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Send us a text This episode concludes the CCMA overview of the controversy surrounding ground-fighting. We take a careful look at the criticism directed at Brazilian Jiu Jitsu during the early years of the Ultimate Fighting Championship and its standing today. The episode then discusses the validity of ground-fighting in self-defence training. Useful links for this episode Clubb Chimera Website Clubb Chimera Facebook Page Clubb Chimera Twitter Clubb Chimera YouTube Clubb Chimera Instagram "No Holds Barred" by Clyde Gentry "Manwatching" by Desmond Morris "The Gracie Way" by Kid Peligro Sherdog's UFC I Anniversary Interviews  The Gracie UFC Conspiracy - Jess Enkamp Interviews Bill Wallace Music: "Evil Spirits" by Our Music Box Support the show Support the show Support me on Patreon Buy "When Parents Aren't Around" Audiobook Clubb Chimera Website Clubb Chimera Martial Arts Facebook Group Clubb Chimera Facebook Page Clubb Chimera Twitter Clubb Chimera YouTube Clubb Chimera Instagram Jamie C

Send us a text This year's Halloween Special delves into the disturbing case of the Toolbox Killers. What lessons can we take from their terrible crimes? At first glance this seemed like a simple case of be wary of approaching drivers when walking alone and the dangers of hitchhiking. However, a closer examination reveals that all of the victims had some good survival instincts - the first one wasn't even hitchhiking - and clearly we need to provide deeper self-protection education for our young to safeguard against predators of this nature.  Clubb Chimera Website Clubb Chimera Facebook Page Clubb Chimera Twitter Clubb Chimera YouTube Clubb Chimera Instagram Last year's Halloween show on Burke and Hare Streetwise by Peter Consterdine ThoughtCo's Article on the Toolbox Killers The Historian - An Informal History of Hitchhiking The History of Hitchhiking Charles Schmid - The Pied Piper of Tuscon Dean Corll - The Candy Man   Support the show Support the show Support me on Patreon Buy "When Parent

Send us a text The great grappling art moved strategically through Brazil towards North America, propelled by ambition and a drive to be successful. The schools were just accessible enough to permit a rush of middleclass students in South America and a select few Hollywood celebrities in California. There was little other motion other than raise attention through combative efficiency in challenge fights, reinforcing the art’s dictum; a message that would be shouted far and wide across martial arts subculture...This episode the Clubb Chimera Martial Arts podcast dives into the world of ground-fighting. At the beginning of the 20th century it was viewed with disdain by the martial arts world by the century's end Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, a martial art that focused on submitting opponents on the ground, had become a worldwide sensation. Part I of "The Way of the Shark" looks at why ground-fighting was despised and how that view allowed it to become a secret weapon in the unarmed duel.  Clubb Chimera Website Clubb C

Send us a text The second part of these special extra podcasts features Ron Goin with two guest commentaries on tropes/cliches that affect both martial arts subculture and martial arts movies. Ron provides insight into the corrosive effect of belief in mysticism had undermined martial arts. He then focuses on the hackneyed device of the lone man martial art bar brawl.Regular podcast host, Jamie Clubb, explores discusses how magic is a legitimate part of martial arts history and tradition, but has no place in pragmatic practice. He also looks at the way indestructible martial arts fighting styles both sell martial arts short and have now become an increasingly tired element of martial arts fiction. Tracing much of this to the legacy of the iconic Bruce Lee, he puts it that Enter the Dragon is both the Little Dragon's best and worst martial arts movie.  Clubb Chimera Website Clubb Chimera Facebook Page Clubb Chimera Twitter Clubb Chimera YouTube Clubb Chimera Instagram Ron Goin's Random Thoughts Support

Send us a text From special movies to ridiculous wardrobe choices to pulling foreign objects out of wounds, dusty fighters and beckoning fingers, the martial arts movie genre is dogged by some awful cliches. In this special extra episode Jamie Clubb invites five special martial art teacher guests onto his show to share their feelings on tropes that are not doing martial arts fiction any favours.  Clubb Chimera Website Clubb Chimera Facebook Page Clubb Chimera Twitter Clubb Chimera YouTube Clubb Chimera Instagram Iain Abernethy Gretchen Carlon Peter Jones  Ando Mierzwa Chris Jones Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched!Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show Support the show Support me on Patreon Buy "When Parents Aren't Around" Audiobook Clubb Chimera Website Clubb Chimera Martial Arts Facebook Group Clubb Chimera Facebook Page Clubb Chimera Twitter Clubb Chimera YouTube

Send us a text We delve deeper into historic military justification for evading physical conflict backed up by one of the most famous and revered war manuals in history. Furthermore, we look at tactics to prevent a person from engaging in a fight, including prompting the aggressor's own flight response and practical systems of tactical escape. Show Notes:  Clubb Chimera Website Clubb Chimera Facebook Page Clubb Chimera Twitter Clubb Chimera YouTube Clubb Chimera Instagram Tsukahara Bokuden – Samurai Legend Brer Rabbit Upcoming Vagabond Warriors Workshop Video The Art of War by Sun Tzu  The Art of Fighting Without Fighting by Geoff Thompson Ricky Hatton gets Mugged in China by Mark Vester Kickback with Chris Jones Support the show Support the show Support me on Patreon Buy "When Parents Aren't Around" Audiobook Clubb Chimera Website Clubb Chimera Martial Arts Facebook Group Clubb Chimera Facebook Page Clubb Chimera Twitter Clubb Chimera YouTube Clubb Chimera Instagram Jamie Clubb Book

Send us a text This episode examines the rabbit icon and how it champions using guile and cunning over direct fighting. A scene from "Enter the Dragon" references a medieval tale about one of Japan's deadliest duellists who propagated defeating enemies without fighting. Show Notes:  Clubb Chimera Website Clubb Chimera Facebook Page Clubb Chimera Twitter Clubb Chimera YouTube Clubb Chimera Instagram Tsukahara Bokuden – Samurai Legend Brer Rabbit Upcoming Vagabond Warriors Workshop Video Support the show Support the show Support me on Patreon Buy "When Parents Aren't Around" Audiobook Clubb Chimera Website Clubb Chimera Martial Arts Facebook Group Clubb Chimera Facebook Page Clubb Chimera Twitter Clubb Chimera YouTube Clubb Chimera Instagram Jamie Clubb Books Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Send us a text Finally the Vagabond Warriors Workshops are here! I am on here to quickly talk about my upcoming Vagabond Warriors martial arts cross-training workshops this summer. These three hour intensive training sessions will cover Clubb Chimera’s approach to cross training. Each workshop will focus on a certain martial art discipline or concept and then we will train different ways to use it to add to, replace, compliment or enhance techniques from other martial arts as they best suit you. We will be working primarily towards the incorporation of martial arts into self-defence or mixed martial arts, which allows quite a broad area to work.  I will be limiting the number of students so that we have a more focused approach on training specific areas. These workshops were originally designed for my private clients as a means for meeting up, training with one another and setting personal goals, but I have opened it up to anyone who would like to attend allowing other martial artists who are interested in my

Send us a text The second and concluding part of "The Way of the Ape" further explores the reality of martial arts evolution. We discuss the inevitability and unstoppable nature of change that underlies everything despite the desperation of some martial artists to cling to the past or attempts to replicate the past. We also look at how natural selection might not always be favourable to martial arts development. Show Notes:  Clubb Chimera Website Clubb Chimera Facebook Page Clubb Chimera Twitter Clubb Chimera YouTube Clubb Chimera Instagram Essentialism (Behavioural Science & Developmental Psychology) - Starts at the 8:30 minute point - Bruce Hood The value of classical fencing in historical fencing interpretation by Ben Miller Trailer for "Self Defence for Gentlemen and Ladies by Col. Thomas Monstery" Ben Miller  Having a Go at Koryu by Antony Cummins 10 Myths About Evolution - Skeptic Magazine Support the show Support the show Support me on Patreon Buy "When Parents Aren't Around" Audiobook

Send us a text There are two erroneous  arguments made about martial arts evolution. The first one is made by those who believe that the art they train is a perfect preservation of an historic or traditional fighting system. The second one is made by those who believe that newer martial arts will always be a positive progress on what has gone before. This episode and its sequel looks at the concept of evolution and the various ways it can be applied to the development of martial arts. Show Notes:  Clubb Chimera Website Clubb Chimera Facebook Page Clubb Chimera Twitter Clubb Chimera YouTube Clubb Chimera Instagram The March of Progress: Evolution of an Icon Humans are Still Evolving  Mike Pence Does Not Understand Evolution The Natural Selection of Ideas Support the show Support the show Support me on Patreon Buy "When Parents Aren't Around" Audiobook Clubb Chimera Website Clubb Chimera Martial Arts Facebook Group Clubb Chimera Facebook Page Clubb Chimera Twitter Clubb Chimera YouTube Clubb

Send us a text This episode takes a look at fight dynamics and how they change when objectives change. We begin with a look at how striking and grappling dynamics change, then how dynamics between different combat sports before we delve into specific training and the difference between symmetrical and asymmetrical fighting. What makes a duel, a street fight or a contest different from an assault situation? How can knowledge from either cross over to benefit a martial arts student? Show Notes:  Clubb Chimera Website Clubb Chimera Facebook Page Clubb Chimera Twitter Clubb Chimera YouTube Clubb Chimera Instagram When We Were Kings Trailer  Clubb Chimera Asymmetrical Fighting Clubb Chimera "No to and fro" in an assault The Tyger by William Blake Support the show Support the show Support me on Patreon Buy "When Parents Aren't Around" Audiobook Clubb Chimera Website Clubb Chimera Martial Arts Facebook Group Clubb Chimera Facebook Page Clubb Chimera Twitter Clubb Chimera YouTube Clubb Chimera In

Send us a text The concluding part of Jamie Clubb's trilogy on the complex relationship between predatory behaviour and the martial arts subculture. This episode looks at the truth behind the machismo mythology embraced by some martial artists and the way different types of schools prey on their students and instructors...  Clubb Chimera Website Clubb Chimera Facebook Page Clubb Chimera Twitter Clubb Chimera YouTube "The Gift of Fear" by Gavin de Becker Jordan Belfort's Straight Line Persuasion Method "The Wisdom of Psychopaths" by Kevin Dutton "McDojo to Go?" by Jamie Clubb A Killing Art: The Untold History of Tae Kwon Do by Alex Gillis The Ongoing Shame of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Instructors Promoting Sexual Predators to Black Belt - Bullshido Website Infanticide, Child Rape and War in Early States - Journal of Psychohistory and Abstracts  Extra Wrath of the Khans - Dan Carlin's Hardcore History Music CreditAvery Alexander edited with effects added Further links to his work can be found at his webs

Send us a text Martial arts marketing meets the ways of the contrapreneur and the psychopathic predator. Should we be wary of the soft skills we teach in self-protection? Can a McDojo ever be honest? This episode picks up with the magical realism of Angela Carter and her understanding of the both predatory danger presented in the wolf allegory and its allure. Then we look at the machismo of predatory salesmanship and how it attracts martial artists.  The Art of Survival Project (Facebook Page) Clubb Chimera Website Clubb Chimera Facebook Page Clubb Chimera Twitter Clubb Chimera YouTube "The Gift of Fear" by Gavin de Becker Jordan Belfort's Straight Line Persuasion Method "SHAM: How the Self-Help Movement Made America Helpless" by Steve Salerno Charles Manson and Dale Carnegie  "The Wisdom of Psychopaths" by Kevin Dutton "The Bloody Chamber" by Angela Carter Angela Carter's Translation of Charles Perrault's Fairy Tales "McDojo to Go?" by Jamie Clubb Music CreditAvery Alexander edited with effect

Send us a text In association with Bullshido.Net Jamie Clubb presents the audio version of his review of the first season of Cobra Kai. Show Notes for this Episode Clubb Chimera Website Bullshido Website Link to the original article "Old School Karate? Cobra Kai's Fangs Examined" Clubb Chimera Facebook Page Clubb Chimera Twitter Clubb Chimera YouTube Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched!Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show Support the show Support me on Patreon Buy "When Parents Aren't Around" Audiobook Clubb Chimera Website Clubb Chimera Martial Arts Facebook Group Clubb Chimera Facebook Page Clubb Chimera Twitter Clubb Chimera YouTube Clubb Chimera Instagram Jamie Clubb Books Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Send us a text The wolf is a powerful icon and metaphor, used to exemplify a particular type of predator. . Wolves and humans have long shared hunting grounds, resulting in the extinction of wolves in some regions of the world and the earliest domesticaion of a species of wolf in the form of the dog. Human society has cast "The Big Bad Wolf" as the leading symbol for the main villain of any narrative. Balanced against this, humans have also derived many positive attributes from the wolf. However, amidst the confusion between metaphor and fantasy, other ideas have fed into the human society. This has ended up in the martial arts and self-protection subculture. This episode takes a critical look at Gavin de Becker's book "The Gift of Fear" (and the mainstream culture that promoted it) in exploring human predator warning signals, revealing the disturbing fact that the very same warning signs self-protection teachers recommend their students look out for in offenders are also being used to recruit students to the

Send us a text In this special extra episode, Jamie Clubb discusses how fighters adapt to fight within their combat sport, how fights are manipulated within the rules of competition and how all this contrasts with the expectations of those who watch. Links for this episode Clubb Chimera Website Clubb Chimera Facebook Page Clubb Chimera Twitter Clubb Chimera YouTube On this Day: Frank Bruno beat Oliver McCall to win the WBC Title  Floyd Mayweather defeats Manny Pacquiao in Unanimous Decision The Heel Fighter: Promotion & its Consequences (CCMA Podcast) Mendoza the Magnificent: The Man who Revolutionised Boxing  Manny (2014) Jack Johnson and the Art of Punching in Clinches Willie Pep's Footwork Explained Judging Muay Thai Fights by Tony Myers The Donkey Guard The Donkey Guard and the Farce of a "Real Fight" by Jeff Harder The Donkey Guard Conundrum by Emil Fischer  Support the show Support the show Support me on Patreon Buy "When Parents Aren't Around" Audiobook Clubb Chimera Website Cl

Send us a text Attitude is arguably the most important component of self-protection. Without attitude, awareness is worth nothing and neither is anything else. In the first episode of the second season of the Clubb Chimera Martial Arts podcast Jamie Clubb looks at one of the most contentious aspects behind a survival attitude. By starting with an ancient poem as his starting point this episode touches upon a wide range of topics, including discipline, temptation, fear, WWI trenches, stoicism and, above all, hope.Resources for this Show:  Jamie Clubb Seminar in Essex (Facebook Page) Clubb Chimera Website Clubb Chimera Facebook Page Clubb Chimera Twitter Clubb Chimera YouTube The Survivor's Club by Ben Sherwood Jamie Clubb's review of The Survivor's Club The Anatomy of Hope: How People Prevail in the Face of Illness by Dr Jerome Goopman A Defence of Hope by John G. Messerly Is Hope Bad? (the case against Hope) by John G. Messerly  Aristotle on Self-Control  Struggling with Temptation? by Katherine

Send us a text In this special end of year episode Jamie Clubb concludes the questions he began answering in the previous episode. Topics covered include the relevance of self-defence in peaceful times, teaching non-physical skills in a physical way, obscene signs and the fence, and inspiration. Links for this episode Jamie Clubb Seminar in Essex (Facebook Page) Clubb Chimera Website Clubb Chimera Facebook Page Clubb Chimera Twitter Clubb Chimera YouTube Iain Abernethy  Leigh Simms Gretchen Carlson Kris Wilder Sensei Ando TW Smith "The Better Angels of our Nature" by Steven Pinker Critique of "The Better Angels of our Nature" by John Gray "Why Steven Pinker is Wrong about Violence" by Rebecca Watson  "Risk: The Science and Politics of Fear" by Dan Gardner Jamie Clubb's review of "Risk" Ron Goin's Blog It turns out that the viral video of the two intense finger flashers was fake.  The fence described on "The Martial View" website   Support the show Support the show Support me on Patreon

Send us a text The Christmas edition of the Clubb Chimera Martial Arts Podcast is the first part of a two-part episode (the second being the special end of year show). In this episode Jamie Clubb answers listener questions regarding online training, fighting taller enemies or opponents, time management, writing a book, introducing self-protection to a combat sport class and gives his opinion on Judo. The episode also focuses on a certain relevant Christmas tradition. Shownotes The Four Quadrants of Time Management Jamie Clubb Seminar in Essex (Facebook Page) Clubb Chimera Website Clubb Chimera Facebook Page Clubb Chimera Twitter Clubb Chimera YouTube Iain Abernethy  Leigh Simms Gretchen Carlson Kris Wilder Sensei Ando TW Smith Support the show Support the show Support me on Patreon Buy "When Parents Aren't Around" Audiobook Clubb Chimera Website Clubb Chimera Martial Arts Facebook Group Clubb Chimera Facebook Page Clubb Chimera Twitter Clubb Chimera YouTube Clubb Chimera Instagram Jam

Send us a text The story continues with an early debunking of the Shaolin Temple/Yoga connection. This show then continues with an examination of the development of Yoga as a form of physical exercise. The popular image of Yoga is dismantled. Then Jamie takes a look at the genuine links and parallels between martial arts Indian Yoga. Sources for this Show The Yoga Body: The Origins of Modern Posture Practice Mark Singleton responds to his critics Early History of Asana by Amy Vaughn  On Politically Correct Treatment of Myths in the Chinese Martial Arts by Stanley Henning Recommended Podcasts Iain Abernethy TW Smith Kris Wilder Leigh Simms Gretchen Carlson Sensei Ando Support the show Support the show Support me on Patreon Buy "When Parents Aren't Around" Audiobook Clubb Chimera Website Clubb Chimera Martial Arts Facebook Group Clubb Chimera Facebook Page Clubb Chimera Twitter Clubb Chimera YouTube Clubb Chimera Instagram Jamie Clubb Books Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcas