03-10-2023 – Spear, Sword, and Unarmed Taijutsu Connection

We’ll be learning about the connection between the spear, sword, and the Ninja’s unarmed taijutsu and how that can help us progress towards mastery faster as I covered during this

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03-07-2023 – Two Aspects of Skill Proficiency Pt 2

During tonight’s class, a “part 2” of sorts, will be a continuation of last week’s topic on the two aspects of the skill proficiency paradigm that I covered

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03-03-2023 – The Two Sides of Training

We’ll be looking at the two sides of training that I covered during this week’s Warrior’s Whiteboard Wednesday session! If you missed that episode/lesson, you can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZ0GWk0S1a0&t=121s

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02-24-2023 – Combat Striking for the Street Part 2

We’ll be looking at more elements of combat striking for the street… all based on this week’s Warrior’s Whiteboard Wednesday session! You can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lk_whtXhRg4

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02-21-2023 – “No-Handed” Defense

During tonight’s class, we’re going to be looking at the advanced skill of “no-handed defense.”  This means that, for whatever reason, we cannot use our upper limbs for

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02-17-2023 – Combat Striking for the Street Part 1

We’ll be looking at street-ready combat striking where the goal is to shut the attacker’s body done as quickly, efficiently, and effectively as possible… all based on this week’s

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02-14-2023 – Energy & Feel of the Fight from the Elemental Modes

During tonight’s class we’re going to be exploring the “energy” and “feel” of the fight – specifically from the perspective of “fighting like (or ‘in’)” each of the elemental modes

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02-10-2023 – “Blocking” & Receiving Attacks

We’ll be looking at the different categories of “blocking” and attack-receiving that give you more options and begin controlling your assailant from the outset of his attack… all based

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02-07-2023 – Three Primary Aspects of Kamae Pt 2

During tonight’s class we’re going to take another look at kamae – kind of a “part 2” – to the class I ran two weeks ago for the

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02-03-2023 – Reverse Engineering Locks, Holds, & Throws

We’ll be looking at how to reverse engineer our locks, holds, and throws in a way that goes beyond mere self-defense to produce intended, strategic outcomes – based on

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