Steve Rowe and Ondra Musil

Saturday 26th April @ 10:30 - 12:30 (Seminar Room 1)

The seminar will show how the same underlying principles work through all traditional martial arts and reality based self defence to bring them to life and make them functional. With over seventy years martial arts experience between them across a plethora of different arts and many years of practical ‘on the ground’ experience Steve and Ondra will show how the mind and body can only respond in certain ways and good habit building makes a world of difference.

Steve Rowe 7 th dan: Renowned in his field, Steve is both chairman of Shi Kon International and the Martial Arts Standards Agency and a regular Martial Arts Illustrated columnist and author. His many qualifications includeNVQ level 3 Coach, D32, D33, D34 and D36, whilst he is also a 3rd Dan Iaido, 2nd Dan Jodo, 1st Dan Ju Jitsu and an International Tai Chi Teacher.

Ondra Musil 6 th Dan: A colonel and self defence instructor for the Czech Police Force, with a university degree in Sports Science, Ondra is a 6th Dan in Karate, 5th Dan Aikido, 5th Dan Shaolin Kempo, 2nd Dan Judo and also an International Tai Chi Teacher. His other duties also include being Chairman of Shi Kon Czech Republic and the Czech Republic National Karate Coach.

Hanshi Joe Carslake and Tony Pillage

Sunday 27 th April @ 13:00-15:00 (Seminar Room 1)

This seminar will focus on debunking the pressure point myth, by taking the student on a pressure point journey from a basic application to combat techniques that will enhance your martial arts whatever the style.

Joe Carslake: Started training in 1957, in Karate, under an ex POW from the British Army and graded to Sho-Dan. He trained for five years in Wado Ryu Karate, Graded Ikkyu [Brown Belt] and rained for six years in NKA, graded Ikkyu. He has rained for 12 years in KobuJutsu and trained in Shito Ryu Karate for 5 years, graded Sho-Dan. Joe trained for 18 years in Sebutsu Yanagi AikiJu-Jutsu, graded San-Dan and trained for 28 years in Ju-Jutsu, issued Shihan Title on 6th Dan. Joe Founded Kyushoshin Ju-Jutsu, based on the Classical format, Graded 8th Dan and later ninth Dan and received the title Hanshi. He has taught the police in Wengerohr, and the Prison Service in Wittlich, in Germany and aught Special Forces in Germany, Sweden and the UK. Joe trained for ten years in personal protection, Close Quarter battle, and close quarter combat and is Level Three in Kuatsu, the Healing Art from Martial Arts and Level Three in Sei Chem Rei Ki.

Tony Pillage: With a meteoric rise on the Martial Arts stage, Tony Pillage has had a huge influence on the training of thousands of people in just a couple of years. Tony has burst onto the Martial Arts scene, contacting just about anyone who was anyone in the Martial Arts and bringing them together in a positive way. He put Chris Rowen and Iain Abernethy together for the highly successful yin/yang courses and quickly followed that with a string of seminars with top instructors. He put together the 2006 and 2007 lists of seminars and workshops for SENI and will be doing the same again for 2008. On top of all this he has recently written a book entitled “The Tao of the Spiritual Warrior”, has formed an association with over 1000 members with clubs in Liverpool, The Shetlands, Dagenham, Walsall, Gloucester and Yorskshire and is releasing a series of DVD’s, all as well as running one of the biggest MMA schools in the Midlands.