Instructors you'd like to train with.

Subject: Instructors you'd like to train with. Tue Oct 14, 2008 1:58 am

Who would they be?

After Lee, here's a few of the guys I'd love to train with.

Carl Cestari (although this will never be possible now, as he recently passed away

).
Kelly McCann
Geoff Thomspon (or course!! Smile

)
John "awesome" Anderson
Nick Hughes
Si Squires (again - his training was great!)
Melisa Soalt (AKA - Dr. Ruthless)
Richard Dimitri (Senshido)
Dennis Jones

That's all I can think of at the mo'.

Cheers,

R.

Subject: Re: Instructors you'd like to train with. Tue Oct 14, 2008 12:07 pm

I can vouch for three of these.

Geoff Thompson - a friend and a wonderful teacher. He is very much into teaching a wider scope on self defence these days, having done the whole "reality thing" to death in the '90s.

John Anderson - I still have the video recorded of my private lesson with him plus the audio interviews I did for my 3 part article on the guy. It was one of the best experiences in my martial arts life.

Dennis Jones - we regularly chat and he is one of the few people who has an instinctive understanding of the psychology of people.

Subject: Re: Instructors you'd like to train with. Tue Oct 14, 2008 2:21 pm

Sweet... I remember reading some of your articles before (I'm pretty sure they were from you in MAI). They were great, and after reading them I always wanted to fly over and train with "Awesome". Maybe someday.

Subject: Re: Instructors you'd like to train with. Tue Oct 14, 2008 3:04 pm

Quote :: Sweet... I remember reading some of your articles before (I'm pretty sure they were from you in MAI). They were great, and after reading them I always wanted to fly over and train with "Awesome". Maybe someday.

You are too kind, and yes they were mine in MAI. I haven't seen another article before or since on John Anderson. It was a brilliant experience and in the end I promoted his very first seminar. John was a great interviewees as he was completely untouched by the martial arts industry/subculture.

Subject: Re: Instructors you'd like to train with. Tue Oct 14, 2008 6:31 pm

That must have been cool alright... It was definitely your article that gave me the idea to train with J. Anderson in the first place. Has he got any plans to travel or release any DVDs do you know?

He's def. on my list of guys I will train with someday. I'd love to train with Geoff too - he's had a huge impact not only on my training, but on my outlook too. Living dreams, and his book are highly recommended.

R.