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Rick Clark

Rick Clark is one of the world's most knowledgable pressure points experts. Teaching the easy to understand and straight forward principles of 'JHH' he is the best man to go to for seminars and training in the use of pressure points and practical applications of karate Kata.

• Bilateral Kata
• To The Point
• The Wall of Silence: Have vital points been systematically witheld from Martial Artists?

Iain Abernethy

Iain Abernethy is the voice of Practical Karate™. Nowhere else will you find anyone as dedicated to finding the true applications of Kata and Practical Karate™ than Iain.

• A brief history of the Pinan/Heian Katas
• No first attack?
• Kata based sparring
• An interview with Iain Abernethy - Geoff Thompson
• A Brief History of Kata
• The Bubishi – Karate’s Most Important Text?
• Bunkai - Karate's forgotten 95%
• The 'Cross-Buttocks' Throw: A Forgotten Throw
• Naihanchi - Karate's Most Deadly Kata?
• The Role of Grappling in Self-Defence
• James Figg - The First Bare-Knuckle Boxing Champion
• "Jutsu" vs. "Do"
• Karate On The Ground
• Know your Enemy?
• The Magnitude of Kata
• The "Missing" Links Of Kata?
• The Nature Of Fighting
• Performing the Katas
• Predictable Response
• The Benefits of Strength Training
• Tegumi - Karate's Forgotten Range
• What is Traditional Karate?
• What are the true applications of Kata?

Vince Morris

Vince Morris is a hard-hitting exponent of Practical Karate™. His techniques are short, strong and to the point. If you've been hit by Vince you'll most certainly know it!

• When I went to Uni
• Modern Warriors
• Just a pile of Bricks
• How nice
• Rules of Combat
• Reply to a letter
• Charles Ng; My Interest
• How can you tell?
• Diet and Lifestyle
• Just training hard is NOT enough!

Misc

• The Heian: Beginner’s work? - Dr John Titchen
• The Heian/Pinan Kata: Origins and Originator - Dr John Titchen
• Fire Melts Metal? Can we apply Chinese Medicine to Pressure Point Fighting? - Mike Flanagan, Dr Zoltan Dienes
• The Learning Curve - Steve Chriscole
• Karate Yesterday and Today - Steve Chriscole
• Pinan Nidan - Video Applications - 4meg WMV File - Phil Tann
• Single kata study - seminar tour report - Bill Burgar
• Aikido - Isshinryu Armbar - Victor Smith
• Bassai Bunkai - Steven Webster
• Heian Bunkai - Source and Author unknown
• Japanese Dictionanary A-Z - Source and Author unknown
• Japanese Dictionary By Technique - Source and Author unknown
• Humility and the humble bow What can we learn from them? - Matthew Sylvester
• Kata - The Hidden Beauty - Matthew Sylvester
• Self-preservation versus self-realisation - Matthew Sylvester
• Kawashi - Matt Spriggs
• Five Element Sequences - 4 March 1999 - Zoltan Dienes and Mike Flanagan
• Zenkutsu Dachi - A misunderstood stance? - Source and Author unknown
• Heian Nidan Flowdrill - Meirion Davies
• A personal perspective on women's self-defence - Melanie aka Yellow Tiger
• A morning with Jimmy Bore - Melanie aka Yellow Tiger