Thanks for posting this video, I think it’s from VMA. I’m the fella Gary is demonstrating his moves on in this video( don’t ask about the shirt) 1989 Huddersfield at my brother bob Sykes dojo. Gary was the true elite level of karate. I’m blessed to have been Gary’s uki on this video.
brilliant pal, most of us watching clips of gary could only hope to be so lucky, or not minus the possible bruising, very kind of you to share this info.
Funny enough I was just watching this and said to my daughter " I recognise him" then I remembered from the old days of MAI and the semi-contact competitions. I trained in Lau gar with Brian Nelson - remembering things like the "Blitz" Kevin Brewerton and Alfie Lewis. I remember seeing Gary always wearing flip-flops when I was out in Chester. Great times - I remember having a MAI subscription and collecting them. The worst advice was from Jean Claude in a photo technique where he blocks the kick and punches the Shin ! All the best to you and thanks for your input into MAI was a great inspiration into martial arts for me
He bought me a few beers in Maxime's night club in Wigan many years ago after I told him his article in Combat magazine was the only reason I bought it. He was a gentleman and I'll always treasure that memory.
The up close style he taught works' a lot of the crap taught in dojo's in the 70s-80s dont' i know it failed me more than once but i learnt the hard way what worked and what did not pain is a wonderfull teacher ......
Worked with him and for him in Chester, most informative and educational time of my 20 years doing that work. He used to get dropped off in a Renta Kill van. One of a kind. Sadly missed
I live in Chester and remember him working the doors. He used to wear sandals/ flip flops if I remember correctly. A very striking presence, but seemed a very calm and fair bouncer.
I was lucky enough to train with GS when he visited the Oval Karate Club on the Wirral in the late 70s. I remember him teaching what he called “wedding tackle” strikes 😊
Gary came to my Karate club a few times as a guest trainer, amazing trainer. A quietly spoken man but you knew he was a force to be reckoned with. Went to a couple of clubs that Gary worked on the door, you knew that it was going to be a good night without any trouble.
"Fat blokes in track-suits" was the phrase we used to use to describe the first generation of martial artists in the UK to deal properly with the realities of violence. Gary was one of those men and although I never got to meet him, he was one of the fat blokes in a track-suit that began the transformation of the way I looked at martial arts. In the years since, I have been that fat bloke teaching classes both hard core stuff and on occasion bemusing them buy demonstrating and then being asked to teach some very soft "internal" type skills.
I did martial arts years ago and I used to get told alot of stories about Gary. I used to enjoy them and when I went camping one time I would use what I heard about as camp fire stories and everyone loved them!
Great video of a top man. Nobody like him now as theres too many snow flakes around. I am so glad i grew up in the time i did and met the people i did as those times were the best.
People think the likes of Lennie McLean , Paul Sykes etc were the epitome of hardness , this guy would have wrecked them . Even Stephen “The Devil” French said of him in his book , “I could never have fought him , he’d have just broken me into pieces"
Bob, i write this with respect. Gary seemed overweight and unfit, his training moves, kicks and punches seemed a little slow etc... I appreciate that may have been slowed down show for the camera. However to carry that timber and be revered by so many people he must have a very hard man, especially if Frenchie feared him.
Not just a genuine tough guy, but a man of principle and intelligence. I remember him talking about Mishima's Shield Society, and how Japanese right-wing politics differed from European fascism... for a top-flight fighter, he was a strong political philosopher :)
Love it! That said, Gary's headbutt counter as explained here often won't work in real life - you'd have to recognize a headbutt coming in, move your body to the side, and bring your arms up, all within the timeframe of the other guy's forehead hitting you. The only fast reactive counter to a surprise headbutt is nodding your head so they headbutt the top of your head.
I use to train with Gary & Mike Lyons in Wigan when working on the doors plus then he use applied karate and goju-rye karate , he worked with Joe terny shoari karate so many other things and stories to tell thx for this memories
in the clearing stands a doorman and a fighter, brilliant book by steve young who was good friends and worked with gary spiers, he features throughout the book
yes i read and remember them too, fighting arts was the best mag for me, shame terry o neil didnt carry on with it, and your very welcome, shame there isnt more gary content out there.
@@mraizu999 agreed. I've noticed people comment on his appearance but I read somewhere (think it was Terry O'Neil or Dennis martin) that in a real situation he'd put people away within seconds! I would highly recommend reading the "Working with warriors" book by Dennis martin has loads of good stuff on Gary.
I read a lot about about Gary Spiers and he seemed so dedicated to martial arts. I read that when he was when in Japan he trained almost every day at martial arts and worked so hard. Did he ever have a day off and chill? For example: take what other things Japan had to offer like sight seeing or go somewhere for a coffee?
@stevie mac Steve Morris hates karate though. He says it has no benefit at all- even Kyokushin. That's wrong because plenty of fighters do karate/TKD. Lyoto Machida uses the in-out movement of Shotokan, Conor McGregor uses karate footwork and kicks from Taekwondo, Bas Rutten and GSP credit Kyokushin karate to their success,Semmy Schilt and Branko Cikatic are karate black belts in Kyokushin and Shotokan, Mirko Cro Cop did karate and Taekwondo
@@ronki23 Gary would only really bother teaching people things that work in a real environment and would often show people how to get out of situations on the floor so would use wrestling, Judo and Jujitsu moves in his teachings if the fight went to the floor, his main message was always to avoid being taken to the floor.. a few of my friends now do MMA at a pretty high level, Gary's teachings where ahead of the time really as they incorporated groundwork, manipulation of the limbs and choke holds, elbows and anything goes..haha! It was very much a mixed martial arts
I'd hardly say karate was crap: Goju Ryu and Kyokushin are full contact styles that can be utilised. I think Gary is trying to say that taekwondo (kicking) and judo / ju jitsu (grappling) are better. I'm not a big fan of Japanese Ju Jitsu due to lack of randori (free sparring) but I still did it as I had an evening free from kickboxing and judo. Would have liked to have continued judo and got to black belt in judo and ju jitsu (judo was better in my opinion) as both were Kenshiro Abbe / Vernon Bell lineage.
He was one seriously tough man, my Uncle was one of his best mates and worked with him in Liverpool on the doors, he could do it all he had a bit of everything
@@shellyad100 no mate it was a fella called Les McCarthy, my Uncle Les and Gary used to get a bit drunk now and again and my nan would slap the pair of them for waking her up drunk on more than a few occasions..haha! He was a character to say the least...I remember Steve Young though vaguely along with Tigger 'Terry O'Neil'.
@@Penguindave Those where the days..Getting drunk and going to work next day then training in the evening..I really miss all that..haha..Terry is working the doors again in Liverpool but I havnt seen Steve Young for 23 ish years..Thanks anyway David.Regards David
@@djeq721 You know what ...I'm not sure now..But I was told the younger men were saying ( you just take it easy Terry and we will do the work ).. 😂😂😂...Terry is a living legend..
Again, thank you so much for putting up these Gary clips. The man is a forgotten icon (if there can be such a thing). Do you have any more vids of him?
Any of you know my beautiful gentle husband David Andrew Rowe, he continued Garry's teachings and several of David's pupils opened martial arts schools, in USA, the UK, Chumphon Thailand, when he combined Muay Thai! No matter what the subject teachers are the only true immortals from the human race, Dave's last movements before he died from dehydration starvation and being overdosed on opiates by The NHS of N. Wales, Dave aka Rolo's last moves were to practice his karate hand moves until the drugs took over and much against his will he was euthanized while held down by staff and his exs kids, I know and swear on my life this is the whole truth because I was there and witnessed the TAIL END OF HIS Life I heard him shouting NO TAKE IT AWAY, I DON'T WANT THAT, I WANT TO GO HOME. Then the exs kids kids went off to spend our money leaving me with an overdraught they created, some scum do not deserve to breathe and self defence was Dave's last efforts to protect himself from being put to sleap with the very drugs he hated, the drugs he fought to keep out of the night clubs in North Wales, and Southport, I am Mrs Jacqueline Rowe and proud but also will live forever with the guilt that I could do nothing to save such a beautiful man's life without attacking people his ex had presented as his children? Hope they buy a bad batch and leave their children as orphans because that is the best thing that can happen, it would continue David's work teach them the lesson David tried to teach his students, about drugs and drug dealers. In memory of his teacher Gary and his partner John Perks, no grave to mark his life, nothing but an overdraught caused by evil drug taking murderous monsters. David might not but:- I WILL HAUNT YOU FOREVER
David had paid in advance for his funeral and for a burial in North Wales, but the lying bstds did exactly the opposite cremated him. No grave no stone but he did LIVE and will live on in the hearts of those who learnt from his teaching and he WILL LIVE ON in the truth, and in the hearts of those who loved him, and those who respected him.
Gary spiers was in the butcher and animal slaughter game. Did he do that job as something he went with the flow or did he do to improve his fighting technique?
Anyone on here big into martial arts and bouncers? I have a question. Both Gary Spiers AND Lenny McClean talk about getting a corset put on (to protect a back injury) a long way from home so that any troublemakers don't know they're injured. Now I don't believe in such coincidences. So are one of these guys copying the other's story, or did this really happen to both?? Anybody know?
Yep interesting point. I'd like to think he would Destroy them. I find it fascinating with all these military/street fighting styles that they have not been used in some form in the UFC. I know eye gouging and groin strikes are not allowed but I have yet to see a broken arm or leg from a strike. My thinking is that they are banned by the likes of the UFC due it potentially ruining their business model.
That's were perceptive training comes into play.... keep up. I would place a very large bet on the fact that everything he taught was used many many time in real life before hand.
Hi alan, i'm not sure, but i read he worked in the meat industry when he was younger and did wrestling, so i guess that would be similar in his ability to lift and handle bodymass. If you could contact dennis martin or terry o neil, i bet they could give you a more truthful account, thankyou.
I wouldn't rate gary as an instructor from what ive seen him,what worked for him is very dependant on his experience and size and mindset.Its certainly not karate
@@philcliffe6909 for a system to be a good self defense, it has to work tegardless of size or strength to a large degree and nobody would call whats show here karate.
Gary was a supreme instructor & created his own style which was adapted for street and other violent encounters it was designed to end a confrontation or situation in the quickest possible time as he didn’t want to be rolling around in the floor where you’d get your head kicked in he’d say also designed for fighting multiple people it was called Applied Karate Gojuryu. He taught in Wallasey, Merseyside & I still practice & study his original. Gary Spiers Applied Karate. He taught mentality, techniques and the mental side of fighting. A true warrior and supreme martial artist & instructor. R.I.P. Gary Spiers 👊🏽❤️
@@tbrtbr2865 I used to do Applied Karate with Gary Sandland, one of his students. Unfortunately we only used to drill a small amount of what he taught. I believe Gary was writing a book about the style before he died. Would have been great to have seen it.
In a pure BJJ event, yes, and I’m sure he would have agreed with you…but Gary came from environments of EXTREME violence, often in restricted spaces & with the threat of multiple attacks or weapons It’s worth doing a little research about him and his life. Some of the situations he found himself in would turn your stomach
The man who says they are not aggressive, and are very quiet are the toughest people you will ever meet.
Thanks for posting this video, I think it’s from VMA. I’m the fella Gary is demonstrating his moves on in this video( don’t ask about the shirt) 1989 Huddersfield at my brother bob Sykes dojo. Gary was the true elite level of karate. I’m blessed to have been Gary’s uki on this video.
He was a teacher of my teacher Bob in Liverpool. Some stories are legendary (I wish I could get more of these). :)
brilliant pal, most of us watching clips of gary could only hope to be so lucky, or not minus the possible bruising, very kind of you to share this info.
Funny enough I was just watching this and said to my daughter " I recognise him" then I remembered from the old days of MAI and the semi-contact competitions. I trained in Lau gar with Brian Nelson - remembering things like the "Blitz" Kevin Brewerton and Alfie Lewis. I remember seeing Gary always wearing flip-flops when I was out in Chester. Great times - I remember having a MAI subscription and collecting them. The worst advice was from Jean Claude in a photo technique where he blocks the kick and punches the Shin !
All the best to you and thanks for your input into MAI was a great inspiration into martial arts for me
@@craighughes9939 thanks Craig, bumped into Brian at a comp about 4 years back, top guy. All the best
He bought me a few beers in Maxime's night club in Wigan many years ago after I told him his article in Combat magazine was the only reason I bought it. He was a gentleman and I'll always treasure that memory.
Kept my copy for decades!
Is that the interview with Terry O’Neil? I’ve got that
Gary Spiers was a seriously tough man, missed by all. RIP Digger
Met Gary a few times during the early 80,s when he visited my Dads Gun club in Liverpool with Dennis Martin (RRPC) , RIP fella ;(
I trained under Gary in 1986. A wise man who had a lot to teach and wanted to share it.
I would have loved to learn that
The up close style he taught works' a lot of the crap taught in dojo's in the 70s-80s dont' i know it failed me more than once but i learnt the hard way what worked and what did not pain is a wonderfull teacher ......
Worked with him and for him in Chester, most informative and educational time of my 20 years doing that work. He used to get dropped off in a Renta Kill van. One of a kind. Sadly missed
I live in Chester and remember him working the doors. He used to wear sandals/ flip flops if I remember correctly. A very striking presence, but seemed a very calm and fair bouncer.
Too much matua Gary repoing Aotearoa and our maori warrior bloodlines hard... RIP Matua
very hard man everyone that knew him and worked for him respected him rip digger
I was lucky enough to train with GS when he visited the Oval Karate Club on the Wirral in the late 70s. I remember him teaching what he called “wedding tackle” strikes 😊
Gary came to my Karate club a few times as a guest trainer, amazing trainer. A quietly spoken man but you knew he was a force to be reckoned with. Went to a couple of clubs that Gary worked on the door, you knew that it was going to be a good night without any trouble.
I remember him working the doors in Chester. The real deal and very very well respected
I wish i had met this man and had done his seminars. True warrior.
"Fat blokes in track-suits" was the phrase we used to use to describe the first generation of martial artists in the UK to deal properly with the realities of violence. Gary was one of those men and although I never got to meet him, he was one of the fat blokes in a track-suit that began the transformation of the way I looked at martial arts.
In the years since, I have been that fat bloke teaching classes both hard core stuff and on occasion bemusing them buy demonstrating and then being asked to teach some very soft "internal" type skills.
I did martial arts years ago and I used to get told alot of stories about Gary. I used to enjoy them and when I went camping one time I would use what I heard about as camp fire stories and everyone loved them!
gary spiers was known as one off the worlds toughest doorman body guard
true legend, missed by all. rip digger
Gary Spiers was the real deal got to train on a seminar once with him proper old school!
Trained under him for two days once. Very scary man.
The well known Karate style of "Gary Ryu"
Freaking badass this man is a G.. Thank u for sharing pure gold
Great video of a top man. Nobody like him now as theres too many snow flakes around. I am so glad i grew up in the time i did and met the people i did as those times were the best.
Check out a book called working with warriors.. Gary Spiers.. Terry O Neil and Dennis Martin
yes read it, very good. recommended
People think the likes of Lennie McLean , Paul Sykes etc were the epitome of hardness , this guy would have wrecked them . Even Stephen “The Devil” French said of him in his book , “I could never have fought him , he’d have just broken me into pieces"
Bob, i write this with respect. Gary seemed overweight and unfit, his training moves, kicks and punches seemed a little slow etc... I appreciate that may have been slowed down show for the camera. However to carry that timber and be revered by so many people he must have a very hard man, especially if Frenchie feared him.
@@whatayearHe's a lot older in these videos
@@whatayear Sorry for the late reply mate , only just seen this - when the interview was taking place Gary was dieing of pancreatic cancer .
Not just a genuine tough guy, but a man of principle and intelligence. I remember him talking about Mishima's Shield Society, and how Japanese right-wing politics differed from European fascism... for a top-flight fighter, he was a strong political philosopher :)
Love it!
That said, Gary's headbutt counter as explained here often won't work in real life - you'd have to recognize a headbutt coming in, move your body to the side, and bring your arms up, all within the timeframe of the other guy's forehead hitting you.
The only fast reactive counter to a surprise headbutt is nodding your head so they headbutt the top of your head.
Glaswegian here, if he,s in your face you expect it.
It’ll work for Gary no problem, if it doesn’t work for you I’d suggest practicing more.
@@tbrtbr2865 I'll happily demonstrate I can move my head 20cm faster than you can see it coming, move your body to the side AND bring your arms up.
I use to train with Gary & Mike Lyons in Wigan when working on the doors plus then he use applied karate and goju-rye karate , he worked with Joe terny shoari karate so many other things and stories to tell thx for this memories
He was my Sensei in the mid 70s.
Mr Aizu ,🤙this is great thanks for posting.
your welcome mate
fantastic closing words. what a calm gent.
Much agreed too!
in the clearing stands a doorman and a fighter, brilliant book by steve young who was good friends and worked with gary spiers, he features throughout the book
Can tell just by looking at him he is a bad ass animal of a bloke Rip animal hard man lifestyle takes its toll lots die young Rip Gary!
Thank you for sharing, remember reading the fighting arts interview years ago and found it fascinating.
yes i read and remember them too, fighting arts was the best mag for me, shame terry o neil didnt carry on with it, and your very welcome, shame there isnt more gary content out there.
@@mraizu999 agreed. I've noticed people comment on his appearance but I read somewhere (think it was Terry O'Neil or Dennis martin) that in a real situation he'd put people away within seconds! I would highly recommend reading the "Working with warriors" book by Dennis martin has loads of good stuff on Gary.
@@justicereplacedbyrevenge yes read that one, a good read, and covers gary alot.
@@justicereplacedbyrevenge biast read the book lol, Dennis was a good friend of my Dads
@paulwilliams4420 yes read that! Brilliant book.
I have seen his videos on lessons. When I get the chance I might watch and practice!
I read a lot about about Gary Spiers and he seemed so dedicated to martial arts. I read that when he was when in Japan he trained almost every day at martial arts and worked so hard. Did he ever have a day off and chill? For example: take what other things Japan had to offer like sight seeing or go somewhere for a coffee?
@stevie mac Thank you!
@stevie mac Steve Morris hates karate though. He says it has no benefit at all- even Kyokushin. That's wrong because plenty of fighters do karate/TKD. Lyoto Machida uses the in-out movement of Shotokan, Conor McGregor uses karate footwork and kicks from Taekwondo, Bas Rutten and GSP credit Kyokushin karate to their success,Semmy Schilt and Branko Cikatic are karate black belts in Kyokushin and Shotokan, Mirko Cro Cop did karate and Taekwondo
@@ronki23 Gary would only really bother teaching people things that work in a real environment and would often show people how to get out of situations on the floor so would use wrestling, Judo and Jujitsu moves in his teachings if the fight went to the floor, his main message was always to avoid being taken to the floor.. a few of my friends now do MMA at a pretty high level, Gary's teachings where ahead of the time really as they incorporated groundwork, manipulation of the limbs and choke holds, elbows and anything goes..haha! It was very much a mixed martial arts
just finished Dennis Martin's book "working with warriors" where Gary Spiers gets mentioned frequently!
Fantastic!
What a legend ❤
Really enjoyed that. RIP Gary.
Very knowledgeable
One of the best Karate men that ever lived #LEGEND
That's a fancy shirt Mr. Tony Sykes... :D #warriors
Good video digger
True tough guy.
Man was renouned
I'd hardly say karate was crap: Goju Ryu and Kyokushin are full contact styles that can be utilised. I think Gary is trying to say that taekwondo (kicking) and judo / ju jitsu (grappling) are better. I'm not a big fan of Japanese Ju Jitsu due to lack of randori (free sparring) but I still did it as I had an evening free from kickboxing and judo. Would have liked to have continued judo and got to black belt in judo and ju jitsu (judo was better in my opinion) as both were Kenshiro Abbe / Vernon Bell lineage.
He was one seriously tough man, my Uncle was one of his best mates and worked with him in Liverpool on the doors, he could do it all he had a bit of everything
Your uncle wasn't Steve young was he..Regards David
@@shellyad100 no mate it was a fella called Les McCarthy, my Uncle Les and Gary used to get a bit drunk now and again and my nan would slap the pair of them for waking her up drunk on more than a few occasions..haha! He was a character to say the least...I remember Steve Young though vaguely along with Tigger 'Terry O'Neil'.
@@Penguindave Those where the days..Getting drunk and going to work next day then training in the evening..I really miss all that..haha..Terry is working the doors again in Liverpool but I havnt seen Steve Young for 23 ish years..Thanks anyway David.Regards David
@@shellyad100 Surely Terry wasn't still on the doors 2 years ago when you made this comment? I know he was around 8 or 9 years ago.
@@djeq721 You know what ...I'm not sure now..But I was told the younger men were saying ( you just take it easy Terry and we will do the work ).. 😂😂😂...Terry is a living legend..
Met him in Pete colwels tattoo gaff in Birkenhead once,
A New Zealander?
Again, thank you so much for putting up these Gary clips. The man is a forgotten icon (if there can be such a thing). Do you have any more vids of him?
i'll have to dig deep mate, i might have, just sorting through my stuff, if i do, i will be putting on, cheers for your interest. regards
I have 3 of Gary’s seminars and 2 interviews all on one CD if you would like a copy just email me , thekider@hotmail.com,
Any of you know my beautiful gentle husband David Andrew Rowe, he continued Garry's teachings and several of David's pupils opened martial arts schools, in USA, the UK, Chumphon Thailand, when he combined Muay Thai! No matter what the subject teachers are the only true immortals from the human race, Dave's last movements before he died from dehydration starvation and being overdosed on opiates by The NHS of N. Wales, Dave aka Rolo's last moves were to practice his karate hand moves until the drugs took over and much against his will he was euthanized while held down by staff and his exs kids, I know and swear on my life this is the whole truth because I was there and witnessed the TAIL END OF HIS Life I heard him shouting NO TAKE IT AWAY, I DON'T WANT THAT, I WANT TO GO HOME. Then the exs kids kids went off to spend our money leaving me with an overdraught they created, some scum do not deserve to breathe and self defence was Dave's last efforts to protect himself from being put to sleap with the very drugs he hated, the drugs he fought to keep out of the night clubs in North Wales, and Southport, I am Mrs Jacqueline Rowe and proud but also will live forever with the guilt that I could do nothing to save such a beautiful man's life without attacking people his ex had presented as his children? Hope they buy a bad batch and leave their children as orphans because that is the best thing that can happen, it would continue David's work teach them the lesson David tried to teach his students, about drugs and drug dealers. In memory of his teacher Gary and his partner John Perks, no grave to mark his life, nothing but an overdraught caused by evil drug taking murderous monsters. David might not but:- I WILL HAUNT YOU FOREVER
David had paid in advance for his funeral and for a burial in North Wales, but the lying bstds did exactly the opposite cremated him. No grave no stone but he did LIVE and will live on in the hearts of those who learnt from his teaching and he WILL LIVE ON in the truth, and in the hearts of those who loved him, and those who respected him.
@@chrisl1601 please send details of dvd with Gary Spiers footage. glennkerr5@googlemail.com
This guy used to put people in cement boots.
Gary spiers was in the butcher and animal slaughter game. Did he do that job as something he went with the flow or did he do to improve his fighting technique?
honestly i really dont know, dennis martin or terry o neil are two people who could possibly give an reply, as they knew him very wel.
Did he ever discipline the nunchuks?
Anyone on here big into martial arts and bouncers? I have a question. Both Gary Spiers AND Lenny McClean talk about getting a corset put on (to protect a back injury) a long way from home so that any troublemakers don't know they're injured. Now I don't believe in such coincidences. So are one of these guys copying the other's story, or did this really happen to both?? Anybody know?
Did Gary Spiers like anything else which is nothing to do with martial arts? For example cooking, art golf?
Hi alan, Not really sure, but i did read he had a great admiration for the japanese way of life and culture.
I wonder how Gary would fare on the streets against UFC types of fighters.
Yep interesting point. I'd like to think he would Destroy them. I find it fascinating with all these military/street fighting styles that they have not been used in some form in the UFC.
I know eye gouging and groin strikes are not allowed but I have yet to see a broken arm or leg from a strike. My thinking is that they are banned by the likes of the UFC due it potentially ruining their business model.
Let's be honest, though, if someone's going to head butt you, you're not going to have enough time to do the second move 😂
That's were perceptive training comes into play.... keep up. I would place a very large bet on the fact that everything he taught was used many many time in real life before hand.
@@philcliffe6909I disagree. Keep up.
@@chooselife5863 You disagree that he didn't use those techniques whilst working the doors all around the world for decades.... 'really'?
@@philcliffe6909Keep up
Frank Brennan best at karate in Liverpool
Did Gary Spiers lift weights or try boxing?
Hi alan, i'm not sure, but i read he worked in the meat industry when he was younger and did wrestling, so i guess that would be similar in his ability to lift and handle bodymass. If you could contact dennis martin or terry o neil, i bet they could give you a more truthful account, thankyou.
@@mraizu999 Thank you!
@@mraizu999 He had definitely boxed and i had seen him lift weights ,
Grate man had the ability to make people believe in themselves
He is missed
@@gerrykilduff8373 Self belief one of if not the greatest gift a man or women can own! It's lacking in modern day life!
@@gerrykilduff8373 you the gerry that used to cycle for vc halton?
Lol
I wouldn't rate gary as an instructor from what ive seen him,what worked for him is very dependant on his experience and size and mindset.Its certainly not karate
That goes with everything in life, including trying to string a sentence together.
@@philcliffe6909 for a system to be a good self defense, it has to work tegardless of size or strength to a large degree and nobody would call whats show here karate.
Gary was a supreme instructor & created his own style which was adapted for street and other violent encounters it was designed to end a confrontation or situation in the quickest possible time as he didn’t want to be rolling around in the floor where you’d get your head kicked in he’d say also designed for fighting multiple people it was called Applied Karate Gojuryu. He taught in Wallasey, Merseyside & I still practice & study his original. Gary Spiers Applied Karate. He taught mentality, techniques and the mental side of fighting. A true warrior and supreme martial artist & instructor. R.I.P. Gary Spiers 👊🏽❤️
@@tbrtbr2865 I used to do Applied Karate with Gary Sandland, one of his students. Unfortunately we only used to drill a small amount of what he taught. I believe Gary was writing a book about the style before he died. Would have been great to have seen it.
Wouldn't last 5 mins against a trainer BJJ practitioner karate vs BJJ only one winner fact been proven time and time again
In a pure BJJ event, yes, and I’m sure he would have agreed with you…but Gary came from environments of EXTREME violence, often in restricted spaces & with the threat of multiple attacks or weapons
It’s worth doing a little research about him and his life. Some of the situations he found himself in would turn your stomach
Garry trained JJ too, do you not think he was pretty good at it ?