Lee Morrison – New Blood Seminar 3
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At the end of January 2013, a very interesting New Blood 3 seminar took place in Southampton, UK, organized by the founder of the Urban Combatives system, Lee Morrison. Urban Combatives is a representative of a tough English school, whose principles and some techniques were tested during the training of Commandos during World War II. It was created after about 22 years of research and intensive testing and is still evolving. This system is therefore based not only on the practice of Eastern and Western martial arts, but also on the practical experience gained during real confrontations. It is one of the modern systems of self-defense based on reality – Reality Based Self-defense System.
Its founder, Mr. Lee Morrison, practiced various methods of fighting, including Japanese, Chinese, Thai, Filipino, but also Western boxing and Greco-Roman wrestling. But what probably influenced Lee Morrison the most is his practice and experience gained over 15 years in a very specific profession – doorman / bouncer / security guard in nightclubs. He has worked in various parts of England, including London, Portsmouth and Southampton.
In addition to Lee Morrison himself, other official Urban Combatives instructors also taught at this seminar. Jon Mackey came from Ireland, Mario Korizma from Croatia, Martin Mikolášek represented the Czech Republic and Daniel Morrison – the son of the founder Lee Morrison – led the teaching here on behalf of Great Britain. The seminar was attended by more than 30 fighters from several European countries – Great Britain, Ireland, the Czech Republic, France, Croatia and Germany. The whole seminar was held in a fighting spirit and friendly atmosphere.
The pace was murderous at times and several minor injuries came, but the seminar was a huge benefit for all involved. It is certainly an interesting experience to train Urban Combatives in the place of its origin – in Great Britain. Lee’s idea of giving several other Urban Combatives instructors the opportunity to teach at his seminar is certainly unconventional, but according to the response of the exercisers and the third year of the event, it is clear that this step is in the right direction.
The seminar began with a block of instruction led by Jon Mackey, chief instructor of Urban Combatives in Ireland. Jon focused on knife fighting and knife defense. He explained and demonstrated various variants of holding the knife or insidiousness, when the knife is already pulled out and the attacker tries to hide it well in his hand or behind his body. Jon also talked about statistics from Ireland, where armed robberies with knives are on the rise, mainly against tourists.
Another teacher was the Croatian Mario Korizma, who also focused his part on teaching defense against knives. He explained in detail and demonstrated the technique of so-called Flanking, with which he further worked in various variants of use. At this moment, Filipino martial arts practitioners, who practice something similar during the so-called V steps practice, have come to their senses. Lee Morrison from time to time entered the class and supplemented or specified which technique or drill.
Martin Mikolášek was the third teaching instructor. Martin began his training with simple strokes in posture (fist, palm, hammer, elbow), explained the mechanics of the body, the proper work of the trapper, the transition from athletic base to attack according to UC and several specially selected drills. In my opinion, Martin did an excellent job at this seminar. He conducted his entire explanation in very clear and flawless English, and even his demonstrations or corrections of the exercisers were great. Mr. Lukáš Wolf, Standa Vaněk and Radek Erben assisted him excellently during the demonstrations. The whole RBSD group from the Czech Republic received huge applause.
The next part of the seminar was led by Daniel Morrison, who has been training intensively with his father since his childhood. Dan focused his teaching block on the issue of ECQ – Extreme Close Quarters, a technique for a very short distance. We started with non-signaled punches with the palms, then punches with the head or elbow. Of course, the so-called hammers and kicks with knees were also discussed. Dan didn’t forget to bite either. We trained a combination of these techniques both in controlled drills and in model situations. For example, the situation by the wall or the “model model” sitting in the bus was excellent.
At the very end of the seminar, Lee Morrison gave an interesting lecture on the psychological aspects of combat. Lee explained in a very simple but comprehensible form how important this area is for someone who wants to succeed in a crisis situation. This lecture was also spiced up with the so-called Killer instinct drills, which teach how to switch from 0 to 100%.
The next day, part of the Czech expedition had the opportunity to visit and get to know the legendary garage in which Lee Morrison leads some of his trainings and private lessons. Unfortunately, we were not able to carry out the planned training on improvised weapons, mainly due to time constraints, yet Lee at least showed us his “shrine” and its equipment. He also performed and explained several drills or solo exercises on various aids.
I’m glad I was able to practice again under the guidance of Lee Morrison and other UC instructors. A bombastic group of people from the Czech Republic also contributed to the unforgettable experience – thanks.
Lord –
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