Josh Nixon

Good page and informative

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intelligent onsite into self defence, would recumbent to anyone at any level :)

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I have been training at E.S.P for about twelve months, the class has been suspended for the last three weeks due to holidays.
I decided to try other local fitness martial arts classes and review them here are my findings.

firstly i joined a martial arts class where the focus was on counting in Korean,standing in lines and trying to kick a tennis ball tied to a dog lead suspended through a basketball hoop; to see who could kick the highest, failed to see the practical application score 2/5.

Next class i tried was circuit training, after handing over my £5 I got the privelage of having instruction in between the change over if the coach/dj/timekeeper could be bothered it was basically moving from station to station doing press ups, squats,lungees etc whist having my brains blown out by the loudest most awful music known to man, the clientel where also very insular and judgemental because of my rotund shape discussing; "how many sesh they had crushed dat week" seemed to be their core conversation score 1/5 awful.

crossover time for me next I tried a kick boxing fitness class circuit traing to start first half hour, second half circuit training with aditional kick the bag best quote "think about your technique" no instuction however on technique score 2/5.

popped along to a boxing fitness gym next, once again same old circuit training to begin broken up by pounding the heavy bag which was good fun for agression release, second half circuit training working up pyramids, great fitness,limited practicality in self defence scenario. score 3/5

After reviewing other classes whilst E.S.P. was on holiday I can honestly reccomend joining the E.S.P team to anyone who wishes to learn practical reality based self defence. We dont do belts, chant in Korean, out do each other on fitness; are inclusive and friendly, members test all concepts question and test princples and techniques and application through drill, correction, drill, concepts are moved on phase by phase to cover all aspects of practical self defence so that solutions are the most natural body movent available. score 5/5 More...

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I joined ESP after I found my workplace courses were severely lacking and needed to learn something that works in the real world against someone who is actually resisting.
After only a few weeks, I found myself using what I learnt at ESP and continue to implement these techniques in my everyday life.
As someone who has to use force and deal with violent people regularly, I can't stress enough how essential it is that training is realistic and efficient. Josh's approach, unlike many I've seen, is both: I can't fault it. As well as that, I'm stronger and fitter than I've ever been. More...

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