Al Qawi Self Defence

Thanks for the tip! Unfortunately, the style I wad taught is difficult to pinpoint as it was enriched with techniques from plenty of other fighting styles. I guess the closest thing would be traditional JJJ with a modern twist to make it effective for self-defence today. source, 2025 ↗

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I train under the Escrima Concepts system in the UK at the Urban Escrima club in East London. I returned to training after a 20 year break after having kids - specifically in response to the growing number of knife and machete-related incidents in my neighbourhood. I’ve looked and trialled a few other systems - Wing Chun, Krav Maga, BJJ, but for me, they didn’t address my concerns or requirements for a self defence system against weapons attacks. The syllabus I train under is geared towards modern day self defence situations involving weapons. We train environmental awareness, blade awarenes source, 2025 ↗

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No randori doesn't seem to appear in JJJ schools in UK. Open to being corrected however, this is just my observation. There's a long tradition of JJJ particularly in port cities like Liverpool, Southampton, and Glasgow etc. It's more, here is a syllabus of techniques, do you have a decent chance of executing these under pressure, if so pass exam (belt grading) or fail. Obviously a lot of it is all the same throws you'd see in Judo and maybe BJJ. But from a punch, strike, grab or kick. Focus is on the martial art aspect and self defence rather than the sport. It's for this reason I really ra source, 2025 ↗

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The first rule of self defence is run away, with your family. I’m a 25 year resident of London, and now have a family. My son is twelve and started bjj at four. It’s still run away… source, 2024 ↗

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The Jiu Jitsu Foundation have clubs all around London. They are Japanese based Jiu Jitsu and incorporate a good mix of self defence alongside the more fun side of Martial Arts. source, 2024 ↗

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