Essential Rear Hip Throw Training
This self-defense course focuses on proper fire elemental taisabaki (body positioning) for a minimum-effort, maximum-effect expedient end to this very common and dangerous attack.
Course Category: Basic Access
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Unarmed Defenses Against Knife Attacks
Master Norris and An-shu Hayes guide you through defenses to common attacks, knife-holding details, body positioning, and several drills designed to sharpen your awareness and self defense capability.
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Fire Responses to Lead-Cross Attacks
This self-defense course focuses on proper fire elemental taisabaki (body positioning) for a minimum-effort, maximum-effect expedient end to this very common and dangerous attack.
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Sword Mastery Series - Happo Giri Kata
The principle of ‘cutting the cut’ looks like a simple way to win when your adversary underestimates you, but you need bravery, precision, and well-practiced skill to make it work. We show you the secrets for Happo Giri as part of our dojo’s program for earning 4th Degree Black Belt.
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Safe and Realistic Training
Double your martial understanding in half the time. Learn to be a good uke (attacker). The role of the attacker is one of the most misunderstood aspects of martial arts training. This course teaches you how to be a realistic attacker and accelerate your learning with every punch you throw.
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Getting Started with the Bo Staff
Learn core fundamentals, exercises, strikes and defenses using the rokushaku bo (6-foot long staff). Master Russo explores the some of the possibilities available from Seigan No Kamae and breaks them down into easy-to-learn lessons.
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Knife versus Knife
Learn the fundamentals of knife-based self defense in knife versus knife situations. Master Norris and An-shu Hayes guide you through defenses to common attacks, knife-holding details, body positioning, and several drills designed to sharpen your knife skills.
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Water Responses to Lead-Cross Attacks
Master Mark Sentoshi Russo teaches you how to develop your body’s natural flinch responses in scientific ways to defend against a surprise lead-cross combination attack.
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Roots of Confidence
Master Mark Sentoshi Russo teaches you the ninja secrets to body positioning, attack-stops, strikes, alignment, and kicks that work with your body’s natural movement rather than fancy athletic techniques.
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Path to Mastery
Techniques to understand the wind element will bring you closer to your To-Shin Do Black Belt. Body positioning, kamae, and timing are the keys to success.
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Lineage Study
Lessons from the scrolls of Gyokko Ryu, Koto Ryu, Takagi Yoshin Ryu, Shinden Fudo Ryu, Kukishinden Ryu and Togakure Ryu for advanced understanding of the roots of To-Shin Do.
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Advanced Self Protection
Explore Water and Fire elemental taijutsu and add alignment and timing principles to your self defense training.
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Foundations of Self Protection
Learn how to defend against the most common assaults on the street with An-shu’s Foundations of Self Protection course. This is a great place to begin training in To-Shin Do.
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30 Minutes to a Happier Healthier You
Health and fitness are foundational cornerstones to a happy, fulfilling and productive life. These reasonable and effective 30-minute workouts will quickly have you feeling better in many ways.
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Advanced Front Throws and Concepts
Harai-Goshi, the “Sweeping Hip”, technique, and Tai-Otoshi, the “Body Drop” technique. Two advanced front throws and their possible applications.
