Ninjutsu Uncovered

Captains log from the sofa.........Day 5 Sitting with my leg on a cushion unable to bend, black and blue stiff and gutted! Life was not always this way..... Wed the 6 th of March I was having a great day teaching classes as normal, many of which used my left leg as a target to practise timing, distance and power kicks (ouch!) The life of a martial arts coach is at most times painful, letting people practise the fighting moves on your body like a cheap whore; only joking! Sometimes people go out of their way to kick you as hard as they can to prove to you they are tough and today was no exception (another day at the office). After teaching 5 classes in a row I quickly changed and made my way to Eldon Square recreation centre to help the smooth running of the Eddie Bravo seminar! The AFC Scrap pack set up the mats and made sure everyone was ok while Chris Mason and I went to find Eddie. The attendance was about 60 people, 27 of them from the AFC - so proud that they all came to learn fr...

The UFC was once again coming to Manchester, England, great fights on GMT so a UFC night was on the plans for the Atkin household, but more importantly the UFC coming means Eddie Bravo was in the country! And he was holding a course before the show! Game on……. 10 th Planet Jiu-jitsu was really taking off all over the world; Bushido MMA was the place to be at 11am on Saturday 14 th of November, come hell or high water, I would make it there. After sorting out instructors to cover classes I had arranged to meet Neil Foggin and Paul Holmes in Byker the text said ‘the AFC to meet at the KFC at 7am to see the Twister!’ (Eddie’s nickname taken from one of his many great moves) 7am: BYKER KFC Paul and Neil got there on time and off we went, anyone that has been on a course can tell you the buzz you get from going on them, as Neil put it we were like kids - all excited, laughing and joking. We made good time down the A1 then across onto the M18 then onto the M1; the day was bright and the sky...