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EDITION+++
FIGHT NIGHT TV GOES LIVE WITH TOP KICKBOXING ACTION ![]() By Sean O'Connor FIGHT Night TV goes live with top kickboxing action from the Super Fight Series. The event is available on pay-per-view on Saturday, May 18th when kickboxing superstar Chad "2 Slick" Sugden faces Italian Muay Thai champion Paolo Fiorio. Fiorio stepped in after Chad's original opponent, Marcio Navarro, was sesationally suspended by the ISKA and stripped of his world title. The five hour show cost just £5 to view. To watch the show click the link Sugden’s new opponent is a Ko specialist
and it expected
the vacant title bout will be an all-out war at Kelham Hall, Newark. Sugden said: “Although I wanted to fight
the champion and
beat him in the ring, I don’t care who I fight. But if the ISKA
allows it,
Navarro can be the first to challenge me for the title and I look
forward to
defending it in the USA. “I’ve been training for the hardest fight of my life so I will be ready for Fiorio or anyone else on the night.” Marking the launch of the Super Fight Series with a 70kg Four Man K-1 kickboxing tournament, the night also features an extensive amateur and pro undercard. To watch the show click the linkDoors open at 6.15pm, with the first fight starting at 7pm.
Standard
tickets priced £25 for adults and £15 for under 16s are
still available (ticket hotline 07816
840920). +++SECOND
MAY EDITION+++
WHAT MADE BRIAN DOSSETT - PART ONE By Gary Taylor (Combat Jitsu master) I had an opportunity to interview legend
Brian Dossett who is
respect throughout the world for his work and pioneering within the
martial
arts. He spoke with no holds barred. What he says could be
something
others want to take on board. He certainly pulls no punches and leaves
room for
thought. GT: Brian I am not going over the same old
boring questions
on how long have you been in the Martial arts and fight game and things
like
that. Those from your generation and those know what you have
achieved.
The younger generation know about you from the stories they are
told.
Some still witness you in the ring/cage and on the mat today at
73-years-old. You were featured on "The One Show" and boxing
legend Barry McGuigan said that you are an inspiration. Your recent
opponent
Jim Cockram informed me that you find it difficult understand why so
many look
up to you. Your life was and still remains very active so my first
question
must be "what was it like in your days being a kid?" (Caption): Picture by Eileen Tweedy BD: There is so much to remember so I will try
to give a few
examples. I can remember my mum smothering me with her body protecting
me from
the bombing, the noise, confusion and rushing around. I was being
pulled in all
directions. I can remember seeing the sky full of moving lights,
smelling of
smoke and seeing burning buildings not realising the dangers that
surrounded
me. People were buried alive and killed. During those periods,
all the
kids were sent to different parts of the country for protection so my
older
sister and I were separated. Like so many I lost aunties, uncles,
cousins
and friends. For example out of the eight friends I knew there
were only
three left. The others were killed and I can still remember their
names. Once
they were there but then gone. The tiny play areas no longer had any
life.
During the rebuilding kids knew their places. GT: Where were you and your sister sent? BD: My sister was set to Somerset and I was
sent to live with a
great big fat lady who stuffed me with homemade bread and water during
the
day. Sometimes a hot coco drinks before bed. I can't remember how
long
that period lasted but when the war was over I was a typical boy.
The
country celebrated with street parties, mainly for the kids. Homemade
cakes and
jellies were the treats of that day. Following that every family were
given
ration books which controlled the food each family were allowed! For
example
kid's sweets were rationed at just two ones per week. The kids today
would
probably commit suicide if that happened to them. If we stepped out of
line we
would be met with a slap around the face at home or a caning at school
known
then as "six of the best". The courts today would be full up based on
"child control" we have today. However it did me no harm.
In fact it would probably sort a few problems out with modern kids
today. Social workers and human rights experts would jump up and
down if
they read this. GT: How long did it take before normal life
was able to
start? BD: During the years my life had been
confusing and stressful
but my Judo, boxing, football and music became stronger. My older
sister was a
stranger to me because her interest included dance, drama, stage and
entertainment. She was a member of the famous "Tiller dance group"
which was well known in those days on Sunday nights at the London
Palladium. It was her who taught me "foot craft" which was to
be a part of my martial art syllabus later in life. During our
teens we
had to adapt and make new relationships and opposite sex was no
exception.
Social and dance clubs in this days were equivalent to today's night
clubs.
There were "bouncers" who had similar problems the licence door staff
have today. GT: What kind of attitude was different
compared to today's
attitude? BD: If we did not show respect, we would get kicks up the rear, ears twisted and hair pulled and sent to bed with empty bellies. Entertainment was limited and there was no TV in those days. The only media entertainment we had was a radio known as a wireless. We were forced to communicate and create our own entertainment, chatted together around street lamps or log fire places. The wireless encouraged our imaginations. Mum supplied us with sandwiches made by the left over fat from the frying pan spread on bread with salt and that was it. There was no technology like the kids have to day which in my opinion has killed real relationship. You can't go anywhere without that mobile. Even if you go out for a meal, all you hear and see are people using mobiles and to me that’s bad manners and ignorant. I refuse you talk to anyone whilst they are using mobiles. Mums in supermarket are trying to push the trolley with one hand and have a discussion on the mobile on the other. The kid's photo-copy it and we are where we are today. GT:
What was the technology in those days
compared to today
standards? BD: Late 50's the first black and white TV
screen was
introduced. What we had to listen too we could now see in picture form.
Communication systems included bulky dial phones, typewriters were the
computer
of that day, and printing had been done letter by letter supported with
Castetna machine. Heating was coal and wood, black and white silent
films were
controlled by cine-projectors and music came from large records with
wind up
playing machines. I still have those in my loft today. GT: Wow, they must be worth some money? BD: You can't sell memories but you can share
them to compare
but people listen but fail to hear and see look but fail to see. I
still have
bits and bobs form an old fashioned cine-camera that used to
entertain us
with silent Charlie Chaplin and black and white cowboy films. The
nearest
violence was within the cowboy and Indian films and there was no bad
language.
Everyone knew where we all slotted in. There were the rich, the middle
classes
and us. We were a different breed. All we seem to be surrounded with
today is
self, self, self and no one seems to recognise their blessings. They
fail to
understand the millions who are worse off than they are. It's all down
to
leadership and examples within homes. However, parents only have the
kids until
they leave the nest. After that all kinds of temptations have to be
dealt with.
They may find the right road but they may get caught up with
undesirables. All
parents can do is hope what they learnt at home will be a guide
later in
their lives. Our parents were unable to give us what they never had
because
they had nothing to give, other than love, basics and discipline.
Without the discipline,
we would not have survived. GT: I can only guess what you mean and you
put it so
clearly. How about the sporting activities and the food rationing
you
talk about. It must have been very difficult. How would you
compare the
domestic problems of yesterday to the domestic problems of today?
BD: You can't because the situation is not the
same. As said, we
must adapt according to the times but at the same time recognise the
risks when
we adapt. How can we compare the periods of boxer Freddy
Mills, Rocky
Marciano, Mike Tyson, and Muhammed Ali. How can we
compare 1950's footballer player Stanley Mathews to the David
Beckam's of today? For example, even the equipment and requirements
were different. Domestics are no exception because farms were
destroyed so
food was limited, if any at all. No cows meant no milk; no
chickens meant
no eggs or poultry. The common meal was pig trotters and even they
were
limited as were fruit and vegetables. Everything was powdered milk and
tin
stuff. During the bombing periods we were living in underground
shelters and
Sunday meal was pomegranate between the families with no complaints.
Back
gardens were turned into allotments, chick and rabbit runs. We
had to
cope and stuck together but we still had our kids conflicts and own
little
street battles. Relationship building was important. GT: Can you give examples? BD: The football of yesterday for example,
compared to the
plastic football of today was different. Modern players may have
found it
difficult to handle the old fashioned football. In these days the
football was
made of hard leather with a tube inside like a car tire. It was
stitched
together with a cord and if you headed that part of the ball it was
like a
knockout punch. In fact, I can speak from experience because I was
knocked out
by heading that particular ball. Heading a ball today would be
like
heading a balloon to the old football player. The fight game also had
different
equipment, and different requirements. Whether it was easier in those
times will
be debated for years but we could only deal with what we had whilst the
country
was rebuilding. GT: When did the country start getting back
to normal
again? BD: I can only
speak from a personal point of view. My parents had another baby son
and I was
over the moon because now I had a younger brother and an older sister.
Further
tragedy hit my own family because my Brother became sick and died. Once
again
it was a doom and gloom period. The weird thing about that was my Son
Stephen
Dossett was born on my birthday so my brother died and my son born on
my
birthday. That’s the reason my birthday is a mixture of sadness
and joy.
BD: It was my football, judo, boxing and music that kept me going. My friends had brothers or sisters living at home. My older sister was a stranger because she was always on tour so in reality I now had no brother or sister and found that difficult. It forced me to be impendent and further my activities and experience different relationships. At this time I became interested in wrestling which furthered my Judo and boxing activities. I was useless at academics but good at sport. It was at the end of school days I began thinking about what will be in front of me. Being a boxing and Judo coach was in the back of my mind but that was just a school boy dream. Even at that age I had the ability to self-assess myself. I would always question the answers and my school teachers always thought I was being difficult. The real fact was “they had no answers”. My enquiry brain was to be an advantage later during my battles to come with martial art authorities. I was born during a war, had to cope with the rebuilding periods, lost a brother, had a sister who I never knew so the only things I had was football, Judo, boxing, music and now wrestling. During my youth I got involved with a Rock group. This was the time Cliff Richard, Marty Wild and Tommy Steel were trying to get on the entertainment ladder. In fact, Cliff and I were involved with the same girlfriend until we all went our different ways. There were all kinds of opportunities but to make the right choice was a problem. I was even involved with fairground bare knuckle bouts on Saturday afternoons. GT: Wow, you had your own problems to deal
with so when did
you leave school to start work? BD: I left school when I was 15-years-old. I
had two main friends
throughout my school days and we stuck together after leaving school.
The
country had a government system known as "the call up”. If
your
birthday was at a certain age you were forced to serve two years in one
of the
armed forces according to what standard of education you were.
One of my
mates was at that ages were called up serving in Germany.
My other
mate and I just missed the call up. Like most youth we had our moments
socialising with entertainment, cars and opposite sex but slowly
drifted apart
and made new circle of friends. I never neglected my football, Judo,
boxing and
wrestling but became advanced in Judo and boxing. My week days
included
Judo, boxing and wrestling and on Saturday or Sunday it was football.
Friday,
Saturday and Sunday nights were socialising periods so my life was
always
action filled.
BD: First
of all I do
not consider myself a legion. I have been put in a position to be what
other
people wanted me to be. It was not planned, it just happened and
believe me if
people think a good position they are far from right because my life
has not
been mine. It’s been about what others want. When
I was 16 years old my dad suggested I
should experience other parts of Europe so joined the Merchant Navy. In those days, visiting places like Spain was
a million miles away. For people like
that was something that was only taught at school.
You could imagine, here I was at 16 years old
on my first trip was three month trip bound for Australia.
The only time I was away from my parents was
during the war. Without knowing it, the
experiences during the next year of my life would be a period that
would
concrete my ideas. This was the period
when I shared my Judo, boxing and wrestling with other boys from the
Orient on
board the ships. Again unaware these exchanges of knowledge would be
major part
of my life. Basically during our spare time on board I taught my
Oriental mates
Judo, Boxing and some street stuff and they taught me their traditional
ways.
It was an MMA of yesterday but non-competitive which I wanted to
change. We
were teenagers trying things out without competing. When we docked in
different
countries we used our spare time visiting back street dojos and learnt
a lot
about how they did things. My human bag kept on getting filled with all
kinds
of interesting ideas. Kick boxing in those days was years away from
being
established and was not even in my mind. It was a period when I mixed
and
tested everything. I wanted to know what
it would be like if my boxing skills could not be used if my judo
skills took
me to the ground. I wanted to know if my judo skills could stop my
jabbing
skills and not allow me in to be throwing. It was
like a mini
MMA trial but never been tried before. After a few months I
experimented with a
new idea “SEMI HEAVY CONTACT” with no strikes to the head
whilst on the
ground. The funny thing is I have just
re-introduced that idea again with much interest based on MMA today but
more on
that later. BD: I can
only smile
and direct you back to that history gallery. There
are many occasions I hear quotations that I
said years ago and
people think they are new. During
those
periods I was a no body and not in the media. Bruce Lee and James Bond
were in
the media so they were in a position to highlight something I could
not. I do not
keep a mental record on what I say and can’t remember everything
I may have
done. Others tell me stories about
myself that I don’t remember. Yes, I have always said feel and
don’t think
because it’s something I have always done. I
found if I did too much thinking it affected my
flow of movement.
There have been many occasions relating to what I say but somebody in a
better
position says those years after and gets the credit. All I can do is
listen and
smile. I have made suggestion to people
who have taken what I said on board, put it into action and are
successful. I like to experiment and
give new ideas a chance. Other collects them and uses them for their
own
benefit. I am a good creator but a useless manager. For example the AMA
was my
suggestion that Tom Hibbert took on board and replaced his AKA with AMA
and AMA
grew at a rapid pace. The AMA could have been mine but I was only
interested in
finding new ways and left politics to others. Now
we have MMA which I introduced years ago but
based on political
pressure at that time, that idea failed to get started.
It is excepted today but still unlicensed
with no governing body. If it was accepted when I introduced it, we may
have
been in a better position today but that was not to be. GT:
That’s fantastic. Why did not
someone jump on you to
broadcast what you had? BD: The
problem was
the so called experts kept on getting stuck within their own thoughts
but no
follow up. They feared to tread into areas that were new to them. They
treated
new ideas as a threat instead of a risk and we must take risks I life
to find
out what level we may have to deal with. There is always an element of
luck
involved so it’s also being in the right place at the right time.
I was a
nothing but a family man, truck driver with domestic problems, just a
ripple on
the sea. I did what I did without any
thought of spreading the word. It was not “what I knew but who I
knew and I
knew no one. I was just a small fish swimming about in a small bowl not
realising what I knew would come alive
but others always took the credit. Martial art magazines were the only
outlet
and that evidence is there to be seen today. GT: Yes, I have had the pleasure walling
through your history
gallery and there is so much to see. You mention your problems included
domestic, is it too personal to highlight? BD: Not, not really because my domestics relate to martial arts. Many people have domestics at all levels. In my case, I went rock bottom, survived a mental institution and came back fighting. If it was not for my Martial Art mind I would not have survived. Once I had to fight back from the death bed. I received the Last Rites and although my body was preparing to leave this world my mind took over and I am still here. I have had my share of good and bad times including two marriages. I have five kids, fifteen grandchildren and seventeen great grandchildren. There were good and bad times including domestic and professional barriers coupled with martial art politics but I am still here today doing it at 73-years of age. Those experiences helped me to be able to advise others who had to go through similar problems. It's been part of my martial art work which I still do today. However, my body is not what it once was but I still do what I can but I continue experimenting with new ideas.
BD: Creating
is not difficult but to a control
it is difficult because what you create can get into the wrong hands.
The
important thing is to recognise who the owner of the wrong hands is
bearing in
mind those hands may prove to be the right hands. I was one example
because at
one stage people thought Brian Dossett's hands were the wrong ones
until I had
to go out to prove I am the right hands. That's when the battles begin.
Sometimes activities are forced underground to be able to prove
themselves and
unlicensed/unrecognised activities are similar in going underground.
Unlicensed
events can prove to be safe and legal aspects are covered. The martial
arts
have gone in all directions for many years. I can't put years of
knowledge and
experience on an A4. I am writing a book called “Stranger
Within” which covers
most areas. GT:
I understand that but can you give us
some ideas. BD: I can only give you facts based on reality
because that's like asking: "who was the first martial artist?"
Martial ways can be misunderstood? Where do you want me to
start
because since time began tribes had military methods and techniques?
They
perfected what had to be perfected through trial and error.
Decision
making is not new and never will be new. I have always believed we
can't
perfect basics because basics will follow basics. When you think there
is an
ending to the basics, you are struck by another basic ad that circle
goes on
with no end. Battles had to be won and lost to win a war and all
kinds of
logic, techniques and strategies were involved. Those involved recorded
some
and those recordings were perfected as they are today. The fight
game including
the art forms are no exception. From those recordings we are
where we are
today. Martial artist are thieves because different styles steal
from
each other and we slot what we can where we think it's needed.
Maybe
that's why some myths tried to keep what they knew "secret". My
question to them was simply how will they know if the secret would work
without
testing it? GT: Wow, that’s deep but I know where you are coming from so I think it’s best to start when Judo and Karate were introduced. BD: Before
we go any
further Judo is still a big question mark within the martial
circles. In
the old days Judo was probably the first activity known as a martial
art. Over
the years Judo separated itself from martial arts. At one stage there
was
conflict between Judo experts when Judo became a sport and that
conflict to
remains today. There are still two apartments “Sport and
Art”. So let's keep
Judo out of the equation and direct our thoughts to Karate which is
probably
the most recognised style. GT: Good idea because it has been claimed
that Karate has
more followers than any other martial art system and Worldwide. BD: Yes I know but in the old days when Karate was mentioned everyone thought Karate only related to Japan and had the image of “chop, chop chop”. Korean has a Karate system and free-style have their own Karate way. The myths die out very quickly. There was not the volume of different styles like we have today. Indeed, as a self-defence system I questioned Karate and this disturbed the traditionalists. Over the years there have been all kinds of breakaway groups, I was one of them and we are where we are today. Other systems such as Aikido, Ju-Jitsu and Tai Chi were floating in the background and our own western boxing was the equivalent to Karate. The myths and so called hidden secrets within oriental arts increased resulting more and deeper questions from me. At that time my own free-style system known as Spirit Combat had been growing at a rapid pace and became a threat to traditional martial art masters. Their students began getting interested with my system because it was a freeway.
BD: The
sports council was concerned with so
many martial arts being practiced within the UK so created a martial
art
governing body known as MAC (Martial Art Commission). Jujitsu,
Aikido and
other systems stood side by side with Karate. If you were not a member
of one
if the governing body groups you were a "cowboy" group and found it
difficult to hire a venue. The political claws forced many good clubs
underground or to be controlled and manipulated by the heads within the
MAC.
Cut a long story short Brian Dossett and his free-style system were
assessed by
the MAC and rejected because the authorities did not know what
governing body
they could put my free-style in based on being a mixture of them
all. It
was a style within a style, again something Bruce Lee did, years after. GT: That's correct. This is getting
interesting, what
happened next? BD: I
battled on until my system was accepted by the British Jujitsu
Association (BJJA). I will always remember the secretary of the MAC
said,
"It's better to have the beast within rather than outside". I was no
long a "cowboy" but a "Beast" and did not know which I
preferred but went along with the flow, ha ha ha. The problem was
with
them because I had no problem. They thought they would be able to
control me
whilst I was inside their organisation but little did they know who
they was
dealing with. My system was probably the first free-style MMA system at
that
time. My free-style ideas became a reality and martial arts were
forced
to change at a rapid pace. Very soon after that the MAC was
terminated... BD: Thank
you... For
further information about Spirit
Combat visit: +++SECOND NOVEMBER EDITION+++ AN INTERVIEW WITH OCFM'S RUSSELL STUTELY RUSSELL Stutely is one of the formost experts in pressure point applications in martial arts. Although Russell has trained in many traditional systems, he is well known for his modern combat system Open Circle Fighting Method, or OCFM. Martial News group editor Phil Doherty finds out more about this remarkable instructor. PHIL
Doherty: Hello Russell, thank you for agreeing to do this interview... PD:
May
we start with how long have you
been training in martial arts? Who did you start training with and
where was
this? What system was your first martial art? What
styles and
system have you trained in over the years? Why did you choose those
particular
systems? What is the one system you enjoy the most and why?
PD:
You
are trail-blazer in modern systems by combining different arts and
principles
together...what do you love the most about the OCFM system and why? Can
you
explain to the readers what the main principles that underpin the
system are? All
of this is of course a complete waste of time. To
argue those semantics is a waste of your training time. The
OCFM completely differs from this in so many ways.
That
general statement could be applied to any strike
to any part of the body and that same principle of effectiveness then
applied
to all locks, throw, takedowns, strangles etc.. in fact to each and
every technique! So,
to do this and to teach this to others, we must
know and understand as many of these principles as possible. We must be
able to
articulate, demonstrate and impart this knowledge in an easy to
understand,
easy to replicate fashion. Sounds
a daunting task! To be able to break down every
technique and rebuild it! To
make this easier to understand, think of it like
this. If you have a Boxing background, then you have a completely
different
training background to a Judoka. However, many of the principles that
make up a
technique will be the same. How could they be? One is punching and the
other is
throwing and locking etc.
PD:
What
is the highlight of your martial arts career and why?
PD:
What are your ambitions for the future?
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them about winning his bronze medal in Beijing 2008 and his aim to win
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the next Games being held in Rio Janiero, Brazil in 2016. he
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