I grew up living on the tallest hilltop in Johannesburg, South Africa – Melville Kopje. I used to ride down the hill to take Judo lessons; and remember every time I entered the dojo, or passed another school as a special time – steeped in the mystery and respect that surrounded these places. On occasion I would travel with my family into the center of Johannesburg, Hillbrow; we used to enjoy visiting ‘Exclusive Books’ a late night bookshop, and one evening I bought the first book on Martial Arts I’d ever seen: ‘The Martial Arts’ by Michel Random.
Teaching Martial Arts to Children
Jose is my Hero
Jose Rizal is recognized as a national hero within Filipino culture. Born in 1861 he was educated in Europe and Japan – he wrote two books Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo; and is widely seen as a figure head for his political actions within the Philippines, during the Spanish occupation of the Islands. Rizal developed renown for being widely travelled, well educated and also for his intellectual pursuits within: the sciences, arts, literature and languages; he was an eye doctor by profession, an avid player of chess and master swordsman. Jose also enjoyed a strong relationship with the creative, and was close to what for a better term – we could call Yin.
The Chi Kung Teacher
At the time I was training cage fighters inside of Amal Easton’s Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Boulder; I recognized within the continual fighting amongst powerful young men, the harboring of energy that was not mine. Fortunately, I had been exposed to ‘sport’ at the highest level during my time coaching Olympic level Gymnasts and in teaching them the ‘life art’ of Muay Thai or Siamese Kickboxing; from this position, I decided to seek help in understanding the technical aspects of this transference phenomena.
Advanced Defensive Tactics
Upcoming Events / Missions
Martialworks Kalista will be visiting Philippines in March 2010; we’re already deep in preparation for Jungle Survival School and the endless exercise of ‘bridging skill’ on the beach ~ the Filipinos are best at this = find 2 palm trees + hammock, learn to relax!
Kids Update
The Children have just completed their ‘1st Season’ of training; we covered a lot of territory! This included: tours through the long histories and deep cultures of the martial arts traditions we practice; meditation for health; stretching routines from Muay Thai Kickboxing and the Olympic Rhythmic Gymnastics team; Taoist Yoga; Chinese Boxing; stick-fighting and much more… even the big Kids had fun.
Fall / Winter Training Center
Martialworks is pleased to announce that we will be utilizing the Colorado Sports Training center, our training relationship with Peotr Julianov continues to climb to new heights of teaching excellence and technical professionalism.
Address:
Colorado Sports Training
Unit 11, 1501 Lee Hill Rd,
North Boulder, Colorado, USA.
New T-shirt design
Martialworks t-shirts are available, our strong logo across the chest, backed by “World Class Education” is nicely edged with the Chief Command Sergeant stripes; these depict our parameters for operation: with an understanding of the Universal Law of the 5 Elements we go out into the field and teach Advanced Martial Art training methods.