John Simmons, defending, said Mr Corti, who served with the Royal Engineers in North Africa from 1956-58, had received minor injuries during the confrontation.
McCalium was found guilty of aggravated burglary at a trial in March, during which he had claimed he could not remember the incident.
Mr Corti, who was with his wife Margaret at the time, dodged out of the way of his attacker's lunge and punched him, giving him a black eye and a split lip, before subduing him. McCalium assumed it had been made by Mr Corti - who won the National Association of Boys' Clubs Championship in Birmingham when he was 16 - and broke into his neighbour's home at 8am the following day. McCalium, a barman, was having a rowdy party at his house on August 18 last year when police turned up after a complaint from a neighbour. Oxford Crown Court heard the break-in was the culmination of a long-running dispute over noise between the neighbours, who live in Botley, Oxford. If you can't defend what's yours, where are we at?' He was jailed for four and a half years yesterday after a judge told him he had 'got what he deserved'.Īfter sentencing, Mr Corti said: 'I was scared when he first drew the knife but most people would have acted in the same way. The pensioner then restrained him until police arrived. The blows were so powerful that McCalium, who had just lunged at Mr Corti with the knife, was left looking like he had been in 'a car accident'. Senior citizen Frank Corti, 72, a former junior boxing champion is still a bit handy with his dukes.Īnd when he spotted the aforementioned intruder, Gregory McCalium, in his hallway he sprang into action and delivered two right hooks.
Gua with Liao Wan Fu (Tian Jin) and Fu Shu Yen (Taiwan).A knife-wielding burglar had a shock when he attacked a pensioner in his home - and discovered his victim was a retired boxer. Yong (Song Shi Rong Xing-Yi) Wong Shu Sheng, Ge Guo Liang, Liu Shu HangĪnd Li Xue Yi (Gao Yi Sheng Ba Gua Zhang). Zhang) Gao Ji Wu (Beijing Gao Gamily Ba Gua) Li Gui Chong and Song Zi Masters including: Zhang Hua Sen, Wong Shu Tong (Liang Chen Pu Ba Gua Where he studied both medicine and martial arts with many different Tom has taken numerous trips to China and South East Asia Study Chinese medicine and Xing Yi Quan, Ba Gua Zhang and Tai Ji Quan with He competed inįull-contact tournaments in New York's Chinatown and tied for first placeĪs Co-Champion in the Senior Instructor Division at the 1st National ArnisĬhampionships in Cebu, Philippines, in 1979. Pares Eskrima under the late Filemon "Momoy" Canete. He has studied Pekiti-Tirsia Kali under Leo T. Aīlack Belt in Isshin Kempo at 17, he continued his study of the martialĪrts while completing a BA in East Asian studies at Columbia University. Tom Bisio began his study of the martial arts at age 14. Includes applications of each posture and their changes.
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Key practice from which many of the other skills in Ba Gua are derived. Concepts - V 1 Ding Shi - Tom Bisio | Size764.68 MBĬovers Fixed Posture (Ding Shi) Ba Gua Zhang and applications.