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Prof. Wally Jay's Centennial

Prof. Wally Jay’s Centennial

2017 would have been the late, great Prof. Wally Jay’s 100th Birthday, and to celebrate, Prof. Leon Jay, Prof. Wally’s son and successor and the Small Circle Jujitsu organisation are holding a number of special Centennial Seminars and Celebrations.  This last weekend saw the first of these in London, England where Prof. Leon has been based for the last 28 years. We were privileged to have Master…

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Joint Seminar – Kalis Ilustrisimo Repeticion Orihinal (KIRO) & Small Circle Jujitsu Concepts Programme (SCC)

Saturday 12th October, 2013

KIRO UK & Ireland hosted a joint six hour seminar in London with Small Circle Jujitsu today.  Master Shamim Haque, the Director of KIRO UK & Ireland and the personal representative of GM Tony Diego, 2nd Generation head of the…

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London Seminar Invitation

Hi, everyone – firstly an apology; I haven’t been posting for a while, due to various factors, but I am writing and will publishing more posts over the next few weeks.

Right now, I just wanted to issue an open invitation to anyone who has enjoyed reading…

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I’ve noticed that many of the people who come to view my blog do so as a result of a web-search on arrest technique, or what martial arts police officers use, or the ‘best martial art for law enforcement’?  

Now I personally would favour training that was…

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Judo – from brutally effective martial art to Olympic Sport – Part 1

I didn’t have the opportunity to watch very much of the recent London Olympics, except for the Judo.  It got me thinking about the evolution of those martial arts that have passed into the mainstream, and then on into that grey area between a functioning…

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A beautifully written and highly valid set of observations – as a Catholic of mixed Scots/Irish/Italian cultural background, I’ve experienced the consequences of such misinterpretations of symbologies. This is likewise a problem in martial arts, with some…

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Distinguishing 'Training Methodology' from 'Fighting Style'

(As with a number of my previous posts this piece is excerpted from a chapter of a book I hope to publish later this year – I hope you enjoy it, and whether or not you agree with it,  do please to comment on it; there isn’t a writer or teacher alive who…

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Mind, Body and Spirit

Some of my more regular readers may have been a little surprised to find that I reblogged a post from a young lady who was not a martial artist, and who was writing about her internal life.  So I just thought I’d write a couple of lines to further address…

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I recommend you read this remarkably honest post, which might not – at first glance – appear to have much to do with martial arts, but trust me, if you’re a teacher (right at the start of your career or well into it) you have almost certainly felt the…

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Professor David 'The Don' Castoldi - Master of his environment

One of the many star-turns of the Wally Jay Remembrance convention was Prof. Dave Castoldi.  Prof. Dave has a quiet, yet gravelly whisper of a voice, that combined with his unfailingly affable manner, makes you realise how dangerous a martial artist he…

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