I practised Goju Ryu under Sean Reich but gradings were done by Gary. During my brown belt grading, he took me out to demonstrate shuto Uke. During the demonstration, he kept encouraging me to hit him harder. By the time we were finished, I was hitting him in the neck as hard as I could. I had hit him 30 times. Hi simply patted me on the shoulder and said "!00% for effort digger " Not only was he the real deal he was also a gentleman.

My uncle worked with Gary and said he was a amazing character who knew his stuff.

very hard man everybody that worked with him and for him respected him rip digger

Used to work the doors around the north west this guy.Long leather jacket,very menacing fella.You can still hear plenty of stories about this guy around the merseyside area...bit of a legend outside of martial arts aswell.

Never forget a man like Gary Spiers, I have heard first hand accounts about him. There is a lot of talk about so called hard men and tough guys this man was as real as it could be! And it is obvious from this clip he knew how to brawl and he knew how to apply Karate. A true legend RESPECTS.

Gary Spiers, Steve Morris both trained in Goju Ryu in Japan, they are the only two that cut out the waste in my karate systems. Make no mistake this man was as tough as you will find. Thank you for sharing.

WOW do i remember these. The Maori aka Dig. Jeez its been a few years since i heard his name. Back in the 80's and early 90's when i trained under him. We had some "Special" friends back then, sadly all past away. Man the stories lol. R.I.P Dig!

Gary Spiers was a seriously tough man, missed by all. RIP Digger

I worked for and with him in Chester for 2yrs. An absolute wealth of knowledge, incredibly polite and totally ruthless when it was required. He was dropped off a few times in a Renta kill van. Thought that was hilarious. Great great man. Great loss. Rest in peace Dig

Thank you so much for putting these clips up. I only found out about Gary years after he died, so this type of stuff is like gold to me.

Fantastic footage of the legend himself, thank very much for the upload, if you have any more please share with us, it’s much appreciated. Many respects to you and the man himself RIP.

I trained in this through Wigan doormen bloody great fun back in the 80s and 90s

I reckon Gary Spiers would have made mincemeat out of Paul Sykes or Lee Duffy. A dangerous man.

Great video ...Old school applied Karate.. some terrible dodgy tracksuits though ...I miss the 80s 😁💯👍🏻

true legend, missed by all. rip digger

Thank you for posting these videos.

That restraint he demonstrated where he has the arms behind the back where he states how to walk the oponent out works. I used it to throw some maniac out of Tesco!

I’ve trained with Steve Morris who was other level MA wise, he thought very highly of Gary Spiers. Also, in about 1974 I was training in Shukokai and would get together on occasion to train with a Shotokan and Goju guy, the Goju guy trained with Gary and was as mad as a cut snake.

love this ,, straight to the point no 18 strike combinations,, just real ,, thank you for sharing really enjoyed that :)

Here after Matt Leggs video. Wow this guy just comes across as a very dangerous man. Polite and charismatic but I can imagine a total animal when he had to be. These are the real tough guys not those who scream and shout about it however those who can turn it on like flicking a switch.

The fact he had a hard man class where the hardest were just students. That’s how hard he was

I am going to find the time to practice these moves!

I only trained for a short while with a nan called Ronnie and he was very friendly with Gary and most people in the know know he was not a man to worry about if you were just a Joe Public but if you have a agenda

I worked the doors in limerick Ireland worked with some hard shams.

Rip digger

Lmao anyone here seem Foot Fist Way?

And then there was Enoeda !

Burglekutt has got hands son! 😅

Ya understand=Fatality code.

This guy is unbelievable . I have just watched a Matt leg video. And that made me look who he was. That is crave margaret what he's teaching there isn't it

Would Sensei Gary of been able to take Mike Tyson in his hayday?

LOL Lugan

1:04 so this is where Rex Kwon Do got his training…

I'd rekon deadly dicker would give a good show against this master

Calling the guys gentlemen LOL he,s very edgy, everything he says is barked and its almost as if he hates everyone,even when interviewed he has this attitude,WHY do many of the instructors all have huge POTBELLIES crunches not working?

He sounds Australian or something. Thought he was from Liverpool