Mick Coup: “Anything is possible but not everything is probable, and I only deal with what is.”

Within what we loosely call the ‘reality-based self defence' sector, Mick Coup is one of the most well-known and respected names, constantly sought out for seminars and courses, with an international client-base. He has been regularly interviewed and has written numerous insightful articles on his chosen field, so I made a conscious decision to steer away from questions about his past history to concentrate more on his personal thoughts on key issues within the ‘RBSD’ world.  In the flesh Mick is an imposing physical specimen and this reflects the way he teaches, as he is conscious of the fact that the person who needs his help is seldom built as impressively and rarely has the myriad ‘tools of the trade’ that he has at his fingertips.  With this in mind he dispels self-defence myths with a brutal honesty and during the course of this interview another myth was clearly dispelled, namely the old-chestnut that you can’t have brains and brawn - so here is Mick Coup in his own words on...

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Throughout the centuries there have been moments of insight and inspiration that been recorded and gone to inspire future generations.  Our Martial Motivation App is a library of the wisdom wrapped up into an exciting new App for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and Android phones.  It is a collection of acrane wisdom designed to inspire, amuse and stimulate the mind on a daily basis!

The App was created by Anthony Pillage who had this to say about why he came about with the Martial Motivation App:

"From Bruce Lee to Sun Tzu or Ralph Waldo Emerson to Confucius, daily thoughts for the Martial Artist within us.

I remember with absolute clarity the moment many years ago, that I first felt moved by the power of words.

One sentence in the film Dead Poets Society about “Carpe Diem” and “seizing the day” and the course of my life changed in a heartbeat. This started a lifelong journey to find that which inspires and changes the perceptions of my existence.

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People often ask to where they stand on the point of protecting themselves.

Jeet Kune Do - The Journey or the Destination?
An article By Java Bomani

I've always been a revolutionary; and my approach to just about everything has 
always been dealt with from that perspective. Not intentionally -- it's just the way my 
mind works. My thoughts are no longer those of a follower as it was when I was a 
young sponge, but when I began to soak up knowledge and become my own man 
things changed. Now, I'm a leader; five star General of my own skeletal infantry. It 
wasn't always that way, but I have to face up to the realities of who I am. This in 
large part explains my view of the Martial Arts & the totality of life. Asking "Why" is 
why we have what is still one of the most complex and diverse fighting philosophy's 
to date; Jeet Kune Do (In Cantonese: The Way of the Intercepting Fist).

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