http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk en-gb paragonacademy.co.uk 2012-1-23T00:00:00Z paragonacademy.co.uk http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#110934 Kung Hei Fat Choy Happy Chinese New Year Chinese New Year year of the Dragon. Dragon years are said to be lucky for anyone thinking of starting a business or initiating a new project of any sort. Well we have a couple of things going on this year so with the luck of the Dragon alongside the many hours of hard work then these new business projects should be successful Academy members will be hearing more about these in the coming weeks and months. 2012-1-23 07:51:01 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#110413 The first two weeks back at Paragon have been busy and productive. Classes have been great with some old faces back in training along with regulars and new beginners. Hopefully everyone will keep focussed and keep up the energy as we progress through the year Mark Waterhouse and Katie Davies where presented with their new Black Belts having graded towards the end of 2011. Mark has been with me many years now and earned his 3rd Dan in the grading and Katie her 1st Dan. The grading itself was the last one of its kind as we change to a new grading taking place over 2 days. If you thought the old one was tough think again We have a couple of new pieces of equipment and more will be appearing in the coming weeks. New bags speedballs wall bags etc are appearing down one wall were just waiting on a couple of items arriving before putting the rest up. In the weeks after this there will be a few pieces of strength equipment arriving. We have a busy few months ahead for the fight t... 2012-1-15 09:35:24 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#109491 Okay first things first Selina and I would like to wish all students and families involved with Paragon a very Happy New Year. Academy classes are back to normal from Tuesday January 3rd. Next up we get loads of calls and messages from people that have been checking out the site and reading the news page for ages before they actually get in touch. Well if you really want to give it a try dont put it off get in touch and book your free trial. Youll meet a friendly bunch of students and coaches and we have classes for all so whether its fitness confidence self defence or competitive sport you are looking for then we have something for you Youll find our current students coaches and fight team despite their achievements dont suffer the ills of ego. If you have a problem with yours then you wont be made welcome. Just contact the academy and book your free trial 0115 9300090 Whats Happening in 2012 We have lots planned for 2012 and its going to be yet another busy year. All inf... 2012-1-2 08:46:55 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#108703 Couple of things over the weekend and the Christmas Holidays New Baby Many will by now be aware that Selina gave birth the our baby boy during the early hours of Saturday December 10th. Seth Dorn was born at 3.55am weighing 8lb 8189 both he and mum are doing fine. Stan is getting to know his little brother and really liking the big brother role. Im sure it wont be too long before Selina is popping in to the academy to show him off. Nothing changes at Paragon except Selinas classes will be covered while she is off. Paragon Games As usual the kids Paragon Games went really well. Big thanks to all those that came to help out. We managed very well without Selina shouting at us all Well done to all the medal winners in the events and to Best Boy Jason Allen and Best Girl Chloe Kent. In 2012 well be running some events from the Paragon Games as mini competitions. Keep an eye on the academy newsletter for details of these. Christmas Holidays and Break Up Week Next week we close... 2011-12-14 09:51:50 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#108282 Two of our fighters Mart Waterhouse and John Parry have International Title fights right here in their home town of Ilkeston Both have worked hard and earned themselves these fights over the last couple of years. Mark Has won the IAKSAUK and ASKO English and British Championships in both Sport Karate and Kickboxing in 2010 and 2011. John won the English and came 2nd in British in 2010 then did the double taking both in 2011. Both took National match fight Titles at the newly launched Sedition Fight League in February this year. Mark was part of a four man Sport Karate Prize Fighter where he became champion and John faced a tough opponent for the 85k Sport Kickboxing title and after a gruelling battle took the title. Both guys have won a few other events too and its this consistency that has earned them their title fights. The fights will take place at the February 2012 Sedition Fight League which will be the third event since its launch in February this year. Tickets are only... 2011-12-7 07:47:45 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#107127 Next weekend is the grading weekend which means the whole of the week leading up to the final test is grading week Students have to attend their regular classes as part of the grading assessment. All paperwork should be in by now and everyone ready to go Saturday is grading day for juniors and adults testing for grades up to black and white belt. See your grading paperwork for the times. Arrive on time clean and tidy uniform full of energy and ready to go. Black Belt Grading Sunday The Black Belt Grading is Sunday. Start time is 10am those testing should arrive around 9.30 and get themselves warming up and focussed on the tough test ahead. The end time will be between 2 and 3pm depending on the grade you are testing for. From Paragon we have Katie Davies having just turned 16 she will be testing for an adult Black Belt. Mark Waterhouse who has been with me the longest will be finally testing for his 3rd Degree Black Belt. Mark has been training with us since around 199495 s... 2011-11-19 08:35:19 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#105777 It occurred to me this morning while working on a few things that we have a few anniversaries. First is the 18th year for Paragon Academy which originally started out life as Ilkeston Freestyle in October 1993. This ran from various centreshalls until we opened the full time dedicated academy in 2003. From there we have gone from strength to strength. Next we have my Neuromuscular Bodywork and Acupuncture clinic which I started in October 2001 so is now celebrating 10 years. In that 10 years I have built up a great reputation for treating difficult cases of all types of pain and injuries. As if Im not busy enough I have another project involving this that I am currently working on More details will be available soon. Also I think its about time my clinic had a website too so Ill get on with that Finally Paragon Protect www.paragonprotect.co.uk launched in September 2009 so recently became 2 years old With Paragon Protect we offer specialist self defence defensive tactics perso... 2011-10-31 09:29:31 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#104410 Sunday October 9th was the International Amateur Kickboxing Sport Association and All Styles Kickboxing Organisation British Open sport karate and kickboxing championships. As usual the event drew entries from around the UK and as you would expect a good number of fighters from around Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. Several of the teams entering fighters had a number of first time competitors taking part including a few from here at Paragon. Well what can I say about the Paragon Team Some fantastic performances from 14 fighters that brought home 20 trophies Of those 20 trophies 13 where for 1st place bringing home an incredible 13 of the 29 contested IAKSAASKO British Titles That really is something special Heres the Paragon team results Sport KarateKickboxing points Category Placings Sam Hartshorne 2nd Paul Wright 2nd Curtis Gillott 2nd Joe Murden 3rd Darren Hill 3rd Sport KarateKickboxing points IAKSAASKO British Champions 2011 Lauren Cox Vicky Keane ... 2011-10-11 15:38:15 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#103291 Been a bit slack on here putting stuff up. Its not like we havent had things going on Anyway Ive just changed a few dates around for October November and December. With the baby being due in December weve had to juggle a few dates around. Weve just had the IAKSAASKO refs and officials course yesterday. Good turnout and a few new officials taking up duties at the British Open on October 9th. Ive started adding dates for 2012 already. All the Applied Kyusho dates are confirmed refs and officials courses coach and instructor course black belt grading dates and junior and adult grading dates are also confirmed. Just awaiting Selina confirming the Little Ninja Grading dates. Weve put dates forward for the IAKSAASKO 2012 English and British Championships and the three Sedition Fight League events. These are all marked TBC while we await confrimation from the venues. 2011-9-26 12:49:05 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#95562 Been a little slack in getting this news up here been very busy as usual At the end of May we took a team to the Battle of England. The team was our Paragon Kickboxing Organisation PKO team made up of fighters from here at Paragon and fighters from PKO member school East Coast Karate amp Kickboxing Academy. We had 12 fighters competing in 21 categories of points and continuous fighting. From this the team collected 9 wins 11 second places and 1 third place so every team member managed a place Well done to all PKO Team at the Battle of England Weve got the Sedition Fight League event coming up on June 12th. This event was set as another match fight event but popular demand for our events led to it being changed to an Invitational tournament to fill the gap between the ASKOIAKSAUK English and British Championships. The SFL Invitational has some exciting categories many of them packed with quality fighters including current ASKOIAKSAUK English and British Champions. There are ... 2011-6-6 08:05:06 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#92851 We have a busy weekend grading coming up. Sunday sees seven juniors grading for Cadet Black Belts along with two adults testing for 2nd Degree Black Belts one adult grading for 1st Degree Black Belt and One adult grading for 3rd Degree Black Belt. Of the eleven students on the Black Belt Grading eight are from here at Paragon Black Belt Academy the other three being from PKO member schools. Unfortunately one of our students is unable to attend and will be testing on the next grading. Everyone is well aware our Black Belt Grading is a tough and challenging affair and candidates are not always successful. All candidates are well prepared and up for the challenge. The day before the Black Belt grading we have Applied Kyusho assessments which are being held in May and June. Candidates will be demonstrating their skills and knowledge on the subject of pressure points. Everyone completing our grading should be very proud of their achievements. Its worth pointing out that some associ... 2011-5-1 09:53:48 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#91441 Fantastic day yesterday Sunday April 10th at the British Open Kumite Championships. We formed a Paragon Kickboxing Organisation PKO team with one of the other full time academies in the PKO East Coast KarateKickboxing Academy ECKA based in North East England. ECKA is run by Steph Young who is no stranger to many at Paragon as she is a regular visitor down here attending courses training fight shows and tournaments. The team PKO itself consisted of 11 fighters 8 from Paragon and 3 from ECKA. All except for one competed in both points and continuous categories and all fighters managed to place. Interestingly the trophy haul was all the sevens with seven of each 1st 2nd and 3rd places British Kumite Champions are Curtis Gillott who won both the points and continuous Mark Waterhouse won the points and Russ Bramley won his points section. Affiliated members from the North of England that took firsts where Steph Young who won the points Daryle Jobling won her points section and... 2011-4-11 10:57:16 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#89762 Great day yesterday at the event we coorganise. The IAKSAASKO English Open Championships. First off big thanks to the Paragon members that are officials and helped out on the day timekeeping judging etc. Events like this need good officials to keep the day going smoothly. On to the results we had 10 members competing and came away with 15 trophies. Four 1st Seven 2nd Four 3rd so not a bad day. Our firsts and new 2011 IAKSA amp English Champions Katie Davies Continuous Curtis Gillott Continuous Mark Waterhouse Points Mark Waterhouse Continuous Second Places went to Lauren Cox Points Curtis Gillott Points Jake Bagshaw Continuous Kirsty Murden Points Russ Bramley Continuous John Parry Continuous Joe Murden Points Third Places Lauren Cox Continuous Katie Davies Points Russ Bramley Points Kirsty Murden Continuous Hard luck but good effort to Jake Bagshaw John Parry and Dave Dawson for their efforts in their point fighting sections but sadly didnt pla... 2011-3-21 18:22:25 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#88050 2011-2-28 09:38:42 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#87523 Paragon promoted Sedition Fight League was a great success. The event held here in Ilkeston had 18 well matched fights with fighters attending from across England and Wales. Big thanks have to go to Martin at Double Four Taxis who helped the event to go ahead sorting the venue and sponsoring the Main event 4 man Prize Fighter. He also came in and helped set up the venue and stayed behind to clear up when wed finished. The match cups and fantastic champions title cups went down very well provided by awardstrophiesandmedals.com Sedition Fight League Cups. Supplied by Ilkeston based awardstrophiesandmedals.com First up well mention the top of the bill fights which featured two of our own Champion Fighters Mark Waterhouse and John Parry. Mark was in the 4 man prize fighter event which featured two North of England fighters and two Midlands fighters. The two guys representing each area had to have a fight off the first two bouts of the day to decide who would fight off in the ... 2011-2-22 10:38:46 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#87037 Its this Sunday The first Sedition Fight League takes place Sunday Feb 20th as mentioned in the post below. As promised heres a picture of the Champions Cups for the two title fights. Not sure the picture quite does it justice. Sure it looks good but when you see it for real they look fantastic They are big shiney and heavy All the fighters cups including the two title cups have been provided by Ilkeston based awardstrophiesandmedals.com Two of these cups will be fought for on the day. One for the 85k mens continuous title the other for the mens heavyweight points title as part of the the four man prize fight which is sponsored by Ilkeston Taxi firm Double Four Taxis. For great local deals on awards trophies and medals and to deal with a real person click the link to go to the online showroom at awardstrophiesandmedal.com 2011-2-16 07:35:22 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#86747 Well its a little over a week until the first Sedition Fight League event This first event features a Champion v Champion title match to continuous rules with our own John Parry current IAKSAASKO English Champion and Summer Open Champion facing off againt current IAKSAASKO Britsih Champion Ivan Malinka. Both John and Ivan have wins over each other and both are looking forward to this 3 round challenge for the Sedition Fight League National Title. Our own Mark Waterhouse is also featured in a title clash however this is a four man prize fight challenge for the heavyweight points fighting title. Mark faces off against 3 other champions 2 from the North of England and another from Nottingham. There will be two 3 round fights early on the fight card to decide which two fight for the champions cup SFL Title and 163100 cash prize sponsored by Double Four Taxis. Next week I will put up a picture of the fantastic cups John and Mark are fighting for in the Sedition Fight League They r... 2011-2-11 16:18:47 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#83598 Happy New Year to all the students and families at Paragon Black Belt Academy and members of Paragon KickboxingKarate Organisation. Weve had a great 2010 and were all looking forward to a great 2011. Weve got lots going on in 2011 and members will be receiving all details as we progress. Some details ore on the events page so please keep up to date by checking these dates. Other event details will be put directly in your hands. Looking forwards to reopening on Tuesday January 4th weve been busy painting the training studio and entrance area to give us all a nice clean fresh start to 2011. 2011-1-1 08:23:57 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#83151 Kids Paragon Games and Party went very well on Saturday. Kids really enjoyed themselves and behaved very well throughout the day. Medals got shared out amongst the new and experienced kids in all the usual favourite events. Best Boy award went to Jason Allen and Best Girl went to Katie Davies well done to both. 2010-12-21 09:04:53 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#82644 Well done to all the students that have graded recently. The last few weeks have been busy with separate grading sessions for our students. Weve had the Little Ninja grading day the grading session for the Beeston classes and of course the Black Belt grading at the end of November. On Saturday December 11th we held the last grading of the year spread across 4 separate time slots through the day. Well done to all those that passed. Little Ninja and Junior amp Adult grading dates for 2011 are listed on the events page already. I just need to add the Black Belt grading dates to this list. 2010-12-13 08:21:38 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#82164 Paragon Turns 18 in 2011 2011 is a very special year for us. Its 18 years since the original club that went on to become Paragon Black Belt Academy first opened Its not been easy at all but it has been very worthwhile simply due to all the people we have been able to help since we began in 1993. I opened those first classes back in 1993 teaching a syllabus made up of Freestyle Karate Kickboxing and Kickjitsu which at times went under other names depending who ran the events and is basically a form of mixed martial arts all martial arts I had trained graded and competed in. I clearly remember people quite happily telling me that it would never last Particularly the grapplingkickjitsu. We have at various points in time given the grapplingKickJitsu a rest for a while but this is seeing a bit of a resurgence around the UK and Europe at the moment something Ill talk about later Party Time Anyway back to the Birthday.......I recently confirmed a very special seminar with one of my old... 2010-12-6 08:16:15 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#81640 Last night I was very proud to present Curtis Boothby and John Parry with their Black Belts John has trained for over 5 years and Curtis for over 7 years. Curtis had previously passed his cadet Black Belt and at 15 being a big lad we decided to test him for his senior 1st Degree Black Belt along with John. Black Belts top off a great year for these two read the entries below about their excellent year at the tournaments and their National Title wins Next year we should have Lewis Davies testing for 1st Degree Black Belt Dave Dawson for 2nd Degree and hopefully my longest serving student Mark Waterhouse will be encouraged to finally take his 3rd Degree Black Belt Jay 2010-11-30 08:05:06 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#81095 2010 Sport Kickboxing Champions Selina Dorn Points and Continuous Sport Kickboxing English Summer Open and British Champion. Selina made her mind up at the start of the year she was retiring and not even the chance to fight on the England Team can change her mind Mark Waterhouse Points and Continuous English amp British Champion National Prizefighter Champion. Great wins for Mark the amazing thing is we havent even seen Mark above 60 fit for the last 7 years John Parry Continuous Sport Kickboxing English Champion Summer Open Champion and Championship 2nd place. Things are finally clicking into place for John. By his own admission hes not a points fighter but his continuous fighting continues to improve. Curtis Boothby Points English Champion Continuous Summer Open Champion Continuous British Champion. Great year for Curt. Only fought continuous in two events and won them both and when he didnt win the points section took 2nd place Some of the senior members of the... 2010-11-24 07:09:46 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#80774 They Are All Winners Below are pictures of three adults from our fight team that didnt get the win this year. Although they did actually all win fights at the tournaments non actually took first place. While the W isnt the be all and end all it cant be denied its nice to get But to me anyone that makes the choice to step up and test themselves on the mats is a winner anyway. In the face of the opposition they faced in the IAKSA ASKO events this year taking 2nd and 3rd places was a worthy achievement. Next time I will put up some pics of our new champions. Dan Wray Dan took two second places and a third in this years IAKSA Sport Kickboxing events. Kirsty Murden Kirsty took a 2nd and a 3rd place. Russ Bramley Russ took part in the British Championships his first tournament and took 3rd place. NEXT WEEK WELL PUT UP PICTURES OF OUR NATIONAL CHAMPIONS AND ENGLAND TEAM MEMBERS 2010-11-20 11:31:33 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#80613 Stan Dorn following in the footsteps of Mum and Dad Stan Dorn aged 3 years 5 months with his Mum Selina Dorn Pretty much eveyone at Paragon knows Stan Hes the son of Pargon owners Jason amp Selina Dorn. Following in the footsteps of Mum and Dad Stan has just taken his Little Ninja Yellow Belt Paragon Little Ninjas is a Fun Packed Educational Martial Arts programme for 3 to 6 year olds. Classes are held here at Paragon Black Belt Academy Ilkeston. Paragon Little Ninjas focus on the development of key life skills through a kids martial arts program that combines Modern Karate Kickboxing amp Tae Kwon Do. Parents interested in kids martial arts in Ilkeston should contact Paragon for details..... 0115 9300090 2010-11-18 09:26:38 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#79864 A Great day at the International Amateur Kickboxing Sport Association 2010 British Open Championships in Nottingham on Sunday November 7th. Teams from around the UK attended the event with well over 200 competitors fighting it out for 30 IAKSA British Sport Kickboxing Titles Add to this there is the possibility of the best of the bunch from the 2010 events being selected for the IAKSA National Squad to compete in the World Championships in May next year and you had an exciting tournament Of the 30 new British Champions six of them are at Paragon which is excellent news for us add to that our performance in the rest of the series this year and we potentially have a good number of National Squad members right here at Paragon Semi Contact points Sport Kickboxing In the boys under 150cm semi contact points sport kickboxing Jake Bagshaw fought very well to bring home the first win of the day for Paragon. In the face of some tough competition Jake came through to become the new IAKSA B... 2010-11-9 08:53:31 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#79026 Sunday November 7th will be the British Championships event of the International Amateur Kickboxing Sport Association IAKSA and the All Styles Kickboxing Organisation ASKO. The event in Nottingham has categories in Semi and Light Contact Sport Kickboxing as well as open hand and weapons forms. I only took on the role of IAKSA EnglandUK President early this year and this is already our third event and the first IAKSA British Championships for a few years Our previous events the IAKSA amp ASKO English Championships in May and Summer Open in August both went very well. We have a team competing in Semi amp Light events on the day. Many of our team picked up English Titles in May and summer open titles in August. Come along and offer your support on the day Next years IAKSA events are the English Open Championships in March and British Open Championships in October with the possibility of another event in the Summer too Other future plans include development of the off... 2010-10-29 08:27:28 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#78178 It was a case of 3rd time lucky for John Parry with his Full Contact Kickboxing career. John kicked off his Full Contact career almost 1 year ago when he had his first fight on the Warriors fight night. That toe to toe battle ended in a draw which really was the only fair decision John had his second fight in April this year it was a close fight and we all thought John had done enough to get the win but the decision went against him. For his third fight it was back to the Warriors Fight Night on Saturday October 16th same promotion but a new venue. A great show with plenty of good evenly matched bouts. Anyone involved in any of the combat sports will appreciate theres nothing worse than miss matched bouts with one opponent having way more experience than the other and as a result ending things early. Not something you see at this show but not something you see at this show but something common in many Kickboxing Boxing and MMA shows. John did well in every round and seemed muc... 2010-10-18 09:49:22 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#77567 Unfortunately I have made a slight error and double booked myself on the date of the Pressure Points Healing Course On the same day Sunday November 28th I have promised to conduct a Black Belt grading for some of our association members and associates in the North of England. I will be rescheduling this course however I doubt well fit it in this year with so many other things going on between now and the end of 2010. Ill look for a date early in 2011 to cover this important and often overlooked part of martial arts Sorry folks I know there are a few people that looked forward to doing this that couldnt make the last one. 2010-10-11 07:15:52 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#77179 On Sunday October 3rd we had a Charity training day for members of our academy and Kickboxing Organisation. To get a place on the course students had to donate a minimum of 16335.00 to a charity of their own personal choice. A number of people that made donations where in the end unable to attend on the day due to reasons such as illness work etc but the group that did attend had a great day. Discussing the head as a target It was a long challenging day starting at 10am and ending at 5pm. We had a brief lunch break around the half way mark and a couple of shorter breaks to refuel a little. The first part of the course focussed on techniques drills and skills of Sambo Wrestling including ground holds escapes submissions throws and takedowns. This took us up to lunch and after that we went on to Boxing and Kickboxing. Building fight aggression The whole course had an emphasis on making the skills work in real situations so the emphasis was on strong effective Wrestling and h... 2010-10-6 08:12:31 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#76143 Grading Saturday September 18th was grading day for all levels. A good number of students tested for their next level of coloured belts along with Lewis Davies for his Deputy Black Belt. On top of this we had Curtis Gillott taking the first part of his upgrade from junior 1st degree Black Belt to senior 1st degree along with John Parry taking the first part of his 1st degree and Dave Dawson the 1st part of his 2nd degree. Lewis Curtis John and Dave all did very well so Curt John amp Dave will test this November and Lewis early next year. All the coloured belts did very well completing all their requirements for promotion. The next junior and adult grading will be December. Full Contact Fight John Parry will be having his next Full Contact Kickboxing fight in October for tickets see me. John has been doing really well in the Light Contact tournament format this year with two good wins one in the very busy IAKSA English Open Championships and another in the IAKSA Summer Open. ... 2010-9-23 08:45:48 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#74181 Ive had to change the tournament results on the last post. Id typed Dan in 2nd and John 3rd for their points category when it should have been the other way around John taking 2nd place and Dan 3rd. I have changed it around on the post...... sorry John John will be in action again in October on a Full Contact show. Jay 2010-8-30 21:39:59 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#73500 Ive been a bit slack getting this report up from the Summer Open Championships in Nottingham on August 15th. Been so busy with so many different things that I havent had a chance to sit and type up the details Anyway the event we copromote with Ian from Dragon was again a great success with a great number of entries far exceeding what we thought we would get with it being August. Teams attended from around the UK to compete in Semi Contact Points and Light Contact Continuous Kickboxing. With the holidays our team numbers where down a little as where many others which made it such a surprise the actual numbers that entered. Every member of the team came back with a trophy which considering the skill level of the fighters present and the fact some of the team are just starting out competing is very good indeed. In the kids sections Tom Caines fought very well in only his second tournament making his way to the final of his points fighting section and taking second place. The othe... 2010-8-23 08:21:57 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#70283 Were back from our holiday and classes are back to normal whatever that is from tonight Weve got one or two things coming up too so keep an eye on the events page. Theres the ref and officials course this month see me for details if you want to come along. In August is the Summer Open Championships in Nottingham well have a team competing see me if you want to compete. Were hoping to have a couple of our guys on a Full Contact Kickboxing show in September too. Theres loads going on around the academy too with a few small changes to the adult timetable going down well. The instructor changes to the kids classes on Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays have been very well received indeed with nothing but positive feedback from the kids themselves and their parents with some saying we should have changed this way back The new venue at Beeston is doing very well under the guidance of Kirsty with both the adults and junior classes developing at a nice steady pace. Weve got mo... 2010-7-13 12:48:26 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#67869 Great pressure points session on Saturday really pleased with the way people are coming on with their understanding and applications. We have a summer break now for pressure points the next session is in September. On the subject of pressure points I have to finalise dates for this years intake Ill be letting all those interested know the dates ASAP Coming up is the grading later this month........PLEASE get your forms in quick In July we have another ASKOIAKSA Refs and Officials course on Sunday 25th........ remember you pay just one fee of 16315.00 and can attend any future refs and officials courses. In August we have the IAKSA Summer Open Sport Kickboxing tournament in Nottingham. Plenty going on and weve got a few other plans too details soon Jay 2010-6-14 08:19:58 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#67709 Selina and I were very proud Mum amp Dad on Wednesday this week Wed June 9th when our boy Stan joined in his first full Little Ninja class We tried him in the class some time back but he wasnt quite ready. But on Wednesday he joined in the whole class which is of course taught by his Mum Selina. This particular class Selina was assisted by John Parry and Kirsty Murden both of whom are fantastic with the Little Ninjas. Selina and I were very proud of him particularly as he still isnt quite three years old just yet not long though hell be three next weekend. Doesnt time just fly by A few photographs below of the many I took during the class Stan loved the class and will be a regular now hes made a start. Jay 2010-6-11 16:46:08 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#66076 Weve got a busy summer ahead of us here at Paragon First off I say this every year but this year we are doing it for definite particularly with the World Cup being on too We are going to have a new timetable for the summer which will start the same week as the World Cup. No major changes just with the hot summer months and all the football on TV its best to merge a couple of classes. Check at the academy to see if your class is one of the couple we are merging. Weve also got the IAKSA Summer Open Championships over in Nottingham on August 15th. Following up on the success of the English Open earlier this month will be another great day of points and continuous fighting. Sometime between now and then there will be another referees and officials course so anyone wanting to get involved in that side of things have a word with me. The course covers every official duty of the day from checking in to actually refereeing and managing an area. Well be closed this coming ba... 2010-5-25 11:33:04 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#65470 Well yesterday Sunday May 16th was a fantastic day at the International Amateur Kickboxing Sport Association and All Styles Kickboxing Organisation English Open Championships. The newly trained referees did a fantastic job as did all the desk officials. Well done to all and a very big thank you to each of them. The feedack from those teams from around the UK that took part has been fantastic. As expected there was a good standard of fighter attending which makes for a great competition. Paragon fighters did themselves proud as usual. Tom Caines didnt make it to the trophies narrowly losing out in the third place fight off. It was a good start for Tom though in his first ever competition considering he was drawn against the best fighter in the section in his first bout Katies Davies fought her way to the final of the girls 160cm light continuous and after a good fight had to settle for second place. Jake Bagshaw managed to pick up two 3rd place trophies in both poin... 2010-5-17 11:42:18 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#65280 Well I suppose Ive been a bit slack on here for a couple of weeks. Its not that we dont have anything going on its that we have so much going on Ive been too busy to update whats actually going on As well as everything we have going on at the academy itself which keeps us busy enough I have been working on the All Styles Kickboxing Organisation and International Amateur Kickboxing Sport Association English Open Championships. This event takes place in Nottingham on Sunday May 16th. As well as being a partner in promoting the tournament as well as UK IAKSA amp ASKO President I have also been training our own academy team to take part. Looking forwards to a great day there and hopefully next time I write on here it will be about our successes and perhaps new ASKO amp IAKSA English Champions On top of this Ive been working hard on a couple of other projects centred around the pressure points stuff and Ive had a number of offers put my way regarding this leaving me with plenty ... 2010-5-14 15:36:18 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#63732 Another fantastic three hour session of Applied Pressure Points today Saturday 24th wrapped up another great week at Paragon. Again joined by our friends from North East and North West England who all made the journey on a nice sunny day to train alongside our own students and others from around Nottingham. Application was the focus of today with some of the group starting their assessments for graduation too. I showed some of my own favourite applications as well as starting the group off with an entry from which they could work from. Really enjoyed the session its really pleasing to see people piecing in all together particularly the ones that attend our principle training workshops as well as the pressure points Im seeing some real big leaps in improvement and understanding in these students which is what its all about. All in all a great end to a week which included the opening of the first of our new partner schools over in Beeston Rylands. Not long now until t... 2010-4-24 19:45:59 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#63069 So much happening at the moment both Selina and I are keeping really busy Weve got the new Partner School opening over at Beeston Rylands next Tuesday with open days on Tuesday 20th and Thursday 22nd of April with taster sessions for Kids Adults and Ladies Only. Good luck to Selina and the Team over there they have all worked very hard promoting the new school and generated plenty of interest with many booked in and the phone still ringing Were less than 5 weeks away from the IAKSAASKO English Open Championships over in Nottingham www.kickboxingpko.co.uk which looks set to be a great day Categories in Semi Contact Points and Light Contact Continuous with entries from around the UK obviously we have a team fighting. This Saturday April 17th we have John Parry and Russ Henshaw fighting on a full contact Kickboxing show John over 3 rounds in only his second full contact fight and Russ over 6 for a British title at super cruiserweight. Saturday April 24th is the next in... 2010-4-15 09:17:41 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#62780 Great training workshop today covering development of a defensive game and how poor refereeing amp judging in sport karate and kickboxing can affect the defensive strategy. Luckily for those in attendance only twelve attended this time any more and I would have had to change the drills we practiced. We also covered some tips tricks and skills on footwork positioning and one of my favourite attack combos which a rarely share and hope to see put to good use by those I shared it with today I had two aims with the session one being the defensive strategies the other being linking the point and continuous fighting skills together for use in light continuous tournaments. Everyone seemed to understand and pick up on everything and I was impressed with the obvious improvements of all in the group. Another great day with good people which reminds me why I put these workshops on The next one is in October which is going to be a very special one that I am really looking forward ... 2010-4-11 18:17:09 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#62293 Hope everyone had had good Easter break I know we did. But now its all back to normal whatever that is. Lots of good KarateKickboxing amp Boxing sessions this week should work off the chocolate Lots going on with all the usual Modern Karate Kickboxing and Boxing classes throughout the week. Sunday we have a workshop for PKO members covering Sport Karate and Kickboxing principles its also going to cover some aspects important for refereeing for all those that have recently done the refs and officials course. The main session is 10am to 1pm then we have a 1 hour boxing session to follow for those interested. Weve got several exciting and important announcements coming up over the coming weeks and months. These involve various aspects of Paragon including the Academy itself our Martial Arts associations PKO ASKO amp IAKSA EnglandUK www.kickboxingpko.co.uk our Self Defence Personal Security and Conflict Management training programs www.paragonprotect.co.uk Pressure Points Kara... 2010-4-6 08:40:54 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#61666 Yesterday Sunday March 28th we did the IAKSA EnglandUK amp ASKO refs and officials course. Big thank you and well done to all that attended the course all will be receiving their first ref and officials certificate and working towards their next levels at the May event. Hope everyone remembers we are closed over the entire Easter weekend Friday Saturday Sunday and Monday. Back to normal Tuesday. Our next KarateKickboxing principles workshop is Sunday April 11th. On April 17th we have two fighters matched on a Full Contact Kickboxing show see me for details. Then April 24th is the next applied kyusho pressure points session. Weve also got the all new School of Champions sessions on Mondays kids at 4.45 and adults at 8.15 see me for details. Selina and I are working on lots of cool new stuff too all will be revealed in the coming weeks and months. Jay 2010-3-29 11:06:43 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#61003 Well done to our new deputy black belts in Modern Karate amp Kickboxing. Gaining a Black Belt or Deputy Black Belt in Modern Karate amp Kickboxing with us isnt easy every student that gets this far has worked and worked very hard. On Saturday March 20th seven juniors and one adult went through their paces for two hours showing their Karate and Kickboxing skills. All of them passed and will now enter into focussed training for their 1st Degree Black Belts which includes regular classes workshops seminars and Black Belt Boot Camps Selina is extra pleased as six of the seven students started in her little ninja program 7 years ago These six have worked their way through the little ninjas graduated to juniors and are now working for their Junior 1st Degree Black Belts. Well done to all of them. Jason Seven New Junior Deputy Black Belts John Parry New Adult Deputy Black Belt 2010-3-21 10:20:00 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#59996 Excellent grading Saturday March 6th three separate grading slots of one and a half hours for kids adults and the ladies only programs. The process is based on ongoing assessment throughout training. Those that are ready then enter into the final assessment week those that pass that enter to the final assessment day which in this case was Saturday. Assessing the students was Selina Dorn 3rd Degree Black Belt Russ Henshaw 2nd Degree Black Belt and Myself. Selina also opted to join in part of the grading with her ladies group an important part of the work towards 4th Degree Black Belt promotion. All students showed great Karate amp Kickboxing skills and passed the assessments for their new rank. Well done to all. The next grading will be Little Ninjas in May then adults and juniors in June. Keep an eye on events page for dates. Fight Event Derby Today Sunday 7th we had 6 fighters in Light Continuous Kickboxing show in Derby hosted by ACE Fighters. Our team was m... 2010-3-7 17:30:52 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#59694 On Sunday February 28th four PKO members from Dragon Freestyle in Nottingham came to Paragon for their Black Belt grading. Darren Wood Chris Lamb and Naseem Anwar all tested for 2nd Degree Black Belt and Adrian Redgate for 1st Degree. As usual the grading was a tough challenge of mind body and spirit with all four candidates on the actively on the floor for well over four hours. No waiting their turn no watching others doing their bit before they do theirs. All four where on the floor doing their thing in front of myself and four other examiners for the whole time. The grading went well from start to finish with all candidates putting in 100 from start to finish. Its always nice to see people choosing to go through this type of grading instead of being tempted by the many easy optionpaper tiger routes available today. Well done to all four and to Ian their Instructor who I promoted to 4th Degree Black Belt on the same day. The next black belt grading is November ... 2010-3-3 16:38:45 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#59229 Been a little busy organising a few things for the tournaments and fight shows. I have recently taken on the role as president for the International Amateur Kickboxing Sport Association for EnglandUK and our tournaments will now be run as IAKSA amp ASKO All Styles Kickboxing Organisation events. Theres way too much going on to write it all here click the logo below to see whats going on with the tournaments and fight shows and with the IAKSA and ASKO over here. Jay 2010-2-25 17:40:11 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#58372 Today is the Chinese New Year the year of the Tiger. The Tiger is both feared and respected and their wisdom sought. This got me thinking about how the majority of martial artists used to be most where respected sometimes even feared they had knowledge and wisdom. When I look at many of todays sadly all I see are Paper Tigers. Anyway heres some facts on the Tiger real not paper from a Chinese zodiac perspective 2010 Year of the White TigerThe Tiger associated with good fortune power and royalty is viewed with both fear and respect hence their protection and wisdom is sought after. Many people believe the tiger and not the lion as the true king of beasts.Chinese Name HuRuling Hours 300 am 459 amSeasonMonth WinterFebruarySimilar to Western Horoscope Sun Sign AquariusLucky Color GreenLucky Numbers 2 3Direction of Orientation East NortheastPolarity Yang MaleFixed Element Wood But in 2010 MetalPositive Traits Agile natural leaders alert energetic independent farsighted charming frie... 2010-2-14 10:23:01 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#57915 Today we did the first of the 2010 workshops covering KarateKickboxing principles. The seminar was attended by 23 students from Paragon and PKO members from Mansfield Nottingham as well as North East and North West England. The session was 3 hours of KarateKickboxing principles which started working on footwork and movement before moving on to power. This was a recap of two of last years workshops. The main focus of todays session was to get an understanding of technique speed and timing then link this to movement and power. What I wanted was everyone to be moving efficiently while hitting faster and harder. It definitely worked and everyone left with a good understanding of footwork speed and power and could all certainly hit hard and fast At the end of 3 hours a few of the students left leaving the rest of the group to work on skills and drills from our boxing syllabus. For this we worked defence skills of parrying and evasion followed by working the jab with footwor... 2010-2-7 18:31:29 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#57780 Check our www.kickboxingpko.co.uk for details of our tournaments and fight shows. Looking forward to these events. Jay 2010-2-5 14:18:34 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#57343 Had a great day today at Burns School of Black Belts in Newcastle where I was invited to teach my Pressure Points. Was a good turn out of friendly hard working students all of which got stuck in and made the points work for them. Nice to see those that are regulars on the sessions here at Paragon putting the pieces together and making it work. Also nice to introduce the material to new people and hopefully Ill get the chance to return to do more sometime in the future. Thanks for having me up there cant believe there was over four inches of snow when I turned up Ill put a picture of two up here and on facebook when I can. Jay The BSBB members that attended my Pressure Point Karate seminar. Thanks all and thanks very much for all the kind words and feedback over on facebook. Thanks Jay 2010-1-30 21:48:01 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#57143 Myself and my good friend Ian Harrison have decided the time is right for us to launch our fight events. I ran my first of many successful events in 1995 and it was through one of these events Ian was introduced to me in 1998 at a very successful and busy tournament of mine just to remind Ian he received a concussion at this event and I make the effort to remind him whenever possible and has been a student of mine as well as a colleague and friend since. Its not the first time Ian and I have copromoted an event. Some of you will remember the event in Nottingham in 2005 we did. Again this was another great and successful event with fighters travelling from around the UK to take part in points amp continuous style kickboxing categories as well as grappling. This time we have decided to split the events up into separate and what will be annual events. The first of these is the Kumite Semi Contact Open Championships on Sunday May 16th. This obviously focuses on semi contact po... 2010-1-27 16:36:56 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#56787 Sunday February 7th is the first of this years special workshops covering important training and fighting principles. Last year the workshops focussed on movement balance and power. This first workshop will be recapping these important principles and expanding on them by looking closely at distance timing and speed along with more power principles. The first 3 hours will be working on Modern Karate amp Kickboxing elements after a brief break well then be covering elements of our all new boxing program for the next hour. The session is looking good already with our friends from Nottingham Mansfield Manchester and North East England already booking places as well as our own students. These courses are always well received with everyone taking a lot from them regardless of how long they have been training. If you want a place get your name down quick Im looking forward to it and hope to see you there Jay 2010-1-23 15:54:31 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#56272 The new boxing program has been running for 2 weeks now with no promotion which will start soon and I have to say I am happy with the way its going. Its obviously attracted interest from our current KarateKickboxing members and a few that have heard about it by word of mouth or on our website. The program is designed to both stand alone and to complement our already successful Kickboxing program. Weve got a lot going on with the boxing in the coming year with some great innovations and plans. Anyone interested in Paragon Boxing should see me. Jay 2010-1-16 09:13:10 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#55853 First Week Back at Paragon Academy Weve seen the New Year in here at Paragon with some great classes. The weather may have put a few off over the week but the majority made it in and made a start on their 2010 training. The new boxing classes have got off to a great start and we havent even promoted them yet Anyone that fancies trying the boxing sessions needs to contact me. The classes are open to all. Theres a few changes taking place over the coming year as we try to further improve what we do and how we do it. 2009 was great but 2010 is going to be even better. Some dates are on the events page others are not see me for full details of whats what when and where With the weather conditions we really didnt expect the first pressure points study group of 2010 Sat Jan 9th to go that well. Snow locally overnight Friday and Saturday morning made it difficult for some to attend and difficulties with travelling the A1 meant our friends from the North East didnt make t... 2010-1-10 19:13:35 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#55079 2009 has been another great year for Paragon. I would just like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their continued support. We have some great things planned for 2010. First of these is the launch of the new boxing program in January which is already getting a fair amount of interest Theres loads more for 2010 and into 2011 but Im not going to cut into my well earned break and write about them here Anyway I hope everyone is having a great Christmas and enjoying their break too and I hope you all have a fun New Years Eve I know I will.. Best wishes for 2010 Jay 2009-12-28 09:57:02 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#53587 Excellent night last night at the Full Contact show with 3 wins and a draw for us Thanks to all the supporters for making the effort and making some noise for the lads. Tim Jackson followed my instructions well to win a unanimous decision in his first ring fight. Picking off his opponent with crisp clean hands and landing some well timed kicks. John Parry was in a toe to toe war for his first full contact fight. Both lads gave their all and a draw for this one really was the fairest decision. Russ Henshaw caused his opponent a few problems from the start following instructions Russ looked good and strong. His opponent didnt come out for the 3rd round giving Russ the win. Ian Kitchen looked good landing some very good heavy right hands on his opponent in a good fight with both lads going for it. Ian got a majority decision. Well done lads great night great action and some laughs in the back Thanks again to the supporters for getting behind me and the lads. ... 2009-11-29 09:03:21 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#52794 Ive got the tickets for the full contact show on the 28th. We have four of our fighters matched on the show so its a busy night for me Tickets are 16315.00 see me if you want one. Jay 2009-11-18 07:26:02 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#52601 Excellent session today in the pressure points. Shame those that travel for these sessions got held up on the M1 and that some couldnt make the session as this was last one of 2009. Covered some traditional Kata bunkai BoxingKickboxing applications Self Defence applications and control and restraint using pressure points. The session went very well as usual. I dont usually single anyone out but Michelle Zelazowski stood out today showing very good strong traditional karate skills further enhanced by what she has learned on the Kyusho programme. I am sure Russ will have several bruises to prove this Looking forward to getting everyone back together for the 2010 events lots of progress will be made next year and we should see graduations at both level one and some at level two. Jay 2009-11-15 11:58:03 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#52068 October has been busy as usual and November and December will be the same. During November we have gradings first aid training and the full contact fights at the end of the month hopefully have some ticket info at that next week. Plenty of things in December too before we close for Christmas. Part of why I am so busy and why I was in London for a week in October is this www.paragonprotect.co.uk Check it out and let me know what you think The site pretty much tells you what the project is all about. Another thing we are busy with is planning 2010 Selina and I have been planning on a few improvements for the new year so when these plans are ready youll be hearing all about them There are a few other things too but well keep those under wraps for a while. Jay 2009-11-6 15:21:10 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#51561 Starting in 2010 we will be launching Black Belt Development Training. The full concept isnt finalised just yet but it will obviously involve PKO Black Belts and may involve Black Belt candidates i.e. high kyu grades. The basic idea is that we will hold two of these a year and all Black Belts possibly candidates too will need to attend at least one of these. The core of the training will be furthering the understanding of Kickboxing and Modern Karate and making sure everyone is heading in the same direction. Further to this we are considering a New Black Belt Award in recognition of those following our cross training options submission fighting boxing pressure points kali etc. This will be a higher level award and will challenge candidates physically and mentally. Ill have more news on this and the first date for 2010 soon. Jay 2009-10-29 13:43:24 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#50858 Just run the fight stoppers course this morning nice turnout with a few faces I havent seen before and a few old ones. The session was all about learning to deliver powerful shots to specific targets on the body for maximum effect. I introduced the group to a variety of tools and tricks to achieve a powerful shot and as we got towards the end of the session everyone was obviously hitting harder which came as a shock to some Nearing the end I then introduced a couple more drills the first a drill to increase straight punch power which increased their shots even more. Then a drill to that took the power into more dynamic situations training them to hit with movement. The last drill went down well with those that took part and showed another good increase in power by helping them tap into the primitive instincts with some excellent results. To finish off the session and pretty much finish off the group we did some exercises to help with punching and endurance. All in all an exce... 2009-10-18 13:50:36 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#50186 Some of our fighters have got matches confirmed for the November full contact show just waiting for a couple more to be matched up. Will be a good night out and its not too far away either. Ill let everyone know about tickets etc and as usual any tickets we get will be going to Paragon members first. Ill sort further details as soon as I can. Jay 2009-10-7 19:49:25 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#48924 Well its been a long time coming but I have finally decided the time is right to go ahead with the Humane Pressure Points Tactics HPPT program I am certified and licensed to teach. I was introduced to the HPPT program in 200506 and certified level 1 and 2 in 2007 level 3 in 2008. Ive not really done anything with it except teach snippets of it on the pressure points program. HPPT was originally devised for Law Enforcement and Security officers in the USA and Canada. Its since been adopted in the USA Canada and Australia by not just law enforcement and security but hotel staff airline attendants shop and store workers pretty much anyone that comes into contact with the public My reasoning for not really doing much with it is that I wanted to do something a little more with it. With a background in specialist security and working the doors etc I can see its value to the security industry. But I also think it makes an excellent short course of Self Defence for the general ... 2009-9-17 17:42:50 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#48221 Had loads of fun as usual with the pressure points today and really enjoyed working with level one and level two students. Of course we all know because those that know it all tell us that pressure points dont work So we wasted 3 hours today showing exactly how pressure points dont work in boxing and grappling scenarios Excellent session and I am sure everybody got a lot from it. Thanks to everyone for coming its a real pleasure to work with all of you. Big thanks to the North East crowd for making the regular trips down here to follow the program. See you all at the next one in November. Thanks Jay 2009-9-5 17:56:07 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#47693 Well be back in action Full Contact Kickboxing in November. We have a choice of events to put fighters forward on but the later dates suit our schedule better. Ive submitted names of five fighters to an event weve never supported before to be matched on their event. If this doesnt come off well be putting them to another event. Weve got Russ Henshaw and Ian Kitchen picking up where they left off last year with Full Contact fights. John Parry will be having his first Full Contact fight having performed well in Light Contact. Then we have Nicole Straw trying to get a match to Light Contact rules to pick up her Kickboxing career and lastly Tim Jackson stepping up to a Light Contact Kickboxing fight as a stepping stone towards a future Full Contact career that will hopefully start for him in 2010. Anyone wanting to support the fighters need to see me regarding tickets. I have no details yet regards prices and availability. Jay 2009-8-28 17:04:19 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#46992 Had some fun and really enjoyed the Pressure Points Therapy session today. Was good to show the other side of the coin The therapy side alone is a vast subject and always difficult to know how to pitch it but judging by how the day went I think I got it just about right. If anything I think an extra hour would be a good thing to allow things to be slowed down a little when using the techniques. I hope everyone enjoyed the session and got something from it and can see how valuable this sort of thing is I know many people where quite upset at not being able to attend so Im going to do my best to repeat the session. Be good for those that came today can come back and we can take the whole thing further A few aches pains and old war wounds showed up during the session and hopefully responded well to the treatments. Thanks to those that came along. Jay 2009-8-16 15:00:14 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#44831 Good day at competition yesterday coming home with a good collection of first and 2nd place trophies. Russ took first in both points and continuous with Mark taking 2nd in both. Tim took 2nd in points. Dave 1st in points. John 1st in continuous. Selina nowhere near her best took first in points. Jared was unlucky this time and just missed out on 3rd place in the fight off. The White Tigers performed well coming home with a second place trophy and continuing to improve. Ric had an excellent fight with John from ours and it could have gone either way. Ric will be pushing for a a place in the trophies very soon and John and all the others in that section better watch out Jay 2009-7-13 11:48:42 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#44080 Good comp yesterday good challeging fights for all. Russ Henshaw got 1st continuous amp 2nd for points. I think enough was said on the day about a particular ref in the final of the points But lets remember folks weve seen a lot worse and theres only one way to make people see John Parry got 2nd in both points and continuous. John had some great fights to get to the final and his final fight was probably the best and most exciting of the day with John being unlucky not to get the win Same story for the continuous really could have gone either way. Jared Hunt took 3rd in points making it two 3rds in two outings not at all bad for a 16 year old that has made his fighting debut in the mens black belt section Was a good comp with great standards of fighting I think everyone will agree. Well done to the White Tigers step by step getting better taking it all in listening and learning. At times it seems obvious to me that you are listening more than my own fighters are hint hint to... 2009-6-29 16:05:05 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#41770 Had fun today teaching the clinch seminar and hope people got what I was trying to put across. I try to make these seminars interesting and informative with just the right amount of content. What Im really after is getting people to understand principles of what were doing. These sessions definitely are not for the technique collectors although the session contained plenty of technique work. There are plenty of seminars on for technique collectors if thats what people want. These are for people that want to expand their knowledge or perhaps get a deeper understanding of knowledge they already have. The drills I included will really develop tactile sensitivity and fighting skills of those that took part. Hope everyone enjoyed it and got plenty from it. I could have carried on teaching for many more hours I enjoyed it and really only scratched the surface of material I could have covered on this one subject alone Im wondering now where we go with the other two schedu... 2009-5-17 21:57:58 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#41472 Just recieved my copy of Frank Shamrocks newly released Mixed Martial Arts book. Selina and I are listed in the book as the only UK Instructors in Shamrock Submission Fighting SSF which is Franks approach to Mixed Martial Arts MMA. Selina and I trained for the SSF qualification in 2005 during a two week training trip to the USA. It was a hard two weeks training MMA Judo Grappling and SSF We came back with coaching awards in Judo and the SSF Instructor awards. SSF makes up part of the Submission FightingMMA program at Paragon. Stay tuned for some news on this program in the next month or so Me amp Frank during Shamrock Submission Fighting Instructor Training in 2005 Jay 2009-5-12 09:11:08 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#40128 Well done to the team today took part in a Kickboxing comp fighting points and continuous. The event was well run with good officials and quality competitors the whole team really enjoyed the day as did I. Selina took 3rd in points after a foolish mistake and 1st in continuous. Russ took 1st in both points and continuous. John Parry took 3rd in coloured belt points Jared Hunt took part in his first ever comp at 16 years old in the adult black belt section and did really well to take 3rd place. Dave Dawson took 3rd in the mens veterans. Vince Higgins took 3rd in his points 1st in veterans points and 2nd in continuous. Well done to everyone. Well done to Sam Wood and her White Tiger team who all took part in their first event and did very well competing against quality and experienced opponents. Well done and I look forward to working with you all again soon. Jay 2009-4-19 21:05:15 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#39365 Not been on here a while been really busy with a thing or two we have going on at the moment. Pick up a newsletter to see whats what Loads happening around here. Remember we are closed over the Easter Weekend. Jay 2009-4-7 17:11:02 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#37108 Did the workshop on fundamental movement on Saturday. Not sure if its what people expected my guess is it wasnt quite what they expected. Rather than covering exactly how to move the aim of the seminar was to train the eye to watch movement and program the nervous system and muscles to respond. We worked the key components of response and how we could speed this up. Next we looked at a couple of ways to speed up a few common techniques and finished with how to put it all together in sparring. Hope everyone got what I was trying to get across this sort of thing goes beyond the punch amp kick taught in the majority of Kickboxing establishments. For that reason people sometimes just dont get it because on the surface it can appear complicated. Take time to work in what you learned from the seminar and it will start to work for you. Looking forward to doing the next workshop in April. Jay 2009-2-23 08:57:34 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#36816 I turned 40 last week. Heres a few pictures of the cake Selina got for me. Complete with boxing gloves Paragon logo and my dan grade stripes. One half of the cake was chocolate obviously Selina ate most of that the other half was fruit. It was made by Rachael Dowd one of our students here at Paragon. Jay 2009-2-17 11:39:42 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#36334 Well done to Kirsty Murden who passed her Black Belt test on Sunday February 1st. Its worth mentioning that Kirsty did really well bouncing back like she did after the hiccup at last years test. Last year Kirsty left me with a difficult decision having completed the test with borderline marks. After much discussion with examiners and instructors and based on the fact we knew Kirsty could do better it was decided she would test again this year. Very well done Kirsty. Weve got another Black Belt grading in March when a number of juniors will be attempting their Junior Black Belt and Selina should be attempting her 3rd Degree Black Belt. Jay 2009-2-9 10:33:56 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#35358 My training trips to the USA have been fun and very productive. Hard work but worth it. Heres some more from my 2005 trip. Dan The Beast needs no introduction to any followers of early Mixed Martial Arts events particularly the early UFC events. Dan was on hand passing on his takedown and ground and pound skills. This all tied in very nicely with my Kickboxing Sambo Wrestling amp Judo knowledge. The Beast also offered some great advice as well as giving Selina and I a signed photograph which lists his many years in Wrestling along with his Black Belts in Judo Ju Jitsu and Combat Sambo and another of him with the Three UFC Belts When I was promoted to 5th Degree Black Belt by the International Modern Martial Arts Federation Steve Stewart had The Beast as a signatory on the Diploma in recognition of my Grappling Wrestling amp Submission Fighting skills which was pretty cool Jay 2009-1-22 11:00:53 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#35068 Back in 2005 Selina and I made a trip to the USA for two weeks of intense Grappling amp MMA training. The training would include Judo Brazilian Jiu Jitsu MMA Submission Wrestling amp Wrestling Takedowns. Prior to the trip we both had GrapplingWrestling experience. Id been doing some on and off for years and Selina had done some too. And for 2189 years prior to the trip wed been working with our coach Tim Thomas on Sambo Wrestling Judo amp Olympic Freestyle Wrestling and had qualified as Sambo Wrestling Coaches. One of the people we trained with was Mike Swain. Mike Swain is a Judo legend in the USA as a former World Champion and 4 times Olympian taking Bronze at the 1988 Olympics. Obviously Mike has great Judo and Grappling skills and is equally well versed in the throwing and ground grappling aspects. He is also a great coach and we where very lucky to not only train with Mike in a group environment but also a semi private session. Mike presented both Selina and I wi... 2009-1-16 09:30:23 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#34904 Thursday Fitness amp Conditioning got off to a good New Year last Thursday Jan 8th. I always recommend this session for any Black Belt candidates and to anyone wanting to fight Semi Light or Full Contact. The sessions vary we can be using Kettle Bells Weights Bags Resistance Exercises etc. This particular session was a full hour of bagwork 2 minutes on the bag with one minute in between doing a variety of press ups or sit ups. Good session and everyone did well Well done to all and keep it up Jay 2009-1-12 18:47:00 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#34719 We got our first real taste of being worried parents over the Christmas Holidays. On Friday January 2nd Stan was taken into Queens Medical Center hospital for an emergency operation. The problem was an abscess which the GP originally treated with antibiotics. Although this appeared to be doing the trick another GP decided on Friday the 2nd that a trip to QMC was needed. Anyway he had the op that night and all is well just a few more doses of antibiotics trips to his GPs to see the nurse and a final check up back at QMC to go Heres a few pics of Stan having a play around in one of the kids Fun sessions on December 23rd the day we broke up for the holidays. At 18 months old he is having a play around. Hes been doing his version of Jab Cross Front Kick since around 17 months old His Mum adjusted a kit and white belt so he could look the part. Im wondering just how long it will be before Stan wants to join in the ... 2009-1-9 10:48:27 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#34401 Happy New Year to all regular students their families and to our growing number of seminar students and their families. Weve got some great stuff lined up for 2009 including more competitions in semi amp light contact along with options for those wanting to do full contact including Thai amp K1 rules. Weve got regular squad sessions both for kids and adults. After a long hard look at the Kyusho JitsuBody Science program weve decided on a restructure and from this year attendance is only every other month making it far more appealing. So far Ive sceduled four definate special workshops for students to get a deeper understanding of KickboxingFighting principles and we could well be doing more of these As for weekly classes we have reintroduced the Kids Mat Rats GrapplingWrestling classes as from Monday January 5th 2009. Soon to follow will be an all new Beginners Mixed Martial Arts MMA Submission Fighting class for adults. Selina and I have talked about this for a long time ... 2009-1-2 09:29:04 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#33990 Got a few pics of me andor Selina with some great grapplingmma coaches we have trained with. Will be putting them up over coming weeks along with some old Kickboxing pics too Grappling has been part of my training for many years and I have trained with some great instructors. But this guy really is great. For the past six years now I have been working my grapplingwrestling with Tim Thomas. Tim is quite possibly the UKs best kept secret when it comes to wrestlinggrappling. He is like a walking encyclopedia with a working knowledge of all wrestlinggrappling systems. His specialty being Freestyle Wrestling Sambo Wrestling amp Judo. People regard him as a groundwork expert but he is equally well versed in throws and takedowns. Tim Certified Selina and me first as provisional coaches then as Club Coaches in Sambo Wrestling. A simple way of describing Sambo Wrestling is that it is made up of the three Olympic Grappling systems Greco Roman Wrestling Judo amp Freestyle Wrest... 2008-12-19 11:25:24 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#33906 Got this old picture from many years ago of me competing. No idea of the year but if I remember correctly it was in the coloured belt final of some version of either the English or British Championships. Not even sure if I won that one or not Im the green belt with the hair The fighting was to continuous rules. Not sure whats worse the hair or the white suits. Also you may notice that I am slightly ever so lighter weight back then too I must take this opportunity to apologise to my opponent as it appears I have accidentally miss timed my kick and struck him with my knee They where the days I really dont think so. Got a collection of old photos from years ago some with Russ amp Mark on as youngsters. If my scanner was working Id get them up too So until I get around to buying a new scanner well have to wait unless of course someone else fancies scanning a few for me Jay 2008-12-17 09:25:19 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#33864 After much discussion between Selina and Myself we have decided that from January 5th 2009 that Kids WrestlingGrappling will be back on the curriculum. WrestlingGrappling has always been a part of our curriculum even long before we opened Paragon and before it became as popular as it is today grappling was part of our regular training. Over the last 12 months we dropped much of it to concentrate on other things for a while. But the kids have continually asked for it so back it comes. Were going to concentrate on NO Gi non jacket Submission Wrestling. Both Selina and I will be teaching the classes together. We are both qualified coaches is Judo amp Grappling Sambo Wrestling amp Submission Fighting. It will be good to get back into the grappling in many way its a shame we had a break from it. Those that competed in GrapplingWrestling events did very well with both junior and adult grapplers winning a number of medals in both Submission Grappling and Strike amp Grapple MM... 2008-12-16 09:47:23 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#33811 We held the kids Paragon Games on Saturday December 13th. All the usual events took place and this year we had a continuous sparring section alongside the points sparring this was at the request of many of the kids that attended. As we discussed the games afterwards all involved in running the event said this was the best yet. Every child tried their best in every event and earned themselves the Gold Special Award medal. A special mention the Selinas Little Ninjas that have only graduated to the junior program this year. They all behaved very well tried their best and some placed among the medals too which is a fantastic achievement. Im not going to list all the event medal winners but I will say well done to all those that took part. Special mentions go to the best boy and best girl of the games. Best Boy went to Storm Parker and Best Girl went to Graci Henshaw. Three Juniors Curtis Alice amp Joe took part in their last games as they will be moving to the adults i... 2008-12-15 08:41:31 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#33458 I had a really good time yesterday morning teaching a course on Applied Kyusho to a group from two clubs based in Nottingham. Thanks to Ian Harrison of Dragon Freestyle and Sam Wood of White Tiger Kickboxing for having me over and to their students giving up 3 hours of their Sunday morning and taking an interest in what I do The course was a mix of Kyusho Jitsu with some principles from our core system at Paragon thrown in. I tried to get across and hopefully succeeded the importance of accurate targeting and correct body mechanics. I taught alot of material I usually only teach my own regular students. The group first learned to locate the target areas and get a feeling for the reaction of the body when these targets are struck or manipulated. Each point was utilised in combination with others for self defence and sport scenarios to give a feel for the all important application. Everyone seemed to enjoy it and I enjoyed teaching it. Special thanks to Ian amp Steve ... 2008-12-8 09:00:02 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#33209 Keep an eye on the events page of the website. There is no reason not to be up to date with whats going on at Paragon just keep an eye on the regular newsletters and th events page Loads of stuff already on there and more dates to be added. Keep an eye out for Junior amp adult squad training dates. Kyusho dates for 2009 are already on there. Also dates for some special coursesworkshops to help you understand and develop your skills further. These coursesworkshops start in Feb and all will have limited places so book your place early Jay 2008-12-2 16:14:19 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#31829 Ive just added a new date to the events page. On December 7th Ill be teaching a course in Nottingham on Applied Kyusho Pressure Points. Anyone from Paragon that wants to come then see me for details. Ive also agreed to put on a few workshops for a couple of other clubs in 2009. They will be held here at Paragon the first of these will be FebMarch 2009. These workshops will be covering techniques tactics concepts drills etc from our KarateKickboxing syllabus. Its been a while since I have done any of these and they usually go down well and often shock long term studnets when I teach material even they havent seen before Ill let everyone know when the dates are set if you are interested let me know ASAP as places will be limited Kids Paragon games is set for December 13th a leaflet will be out soon confirming times etc. Places are already filling up so dont miss out. Selina is organising the Christmas night out for adult members between Christmas and New Year. See Selina fo... 2008-11-1 10:45:54 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#31302 Finally got around to making some changes to the website and updating some bits. Managed to reduce size of almost all of the images will get the rest done soon Added a mailing list feature started work on a Pressure Points Kyusho Jitsu page but will eventually build a site of its own for this. Added an Instructor page a KarateKickboxing page and made some changes to the Self Protection page to inform of the new classes. Got lots going on at moment too so Ill get around to finishing site soon and fill everyone in that needs to know whats going on Jay 2008-10-20 09:49:56 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#30892 We had Iain Abernethy with us at the weekend. What can I say that I havent said already about Iain. His Applied Karate is fantastic his knowledge very extensive his passion for Kata is quite contagious the way he teaches is great. I could go on and on On the whole it was a great day everyone enjoyed it. Thank to those that made the effort to attend. Jay 2008-10-13 09:42:28 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#28289 Its been a while since Ive been on here. Ive been really busy getting on with a few things. Most know that we had a problem with a lying parasitic scum bag trying it on. This held up a few things so Im now busy playing catch up. As for the scum bag. Well we really didnt have to do too much in the end. He tripped himself up with his web of lies. Apparently the family isnt well liked and have tried similar things before. The truth always comes out in the end. Obviously I cant come right out and name Daniel Sparrow as the scum bag here on my blog. So Ill just leave his name out of it and say bad luck. Jay 2008-8-14 08:45:26 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#24960 Its been a while since I have been on here. Been really busy. I am sitting on a few bits of news that I want to put on here but it will wait for a while yet Anyway last night was a good night for us. Good night last night at the AFK show in Sheffield. Ian fought very well in his first outing pretty much dominating every round. Forcing his opponent to take 2 standing 8 counts in the last round he was unlucky not to stop him with his opponent being saved by the bell. I have had many good comments from people in the crowd and from the promoter regarding his first fight. All good stuff and I am sure Ian will do well with future fights. Russ fought a tough and rated Thai Boxing opponent to professional K1 rules. Although Russ got the victory on the judges cards the fight was disappointing for both camps in a way. By that I mean the rules because we where under the impression that the clinch was limited and they seemed to work towards unlimited clinch. We where under the im... 2008-6-2 10:30:17 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#23471 We took 9 fighters to the Revolution English Open Championships on Sunday April 27th. We came back with Six Gold Three Silver and 1 Bronze medal from the nine students entering 13 categories. In the Kids Semi Contact points sparring Jamie Fanning took a Bronze Joe Murden a Silver and Curtis Gillott a Gold in their individual weight categories. Sadly Georgia Matthews didnt place this time. In the adult Semi Contact points Nicole Straw took Gold Russ Henshaw took Gold and Vince Higgins a Silver. Ian Kitchen failed to place. In the Light Contact Kickboxing adults Russ Henshaw took Gold in the mens heavy weights with Vince Higgings taking Silver. Ian Kitchen took the Gold in the mens light weight and Selina took the Gold in the Ladies. Negatives from the day would have to be the Light Continuous sections. The lack of a strong refereeing in these sections led to yet another ridiculous display of what is supposed to be LIGHT CONTACT In particular the fight with Vinnie w... 2008-4-28 16:19:14 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#22706 Over the last few weeks both Selina and I have taken calls from members of the public regarding the sales teams that knock on the door selling membership to the local karate club. OBVIOUSLY THEY ARE NOT OUR TEAMS AS WE DONT SUBSCRIBE TO THIS PRATICE AT ALL But I suppose we have become the central focus for martial arts locally and people want our opinions on this group. Of course neither Selina or I comment on this group over the phone. But what I do advise is that you google them and take a look at what people are saying in the UK about this group their self defence consultants and their methods. Obviously there are a couple of their own ego massaging sites around but you will find the vast majority are the exact opposite. Ill talk quite openly to anyone even their own self defence consultants if they fancy popping in to see me face to face about them. They are particularly well known however for all the wrong reasons. It takes a certain type of person to join a grou... 2008-4-11 11:17:58 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#21367 Nicole and Russ should be fighting on a show not too far from us in April. This will be the first ring fight for Nicole and be over 3 x 2 minute rounds to light contact kickboxing rules. Russ will be fighting to the American rules full contact over 3 rounds. The June show looks like it is changing dates to June 1st. We have Russ Vinnie and Ian on this show. Got loads more full contact shows coming up so those wanting to take part in Full Contact will be busy for a while We hold sessions for fight training on Monday Wednesday and Thursday. These sessions are a must for anyone interested in fighting semi light or full contact kickboxing or those that just want to give a little boost to their fitness improve their skills and get involved with our fighters. Jay 2008-3-15 11:09:45 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#20881 Well I sat on the news about the Spain fight and released it only days ago really only to be told by email Monday night that the show is off This is pretty typical of the fight game in general. However on a positive note it means we will have 3 fighters on the Sheffield show in June. With Russ Henshaw Vince Higgins and Ian Kitchen all fighting in Full Contact Kickboxing bouts. With Sheffield being a little closer to home than Spain I hope we can rely on some support The show is June 7th. I will have some more news on Full Contact Kickboxing in the coming weeks. Jay 2008-3-5 10:41:24 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#20792 We had a team take part in the Revolution Yorkshire Open Championships on Sunday March 2nd. A mixed team of junior and adults took part some for the first time. We took a total of 7 Gold 4 Silver and 5 Bronze medals in points sparring sport karate and Continuous Kickboxing categories. I was impressed with everyone win lose or draw everyone gave it a good go. It was nice to have a good crowd of supporters too big thanks to all those that came along to support. The next points amp continuous comp is April 27th at the same venue. We also have some full contact kickboxing bouts comings up. Feel free to give us some support in anyall of these events Jay 2008-3-3 15:38:25 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#20457 The Steve Stewart seminars went really well over the weekend. Friday Steve went through a taster of some advanced principles and subject matter from Kyusho. I think much of what was taught Friday perhaps went over the heads of those in the group. However I could clearly see that on Saturday things where just falling into place for those that attended Friday as he dropped in a few keys to what he was doing on Friday. Saturday morning was the kids seminar which went down really well. The kids learned some basic points and applications and had lots of fun. The main seminar Saturday afternoon was excellent. Steve covered basics for those new to Kysuho along with more advanced stuff for those with a little knowledge. Those that did the Friday evening seminar got a real treat on Saturday and their Kyusho knowledge was taken to a whole new level. Five students where awarded Black Belt 1st Degree in Kyusho Jitsu Three awarded probationary Black Belts in Kyusho Jitsu which ... 2008-2-25 11:16:43 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#20226 I have been sitting on this info since January and thought it about time I released it Russ and I will be flying out to Spain during May as Russ is fighting on a show in the Costa Del Sol. The whole fight card is made up of good English fighters against tough Spanish opponents in their own back yard. If all goes well for us on this show it is possible that Russ could be working his way towards a shot at the vacant European Title. The fight is also paving the way for more of our fighters to compete in Europe. Preparations for the fight will be beginning soon. As usual everyone plays a part in preparation in normal classes just mae sure you do your best when sparring with Russ to help bring out the best in him. Just dont go breaking his nose this time Colin if he is stupid enough to do what he did last time As for extra trainingsparring sessions if you want to come along and play your part just let me know. The fight is on Friday May 23rd which is actually Bank Holiday weekend. ... 2008-2-20 17:03:15 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#19972 Its no secret that with the back problems I have hardly been able to manage a challenging training session for at least 2 years. When I did it usually meant more time off and under treatment. Well finally this week I have stepped it up and had the best week of training Ive had in ages all with no back problems Ive had 3 gym sessions including treadmill and weights. 2 sessions of speed and agility training. 1 session of sparring and a boxing and wrestling session. Midweek week I also had a great stretching session which really helped. I am really happy that through all off this I have no twinges in the back or shoulder. My recovery has been long but I am very positive about it having paid off. Im already looking forward to next weeks training. And who knows if it continues a comeback may be on the cards so well wait and see Jay 2008-2-15 11:05:46 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#19908 Just to let you all know the nutrition products have been in now for over a week I know a number of people have shown an interest in these but I havent really had much of a chance to get the promotional info sheets completed. I will have a basic info sheet of the products and prices available by the end of today. Basically what we have at the moment is a range of our own label products for general health and to help with recovery from hard training sessions. They are quality products and all carry the Paragon Nutrition logo. We have an excellent Super Foods Vitamin and Mineral formula L Glutamine Whey Protein Nutri Meal and Hoodia at the moment. Coming soon is Creatine Monohydrate along with a herbal fat burner and a qualty probiotic. Ask for details Jay 2008-2-14 09:30:11 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#19572 Well the speed and agility session went down well last night everyone made huge improvements to their speed agility amp balance. Except for a couple of hiccups in the sparring everything went well and everyone seemed to enjoy it. Next week I will cover some key points to sparring success and introduce you to more speed agility and balance training. Jay 2008-2-5 08:56:10 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#19407 I have been working hard on a project launching our own brand of health and nutrition products for some time. Finally we are almost there and the first of these products will be launched in the coming weeks. Amongst the products is an excellent Super Foods vitamin and mineral complex whey protein Glutamine Meal replacement drinks some excellent diet amp slimming products along with a selection of general health supplements. These are all quality products that the body can absorb easily. You will definitely find cheaper products however many of these are not absorbed by the body making them a waste of money. People associated with Paragon will get a discount on these products. I will be doing an extra special deal on first purchases allowing you to test the products. Anyone serious about their health should consider these products. It should go without saying that anyone in serious training for competition actually needs these very prodcuts to help their body recover... 2008-2-1 09:16:08 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#19317 Theres been alot of talk about the session we had after class on Monday everyone that attended really enjoyed the session add your comments here and I really enjoyed coaching it even made me think of making a comeback The session will be a regular every Monday covering more of the same and from next Monday Feb 4th we will be introducing some more cool stuff Jay 2008-1-30 10:55:48 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#19289 I have got the blog back up still not sure what the problem was although I suspect it is something to do with the other computer I use which seems to have a few technical problems We have a few posts missing too one of which is the Kudo which Ill try to get back up. Now the blog is back up and running I have scrapped the news page. Jay 2008-1-29 15:29:43 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#18072 Happy New Year to everyone I hope you have all recovered from the party season and ready to get down to training. Selina and I have been in this morning and given the academy a top to bottom clean. Selina will begin her 2008 training program tonight I started my mental aspects very important this morning and my own physical will begin first thing Thursday morning and I am really looking forward to it. Looking forward to this year we have much going on. Kicking off our 2008 seminars we have Dr Stewart in February. Very popular last year and the list is filling up this year. Get your name down if you want a place. The first part of the Black Belt grading takes place in January with the second part on March 1st. This is quite special as Dave Dawson is taking his 1st Degree Black Belt and Dave will be the first Black Belt to have come purely from Paragon since we set up as a professional school. All the others on the grading have been with us long before we opened the doors ... 2008-1-2 12:37:25 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#15120 Just to let you all know that we have Iain booked to return in April 2008. Im sure well be in for another great day. 2007-10-5 08:17:57 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#14950 Nottingham group did module 2 of the Kyusho Jitsu today. It was great to see them having those wow moments as things started to click into place. It was good how people spotted how the actual science behind Kyusho proved itself with some of the very basic techniques we covered. With the eight simple points we covered I could see many of the group seeing how they could fit them into waht they already do which is great. As always I really enjoyed teaching the seminar it was great fun for me and I hope everyone else enjoyed it. Remember folks if you have any questions contact me by any of the methods on the contact details sheet I gave out at module one. Looking forward to teachning module 3 to you all and introducing my group to module 8 next week. Thanks everyone Jay 2007-9-29 18:49:04 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#14794 Great seminar with Iain on Saturday 22nd September. I was looking forward to it as was Iain and neither of us where disappointed neither where those that attended. I have been thinking about it since the seminar so a few of my own thoughts follow. Iain is a great guy great instructor really knows his stuff and you can see he is truly passionate about it. This is what made the seminar so good. Naihanchi Kata is fantastic it has a really interesting history and some great applications. Its easy to see why some consider it one of the mostthe most important Kata in Karate. I found it interesting how many of the applications closely resemble the kind of thing we do anyway. Many of you will have heard me say before that the way we practice much of our Freestyle Karate is much closer to Traditional Karate than what many of the traditionalists actually practice. I think Iains Applied Karate methods and interpretation of Naihanchi actually support this. I can even see... 2007-9-24 11:49:23 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#14391 Taught Kyusho Jitsu module 7 to group one today. They are over halfway towards the 1st Degree grading and exam now. Today was a big revision day covering previous modules followed by Kata and applications which seems to be just about sinking in now. The new material introduced was self defence applying Kyusho. I introduced 3 seperate applications which resulted in 3 knockouts Although knockouts are done with little effort it is important to remember in a live go not to play around with little effort. Use the points but hit em bloody hard Like to know what group 1 feel about the Kyusho so far Jay 2007-9-8 22:05:14 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#14167 Just finished teaching module 1 of 12 for the Nottingham group from Dragon Freestyle. Great bunch nice to see some of the old faces and a few new ones. Module 1 is always hard to teach there is so much I want to put in but only so much people can take in. The right balance is important. Hopefully I got the balance right. I covered just what is needed for module one and went with the flow taking opportunities to show more advanced techniques and concepts from Kyusho Jitsu. Really hope everyone enjoyed it as much as I enjoy teaching it. Looking forward to seeing it all fall into place over the coming modules. Well done to everyone and thanks for giving me the chance to share my knowledge in the vast subject. Jay 2007-9-1 17:09:38 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#14114 Remember we have the Iain Abernethy seminar on Saturday 22nd September. Starts 12.30 for 3 to 4 hours. Spoke with Iain yesterday and he is looking forward to the seminar himself as I know some of you are. Places are filling up so if you want to come you must let me know ASAP Jay 2007-8-30 12:56:38 http://www.paragonacademy.co.uk/page8.htm#14084 At last the website is finally here. Members check out the events page for all grading dates seminars fight nights amp comps. Ill try to post info dates etc on my blog to keep you informed. Jay 2007-8-29 14:18:01