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25 easy to understand and apply drills that can be used to improve your fundamental skill set, regardless of which Martial Art you practice. The purpose of this book is to provide a guide for students and teachers, to enhance their training and teaching. It provides 25 combat drills to improve your fundamental skill. Among other things you will learn: fluid movement, to be calm under pressure, a natural and spontaneous response, fast recovery and how to be dynamic and effective in defence and attack. This book will be useful grappling, striking, weapons based, competition or reality based Martial Arts. For teachers there are 25 easy to understand drills that you deliver, develop and adapt to your classes. Tips are provided to show how they can easily be developed, to give birth to many more drills, creating an endless source of inspiration and variety.

Mac, a 42-year-old veteran of the SAS, is in the Democratic Republic of the Congo learning to live without his closest friend Jacob Hayes after being forced into 'retirement'. However, a spat with an African warlord brings the SAS, British Military Intelligence and Jacob back into his life. Mac soon discovers his enemies are more dangerous than he ever considered possible. While Mac, Jacob and Unit 12, the elite arm of British Military Intelligence, strive to prevent North Korea gaining a WMD of terrifying proportions. They also fall deeper into a global conspiracy set to disrupt the delicate balance of power in the world. During their battles, Jacob forces Mac to confront the one truth he finds too hard to face alone. Mac's sexuality is long denied, hidden in the dark by his brutal father before he ever had the chance to understand it. Is Special Forces operative Jacob strong enough to fight for the heart of the man he's always loved? This is a military gay romance with, off-screen torture (not BDSM) a high death count and a lot of action. It can be read as a stand-alone.

Fortune is a fickle bastard for a soldier, Luke Sinclair knows that more than most. Luke, a Special Forces Operative, finished his career with an elite British black ops department in Military Intelligence. As tough as it had been, Luke loved his job and his partner, Sam Locke who had once been a US Navy SEAL. When their world fell apart, Luke thought he would never see Sam again, until they are recalled to London and sent to Syria. They must transport the one person able to finish tearing them apart. A terrorist who destroyed their lives, their love. But these men will not be defeated easily. Luke and Sam fight to save the world from imminent destruction and fight just as hard for each other. From the deserts of Syria the men chase a nuclear bomb and a weaponised virus through Armenia and into Russia, finding so much more than revenge on the way. This is a military gay romance with a high death count, torture (not BDSM), and a lot of action.

A dead heroin addict leads to the discovery of a potential drugs ring. As DS Adam Pennycome starts to investigate, he receives news of an unexpected legacy from a great-uncle he never really knew. So begins a journey of professional and personal discovery, with many twists and turns along the way. Just why is there a crack in the garage wall? Will he ever resolve his relationship with his girlfriend Sadie Quick? Is there a God leading him through the many challenges he is facing? These are only a few of the many questions Adam finds himself asking, as secrets long hidden are brought to the surface with consequences no-one can foresee.

A woman witnesses from her bedroom window a violent assault on her elderly neighbour, and becomes embroiled in something much larger involving a criminal gang. They want her eliminated. DCI Allison has his work cut out as he tries to close his file on Kelland and Paulson, in the sex trafficking case, together with a number of other crimes linked to the OCG. Not only that but police corruption has to be rooted out and this time it leads right to the top of command. Allison needs to tread carefully and choose his most loyal men to help him. All this comes at a time when his daughters return home and his wife, Mary demands he takes time off. More worryingly, his police psychic advisor, Holly, is intermittently possessed by the spirit of an evil killer who masqueraded in life as a fervent Christian. The changes in her personality and habits are frightening. An exorcist from the Catholic church has to be brought in to help as Allison needs Holly's talents to assist him in uncovering the truth about the corruption and how far it has spread. It is a dangerous and tricky business and deaths follow. Will Holly escape from the supernatural clutches of her grandmother? Will Allison discover the truth about the head of the OCG? Find out in Mother's Not Dead.

Ageing Rock God, Jim Sullivan, is heading for the quiet life on his newly acquired, tiny island, off the coast of Cornwall.That is until he sends a letter to the queen, announcing his intent to declare independence from the UK and appointing himself king.Determined not to cede one inch of British territory, the UK government despatches low-level Foreign Office researcher, John Cabot, to put a stop to Sullivan's ambitions.What they didn't anticipate was Cabot's tenacity for unearthing information they'd rather he didn't, or Sullivan's relentless, but completely unfounded, optimism in his own ideas.Armed with nothing more than a guitar and a spreadsheet, can these two stand up to the might of the British Empire?No contest.

Three weddings and an engagement are the happy result of a trip to Bath for the season taken by Elizabeth Darcy, her husband and their younger sisters, Kitty and Georgianna. Nursing an aching heart due to a recent miscarriage, Elizabeth is encouraged to take the journey as a means of raising her depressed spirits in a fresh and convivial setting. Courtship and conflict occur when familiar characters from all six of Jane Austen's novels are joined by new players in the Austen firmament. Who will prevail in the struggle between intentional matchmakers and unintentional ones? Will new relationships develop naturally or be influenced by premeditated plans orchestrated to ensure rank and wealth are maintained? New and unique storylines are introduced that pay tribute to the original works and reveal plots from her earlier canon. Will love conquer all or will commerce play a hand? Perhaps a bit of both? Whether you are a reader familiar with Austen's novels or have never read any of them, you will have a uniquely satisfying experience being immersed in her Regency world of manners, mores, and romance.

Paul Scudery, a 70-year old long-time actor in the soap, Babylon Revisited, has been playing the role of Ari Bloom for twenty years. He collapses and is admitted to a hospital where he learns that he has contracted a rare and incurable disease. The director of the soap has Paul record several scenes in which he is gradually phased out of the storyline. Paul collapses for the second time in a pool room. In a coma, he is flown to a clinic in France that offers an experimental drug, Cephylor. Awakening out of the coma in the clinic, he answers exclusively to Ari Bloom, the role he played for so many years. He has no idea who Paul Scudery is. In the clinic, Ari meets Penny, another patient, and they form a bond. Together, they attempt to forge a life together in the time remaining. Through dreams which Cephylor amplifies and prolongs, Ari learns of his life as Paul Scudery, a rather unsavory individual interested only in himself. But he also learns that Ari Bloom, if naïve, possesses decent and caring qualities. In a delirium, Ari passes after taking the train to Paris in his pajamas. Sadly, Penny flies to New York to view the final scenes Paul filmed representing his last days on the soap.

Mr Perkins makes sure this is a very different sort of story about a cat. There cannot be too many books about a moggy working in a lawyers' office. When he strolls into Spong, Salter and Tethering Solicitors out of nowhere, he is set to change lives. Is he just a stray or a magical cat, who can gift those around him the changes they deserve? Both good and bad. The antics of Mr Perkins will amuse and possibly mystify you. As they do everyone who brushes up against a feline of such majestic influence. This is a story for anyone who loves our feline friends. It's a story for those in the legal profession. It's a story for those who stare out of an office window and wonder. Come and join Mr Perkins as he pads around, helping himself to tuna and sunshine.

This history includes reports on each series of Camrose matches from the first series of matches in 1937 to the seventy-ninth series in 2021 and the appointment and reports of the Northern Ireland Bridge Union Selection Committees. The brief biographies of the 44 players who played in ten or more Northern Ireland Camrose Trophy matches are introduced in the narrative when each such player ceased playing for Northern Ireland in Camrose Trophy matches. The results of Camrose teams, partnerships who played 8 or more matches and players who played 10 or more matches are set out and compared.