Geoff Thompson

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For the New Zealand politician see Geoffrey Thompson and For the Chairman of the Football Association see Geoff Thompson (football)

Geoff Thompson is a writer, teacher and self-defence instructor born in Coventry, England in 1960. he has received acclaim[citation needed] for writing dozens of books on self-defence, martial arts, fear control[1], and his most popular book, Watch My Back, an autobiography about his early years and how he came to be a nightclub doorman working in his hometown of Coventry.

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[edit] Fighting disciplines

Thompson began his martial arts training in the Eastern arts including, but not limited to, karate and Kung-Fu. However, during his time as a nightclub doorman found that what he had learned was inadequate for the reality of violence. Thompson came to realise the techniques encouraged and practised in touch contact and semi-contact martial arts were not always suitable for self defence. Though he utilizes a small core of techniques from touch contact and semi-contact martial arts as part of his teachings, Thompson prefers more pragmatic full-contact martial arts and combat sports such as boxing, kick boxing, Muay Thai and wrestling (Greco-Roman, Judo and Freestyle).

He holds the ABA boxing instructor certificate and high level coaching awards for wrestling.[2]as well as a 1st Dan in Judo,[3]and 6th Dan in Shotokan Karate.[4]

[edit] Video and film

In addition to his books, Thompson has written and presented a series of martial arts and self help DVDs. In 2004, Thompson won a BAFTA award for 'best short film' for his screenplay "Brown Paper Bag".[5] His short film "Bouncer" starred Ray Winstone. [6] His most recent work "Romans 12:20" directed by the Shammasian Brothers and starring Craig Conway has recently finished production and was shown at a private screening in London on the 23rd of January, 2008. It is set to tour the film festival circuit in the early part of 2008.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Fear - The Friend of Exceptional People. Geoff Thompson (July 2001). Retrieved on 2008-01-27.
  2. ^ Geoff Thompson web site. wrestling.
  3. ^ Geoff Thompson web site. Judo.
  4. ^ shotokankata.com. Articles with Geoff Thompson.
  5. ^ Brown Paper Bag wins BAFTA award. BBC (February 2007). Retrieved on 2007-12-02.
  6. ^ Bouncer Review. Channel 4 (2002). Retrieved on 2007-12-02.

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