Description
Author: Bd Wilson
Publisher: Wilson Practical Defence
Published: 08/20/2017
Pages: 248
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.52d
ISBN13: 9780995975729
ISBN10: 0995975728
BISAC Categories:
- Sports & Recreation | Martial Arts & Self-Defense
About the Author
Rick Wilson began his intense interest in the martial arts when his grandfather, Wallace Wilson, began teaching him boxing as a young child. Wallace Wilson had boxed while serving in World War I. This set off a lifelong interest in self-defence. Then later, as a young teen, he was briefly taught Judo by Master Masao Takahashi in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It was his first hands on experience with the self defence arts of Asia. It was an interest and a love that would carry on throughout his life. Rick learned an appreciation for the devastatingly practical applications of martial arts when for a short period he studied Jiu-Jitsu in his teens under Kyoshi John Therien in Vanier, Ontario. He gained an understanding of the mental value of forms while training in Tae Kwon Do with Master Hong Park in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. All of this experience brought him to become a student of Uechi Ryu Karate Jutsu with Shihan Neil Dunnigan, then with Kyoshi David Mott and now, because of his focus on reality, he is on his own seeking the most effective material he can. Rick's delving into the reality base of martial arts was heavily influenced by two legendary Seniors of Uechi Ryu, Van Canna and Jim Maloney (both holding 10th Dan in Uechi Ryu) as well as the writings and teaching of Rory Miller. For Rick Wilson the close quarters combat aspect of Uechi Ryu with its Southern China influences was the style that suited him best. He could bring all his past experience and find a place for it. He continues his lifelong study of Uechi Ryu Karate and has established the International Uechi Ryu Pwangainuun Association (IUPA). In 2010 Rick Wilson was honoured to be evaluated by Jim Maloney Sensei and promoted to Rokyudan Renshi (6th degree). Rick also currently studies a version of the Chen Taiji Practical Method from his long time training partner, Rick Bottomley. Rick closed his martial arts school after eighteen years to devote more time to his grand children and now runs the Wilson Practical Defence website (wpd-rc.com) offering instructional videos and seminars and is also a Senior Consultant for Randy King's KPC Self Defense in Edmonton, Alberta, a Krav Maga school. Rick taught his knife defence system at the Alberta Peace Officers 2017 Annual Conference.
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