Liven Martial Arts Summer Camp 2001
After our 1. International Liven Summer Cup 2001 nobody went home. The participants from the
Karate competition together with more guests from Norway and members of Krav Maga Liven
International from Denmark stayed for a Martial arts summer camp in Arhus (DK).
At the seminar three Masters were teaching Karate, Krav Maga and
absolute fighting techniques.
Shihan Raffi Liven (9 th dan) the host from Denmark and the guests Kencho Jon Bluming (10 th dan)
from Holland and Danny Hazan (6 th dan) from Israel.
Training with Kencho Jon Bluming (10th Dan Kyokushin, 9th Dan Judo, 4th Dan Bo-Jitsu, 4th Dan Iai-Jitsu,
4th Jodo, 2nd Dan Kendo)
Jon Bluming 68 years old today is one of the pioneers of the european Karate. His name is
inseparably related to the Kyokushinkai Karate. As one of the closest students of Mas Oyama he
brought Kyokushinkai Karate to Europe in 1962. He is the founder and president of the
Organisation "The International Budo Kaikan" which is a combination of Kyokushin Karate,
Ju Jitsu, Judo and an All-round fighting system. Like the meaning behind the symbol of this
organisation - the wave - Kencho Bluming was explaining to react like water in any situation
adjusting to an attack and react like a wave, smashing the opponent. It is not possible to
pass on more than 40 years of experience in martial arts at a short seminar, but the students
got an interesting insight to the principles of different block techniques and counter
attacks with arms and legs and grappling techniques on the ground.
Training with Shihan Raffi Liven (9th Dan Karate, 8th Dan Krav Maga)
The training with Shihan Raffi Liven was devided into two parts: first Krav Maga self
defence and second Karate techniques.
Krav Maga
What is new for people from other martial arts with Krav Maga is for instance that there is
no one, two anymore like blocking first and counter attack second. In Krav Maga you have
just one - blocking with one hand and counter attack in the same time with the other hand
or even using the blocking arm for a counter attack in the same time.
Any technique is made as short and effective as possible. Becide the first principles of
Krav Maga defending against different attacks also with weapons were taught.
A main part was the defence against a knife attack and to unarm the opponent.
Karate
The Karate training with Shihan Liven was like usually very demanding. After a small part of
basic techniques (Kihon) he went straight into different partner exercises to be used for
Karate fighting (Kumite). The techniques he taught are especially interesting for competitors,
fighting after the new rules of the WKF where you can receive 3 points for throwing the
opponent to the ground and finishing the fight with a hand technique after. So the focus
was laying on different ways of attacking and finishing the attack with a throw or how to
react on the opponents attack with a throwing technique. A second main part was the training
of different advanced leg techniques like combinations of kicks and how to block an
opponents attack with a front Yoko-geri (side-kick).
Training with Danny Hazan (6th Dan Shotokan, 6th Dan Saishio Ki Do, 6th Dan Krav Maga,
4th Dan Kobudo, 2th Dan Kick Boxing)
Danny Hazan the founder of the Saishio Ki Do with his roots in Shotokan Karate is a
well known Karate Master and Krav Maga expert in Israel. In this seminar he was teaching
absolute fighting a fighting art where everything is allowed. His focus was mainly on
ground techniques like lock techniques with the legs.
Last not least - The funny part part
Becide competing and hard training there was of course also time for relaxing and having
fun talking about martial arts and getting in touch with each other. The team with the
longest way from Israel arrived already a few days before the competition. So they had
time to visit some sights outside from Arhus like a big horse farm and of course the town
itself with its Tivoli and the historical danish town "Den gamle by" which is a very
famous open-air museum with around 75 restored buildings from all around Denmark dating
from the 17th- and 18th centuries. Because of the weather was warm but not as warm as it
is supposed to be in June there were only a view with no fear for the cold who were
ready to jump into the sea. Nevertheless everybody enjoyed a nice barbeque on the roof of
the dojo with lots of lamb cutletts, sausages and salads ...
All together it was an exiting martial arts event with many new experiences and we hope
to welcome our guests from this year together with the teams from India, Morocco and
Russia who missed us and new people from all over the world again
in August 2001 in Arhus Denmark for the
Grusians never give up, so the fight went on,
but in reality it was
over and Arman won on points. Likewise he was fighting four
times to get to the final. One fight he stopped by three low
kicks, one step back and then to everybodies surprise, a
spinning back kick that sends his 110 kg heavy opponent flying
out from the tatami.- He did not come back. In the final he met
a heavy clumsy Ukrainian, who climbed on him and held him tight
to prevent him from doing anything. When Arman a few times got
free, he managed to land some low kicks and hookpunches under
the ribs. The
Ukrainian did not like that he returned a few blows and hit
Arman with a strong punch to his throat.
This made it difficult
for Arman to breath and than he received more than he gave. In
the end he lost with a few points and won a honorable 2. place.
But the morally winner of the competition was with no doubt
Arman Raydler. With his weight of 65 kg he was the smallest
competitor and still the biggest fighter.
