cage, for that matter. The bottom line is that training for something is a far cry from doing something for real. Before I became a ‘semi-thug’ which, let’s face it, is what some involved in real street combat are - I was an athlete who was enthralled by the skill of what is now identi-fied as WKF Karate. This was my sport, my passion - this was who I was. I became someone different because as already stat-ed - my immaturity clouded my vision. Being a skillful, fit athlete just wasn’t enough, if my Karate couldn’t do ‘as advertised’ then I felt like a fake. Then after becoming that person standing over yet another unconscious wannabe while his mates promised bloody revenge (that rarely happened), I realized I was faking this too. Knocking out thugs on a nightclub door is not self-defence and it certainly wasn’t Karate either. The realization that most of the top self-defence instructors had never been in a street fight that wasn’t somehow connected to being a bouncer, was a light-bulb moment. Hitting first takes

a split second and any fat thug

KERRY IS USING 5 KILO HAND WEIGHTS

1. Start by laying on your back

2-3. Sit up into a squat

4. Stand up and perform a bicep curl

5-6. At the top of the curl go straight into a shoulder press

7. Now reverse the process ending with you back laying on the floor.

8. Repeat the entire sequence for 10 repetitions

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