The variety of techniques that are being developed to meet the same attacks shows just how much thought everyone is putting into their training.

Keep up the good work and do not let the two week break spoil all the good work.

Well done, and do not forget that there are no classes for the next two weeks.

All parents should have them, those that don’t please speak to Matthew and he’ll be more than happy to give you a copy. If you like, you can also download them from here.

Scoring will start after this grading and will run through to the next grading.

Feedback on the covers was great to see and having so many people comment on the pictures and email/FB/chat to me about it was great. As a result of the feedback, as well as a wish to make this book truly stand out from others, I’ve gone with the image that is currently the Page’s Profile Image.

I can’t wait to get hold of the first printed copy and I hope that you all enjoy reading it as much as I did writing it. It has certainly been a challenge and a steap learning curve. One which I’m getting ready to exploit to the max as I’ve already managed 15k words on the book two in the last week!

Thank you once again

Matt

Rather than concentrating on how to defend yourself from multitudes of attackers, this course will teach you to use the skills that you already have. Intuition, judgement and plain old commonsense will be looked at from a self-protection viewpoint.

We will also cover Last Resort Techniques, moves that are designed to get you and your loved ones away from trouble if you have been unable to avoid it.

Each course will last ten weeks and is £50. We need a minimum of 10 attendees and once we have enough people signed up we will arrange suitable times.

If you would like to attend the course, please email Matthew through epma at practical-martial-arts.co.uk or speak to Matthew at the end of class. If you have a friend that signs up at the same time as you, you will receive a 10 per cent discount.

The cost is £1, and the seminar will be for one hour.

You don’t need to be supremely fit, but you do need to be willing to learn and muck in. Coffee and biscuits will be provided at the end so that you can ask any questions you might have.

In order for this seminar to go ahead, Matthew needs a minimum of seven attendees. If you are interested in attending, or know of someone who might be, please get in contact through email epma at practical-martial-arts.co.uk or speak to Matthew at the end of a lesson. Once enough people have signed up, a time and date will be arranged.

On sunday i was shopping in Manchester (uk) as i approached my car i saw a man standing there and noticed my front passenger window was smashed. The guy appologised and said he saw it happenand chased 2 guys that did it but they had been too fast and gotten away.

I drove straight to a merchanics to get my window sorted. the merchanic advised my to get to a police station right away as under the passenger seat he found rope, duck tape and a knife.
Something kicked in that day which made me go against my normal actions, my instinct. It saves my life.

Despite the fact that this lady was able to the spot the danger this time, it does point out a very dangerous factor. As a single lady you should never give people lifts unless they are truly in distress themselves. Even then you should consider yourself to be in the Black until you reach the required destination - which should be either Police Station or Hospital, if they don’t require either, then by all means help them out by getting them a taxi and paying towards the fare.

This situation also highlights the steps that sexual predators can take. This was obviously not an opportunistic attack. By this, I mean that the man didn’t act upon the moment. For example, a burglar might enter a house he thought was empty and find a woman there. He might then decide to rape her as a spur of the moment act.

This man however had what is called a ‘Rape Kit. He had rope for binding, duct tape for binding, subduing and even killing (by using it to seal her mouth and nose) and a knife for subduing, torturing and killing.

He had also targetted a lone female in a car park in busy Manchester. There is no way that this could be random. Would he have attempted to kidnap another male? Most likely not. These sort of people often fantasise at length and in depth about the act they want to carry out. They can often do so for years before carrying out the act. This selection would most likely have been through careful observation. He might have been in the car park looking for lone females parking their cars and then selected her (she might have had the right colour/length of hair, be the right age, have the right skin colour etc).

This was a carefully planned ruse. He had carefully scripted what had happened to the car, and what he would say to her in order to disarm her and make her think he was a good guy. He was very confident in his approach and, unlike others, didn’t appear to want to do a ‘blitz’ style attack.

Blitzes are often carried out by very attackers with insecurity issues. They use overwhelming violence to quickly subdue their attackers and achieve their aims. If this man was a blitzer he would most likely have attacked her from behind whilst she was getting into her car - or just about to. Then he would have driven the car himself.

However, it appears that his plan was to have her actually drive the car herself - under threat - and then make her go to a pre-planned spot.

As I said, this was one very lucky lady. Hopefully she did go to the Police and report this as he’s most likely going to try this again.

100 per cent of our existing students have decided to commit to the PMA Elite, rather than taking the softer option of doing the one hour lessons.

From Sage through to Red, the students are putting in 100 per cent effort and feedback has been great with everyone asking for ‘more of the same please!’

It is already available for pre-order at Amazon, Waterstones and WHSMith and should be available in book shops on May 5th.

What I am talking about is foreign lorries. This is because they have completley different dead spots compared to British lorries. The reason for this is that the driver in a foreign lorry is sat on the left-hand side of the lorry. His mirrors are therefore set-up to maximise driving on the left-hand side of the road.

What this means for you, is that when you’re overtaking and have drawn level with - or are just behind - the cab, if the driver looks out of his right hand window from his seat, or into his mirror, he won’t see you.

This isn’t a problem - unless he’s also thinking about overtaking traffic in front. It is becoming increasingly common for foreign lorries to sideswipe cars in the middle lane, simply because they can’t see you. So, if you’re overtaking a foreign lorry, make sure you do so as swiftly and safely as possible. Be prepared to move out into the fast lane, be aware of their indicators (since these will be the best signal you can get of their intentions) and be safe. Move into the fast lane if you have to.