Left to right: Brent, Ben, Hadrian, Pete, Sohail.
Ben and Anthony
11 April, 2015
Visit from Ben / Saturday training
My kung-fu brother Ben from Invercargill dropped in for Saturday training today...
10 April, 2015
Self-defence in the News - No. 79
Young woman fights off two knife-wielding robbers
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/hutt-valley/67678072/Lower-Hutt-woman-threatened-with-knife-in-aggravated-robbery
April 10 2015
A young woman has fended off two knife-wielding teenagers in the latest of a spate of aggravated robberies in Lower Hutt.
The 22-year-old woman resisted two male teenagers who threatened to "stab her" if she did not hand over her cell phone.
Inspector Kevin Riordan, of Central Police Communications, said the attack happened between 8pm and 8:25pm on Thursday on the stop bank or river bank near Hutt Valley High School.
"The offenders have approached the female and produced a knife and threatened that they would stab her if she did not hand over her cell phone," Riordan said.
"The victim has refused and a subsequent struggle has ensued between the three."
It is believed the woman was not injured and the two teenagers took off from the scene.
The offenders have been described as two teenage males of unknown ethnicity.
One was wearing long shorts and a black and white top while the other was wearing a dark coloured hooded sweatshirt with an emblem on the front with the hood pulled up over his head. He is also wearing a tan coloured pair of trousers.
Police were also looking to speak to two females who were walking in the same direction at the time of the robbery and could possibly know the males involved, Riordan said.
The seriousness of the crime and because it was the third crime of this nature in the Hutt Valley in recent days was a concern, he said.
Police were determined to catch those responsible and anyone who had information that may help police should contact the Wellington District Command Centre or Wellington District Crime Squad on 04 3812077.
- Stuff
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/hutt-valley/67678072/Lower-Hutt-woman-threatened-with-knife-in-aggravated-robbery
April 10 2015
A young woman has fended off two knife-wielding teenagers in the latest of a spate of aggravated robberies in Lower Hutt.
The 22-year-old woman resisted two male teenagers who threatened to "stab her" if she did not hand over her cell phone.
Inspector Kevin Riordan, of Central Police Communications, said the attack happened between 8pm and 8:25pm on Thursday on the stop bank or river bank near Hutt Valley High School.
"The offenders have approached the female and produced a knife and threatened that they would stab her if she did not hand over her cell phone," Riordan said.
"The victim has refused and a subsequent struggle has ensued between the three."
It is believed the woman was not injured and the two teenagers took off from the scene.
The offenders have been described as two teenage males of unknown ethnicity.
One was wearing long shorts and a black and white top while the other was wearing a dark coloured hooded sweatshirt with an emblem on the front with the hood pulled up over his head. He is also wearing a tan coloured pair of trousers.
Police were also looking to speak to two females who were walking in the same direction at the time of the robbery and could possibly know the males involved, Riordan said.
The seriousness of the crime and because it was the third crime of this nature in the Hutt Valley in recent days was a concern, he said.
Police were determined to catch those responsible and anyone who had information that may help police should contact the Wellington District Command Centre or Wellington District Crime Squad on 04 3812077.
- Stuff
28 March, 2015
Self-defence in the News - No. 78
Young female nurse fights off attacker with a punch to the groin
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/world/australia/337557/dashcam-appeal-sydney-nurse-attack
Fri, 27 Mar 2015
AAP
An unsuspecting motorist with a dashboard camera might provide detectives with a vital clue as they investigate an attempted abduction in Sydney's north.
A nurse, 27, was walking home along Falcon Street at Crows Nest on Wednesday night when a man grabbed her.
The North Shore Private Hospital nurse told police the man put his hand over her mouth and tried to put her in the boot of his grey or silver sedan.
She punched the man in the groin before he drove away up Sophia Street.
She sought help from the nearby Caltex service station and was treated in hospital for bruises, grazes and swelling.
Detectives are hoping motorists with dashcams that were in the area between 10-11pm may be able to help with the investigation.
"These days many drivers, including motorcycle riders, have dashcams on their vehicles," Harbourside police Detective Inspector Michael Birley said on Friday.
"An unsuspecting motorist who was in the vicinity of the Pacific Highway or Sophia Street on Wednesday night may have captured footage of interest to our investigation."
Det Insp Birley said the nurse was still emotionally traumatised from the terrifying attack.
Investigators are after a man described as of Middle Eastern or Indian appearance, aged in his 30s, about 175cm tall with a stocky build and short dark hair.
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/world/australia/337557/dashcam-appeal-sydney-nurse-attack
Fri, 27 Mar 2015
AAP
An unsuspecting motorist with a dashboard camera might provide detectives with a vital clue as they investigate an attempted abduction in Sydney's north.
A nurse, 27, was walking home along Falcon Street at Crows Nest on Wednesday night when a man grabbed her.
The North Shore Private Hospital nurse told police the man put his hand over her mouth and tried to put her in the boot of his grey or silver sedan.
She punched the man in the groin before he drove away up Sophia Street.
She sought help from the nearby Caltex service station and was treated in hospital for bruises, grazes and swelling.
Detectives are hoping motorists with dashcams that were in the area between 10-11pm may be able to help with the investigation.
"These days many drivers, including motorcycle riders, have dashcams on their vehicles," Harbourside police Detective Inspector Michael Birley said on Friday.
"An unsuspecting motorist who was in the vicinity of the Pacific Highway or Sophia Street on Wednesday night may have captured footage of interest to our investigation."
Det Insp Birley said the nurse was still emotionally traumatised from the terrifying attack.
Investigators are after a man described as of Middle Eastern or Indian appearance, aged in his 30s, about 175cm tall with a stocky build and short dark hair.
19 March, 2015
kung-fu brothers
Left to right: Raph, Dave, Anthony
Left to right: Dave, Brent, Anthony
Brent and Anthony
Photos by Ange (Jan. 2015)
04 March, 2015
Monday 9th of March
I'm away on Monday.
Hadrian is in charge on that day, and he will run the class -- so be good and I'll see you on the Wednesday.
Anthony
Hadrian is in charge on that day, and he will run the class -- so be good and I'll see you on the Wednesday.
Anthony
21 February, 2015
Ving Chun Kuen kung-fu brothers - Saturday training
Anthony (far left) with: Sohail, Chris, Hadrian, Rodney (top row),
and Brendan, Pete, Brent (bottom row).
21-02-2015
15 February, 2015
Self-defence in the News - No. 77
WOMAN FIGHTS OFF ATTACKER
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/66211245/teen-fights-off-abduction
PHILLIPA YALDEN
February 15 2015
A Hamilton teen managed to fight off a man attempting to abduct her by scratching his eyes during what police say was a cowardly attack witnessed by two men.
The 19-year-old was waiting to be picked up after finishing work at a restaurant at the Hilcrest shops around 10.30pm yesterday when she was attacked.
Acting Detective Senior Sergeant Matt Cranshaw, of Hamilton CIB, said the woman was by the roundabout at the intersection of SH1 and SH26 when a car heading north from Cambridge approached.
The car drove past the woman before turning around, when three men in the car began whistling and shouting at her. "The car has pulled up and the driver has got out of the car and approached the woman before attempting to drag her into his car," said Cranshaw.
The woman began screaming for help, hitting her attacker and scratching him in the eyes, said Cranshaw. "The attacker has then begun screaming before getting back into his car and driving off with his two rear seat companions, south along SH1 towards Cambridge."
Cranshaw said the victim put up a valiant effort.
"The understandably shaken victim has gone back to a pizza store where police were subsequently called."
A duty manager at Homestead Bar and Eatery said the young woman had been left too distressed to talk about the incident and was recovering at home with family.
The manager understood the teen, who had been working part-time at the restaurant for the last year, was waiting outside the shops, near the Kiwibank, when she was attacked.
"I am presuming she had finished and left. Our managers never leave them here by themselves.
There had been a number of incidents including a burglary at the restaurant and issues with drunken people at the nearby Burger King in the last few months, she said.
"It is a really big worry," she said.
CCTV survallience camers were installed around the eatery, but the manager did not believe they captured the road area.
Police are looking to identify the man, who is described as having dark skin, aged in his mid to late 20s, with an Indian accent, wearing blue, short-sleeved collared shirt and black shorts. He was also wearing sunglasses and had his black, chin length hair with blonde tips, tied up. "His car was described as a late model dark or black sedan with tinted rear windows."
"Police have no description of the two men in the back seat but police would like to speak to them in relation to their role in this cowardly attack and why they did not intervene?"
Anyone with any information either on the incident or who may be able to identify the attacker is asked to contact Detective Sergeant Nick O'Brien at the Hamilton Central Police Station on 07 858 6200.
Alternatively, information can be left anonymously with the independent Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/66211245/teen-fights-off-abduction
PHILLIPA YALDEN
February 15 2015
A Hamilton teen managed to fight off a man attempting to abduct her by scratching his eyes during what police say was a cowardly attack witnessed by two men.
The 19-year-old was waiting to be picked up after finishing work at a restaurant at the Hilcrest shops around 10.30pm yesterday when she was attacked.
Acting Detective Senior Sergeant Matt Cranshaw, of Hamilton CIB, said the woman was by the roundabout at the intersection of SH1 and SH26 when a car heading north from Cambridge approached.
The car drove past the woman before turning around, when three men in the car began whistling and shouting at her. "The car has pulled up and the driver has got out of the car and approached the woman before attempting to drag her into his car," said Cranshaw.
The woman began screaming for help, hitting her attacker and scratching him in the eyes, said Cranshaw. "The attacker has then begun screaming before getting back into his car and driving off with his two rear seat companions, south along SH1 towards Cambridge."
Cranshaw said the victim put up a valiant effort.
"The understandably shaken victim has gone back to a pizza store where police were subsequently called."
A duty manager at Homestead Bar and Eatery said the young woman had been left too distressed to talk about the incident and was recovering at home with family.
The manager understood the teen, who had been working part-time at the restaurant for the last year, was waiting outside the shops, near the Kiwibank, when she was attacked.
"I am presuming she had finished and left. Our managers never leave them here by themselves.
There had been a number of incidents including a burglary at the restaurant and issues with drunken people at the nearby Burger King in the last few months, she said.
"It is a really big worry," she said.
CCTV survallience camers were installed around the eatery, but the manager did not believe they captured the road area.
Police are looking to identify the man, who is described as having dark skin, aged in his mid to late 20s, with an Indian accent, wearing blue, short-sleeved collared shirt and black shorts. He was also wearing sunglasses and had his black, chin length hair with blonde tips, tied up. "His car was described as a late model dark or black sedan with tinted rear windows."
"Police have no description of the two men in the back seat but police would like to speak to them in relation to their role in this cowardly attack and why they did not intervene?"
Anyone with any information either on the incident or who may be able to identify the attacker is asked to contact Detective Sergeant Nick O'Brien at the Hamilton Central Police Station on 07 858 6200.
Alternatively, information can be left anonymously with the independent Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.
- Waikato Times
04 February, 2015
Self-defence in the News - No. 76
Chinese contractors use karate
to overpower gunmen
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/world/331909/contractors-use-karate-overpower-gunmen
Tue, 3 Feb 2015
One of the Chinese contractors re-enacts the martial arts moves they
used to scare off the armed robbers, in this screengrab from Albania's
Ora News.
Three Albanian gunmen met their match when they held up three Chinese contractors only to be outwitted and overpowered by the karate skills of their would-be victims.
The Chinese contractors re-enacted for Albania's News24 TV on Monday what they said had happened on a mountain road in northern Albania on Sunday (local time) after they were held up at gunpoint.
"They were masked and armed and stopped us, putting the gun below the chin of our friend. They wanted our mobile phones, money and the sacks with our goods," said one of the Chinese men, whom News24 did not name.
Speaking in Chinese, the three agreed to fight their attackers, he said.
The man's demonstration of his techniques for the camera included powerful hand blows and frontal and back kicks.
Having overpowered the gunmen, the Chinese men called the police and had them arrested.
Albanian police confirmed that gunmen had tried to rob the Chinese nationals at gunpoint and said they had arrested two people, aged 21 and 23. The police also said they had seized old Soviet-era Model 54 guns, a mask and a bag.
Holdups, commonplace in Albania during the Balkan country's turbulent post-communist 1990s, are much rarer now.
Reuters
14 January, 2015
Self-defence in the News - No. 75
Boy fights off attacker with can of soft drink
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/64928504/boy-fights-off-attacker-with-can-of-soft-drink
January 14 2015
BRITTANY MANN
A 10-year-old boy who fought off an attacker with a can of soft drink feels it saved his life.
The boy got off a bus two doors from his house on Woodham Rd in Avonside, Christchurch, on Sunday about 9.30pm.
He and his 16-year-old brother were returning from dinner at the mall, his mother said. She has asked for her and her sons not to be identified by name.
The boy got off the bus alone, while his brother stayed on the bus to buy milk from a service station further up the road.
When the boy stepped off the bus, a "rough looking" man grabbed him by the wrists and tried to pull him away.
"Luckily my son has got a little bit of Judo experience," his mother, aged 29, said.
The boy managed to fight off the man by punching his wrists with a can of Lift soft drink, and throwing it into his face, his mother said.
"He feels that saved his life."
Her sons described the attacker as white, unshaven, aged between 40 and 50 years old, with a "hunched" appearance.
He was wearing long pants and a red and blue checkered hoodie, with the hood up.
He was wearing gloves.
The man did not say anything during the altercation.
The mother said no-one saw the incident.
The attacker ran off towards Stanmore Rd. Her son ran home.
"He was traumatised. I've never seen him hysterical like that."
Her other son had seen the man waiting at the bus stop and had a "gut feeling" he was dangerous.
He had seen the man in the area on a number of other occasions, his mother said.
Police took a statement from the family that night, but the woman said she had not been contacted by them since.
The woman said she was "super proud" of her younger son.
Police did not immediately respond to The Press' inquiry about whether an investigation was under way.
- The Press
12 January, 2015
New Year visit
New Year visit from my sifu, Kevin Earle, along with Ving Chun Kuen instructors Rapheal Stowers and Dave Sutherland.
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Kevin and Raph
Anthony and Kevin
Dave, Brent, Chris, Ange, Raph, and Kevin
Photos: 6 January 2015
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