John Maidment Martial Arts & Self Defense Training

Weekend is almost here. Have you achieved your goals for this week ? Have you made progress on your goals for the month and year ? If you answered no to either or both questions, get off your butt and start taking action. A year from now, as the saying goes, you will regret not having started today. Take care everyone.

Day 5 of the 5 day Inosanto International Martial Arts Instructor Association's Instructor Camp begins in less than 4 hours. It has been great reconnecting with instructors from Australia, Japan, England, India, Germany, and around the US. As well, local instructors have also attended to train, teach and support the camp participants. G**o Inosanto also taught his regular classes in addition to this 5 day event. His passion for learning, sharing and helping us never stops.

Great weekend of training & observing the fantastic coaching from Sensei Erik Paulson, G**o Inosanto, Professor Jean Jaques Machado & Sifu Francis Fong. It is unbelievable how the human body can be bent, twisted, & moved in so many different ways, let alone the variety of methods that can be used to perform those manipulations.

"There are no shortcuts to any place worth going." - Beverly Sills. Pursuing your next belt, sash or level in martial arts takes time, effort, & sacrifice. Work hard every month, week, & day to be the best that you can be.

Last full day in St.John's Newfoundland. What a busy visit for me. Taught 10 hours of martial arts and got a ton of errands done including some bank visits in preparation for moving back. Got to spend time with several friends / students, see my uncle, organize some belongings and put them in storage, Made a few connections with members of the Canadian Armed Forces and reconnect with one member of HMCS Cabot. these were in a addition to the usual logistical tasks associated with running a seminar - printing certificates, travel to & from + returning today to pay my rental for one of the locations. Lots of other stuff accomplished that I would be doing in LA anyways, so I cannot really count them as specific to my visit. All told it was productive. Hope everyone is achieving their goals for the week. My flight is scheduled to leave at 6:05pm tomorrow, arriving in Montreal, then an overnight wait for my morning flight that's due to land at 10am Pacific Time (2:30pm here in NL). Take care everyone.

hello residents of St. John's Newfoundland and surrounding areas. From today, Sat July 4, until Thursday July 9th I will be available for private tutoring in martial arts. Text or email me for info. A wide variety of topics to choose from including weaponry of all kinds (stick, blade, scarf, axe etc.) and empty hand skills, including boxing, kickboxing, limb immobilization and more.

If you live in St. John's Newfoundland, or reasonably close, block off some time to participate in my training sessions. Feel more confident, and improve your reflexes with the self defense sessions. You will learn vital safety tips PLUS physical responses to armed & unarmed attacks including while on the ground. Specialized classes on the evenings of the 2nd, 3rd, & 6th, and a 4 hour Mega Intensive Seminar on Sunday July 5.

Just a few more days to go until my first session in St. Johns Newfoundland.

My trip to Newfoundland starts in 1 week as I leave on a redeye arriving on July 2 via Montreal. Looking forward to seeing old friends, meeting new ones and sharing some martial arts. Happy Wednesday everyone.