I trained with frenchy at liverpool FSK
alfie lewis club
had some great fighters- andrew boyce, peter o para
french was one truly fucking hard bastard, and a sadist as well.
his original karate instructor was gary spiers- the maori- the hardest bloke I have ever known. your old man is right about frenchy. i remember when they used to do the doors on hardman st- plummers, hardys etc etc
then they got the cream contract and the rest is history.
alfie's club produced some seriously good fighters- the training was intense and very real in an era when it used to be semi contact with the likes of lau gar dominating.
alfie came off second best against frankie brennan in a straightener. we've had our share or martial artists/ fighters/ boxers for a relatively small city