The rationale for writing this brief post was met over a Grande soy almond latte in Starbucks. You read Val Worthington’s nemesis [the sauce] is diet coke well, soy almond latte is mine and at £3.00 a pop it’s a little more expensive too, anyway, I was perusing an edition of the Sunday Times sports section when I came across an article concerning age and competitive sportsmen and women. The raison d’être for the piece seemed to be the imminent return of Michael Schumacher, the seven times Formula One motor …

By David Webb, 20th November 2009
All images © David Finch/judophotos.com

By David Webb, 20th November 2009

The mission statement that accompanies any project undertaken through KombatClinic.com is simple: “committed to developing excellence in performance”. If we are committed to developing this excellence it must mean getting out there and training under [and alongside] the best, individuals that are deemed THE best in their respective fields. Over the years both through KombatClinic.com and indeed at my own academy I have sought out individuals, athletes, performers and coaches that are just that. The best.
From submission wrestling with Jeff Monson, MMA with Leigh Remedios and Michael Bisping, Brazilian Jiu …

Interview by,  David Webb: 02 August 2009
(All photographs with kind permission and courtesy of Fighting Films Ltd. and Bob Willingham).
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