CapitalKarate

As usual, I recommend Crossfit.com. For GPP, it's the best program you can use.

well, I got an e-mail back from one of the instructors at the dojo. The questions I asked him were basically; 1. I want to go into LE/Miltary, do you teach techniques thata re aplicable to this kind of career? 2. Do you teach all aspects of fighting? (striking, standup/ground grappling, joint manipulation, throws, etc..) 3. What contact level of sparring do you practice? 4. Do you condition your body to prepare you for a strike to your body? His answers, 1. Danzan Ryu will serve you very well as a LEO. Many of our black belts have worked with prisons and LE agencies to provide training for officers and guards, and several of our members are or were involved in the military or law enforcement. If you do a little "google" research on Danzan Ryu, you'll find that it's a fairly young martial art, and was developed with effective self defense in the modern world in mind. There are techniques in our curriculum that deal with a variety of defensive situations: multiple attackers, knives, guns, batons, etc. It's a very well-balanced art. Our teachers are also careful to help you understand the implications of self defense, and attempt to give you the tools you need to evaluate and hopefully avoid or defuse difficult situations. 2. We have techniques in all the areas you describe. Danzan Ryu Jujitsu includes all these things, and our teachers also augment Danzan Ryu with training in Karate (to improve your kicking, punching and blocking) and Aikido (to improve your balance, speed, timing and footwork). We also have a separate Judo class that puts a lot of emphasis on ground work, so you would have the opportunity to train in Judo and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (that's where a lot of the ground work they teach comes from), if you joined the Salem Budokai. 3. We occasionally do sparring in Jujitsu, but it's formalized randori rather than full contact fighting. The Judo class includes a lot of randori. We also occasionally spar in karate, but those sessions are few and far between. Randori gives an opportunity for you to try your techniques in a full-resistance situation, but is not any kind of full contact training like you'd see in a UFC or PRIDE match. 4. We do core conditioning and strengthening exercises, and occasionally work with a heavy bag, but we do not spend a lot of time hardening the body; it's our hope that by learning jujitsu, you will be able to blend with or avoid attacks coming in, rather than blocking them directly or allowing the blows to land. So what do you guys think, from what limited knowledge you have does it sound legit? I think I'm going to also join their judo team also for the grappling and extra throwing if I don't have to pay extra.

ugh, i've yet to be able to complete that one. Are you a part of the forums also? if so whats your sn?

Supergalactic........... YOU ROCK! Are you a part of the crossfit family also?

200 pounds isnt much at all.

If you clicked the media section of the dojo in salem they seem to practice sparring of some sort, i'm guessing full contact because half contact graplling doesn't make sense. Also they have photos showing students practicing judo throws and ground techniques and it looks like full contact, which was one of the questions I asked the sensei in the e-mail i sent him, do you practise full contact sparring?... still awaiting his answer.

No one?

Shidoshi means?

I believe the instructor would be called a Sensei due to it being a japanese art.

Well, I'm biased against all single body movements, but I'd have to look into this before I et my own real opinion about it.

There are a few budo taijutsu dojos near where I'm moving to, I was going to take it but they told me that they don't perform sparring of any kind because it's "too dangerous with out techniques"...*. It's been proven so many other times that those arts who practice all contact styles of sparring, with emphasis being on full contact, will most always dominate those arts or schools that don't.

I found a Kodenkan Danzan ryu Jujitsu dojo at a local ymca at where I'm moving to and they are affiliated with Jujitsu America. I have a few questions about this whole thing... 1. How good is danzan ryu as a self defense art? Do they practice sparring and what style contact if they do, is it a complete art? 2. Does anyone know about the salem Budokai dojo? 3. Does anyone know anything important about jujitsu america? Here's a few links in regards to the dojo, The school itself- http://salembudokai.com/ The schools affiliation- http://www.jujitsuamerica.org/ Also what do you guys think about cross training in this and kajukenbo at the same time? Logically I would think it'd be fine considering this is the style of jujitsu/judo that kajukenbo incorporates into its' style. Josh

I'm only slightly familiar with hypertrophic training, could you explain what it is best you can?

lol, basically, it means, if the car looks like a ferrari (very very fast/flashy/expensive brand) but has the engine of a 30 year old ford escort, what good is it? Meaning, if you do isolating exercises meant to work one muscle at a time and get loads of mass, but don't teach your muscles how to work as a team, meaning you have nothing to show for the mass aside from looks, what good is it? And besides, if you train properly for functional fitness, you WILL add mass. And it's all mass that can be used to the fullest.

e&k, I think you mean to say olympic lifters are among the most functionally elite, olympic lifters are the ones generally known for their sprint speed and jump scores. But powerlifters are in incredible shape as well, specially the students in WSBB. I would hate to get into a fight with one of those guys.