Sensei Holmes Self Defence Course Please note you can click on any of the pictures below for a larger/more detailed picture if you wish. For people with slow internet connections this could take some time... 
It was a great turn out to the Self Defence Course - it was open to both Karate-ka and families/friends. Fortunately we were able to move the course outside to make the most of a very nice Saturday afternoon! 
After some very "different" warm-ups we started some self defence situations - demonstrated by Sensei Holmes and his son. 
They consisted of some Ju-jitsu style defences to common attacks, countering with some blocks, strikes and then aplying some locks. 
 
 
We also did some ground work (a person attacking a prone person on the floor) which invloved some scissor leg take downs. 
Sensei Holmes also demostrated some knife defences & counters. 
I think everyone on the course who managed to do the pressure point behind the ears move, whilst lifting the attackers body with your legs - will remember how painful/effective it was! You can see a movie clip of sensei Holmes perfoming that move here. Note this movie is 3.7MB in size so people without broadband internet connections be warned! 
Sensei Holmes very kindly presented the attendees of the course with a certificate. 
I think everyone seemed to enjoy the course, it certainly covered a lot of ground in the 3 hours it lasted! Everyone seemed to have a go at performing Sensei Holmes' self defense techniques and hopefully took something away from the course. It was a fun afternoon helped along by Sensei Holmes' sense of humour...
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