During this evening’s class we will be looking at a few of our throw-counters from the curriculum for those intending to go from Shodan to Nidan (1st – 2nd degree black belt).

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05-16-2023 – Throw Counters

We’ll be looking at “reverse-engineering” a few kata examples to get a better understanding about how they work to teach us street self-defense, based on what I covered during this week’s Warrior’s Whiteboard Wednesday session.

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05-12-2023 – “Reverse-Engineering” Kata

If you’re in the martial arts and/or self-defense training realm, I’m sure you’ve heard the argument being thrown around that says: “Kata don’t work on the street for fighting or self-defense”. But if that’s true, then why did the past masters-combat veterans many times over – create them and pass them down to us? During

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e159 – KUDEN! – The “Kata Don’t Work” Argument

Can you use martial arts kata for self-defense? That’s the focus for a lot of people across two different “camps” or school’s of thought. During this episode of Warrior’s Whiteboard Wednesday we’ll be taking a look at what kata are, as well as what they are NOT when it comes to using them for real-world

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Kata for Self-Defense?

During this evening’s class we will be looking at a few of our gyaku-te (‘hand reversals’) and nage (‘throws’)… while using the hanbo, short stick weapon.  So please bring a hanbo, or reasonable alternative to class with you.

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05-09-2023 – Gyaku-te and Nage with Hanbo

We’ll be looking at some examples for gun retention & disarms, based on what I covered during this week’s Warrior’s Whiteboard Wednesday session. If you missed this week’s episode of Whiteboard Wed, you can watch it here for reference before class: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxTAJGHx4n0&t=6s

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05-05-2023 – Handgun Retention & Disarms

The advanced gun defense skills of disarms and retention – arguably the most overlooked gen defense skill sets – are critical if your serious about learning how to protect yourself in self-defense situations involving firearms. During today’s episode of Warrior’s Whiteboard Wednesday, we’ll be looking at scenarios where weapon disarms and weapon retention skills are

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Advanced Gun Defense | Disarms & Retention

During this evening’s class we will be covering what was supposed to be covered in last Friday’s Shinobi Kai class, but no one showed up for class other than Shidoshi Whistler and I. To make sure those who paid for the Friday Virtual Class get what they paid for we will cover it tonight in

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05-02-2023 – Striking Unseen Points

Your brain is wired to protect you from death or perceived death/danger. This includes both instinctive, hard-wired things like not letting the saber-toothed tiger eat you, all the way to guarding against what you tell it you’re afraid of. During this episode, we’ll be taking a look at the lessons I received regrading just “how

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e158 – KUDEN! – Red Pill / Blue Pill Decision-Making