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
2. Liven Martial Arts
Summer Camp 2001
from 10.- 12.08.2001. 
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. 
