THREE BUTTON DOWN AND KENPO

TIME SHIFTING...

PETER SETH: Try and view ‘far things near’ and ‘near things far’.  In doing this you can attempt and sometimes succeed to manipulate events by mentally adjusting the time scale of the events.  In general ‘world terms’ time is perceived as a constant, moving inexorably onwards without pause or control by anything.  But, it is also only a figment, a construct of the human brain.  Time is relative to our thoughts, what we are thinking, where we are, what we are doing, where we are moving, at what speed and direction.
All this is relative to everything else around us. Our thoughts should be able to alter perceived time if we learn and adapt to certain perspectives...CLICK ABOVE

JOHN ATKIN: Grappling is one of the best things you can do for fun!!!
In grappling you get to clinch and throw in lots of different ways and work submissions standing and on the ground; if that’s not fun what is!
Some people view grappling as a life or death match not wanting to give an inch out of fear of the submission! (Shock, horror.) Hey man loosen up and enjoy the roll...
Since the evolution of MMA, grappling has been getting a good and bad rep. Ever since Royce Gracie tapped out the good, the bad and the ugly in the early UFC’sthe grappling arts have had somewhat of a revolution against the main state of the martial arts...CLICK ABOVE

ROSS PEARSON: I had a little bit of a lay-off over Christmas, but I’m back in the gym now preparing for my next fight – wherever and whenever that may be. I’m currently training six days a week with two sessions per day. That’s pretty normal for me in between fights and it’s nice to just keep ticking over and stay fit. I know that whenever I get the call with details of my next UFC fight I’ll be more than ready for it.

It’s all just about waiting for the call now. To be honest, I could be ready to fight next week if the UFC asked me. That’s just the way I go about things. I like to stay in decent shape all year round and I like to feel prepared whenever the opportunity does arrive.
Having got a taste of UFC action at UFC 105 in Manchester, I’m now just craving more and more...CLICK ABOVE

SUE WHARTON: One of the things I like about being a part of the martial arts world is that it is non-ageist. Nobody ever makes you feel that you are too old to be practising a martial art. 
In fact, I find the attitudes within martial arts are almost opposite to those in the wider society. Within martial arts you are respected and valued for being an older, experienced and still active martial artist; whereas in the wider society you are increasingly considered a 'has been' as you get older and youth is revered much more.
I have a secret to share…. I am 47 years old (not many women are prepared to reveal their true age – so you are lucky!). I didn’t take up martial arts until the relatively late age of 45. I feel lucky that I am healthy, fit and...CLICK ABOVE

STANDARDS OF MIXED MARTIAL ARTS (MMA)

PETE FALKOUS: At times you always think to yourself ‘that would make great content for my blog’ and suddenly you forget about it, my fault for not taking a notebook everywhere I go… oh well.
I guess it might not just be me who has thought about this before although it is something that never seems to be written about or even talked about outside of friendship circles. The standard of fighters who are competing in MMA seems to vary drastically from promotion to promotion, regardless if it is the UFC or my very own Northern Fight League.
In the early days of going and reporting on events it was taken for granted that not all fighters would be of a high standard, which I believe they are these days on a whole...CLICK ABOVE