During today’s class, we’ll be taking a look at an important aspect and skill for students working on the attainment of Shodan (with the goal to be “very” adept by Nidan),

In this class you will: Learn how your emotional state governs your natural body movement so you’re not fighting yourself while trying to fend off his attack! How to tap into a

During today’s class, we’ll be working through a few of the Koto-Ryu kata in our Mastery Level 1 curriculum for those students focused on attaining their Nidan (2nd degree Black Belt),

In this class you will: Learn how to see your weapons as “tools” so you’re NOT caught by the same limiting beliefs that your attacker will have! How to overcome

During today’s class, we’ll be focusing our attention on improving Gyaku / Kansetsu-waza (‘reversals’ / ‘joint locks’), with a special focus on Hon-Gyaku (‘principal reversal/lock’).

In this class you will: Learn why “the dojo is NOT the fight environment,” and why true self-defense Mastery lies in the 90% of the art that you WON’T learn in

In this class you will: Learn the 3 Stages or Opportunities for Defending Against an Armed Assailant Drawing a Weapon to Attack You! The Single Biggest Key to Defending

We’ll be looking at adding in some “unwritten rules” of our kata needed to make them “street-ready.”  These are critical aspects of your training, especially for those aiming

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 –

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