Set Side Foot is a concept that allows you to maintain kamae throughout all your movement whether striking, throwing or applying locks. Kamae is not a position to start from and then do techniques, it must be maintained the entire time while doing taijutsu. This course shows you how to set yourself to be in […]
All Kamae are Shizen No Kamae with an attitude. In this seminar you look at how the natural body position of Shizen No Kamae powers all kamae and movement. You learn how it controls all of your weapons, creates cover and even tells you when to strike naturally.
Any fight is two opposing energies coming together in conflict. At the highest levels, beyond just doing technique, the one who learns to embrace and control this energy connection will always be the winner.
Uki-gatame, or the “knee-on-belly” position strategies. Utilizing proper techniques and transitions to maintain positional dominance in a self-defense scenario that goes to the ground.
This is a powerful example of setting a trap for your opponent and springing to victory right when they are sure that you are beaten.
Historical weapons, like those today, had specific grips depending on their functional use. A naginata handle is different from that of yari for a reason. In this Sword Grip Seminar you will look at one type of sword grip and how your taijutsu improves immediately just by using it.
In this course, An-shu Stephen K. Hayes takes students through several examples of how to successfully break the form in order to win. Unarmed taijutsu, knife combat, and hanbo cane fighting are offered as examples of the concept of how to employ the special mind set of kata yaburi.
Join Shihan Mark Sentoshi Russo as he dives deep into the four primary secrets that lead to mastery of taijutsu. Sentoshi is detailed, demonstrative, and deliberate in these extended explorations of each principle so you can build them into your training at the root level.
Tomoe-Nage, the “Circle Throw” and follow up attacks. Using your opponent’s energy against them and how to follow up once they are down.
Explore how to apply Uki-Waza from a standing lock-up, if we find ourselves down on the ground and want to regain our feet, if an opponent tackles us, from behind our attacker, with a jacket to grab, and how to do it if we don’t have a jacket to grab onto.
Explore Yoku-To specifically from the “mount” position, where we can employ the same strategies on the ground that we practice in the standing version.
A cryptic teaching of the Togakure Ryu, the Zan-To Tonko no Kata, or So-To Tonko no Kata, makes use of techniques for escaping capture.
Teleport back to 1993 with this seminar from An-shu Stephen K. Hayes in Austin, Texas.
Explore fundamental truths, abstract ideas, and advanced applications that prove the ninja’s core belief – that size, speed, and strength aren’t the only way to win.
This follow along training session will provide you with a full body workout and allow you to train your “bojutsu” flows and transitions. The only thing you will need is your bo and some space. Let’s get started!
