Tuesday, June 09, 2015
Sambo at Defendables Martial Arts Course
Tom Starling organised THE DEFENDABLES MARTIAL ARTS COURSE at Blatches Farm Essex
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| John throw Colin with a leg grab something not allowed in Judo |
This course attracted Senior Martial Arts Coaches from
Germany, Holland and the UK and those who attended were treated to exceptional
Martial Coaching
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| John and Tom |
The Venue was Blatches Farm this is a bed & breakfast
farm facility with several cottages, a Tent/Caravan area plus its own bar and
café. It is a very special place so much so the IBF will be holding their
Annual Summer Camp their in 2016
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| Open wide |
British National Sambo Coach John Clarke and British Senior
Sambo Referee took the Sambo, which was extremely well received. Both John and
Colin tried other Martial Arts as well
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| Pig Roast for the evening celebration |
It was also a great honour to see 82-year-old Tom Starling
Senior on the mat teaching. Tom was a great friend of Nobby Clarke 6th Dan 1927 – 1990
and Margret Clarke 4th Dan 1926 – 2004 hearing old stories from the
hey day of Judo and Jiu Jitsu was great to listen to .
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| Tom can still teach Martin Clarke a thing or two |
Tom Junior invested a lot of money and time into this invent
although not a financial success it did prove that there is someone who can
still bring top class coaches together
The Surgeon told Martin not to go on the Mat for 6 months but he could not resist the temptation during a break to slip of his shoes and show a move
This how to stop a nose beed
Starlings with the Clarke Family
Even the youngsters took to Sambo Leg Locks
TOM Senior and Junior
Nice Dojo
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| Group |
# posted by IBFBCSA @ 5:43 AM 
