Jamie Clubb's Podcast

Send us a text This New Year's episode: listener questions answered. The CCMA podcast has listeners who are keen to put forward the big questions. In this show Jamie tackles the awkward problem of reconciling the clear dangers and limitations of realistically training children against the clear dangers they need realistic training to survive. Then he dives into the quagmire of dealing with harassm...

Send us a text Taking control is at the heart of self-protection attitude. This festive episode explores the concept of "taking away mummy" and developing the various attributes needed to have a realistic chance in a self-defence situation. Topics include children's self-protection training, stoicism, the value of losing and protecting others. Useful links for this episode Clubb Chimera Website Cl...

Send us a text This episode concludes the CCMA overview of the controversy surrounding ground-fighting. We take a careful look at the criticism directed at Brazilian Jiu Jitsu during the early years of the Ultimate Fighting Championship and its standing today. The episode then discusses the validity of ground-fighting in self-defence training. Useful links for this episode Clubb Chimera Website Cl...

Send us a text This year's Halloween Special delves into the disturbing case of the Toolbox Killers. What lessons can we take from their terrible crimes? At first glance this seemed like a simple case of be wary of approaching drivers when walking alone and the dangers of hitchhiking. However, a closer examination reveals that all of the victims had some good survival instincts - the first one was...

Send us a text The great grappling art moved strategically through Brazil towards North America, propelled by ambition and a drive to be successful. The schools were just accessible enough to permit a rush of middleclass students in South America and a select few Hollywood celebrities in California. There was little other motion other than raise attention through combative efficiency in challenge...

Send us a text The second part of these special extra podcasts features Ron Goin with two guest commentaries on tropes/cliches that affect both martial arts subculture and martial arts movies. Ron provides insight into the corrosive effect of belief in mysticism had undermined martial arts. He then focuses on the hackneyed device of the lone man martial art bar brawl. Regular podcast host, Jamie C...

Send us a text From special movies to ridiculous wardrobe choices to pulling foreign objects out of wounds, dusty fighters and beckoning fingers, the martial arts movie genre is dogged by some awful cliches. In this special extra episode Jamie Clubb invites five special martial art teacher guests onto his show to share their feelings on tropes that are not doing martial arts fiction any favours. ...

Send us a text We delve deeper into historic military justification for evading physical conflict backed up by one of the most famous and revered war manuals in history. Furthermore, we look at tactics to prevent a person from engaging in a fight, including prompting the aggressor's own flight response and practical systems of tactical escape. Show Notes:  Clubb Chimera Website Clubb Chimera Faceb...

Send us a text This episode examines the rabbit icon and how it champions using guile and cunning over direct fighting. A scene from "Enter the Dragon" references a medieval tale about one of Japan's deadliest duellists who propagated defeating enemies without fighting. Show Notes:  Clubb Chimera Website Clubb Chimera Facebook Page Clubb Chimera Twitter Clubb Chimera YouTube Clubb Chimera Instagra...

Send us a text Finally the Vagabond Warriors Workshops are here! I am on here to quickly talk about my upcoming Vagabond Warriors martial arts cross-training workshops this summer. These three hour intensive training sessions will cover Clubb Chimera’s approach to cross training. Each workshop will focus on a certain martial art discipline or concept and then we will train different ways to use it...

Send us a text The second and concluding part of "The Way of the Ape" further explores the reality of martial arts evolution. We discuss the inevitability and unstoppable nature of change that underlies everything despite the desperation of some martial artists to cling to the past or attempts to replicate the past. We also look at how natural selection might not always be favourable to martial ar...

Send us a text There are two erroneous  arguments made about martial arts evolution. The first one is made by those who believe that the art they train is a perfect preservation of an historic or traditional fighting system. The second one is made by those who believe that newer martial arts will always be a positive progress on what has gone before. This episode and its sequel looks at the concep...

Send us a text This episode takes a look at fight dynamics and how they change when objectives change. We begin with a look at how striking and grappling dynamics change, then how dynamics between different combat sports before we delve into specific training and the difference between symmetrical and asymmetrical fighting. What makes a duel, a street fight or a contest different from an assault s...

Send us a text The concluding part of Jamie Clubb's trilogy on the complex relationship between predatory behaviour and the martial arts subculture. This episode looks at the truth behind the machismo mythology embraced by some martial artists and the way different types of schools prey on their students and instructors...  Clubb Chimera Website Clubb Chimera Facebook Page Clubb Chimera Twitter Cl...

Send us a text Martial arts marketing meets the ways of the contrapreneur and the psychopathic predator. Should we be wary of the soft skills we teach in self-protection? Can a McDojo ever be honest? This episode picks up with the magical realism of Angela Carter and her understanding of the both predatory danger presented in the wolf allegory and its allure. Then we look at the machismo of predat...

Send us a text In association with Bullshido. Net Jamie Clubb presents the audio version of his review of the first season of Cobra Kai. Show Notes for this Episode Clubb Chimera Website Bullshido Website Link to the original article "Old School Karate? Cobra Kai's Fangs Examined" Clubb Chimera Facebook Page Clubb Chimera Twitter Clubb Chimera YouTube Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched!...

Send us a text The wolf is a powerful icon and metaphor, used to exemplify a particular type of predator. . Wolves and humans have long shared hunting grounds, resulting in the extinction of wolves in some regions of the world and the earliest domesticaion of a species of wolf in the form of the dog. Human society has cast "The Big Bad Wolf" as the leading symbol for the main villain of any narrat...

Send us a text In this special extra episode, Jamie Clubb discusses how fighters adapt to fight within their combat sport, how fights are manipulated within the rules of competition and how all this contrasts with the expectations of those who watch. Links for this episode Clubb Chimera Website Clubb Chimera Facebook Page Clubb Chimera Twitter Clubb Chimera YouTube On this Day: Frank Bruno beat Ol...

Send us a text Attitude is arguably the most important component of self-protection. Without attitude, awareness is worth nothing and neither is anything else. In the first episode of the second season of the Clubb Chimera Martial Arts podcast Jamie Clubb looks at one of the most contentious aspects behind a survival attitude. By starting with an ancient poem as his starting point this episode tou...

Send us a text In this special end of year episode Jamie Clubb concludes the questions he began answering in the previous episode. Topics covered include the relevance of self-defence in peaceful times, teaching non-physical skills in a physical way, obscene signs and the fence, and inspiration. Links for this episode Jamie Clubb Seminar in Essex (Facebook Page) Clubb Chimera Website Clubb Chimera...

Send us a text The Christmas edition of the Clubb Chimera Martial Arts Podcast is the first part of a two-part episode (the second being the special end of year show). In this episode Jamie Clubb answers listener questions regarding online training, fighting taller enemies or opponents, time management, writing a book, introducing self-protection to a combat sport class and gives his opinion on Ju...

Send us a text The story continues with an early debunking of the Shaolin Temple/Yoga connection. This show then continues with an examination of the development of Yoga as a form of physical exercise. The popular image of Yoga is dismantled. Then Jamie takes a look at the genuine links and parallels between martial arts Indian Yoga. Sources for this Show The Yoga Body: The Origins of Modern Postu...

Send us a text This first episode of a two-part show looks at the relationship between Yoga and martial arts via a popularly accepted mythology. Jamie Clubb discusses how fighting systems from Shaolin Kung Fu to Brazilian Jiu Jitsu have embraced the modern image of Yoga to compliment their physical training. Useful Resources Clubb Chimera Martial Arts Website When Parents Aren't Around Seminar (Fa...

Send us a text In this special edition of the Clubb Chimera Martial Arts podcast, we re-visit Halloween 1828 and the climax of a series of cold-blooded murders. Taking a self-protection eye, we look at how raw opportunity and circumstance tempted two infamous criminals to sell the lives of their own for profit. The podcast raises questions regarding victim selection and how it can be defeated thro...

Send us a text In this special unscheduled episode Jamie Clubb looks at the fallout of UFC 229: Khabib vs McGregor and takes a look at the relationship between promotion and professional combat sports. Hatred, charisma, wit, irresponsibility, theatre and hype are all ingredients that have helped create some of combat sport's most colourful characters and ensure they have become a part of history....