MMA#31 Carl Cooper: Toxic Fighting Systems

03/25/16 • 21 min

I managed to catch Toxic fighting systems Carl Cooper in Peterborough where we were both teaching for the children with cancer organisation, we talk about a chance meeting in a pub with JKD's John Carrigan led to him being shot in a film, to his learning Krav Maga with Jon Hegan, to moving on to Judo to then sambo with legend Martin Clark. There's some serious names in his training history. This led to his distillation of his idea of training with the formation of his Toxic System. Looking at the legal ramifications as well as the physical...and how a right hook will never beat a lawyer armed with a 'no win , no fee' plea. We discuss how some systems actually create a self fulfilling prophecy in regard to getting into trouble, we talk NLP, strangling people and simplifying everything ...so, it's your average fun filled look at men in pyjamas who fight each other! #Toxic #JKD #kravmaga #sombo #judo #secretstuff

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Mick first met Sifu Anthony Rushton when they were fresh faced young men barely in their '20s...and at the 1st ever public seminar taught by Someone who went on to change the face of martial arts in the '90s...to find out who, you'll have to listen more! A chance pairing up to train together led to both of them going down parallel paths in the arts. Anthony was the first wing Chun practictioner Mick met, and was instrumental in his following of wing Chun and that led on to Jeet Kune do....which tangentially led to you listening to this podcast..so it's all Anthony's fault! Listen to how over a quarter of a century later martial arts and the internal arts of Chen Taiji and Hsing-I have helped Anthony create his awesome effective flow training methodology and how Mick's jokes haven't improved over nearly 30 years! Sit back and enjoy listening to two old friends marvel at where their lives have taken them..all this and even a mention of the only man made structure that you see from space!!! Hint, it's Chinese... And Mick offered to pebbledash it once! Mick's Martial Arts is a Paint Your Headphones Production for Abrupt Audio. Recorded by Mick Tulley and Produced by Ant McGinley. Theme Tune written and performed by Katalina Kicks. #tajij #esoteric #hsing-I #china #chinese #wingchun #kungfu

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