Buxton
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Martial Arts Event March 29th 2008
We would like to Thank Everyone that was at the event with your help we raised £220
MARTIAL artists with and without disabilities delivered a
striking display of the 'Ways of the Warrior' at a University of Derby event in
Buxton.
They demonstrated their skills in various
fighting disciplines at the first Disability Martial Arts Association one-day
exhibition. It was held at the University of Derby's Devonshire Campus in Buxton
on Saturday 29 March 2008.
Martial arts students and instructors, attended the event, the first one held by
the UK association.
Attractions included:
* Cane-jitsu - a demonstration of a new form of self defence which enables an
elderly person, or someone with a disability, to incorporate the use of their
walking stick into adapted ju-jitsu moves,
* a mixed martial arts skills demonstrated by wheelchair user Dave Lee;
* attendance at the event by blind aikido instructor, Steve Fyffe.
Charles Spring - Programme Leader for the Joint Honours Martial Arts Theory and
Practice degree at the University of Derby's Devonshire Campus in Buxton - is an
ambassador for the Disability Martial Arts Association and jointly organised
Saturday's event.
His students are among the very few in the UK to learn how to instruct people
with disabilities in martial arts as part of their degree course.
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