About Street Defence

Street Defence

The three treasures of self defence

When it comes to self defence what do you really need?

What are you not told that could save your life?

How do you not train, as to train that way could save your life?

This site is dedicated to helping Women and Men and children stay safe on our streets and in their homes.

Warning Signs of dangerous situations and how to avoid them!

            • Common mistakes everyone makes, setting you up for danger!
            • Common misconceptions about Martial Arts and Self Defence.
            • Basic wrist locks and joint manipulations that DO work and cannot

be rolled out of.
• Pressure Point Self Defence (PPSD) that WILL work on anyone

and for anyone regardless of size, strength and personal fitness!
• And much more about what really happens during fatal combat!

The Way of the Tree history

The Way of the Tree has been running since 2003.

The Senior Instructor has the following Qualifications:

Godan 5th Dan PPSD

Sandan 3rd Dan Shotokan

Martial Arts Instructor UK Trainer

Level 1 Instructor MAI UK

2nd Level Self Defence Federation Instructor

Class C: Entitled to act as Corner Referee in the Art Stated at all C.M.A.A Local or National Events Class B: Entitled to act as Centre Referee in the Art Stated at all C.M.A.A Local or National Events

Master Practitioner N.L.P

Master Hypnotist

First Aid Cert

Enhanced (CRB) Disclosure

Current Personal Indemnity Insurance

What is Pressure Point Self Defence

Simply, it is the study of the human body, it’s nervous system and the overlying Meridians used in acupuncture. It is also the study of how the body reacts in certain situations, which is called 'body mechanics'. By studying this system you can take any techniques in your kata's or in your Martial Art system and make them incredibly effective by using the principles and movements of PPSD. They are easy to apply and can be devastating when used, being able to be used by anyone and everyone!

How will Pressure Point Self Defence Help me

When you begin to learn PPSD you will start to recieve the answers to what I can the Three Treasures of Self defence. You will be shown how to interpret each and every move and discover that there are absolutely no wasted movements and each and every move has a simplicity so that when the primative brain in hijacked and you lose the abilty to use gross motor functions, you are still able to defend yourself. The students I have trained have said, that it is almost as If the skills are being programed into their subconsious. The few that have had reason to use the skills, both male and female young and old, have all said that it was only afterwards that they became aware of what they had done and how quickly it was all over, yet hardly any physical damage was done to the attacker. During their altercation onlookers always said that they did not attack the person but where acting in self defence. They have all said that, in hindsight, they acted in an entirely new manner and that they where all suprised but very pleased

with the 'New Them'.

Introduction to the Senior Instructor

I have been studying Martial Arts since 1970 and I am the founder of Pressure Point Self Defence. My first Art I trained in was Judo for 2 years and then when I joined the forces, not only did I learn the forces combat training but studied Shotokan Karate, gaining my first Dan Grade in 1976.

I have always been involved in Martial arts but had to formally start again in the late 90's as I was looking towards teaching the skills I had gained. It was when I left the forces and their mind set that I began to realise after, years of training and hard work, that the systems I was using (forces and Karate) just weren’t adding up. Techniques that should work, didn’t. I had more questions about moves in the systems katas and patterns from the Forces Defence, than I did answers.

The answers I was given were usually almost laughable at best. They seemed to be given to me almost to avoid the question.

That’s when I started looking in other places for answers. We have a huge world but in those days the Martial Artists where to some degree still hidden. So someone had to know the answers. I searched all over to try and find these rumoured “secrets” that the old world Martial Arts Masters had hidden and never taught, except to a few selected close friends and family. And if you’re anything like me… you want to know them too!

Finally after years of looking for these mysterious secrets I finally found my answer in the hands and minds of a group of very humble and gentle men. The system Name I took, is a play on the transtlation of the work 'Shoalin' which means a 'group of trees'. The translation is based on the tree that the Buddha sat under to find enlightenment and is the tree under which we take refuge. If one looks at many of the older forms they all talk about the tree form or Standing as a tree. It is that meditation and chigung which we practice, the movements being simple and easy to use.

I also found that the old Buddhists had hidden certain knowledge and one was the rites of rejuvination, which I also practice to try and keep this battered old body functioning.

It was written in the Yellow Emperors Handbook of Internal medicine, that there are those who stand as a tree, between heaven and earth but of neither.