PREVIOUS SEMINARS

Saturday 18th August
KOREAN KICKBOXING SEMINAR
Master Wallace VII Degree hosted a Korean Kickboxing Seminar in the Montrose Sports Hall, Montrose on Saturday 18th August.  
This seminar was held from 1:00-4:00pm and was attended by students from Aberdeen and Montrose.

Course Attendees

Back Row 
(Miss L Mackay, Thomas Hutcheon, Alan Johnston , Simon James, David Wilson)
Front Row
(Virginia Hutchinson, Kath Robertson, Mr M Davies IV Deg, Alison Ogley, Mr A Harthill)

Back Row 
(Mr M Davies IV Deg, Mr G Wallace VI Deg, Mr A Harthill, Mr R Roy, Alan Johnston, Ian Williams, Simon James, Thomas Hutcheon, Colin Shearer, Karthik Rajendran, David Wilson)
Front Row
(Alison Ogley, Virginia Hutcheon, Dianne Smith, Kath Robertson, Michelle Hession)

Counterstrike 2004

A three hour counterstrike workshop was held on Saturday 6th November 2004 at the Academy.  This course was presented by Mr Mark Davies (4th Deg).  This was a beginners class which was designed to look at various aspects of self-defence, from how to increase awareness, to physically repelling any would-be attackers.

They all arrived, unsure of what to expect, but by the end of the three hours they were all surprised at how easy some of the techniques were and that they could actually perform these techniques.  We hope that this has been of some help to them and that they will never have to use them.

Sul Sa 2004

The Gordon Wallace Blackbelt Academy held a one day Sul Sa (special martial arts techniques) course on Saturday 4th Sept 2004.  The course was presented by Mr Mark Davies (4th Deg). This course covered fundamental short stick techniques, attacking and defence sequences.  The latter part of the course then utilised the short stick in locking, throwing and disarming.  

This course was successfully completed by:

Alison Ogley, 3rd Kup
Roy Park, 5th Kup
Julie Brown, 5th Kup
Aaron Davidson, 4th Kup 
Doug Farquhar, 6th Kup
Stacey Dunbar, 6th Kup
Tony Gilmour, 6th Kup
Steven McKendrick, 7th Kup
Dave Marshall, 8th Kup
Jennifer Parks, 8th Kup

Sul Sa 2003

The Gordon Wallace Blackbelt Academy held a one day Sul Sa (special martial arts techniques) course on Saturday 4th May 2003.  The course was presented by Mr Mark Davies (3rd Deg).  It covered fundamental mid and short stick techniques, striking, locking and throwing techniques, along with weapon retention and recovery.  This was an excellent course, even although we all had sore shins!!  

Counterstrike 2002

The Gordon Wallace Blackbelt Academy held it's first Ladies Counterstrike Workshop on Saturday 5th October 2002.  The course was held by Mr Mark Davies (3rd Degree) and Mr Gordon Wallace (6th Degree).  This was a 3 hour beginners class which was designed to look at various aspects of self-defence, from how to keep unwanted callers out of the home, to physically repelling any would-be attackers.  

We started off in the home, looking at securing doors, timing devices for lights and talking about never letting people into your home without ID.  We also gave advice on being aware of your surroundings and planning your routes.  We discussed that the best form of self-defence is not to get involved in the first place, but if there is no way out, we showed the best ways to deal with an attack.  The course covered various aspects of self-defence including:

The mind and controlling your fear;  tricks of the trade;  personal security at home / in transit;  avoiding intimidation - empowering yourself;  physical self-defence techniques;  target areas of the human body;  correct striking techniques;  responses to common attacks and working under stress.

By the end of the day, the women, who were quite subdued to begin with, were very confident.  It's amazing what a few hours of practical advice can do for your confidence.  Obviously we hope that nothing will ever happen, but we are glad that if anything does, they will all be capable of fighting back.

Close Quarter Counter Measures is an integral part of the training programme which links the practical applications of Tae Kwon-Do techniques with the mental requirement of using the techniques effectively when under the extreme stress of a possible violent situation or confrontation.  Click here for details.