BLITZ MAGAZINE, VOLUME 21 - NO. 6

CONTROLLING THE BEAST, BOB JONES

What was it that made Master Bob Jones - former globetrotting bodyguard, pioneer of Thai boxing in Australia and architect of one of the country's biggest martial arts organisations - want to go to Portugal to fight a bull?

Last issue, he described the bull-fighter's budo-like ritual battle and the warrior attitude of these unusual men called matadors, who risk their lives against a horned beast weighing over 600 kilograms.

Here, Jones reveals what happened when he stepped in the arena and faced a charging bull to test the 'Enter, Pass, Control' (EPC) concept - the result of five years' training in aikido - that's now at the forefront of Bob Jones Martial Arts (BJMA).