Category Kentoshi

• Exploring Concepts - Fire Grabs

  by To-Shin Do Masters 8 Lessons in Basic Access, Fire, Fuutoshi, Kentoshi, Sentoshi, Team Taught Courses, Unarmed

  

  Shihan Kai Master Instructors Mark Sentoshi Russo, James Kentoshi Norris, and Dennis Fuutoshi Mahoney explore grab concepts from An-shu Stephen K. Hayes’ To-Shin Do Fire curriculum.

• Exploring Concepts - Wind Grabs

  by To-Shin Do Masters 16 Lessons in Basic Access, Fuutoshi, Kentoshi, Sentoshi, Team Taught Courses, Unarmed, Wind

  

  Shihan Kai Master Instructors Mark Sentoshi Russo, James Kentoshi Norris, and Dennis Fuutoshi Mahoney explore grab concepts from An-shu Stephen K. Hayes’ To-Shin Do Wind curriculum.

• Exploring Concepts - Wind Strikes

  by To-Shin Do Masters 16 Lessons in Basic Access, Fuutoshi, Kentoshi, Sentoshi, Team Taught Courses, Unarmed, Wind

  

  Shihan Kai Master Instructors Mark Sentoshi Russo, James Kentoshi Norris, and Dennis Fuutoshi Mahoney explore concepts from An-shu Stephen K. Hayes’ To-Shin Do Wind curriculum.

• Seated Defenses

  by James Kentoshi Norris 16 Lessons in Basic Access, Earth, Fire, Kentoshi, Unarmed

  

  Ready and on our feet is the ideal place to be in a self-defense situation. However, life is good at throwing challenges at us at less than ideal times. This Seated Defenses course teaches several examples of how we can win, even from a seated position.

• Decision Making Skills

  by James Kentoshi Norris 18 Lessons in Basic Access, Kentoshi, Unarmed, Void

  

  One of the most challenging skills to learn in the martial arts is how to make decisions under pressure. This course looks at how to break down decision making into several smaller skills that can be improved, then used to create effective defenses against unscripted, unrehearsed attacks.

• New Moment New Beginning

  by James Kentoshi Norris 6 Lessons in Kentoshi, Master Access, Unarmed

  

  The 5 D’s of self-defense, our five step process for solving a self-defense conflict, begins and ends with Discern. However this Discern isn’t just a beginning and end, but rather a continuous flow through the entire technique. This workshop by Shihan James Kentoshi Norris looks in detail at how each moment in a technique could […]

• Introduction to Shuko

  by James Kentoshi Norris 14 Lessons in Kentoshi, Master Access, Togakure Ryu, Weapons

  

  James Kentoshi Norris shares the foundations of the exotic ninja tool called shuko, or hand claws, turning them from a climbing tool into a hidden combat weapon.

• Exploring Concepts - Water Grabs

  by To-Shin Do Masters 15 Lessons in Basic Access, Fuutoshi, Kentoshi, Sentoshi, Team Taught Courses, Unarmed, Water

  

  Shihan Kai Master Instructors Mark Sentoshi Russo, James Kentoshi Norris, and Dennis Fuutoshi Mahoney explore grab concepts from An-shu Stephen K. Hayes’ To-Shin Do Water curriculum.

• The Five Ds of Self Defense

  by To-Shin Do Masters 5 Lessons in An-shu Stephen K. Hayes, Basic Access, Fuutoshi, Kentoshi, Sentoshi, Team Taught Courses, Unarmed

  An-shu Stephen K. Hayes and his Shihan Kai master instructors guide you through the five stages of a conflict.

• Exploring Concepts - Fire Strikes

  by To-Shin Do Masters 12 Lessons in Basic Access, Fire, Fuutoshi, Kentoshi, Sentoshi, Team Taught Courses, Unarmed

  

  Shihan Kai Master Instructors Mark Sentoshi Russo, James Kentoshi Norris, and Dennis Fuutoshi Mahoney explore concepts from An-shu Stephen K. Hayes’ To-Shin Do Fire curriculum.

• Exploring Concepts - Water Strikes

  by To-Shin Do Masters 15 Lessons in Basic Access, Fuutoshi, Kentoshi, Sentoshi, Team Taught Courses, Unarmed, Water

  

  Shihan Kai Master Instructors Mark Sentoshi Russo, James Kentoshi Norris, and Dennis Fuutoshi Mahoney explore concepts from An-shu Stephen K. Hayes’ To-Shin Do Water curriculum.

• Hanbo: Choking and Grinding

  by James Kentoshi Norris 19 Lessons in Advanced Access, Basic Access, Kentoshi, Teaching, Weapons

  

  Learn how to use a hanbo (Japanese cane or short stick) to create chokes and painful disrupts to control balance, distract and disrupt, and ultimately subdue an attacker. Shihan James Kentoshi Norris takes you through the foundations of two important hanbo skills; choking and grinding.

• Transitioning to Invisible Movement

  by James Kentoshi Norris 19 Lessons in Kentoshi, Master Access, Unarmed, Water

  

  To-Shin Do Master James Kentoshi Norris demonstrates a way to transition from core black belt skills into high level ninja movement that feels invisible to the aggressor, creating a defense they don’t even realize they should resist, until it is too late to stop.

• Hanbo: Striking and Shielding

  by James Kentoshi Norris 25 Lessons in Advanced Access, Basic Access, Kentoshi, Water, Weapons, Wind

  

  Learn how to use a hanbo (Japanese cane or short stick) to strike at a distance, to disrupt or put an end to an attack, and to protect yourself in close range situations. Shihan James Kentoshi Norris takes you through the foundations of two important hanbo skills; striking and shielding.

• Hanbo: Locking and Leveraging

  by James Kentoshi Norris 25 Lessons in Advanced Access, Basic Access, Kentoshi, Water, Weapons

  

  Learn how to use a hanbo (Japanese cane or short stick) to turn an attacker’s energy, or even their own skeleton, against them. Shihan James Kentoshi Norris takes you through the foundations of two important hanbo skills; how to create locks and how to create leverage.