 Practical Taekwondo™ is the training concept and approach that Matthew Sylvester has developed to make his Taekwondo more applicable to the self-defence on the street, and is featured in Practical Taekwondo: Back to the Roots. Training covers practical applications derived from the Chang Hun Tul of Taekwondo and the Heian Kata of Karate. Our self-defence techniques and syllabus cover the following;
Instinctive Fighting System™ Developed from Matthew Sylvester's experience in Taekwondo and reality-based martial arts, the Instinctive Fighting System™ is a blend of easy-to-use, and easy-to-learn principles and techniques that have been tried and tested by members of the Police, Military and Door Supervision professions.
Training consists of pad-work, fitness drills, force-on-force training, Grappling (stand up and on the ground), situational awareness, knife defence, weapons defence, and many other concepts and approaches that are too numerous to list here. Grades range from Basic through to Instructor, with students facing no pressure to grade in order to learn the skills they need to keep themselves and their loved ones safe.
The Children's programme also falls under this umbrella, with an emphasis on teaching them stranger danger, anti-bullying, commonly held values (honesty, integrity, self-discipline, courtesy etc), speeding up decision their decision making process and instilling instinctive reactions that their parents or repsonsible adults can use in times of danger.
Practical Self-Defence™ Training is centred around soft (mental) skills designed to allow students to keep themselves and their families safe, with some last resort techniques. These skills are taught the world over to Bodyguards, Door Supervisors and Police, but rarely to ‘normal’ people. Students learn more physical skills as they progress but will be able to live safer lives from their first lesson. Practical Self-Defence is ideal for Corporate clients and those that don’t want to study martial arts for years, as it ensures that they learn everything they need to about self-protection, without having to worry about whether they are in the correct stance, or if they’re doing a pattern correctly.
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