Upcoming BBC documentary on UK martial arts history

Those who are outside the UK and want to see this documentary can PM me if they would like a link to a copy of the program on YouTube.

LFD

 

At what point in the vid does he say that? I must of missed that!

Gary

 

Afraid I haven't watched it yet, that was just in a preview clip I saw. Funnily enough, I thought of you as soon as I heard it - my brain went "Erk, Gary's not gonna like that!"

 

I'm rolling my sleves up in readiness!

Wado - a form of Shotokan!? Otsuka and Akiyama sensei would be rolling in their graves laughing.

Gary

 

I found a full upload on YouTube: http://youtu.be/fqDv6Kh-xSE

 

i didnt like it too much.
it only talked about asian styles

no yuki tani references
or any references to the decline of catch
NO TALK OF BOXING OF ALL THINGS!

i did like it's focus on the development of british judo players especially female judoka

 

For what it's worth, the production team originally wanted to cover Western martial arts and combat sports as well as Asian styles but their bosses decided to just focus on Asian MAs.

Yukio Tani is discussed in this supplementary Timeshift webisode: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01580m1 .

 

awesome! thanks for the link!