach them. I hope you enjoy. As always I thrive on your feedback and suggestions if you want to get hold of me sending an e-mail, scott@pollets.com.au, FB, Shihan Scott Boyd

Today's tip is about getting things to flow better, when we are sparring and fighting the more techniques flow into each other the more effective they will be. As always I thrive on your feedback and suggestions if you want to get hold of me sending an e-mail, scott@pollets.com.au, FB, Shihan Scott Boyd

As anyone goes through their martial arts career you will no doubt get either bad advice or bad training methods taught to you from some instructors. It would be great to say that every teacher knows what they're talking about. Well, unfortunately this is not the case. There are as many training methods and ways to teach as there are teachers and sorting out the rubbish from the gold is no easy task especially when new students are involved. Most martial arts schools usually give a free lesson to try their school out but sometimes you need more than just one lesson the experience good and the bad instructors teach school. I think just about all martial art school work on a hierarchy system, that is to say that rank is the most important thing in most organisations. I don't think this is a bad thing, however, just because a teacher has high belt grading doesn't make them a great teacher. Certainly I high belt grade does represent more knowledge and a perceived level of skill. Over the years in martial arts. I have been taught by many different teachers and some of the best haven't been highly ranked black belt. An example of something I don't agree with is this, recently I was told by a very senior teacher that extreme stretching and flexibility was a bad thing because very flexible martial artist a slow, and this is what gave me the idea for this tip. As always I thrive on your feedback and suggestions if you want to get hold of me sending an e-mail, scott@pollets.com.au, FB, Shihan Scott Boyd

This is something every student goes through multiple times in their careers. Even I, as high ranking black belt is still go through this problem. Training can get boring, and the more reparative training is the more boring it gets. So today's tip is about how to maintain that passion so you can continue your martial arts career for as long as you want or are able. As always I thrive on your feedback and suggestions if you want to get hold of me sending an e-mail, scott@pollets.com.au, FB, Shihan Scott Boyd

Today's tip is a little bit different, as it isn't one of mine. I recently went to a sword seminar where the sensei was promoting this idea so I thought I would share it with all you. I think sometimes as martial artists we can forget the reality of fighting. I'm not talking about tournament fighting because it is a controlled environment and even though it can be very heavy combat the chances of being permanently maned are very remote. But in a real-life situation as in a street fight the odds of being hurt are astronomical. I had seen so many karate students that think they know how to street fight and they start throwing reverse punchs and wonder why it doesn't work or like the tae kwon do guys that tries to throw jumping spinning kicks and gets punched in the face and wonders why. We all need to take a dose of reality when it comes to the techniques we use and as this teaches told me we need to test it to breaking point. As always I thrive on your feedback and suggestions if you want to get hold of me sending an e-mail, scott@pollets.com.au, FB, Shihan Scott Boyd

There are many different ways to improve your speed, whether it be punch or kick. In this tip is a few ways that I use to improve the speed of my kicks. Sometimes this does need a small amount of change to your form, but other times it may be just the way you need to train. I've spoken many times about ways to improve kicking changing the way we kick and understanding where speed is generated from with each particular kick is imperative. Some forms of kicking are better suited for speed techniques and some are suited to power techniques. A classic example of this is a front foot Roundhouse kick should be used for speed and the back foot Roundhouse kick should be used to driving power. However sometimes we may need to change these around. As always I thrive on your feedback and suggestions if you want to get hold of me sending an e-mail, scott@pollets.com.au, FB, Shihan Scott Boyd

For an average student completing tournaments or for any fight competition for that matter, one of the hardest part to deal with is facing an opponent that appears to be either super aggressive, crazy or a combination of both. Basing these types of competitors can be not only offputting but just downright scary. My tip today is some strategies on how to deal with this type of opposition. As always I thrive on your feedback and suggestions if you want to get hold of me sending an e-mail, scott@pollets.com.au, FB, Shihan Scott Boyd

When it comes to competing in martial arts competitions fixing bad habit is imperative. The biggest problem with bad habits is that many times you don't actually know you're doing them. I recently refereed at a tournament and it reminded me how easy bad habits are to pick up, things like turning your head when the other person is attacking, having a low guard or even just not moving that well. As with all bad habits they are hard to break expressly did don't know you are doing them. Many times in training bad habits are not picked up. It's only when you get put under extreme pressure that they express themselves. This is where you need a good coach or teacher to pick them up and your job as a student to work diligently to correct them. Bad habits include, low or no guard. Turning your head from an attack. Not being mobile and/or poor footwork. Not attacking. Running away from an attack. Not pacing yourself, and running out of energy. Going crazy with your techniques and not thinking on form hastily thrown techniques. Or very bad technique poor punters etc As always I thrive on your feedback and suggestions if you want to get hold of me sending an e-mail, scott@pollets.com.au, FB, Shihan Scott Boyd

There are many different forms and techniques of stretching and flexibility exercise. Many styles have different and varied stretching techniques some more effective than others. Today's tip is all about one simple exercise that I have found super effective for both strength and flexibility training. It can be used for a warm up or as a hard stretching technique. As always I thrive on your feedback and suggestions if you want to get hold of me sending an e-mail, scott@pollets.com.au, FB, Shihan Scott Boyd

I often say that Black belt can set a poor example when it comes to teaching lower grade students a safe way to fight in competition. It is not on purpose, but by accident with their own personal form. The problem is when people get proficient at technique, timing and strategy . They tend to forget about basics. But beginners need basics and they need to copy off senior instructors that demonstrate good basics in their everyday techniques and sparring applications. As always I thrive on your feedback and suggestions if you want to get hold of me sending an e-mail, scott@pollets.com.au, FB, Shihan Scott Boyd

I think everybody wants the ability to do a fancy techniques, and a big part of that is there so fun and cool to do. Whether it be a basic form of fancy techniques such as the spinning back kick or something a little different such as a double spinning hook kick and the like. The problem is they are slow to perform and fraught with danger. A good example of this is using a spinning or kick in a demonstration to break aboard, it looks so cool but the board is static and doesn't move. Using the same technique against a opponent is a different story. The kick has to be performed with perfect timing in the perfect situation to make work because when most people perform these kicks they're so easy to see it coming. This tip is on how we can speed these techniques up. So instead of using these just as a following up technique, we may be able to develop them as an attacking technique. As always I thrive on your feedback and suggestions if you want to get hold of me sending an e-mail, scott@pollets.com.au, FB, Shihan Scott Boyd

As martial artist we all want to be flexible for many different reasons. I'm guessing the main reason would be so we can kick people in the head. But this isn't the only reason, preventing injury would be the most important thing for many students. So today is about a few tips and thoughts on getting flexible. I hope it helps. As always I thrive on your feedback and suggestions if you want to get hold of me sending an e-mail, scott@pollets.com.au, FB, Shihan Scott Boyd

I think that just about all students want to do some fancy technique that they had seen on television or a movie, it is something that we all inspire to do. You don't have to be a black belt to perform some of these techniques, but there are some good and bad points about them, especially you want to use these in tournaments. Today's tip is about using the positives and negatives of these forms of techniques. As always I thrive on your feedback and suggestions if you want to get hold of me sending an e-mail, scott@pollets.com.au, FB, Shihan Scott Boyd

As martial artist we need to learn control, a part of control is learning when to be aggressive and not to be aggressive, learning to control anger and use anger and when to be calm. So today I talk about how to switch this on and off the both in sparring and competition fighting as well as in kata As always I thrive on your feedback and suggestions if you want to get hold of me sending an e-mail, scott@pollets.com.au

Most competitors really don't understand how difficult the job of refereeing martial arts tournament is, today I'm giving a few tips and our little rant about refereeing. But the good stuff and the bad stuff. If you are competing in martial arts tournament, you really should listen to this tip because I also give some advice on how to deal with the highest an unfair refereeing. As always I thrive on your feedback and suggestions if you want to get hold of me sending an e-mail, scott@pollets.com.au

Simple techniques like Roundhouse kick followed by a head punch is what most martial artist do on a regular basis. But like many techniques that we do it can be tidied up and made much more effective. Simple changes to form and hand positioning can make all the difference. In this tip I'm doing just that, a simple way to speed up the Roundhouse kick and an even simpler way to hide the following punch. I hope you enjoy and find it informative As always I thrive on your feedback and suggestions if you want to get hold of me sending an e-mail, scott@pollets.com.au

Today I'm giving you a quick tip on how to speed up the jab or more to the point on how to hide the jab to make it more effective. As always I thrive on your feedback and suggestions if you want to get hold of me sending an e-mail, scott@pollets.com.au

I have covered this in some other tips but I thought it was time to put it in its own category. Many fighters tried to knock out with but I feel that this is a bit self-defeating. By doing speed techniques of your front hand it is much more conducive to the posture your body is set in. Kicking off the front foot is something that many fighters like to do and they try to make it a power technique, again and we should be adjusting these techniques for speed and not power. I also recap on the difference between speed which produces the impact and power which produces force and push. As always I thrive on your feedback and suggestions if you want to get hold of me sending an e-mail, scott@pollets.com.au

I want to continue to this discussion I want your input as competitors and fighters on your view, you can record something not being on the pod cast or certainly send me an e-mail with your comments and your view. In today's podcast I'm going to look at a rather large subject, many people believe that stretching the rules is a good thing and just as many believe it is basically cheating. Today I'm going to go into this a little bit more deeply and give you something to think about. Things like: "are you using the rules to the maximum benefit", "if someone deliberately does a foul and then is happy to take a penalty point is this cheating?", "Should you win at all costs or play fairly", "if the rules don't cover a certain situation such as striking at the guard is this cheating?", "His sledging somebody during a fight cheating, beneficial or just plain bad sportsmanship". I go into all these questions in a rather deep way giving you some positives and negatives for each and then give you my personal opinion. This is one of the subjects that I want to continue and talk more about, but I would also like you to be involved as well. I want to know your opinion on all the above subjects. You can e-mail me or record yourself and then send your fileto me and I will play it on the podcast As always I thrive on your feedback and suggestions if you want to get hold of me sending an e-mail, scott@pollets.com.au

When punching in space, if you're not moving there is no effective way to deliver power any power in the punch. It gets delivered both ways into the target and as recoil. Obviously when punching there needs to be some method of delivering power, if we have hold of the ground we can deliver power, if we move forward we can deliver the same amount power plus more by sheer momentum. In this episode of tips and tricks I discuss the benefit of moving when striking, as in the example above the benefit of moving forward while striking is adding your body weight momentum to the punch, this doesn't have to be a huge lunge forward it can be done in millimetres. Delivering punches or strikes from a static stands has to be generated from the feet up. Many people only jab using their arm, and to me they resemble one of those punching puppets because that's about all the power they produce. As always I thrive on your feedback and suggestions if you want to get hold of me sending an e-mail, scott@pollets.com.au

Today's tip is about techniques that we all doing martial arts but have a limited effectiveness. I'm using a sidekick as an example and talking about when, where, how to use it and when not to use it, as well as the shortfalls the technique has. But this also applies to other techniques that I don't discuss. As with many of my tips these are things that work for me and you may not agree with but I hope that you do agree with the principles that I'm trying to get across As always I thrive on your feedback and suggestions if you want to get hold of me sending an e-mail, scott@pollets.com.au

Most forms of martial arts to do some form of Kia, and almost 100% of the time it has the same use "to develop power" but that's only a part of what the Kiai is all about. In this episode I will give you five reasons to Kiai some are more obvious than others. As always I thrive on your feedback and suggestions if you want to get hold of me sending an e-mail, scott@pollets.com.au

One of my all-time favourite techniques is a body rush. Today I explain what is a body rush and how to perform it, and more importantly when is the best time to use it. The intimidation fact that this technique offers is worth its weight in gold. Here is a link to a video that helps to explain tip 37. http://youtu.be/XLJEzr2IB1k just cut and paste and put it in your browser As always I thrive on your feedback and suggestions if you want to get hold of me sending an e-mail, scott@pollets.com.au

Here is a a quick tip for you it is a simple way to train and improve your movement when counter-attacking. Learning how not to be a target and forcing the opposition into a position where it wrecks their attack so you can score with your technique. As always I thrive on your feedback and suggestions if you want to get hold of me sending an e-mail, scott@pollets.com.au

Today's tips a little bit longer, martial arts is a very personal sport. Everybody has a different body type or build so it stands to reason that you're martial arts needs to be adapted to your body type. The way each martial artist develops power can vary between styles and body types it important to look outside the square and sometimes outside our own systems to grow your own martial art. Here are some of my views when it comes to customising your own form and understanding the difference between impact and power. If you have any other comments or questions please don't hesitate to e-mail me my e-mail is, scott@pollets.com.au

I have spoke about this a few times before, but now I decided to put it in its own category. Understanding how much aggression can be used in different situations it is imperative for being successful in martial arts competitions and it also flows over into real life situations. If you have any other comments or questions please don't hesitate to e-mail me my e-mail is, scott@pollets.com.au

In this step I get into the nuts and bolts on how I used to psych myself up for competition. This may not be suitable for everybody however I have taught it to many people and it seems to work extremely well. Enjoy. If you have any other comments or questions please don't hesitate to e-mail me my e-mail is, scott@pollets.com.au

This tip is about understanding your physical attributes and using them to your advantage, whether you're tall or small heavyset or light in frame, understanding your advantages and disadvantages is extremely helpful to be a successful competitor. If you have any other comments or questions please don't hesitate to e-mail me my e-mail is, scott@pollets.com.au

Being brave and having courage doesn't come easily to everybody, certainly some people find it much easier than others. I believe that everyone has courage and bravely, but just like kicking and punching some of us need to learn how to develop it. I have put together five steps that I hope you will find helpful. If you have any other comments or questions please don't hesitate to e-mail me my e-mail is, scott@pollets.com.au

As discussed in previous tips, closing the gap is super important if you want to score a technique on your opposition. There are many ways and methods to close the gap. Many of them involve sheer speed. In this episode I'm going to discuss two ways of closing the gap in a very sneaky manner so the opposition doesn't realise what is actually happening making scoring so much easier. The first way is very straightforward and no doubt you properly do it now, however understanding the second way in what I call "cutting back" will make you more sneaky in the sneakiest ninja... If you have any other comments or questions please don't hesitate to e-mail me my e-mail is, scott@pollets.com.au

When it comes to competition fighting, to win we must use every available strategy available to us. It's great to be able to initiate an attack or do great counter-attacks but sometimes our opposition may have or may seem to have fantastic weapons. Or in other words there kicks and/or punches just seemed to be fantastic. So how do we deal with this? In this tip I explain how to pick a technique and destroy the oppositions willingness to use them no matter how good they are. These techniques are not easy to do and certainly take courage and heaps of practice but if you can master them is a fantastic way to gain the upper hand on someone that has good or great technique. If you have any other comments or questions please don't hesitate to e-mail me my e-mail is, scott@pollets.com.au

This is a question I have been asked many times, over the many years I have been teaching I have seen many explanations on this sum I agree with some I think are very wrong. In the tip today I give you my take on where you should look when you are sparring whether it be in the class or in a tournament. If you have any other comments or questions please don't hesitate to e-mail me my e-mail is, scott@pollets.com.au

How many times have you gone to a tournament and you have seen someone doing hard stretching and high kicks and really showing off before they complete? I don't know about you but I see it all the time! So, is this a good thing or a bad thing? Well here is my take on it. If you have any other comments or questions please don't hesitate to e-mail me my e-mail is, scott@pollets.com.au

In this tip I explained the way I separate multiple forms of training different arts. Or in other words how to switch from training karate then to ju-jitsu or even different styles of karate for example modern karate compared to traditional Goju. I have come across quite a few students that have trouble separating different arts and stopping one bleeding into the other. If you have any other comments or questions please don't hesitate to e-mail me my e-mail is, scott@pollets.com.au

Many martial artists and competition fighters either forget or don't understand the result of a technique delivered at different angles. I'm talking about when a technique is delivered from a low position to a high position or vice versa and the effect it has on the target. A certain amount of this is obvious but if we look at it more carefully some things aren't so obvious. Have a listen, and enjoy my tip number 26 and I hope you get something from it

As martial art artist we are constantly told to correct and form, and generally speaking that's good. But sometimes we can do bad form on purpose. Have a listen and learn why....

Recently I had a question from a listener asking for some advise on new situation. It was a new student in his mid-40s and he wanted to know some things that would help him in his sparring and is general training. I have put together five tips that will help mature age students when it comes to sparring and their general training in class. Because I have five tips in the one episode is a little bit longer than normal. If you are a younger instructor then these tips may also help you in dealing with your older students.

In today's tip I way examine the best way to move and how to learn to move. Many students want to go hard thinking that the best way to learn fight but this is not so, Have a listen and make up your mind.

Today I am talking about footwork. It's a huge subject by itself so I'm only going to touch on a few points. I will come back from time to time and revisit footwork because there's so much to add. But have a listen to this to start with.

Many students make a basic mistake when it comes to using setting up techniques. Expressly when it comes to the first part of this technique. So have a listen to this quick tip so you don't fall into this trap.

In this tip I explain why blocking is the last resort, not your first option.

Being able to deliver a constant barrage of techniques without breaking your own rhythm is really important, no matter what type of competition work you are doing. This tip revolves around this subject and methods you can use to improve your sparring.

This tip is more about training a method rather than competitionn. Having cold flexibility is very important for both competition work as well as real-life applications

Everything in life has rhythm, and everything in the fight has rhythm also. Here is two ways of looking at the rhythm of a fight.

Yes, I know I'm stating the obvious! But there's a lot more to this tip. I often see students constantly headhunting in tournaments quite often they lose because they're so set on hitting the other person in the head. Have a listen to my suggestions on how to deal with this.

There are 3 points that are important during counter-attacking, Find out what they are..

This Tip is a bit longer, I go through the five elements of kata. This will not only help you win at patterns but will help in all areas of Kata.

How you can set up your fighting stance to get faster and better movement

Learning from your last fight, Even If you loose you still can win by learning from your last fight.

Telegraphing what you are about to do is a common problem, here are some ideas ho to fix it

Any one that like to show off or is a bit unfit should listen to this.

This goes hand in hand with distancing, you must learn to close the gap if you want to score, more...

This is one of the most important elements of combat, find out more!

Many student have a poor guard, whether to look cool or just because they don't know. here's more on guards.

There are problems when you go back. Learn why!

More on the attitude you need to have for Fighting competitions

Understanding the fight

The secret of scoring points

The importance of being "fighting fit"

What attitude you should have