Wotcha all

[IOM Combat]

Hi Everyone,
My name is Daniel and I'm as sef-defence instructor under the open circle institute based in the Isle of Man.

Cheers
Dan

[m.artist]

What's your specialty?
Oh and welcome

[IOM Combat]

Hi M.artist,
I'm a 1st Dan in Majime Karate-Jutsu, a asst. instructor in the Open circle fighting method and a DSD lvl 1 inst. At the moment I'm mainly doing research into a martial principles over here with a few people I train with.

Dan

[m.artist]

Hi M.artist,
I'm a 1st Dan in Majime Karate-Jutsu, a asst. instructor in the Open circle fighting method and a DSD lvl 1 inst. At the moment I'm mainly doing research into a martial principles over here with a few people I train with.

Dan

Hmm, never heard of Majime karate-jutsu. Tell me how the training works. And you sound like your abroad. Where are you?

[IOM Combat]

Hi Again,
Depends where u are as to if its abroad but I'm based on the Isle of Man which is a small island just between England and Ireland.
The Majime is sort of a mixed ma based along a series of principles rather than a particular set of techniques issued under the Open Circle Institute. Thats why I have it from a kickboxing background, where several of the other students have it from a more traditional shotokan background. We all know the principles, we just stick them into different techniques. The big advantage is that we have more freedom to investigate into areas which suit us more than being told to do XYZ.
The stuff I'm doing at the moment mainly involves getting a group of people who I've trained with over here and trying stuff out. We tend to get a mix of peopke from different styles (kickboxing and aikido are the two main ones) and sort of cross train, but also work on refining bits within each style. Its all informal and we just see what we feel like at the time. Been doing quite a bit on such things as verbal triggers recently, just whatever takes our fancy.
That help at all?
Dan