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Sochin
5th June 2000, 19:05
http://oppugnate.freehomepages.com/Main.htm is the url for a combat club in Australia. Ian Hogan has been teaching Oppugnate for over 17 years now...You can contact Ian at: ozoppugnate@hotmail.com for seminars and lectures.

Why is it special - look at the following excerpt from the faq page, http://oppugnate.freehomepages.com/FAQs.htm:


With all the photos, why are there none for "Armed Combat"?

This has been the single-most asked question since this site was posted. Due to recent rulings by the Australian Federal government, any material which can be construed as "information regarding the use of weaponry, bladed or otherwise", is punishable by either fines or prison time, or indeed both.

(The bold is my emphasis.)

Wow...

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<A HREF="http://pub6.ezboard.com/btheseniorscommunity" TARGET=_blank>Ted Truscott,
The Fighting Old man</A>

Neil Hawkins
6th June 2000, 00:50
Ted,

Interesting. I have never heard of these people or their style, do you know anything more about them? I will ask around here, but there isn't really much useful information on their site.

One thing that struck me as strange is they don't list Jujutsu/Judo as one of their influences, though they list techniques that come from that style, and Fairburn himself claimed a strong influence from Judo. I can't remember the exact quote (I'll look it up tonight) but he said something about the chinese styles requiring too much study to make them effective in street altercations, whereby Judo could be used effectively almost immediately.

Has anybody heard of this style or anyone else in the world that teaches it?

Regards
Neil


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The one thing that must be learnt, but cannot be taught is understanding.

Sochin
7th June 2000, 17:38
NO, this is allI got, and right now I don't even remember where it came from! http://216.10.1.92/ubb/frown.gif

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<A HREF="http://pub6.ezboard.com/btheseniorscommunity" TARGET=_blank>Ted Truscott,
The Fighting Old man</A>

the Khazar Kid
14th June 2000, 21:36
I wonder what Burundi stick is? Presumably it is the style of fighting stick or stickfighting from Burundi Africa? I would like to know more about real African fighting techniques. Apparently the fascist Australian government won't let us see pictures of it.

kagebushi
14th June 2000, 21:40
http://216.10.1.92/ubb/frown.gif And we won`t tell you. Because the Big Brother E-Budohood wants to know your full name.

Please play by the rules and sign your posts with your full name. Thank you.

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Mark Brecht

the Khazar Kid
15th June 2000, 21:33
How do I include a signature?

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Jesse Peters

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the Khazar Kid
15th June 2000, 21:35
Do I have to edit the message every time I want my signature to appear, or is there a way I can make it appear automatically?

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Jesse Peters

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kagebushi
15th June 2000, 21:50
Go to profile and make your sign. Than you only have to click on it every time you post or respond to a post.

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Mark Brecht

Cilian McHugh
16th June 2000, 02:15
Getting back to the original point of the post ( as I construed it ) is there anyone outthere who lives under similar laws, i.e. the publication of material on the usage of weapons (martial arts or otherwise) is now an offence for which one can be prosecuted?

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Cilian

Cameron Wheeler
22nd June 2000, 17:56
Well I'm from Australia, that is the first time I have heard that law, but there is no control over infomation on internet sites outside Australia. And yes I can still buy books regarding weaponry and uses from my local ma shop but then again each state has its own law.
I believe that tis law mainly applies to the internet due to the recent spates of violence occuring everywhere in the world, and Australia tends to have much stricter gun and weaponry laws than most other parts of the world.

Neil Hawkins
22nd June 2000, 23:53
I have been spending some time trying to track down the laws referenced and to the best of my knowledge they don't exist in Australia.

There are "guidelines" with regard to content on public boards, bulletin boards and the internet. But it is acknowledged that there is no real way of enforcing these and so have not gone to law.

There is a prohibited publications act, which allows the police to seize material that is deamed by the censorship board to be dangerous, either extreme pornography (the most common usage) or subversive materials. There is a list that reads like the Paladin Press catalogue but again enforcement is a problem. Essentially a complaint has to be made.

"Kill or be Killed" by Rex Applegate is on the restricted list, but I have a copy that I purchased many years ago quite freely. The laws that do exist are ambiguous and often left up to the interpretation of the investigating officer. I have been told that as I am a respectable citizen with no criminal record, the books and weapons I own are ok, maybe if I rode a Harley and preferred to be known as "Animal" things would be different.

Australia's weapons laws are strict, but at present they only care about guns, nearly all MA weapons are restricted but it is not enforced. I have a Miscellaneous Weapons License and it is number #6. I know for a fact there are more than 6 of us teaching and using bladed and chained weapons in Queensland.

I don't know what sort of information this guy wanted to post, but I'm fairly sure I've posted worse in this site! :D

Regards

Neil

Sochin
29th June 2000, 20:15
Thanks Neil,
I was wondering if he was just hyping things up...glad for the note.

Cameron Wheeler
30th June 2000, 11:52
Have you heard about the changes to the dangerous weapons act in South Australia and NSW?
I have a copy of the amendment for South Australia, as always it is very buracratic and dificult to undestand (Ithink it is just so politicans can sound inteligent)but they are tring to tighten the laws. mainly to do with knives and peper sprays, but it also includes the extendable batons and such. exemptions are only to nunchuku and wooden knives for nost major styles.

As is tradition in this wide brown land SA usaly are the first to create new laws and other states folow at later dates without the bugs that apear in SA.

I believe the Australian Ju Jitsu association (AJJA) and the AMA knows about these laws.

they dont seem too restrictive at the moment, but give them an inch...