Manabimasho1

I pay $35 a month for my training. My master is well known for not being rich too.

AMEN , I am glad to see another real martial artists out there, I get flamed and bashed for saying that. Our style teaches a student a move slow and then after a long time they know it. Then we have them use the move in a simulated real fight where the guy flys at them throwing lefts and rights in wild punches and often times you cant just DO THE MOVE. you have to parry, dodge, combo hit or move around to soften them up and then you ONLY DO THE MOVE if its there for you. NEVER CHASE IT. We do demos all the time and ask students from other schools to do thier Counter techniques how they were taught but we get up there and do the move for real, I have yet to see a student counter the move from another school. They freak out and get hurt because they were trained to counter such bear hugs, grabs, and chokes from a guy barely holding them and not struggling. Any Martial Arts Dojo should teach thier moves in realistic terms so the student gets over the fear factors, and learns to take up the distance, and learns to take what they can instead of Chasing after a move from a oppenant who resists.

I deal with the Advertising for our dojo, I am not the direct master over the school but I am one of 4 Instructors. My wife does the money handling and all the paperwork aside from teaching moves. I have lately been using Free forms of marketing out our school using the following. Placing flyers about school and style under windshield wipers of cars at highschool parking lots and walmarts. Doing Demonstrations for the community during fairs and stuff. Before and during the Demos I have a team of people pass out flyers telling where when and what the style is and directions to the fair grounds or festable if they are far away. We give out lil buisness cards about 10 to each student in our Adult class who is brown belt and above- word of mouth to friends is great. I also place flyers up at grocier stores on thier "Postings Boards" I have at times done demonstrations with my Grandmaster for Boyscouts and Church groups as well and we give everyone 3 flyers to take home about our school so that it stays in buisness.

I dont see why you posted this thread, you are basicaly saying you are discouraged because those students with more time in are better then you. For some reason I noticed alot of older men thinking that because of thier age they have some rights or titles or more skill then the younger ones with more time in. There are girls in our adult class who sparr full contact no gloves, no rules with the newcomer guys who are 3 times thier weight and the girls eat em up. These female students are very much in shape, and not fat or bulky looking like some of you may be assumeing too. 5.7 130 pounds and lethal.

Most people don't know it but Samurai would go through a ritual of training that would have them get in funeral clothes, fake a death while the Samurai was in a trace meditation and bury the Samurai. After burying them the Samurai would be dug up by others and the Samurai's master would use some so called Magical Words like " I call upon death to give me a warrior who shall not die" Then the Master would grab the Samurais hand and signify raising the dead. This along with the Bushido Code brainwashed the Samurai to the mentality to ignore pain and not fear death because they were already dead. Some schools still practice this ritual along with some magical rituals in beliefs of empowering the student Samurai with powers over death.

Never heard of it..is there a website to them, and do explain what they do, Sounds like they reinact fights and battles in armor and clad@! if so where do i sign up

Any style or school that does not teach thier moves in fast paste, hard hitting, struggling attackers is unrealistic. Any style or school that teachs to block a punch when the other student is aiming 3 inches from your ear, or kicking 4 inches from your body is unrealistic. Any style that doesn't teach atleast 5 counters to every one move or hold is unrealistic. Any style or school that has an Instructor who DOESN"T sparr with his or her students is unrealistic. Any Instructor that can be beaten by thier students under 20 years studying under them is unrealistic and you should seek a real master. And don't act like you don't know schools that do these things. We travel all over and have yet to find 1 school that is realistic other then ours. Especialy the part with hitting or kicking and not actualy trying to aim or hit the other person.

yes, I wrote a long post somewhere on here about what Bushido orignaly was, and the history of how the Masters became landlords and warlords and used the Samurai to go off and kill thier enemies and tenants like they were dogs. The Samurai were known for a ruthless tactic which involved using flaming arrows and firing them into a house of unarmed civilians, the samurai then lined up around the house with thier swords drawn and either the civilians stayed and burned in the house or they ran out screaming and were cut up. The babies were not even killed they are thrown down wells full of water alive to end the seed of that family. Yes I know about them and Our bushido code is written down somewhat although we do practice submission to your master, but our code displays such laws to help guide the individual to making desicions of thier own. But we do have a rule to Guard our Grandmaster or Master of our schools if attacked at all cost including jumping in the line of an attack. This helps to promote our style and keep it alive. Other then that main rule we have done away with the rules stating to "Listen to master even when you are asked to kill another or yourself" And the secret thing seems to work.........ask people about Ki/Chi/ or the death touch or PP....most people tell you hogwash about it, or say it doesnt exist, and then they point you out to some website that tells you to memorize some chart lol........I would rather the world disbelief in my techniques then know they exist.

Well I didn't care that you said my first name....but that comment up there is gonna have people crying for crap now in PM's lol.........shhhhhhh. Superchick, dont worry about what others think on here, I don't need you to back me up, but I do appreciate it *bows*.

Ok yeah its not easy to explain. The Imperial Temples of Japan is what is left from teh old ways of japan the Emperor and all that. The World Head of Family Sokeship Council is a group or federation of martial artists come together to speak bout how they all can provide help for the future of marital arts. They also do demos, give out awards and so The two are not the same but the Imperial Temples of Japan reconizes the W.H.F.S.C. and there are requirements that must be meet to to be accepted into the W.H.F.S.C. After your style or you get into the WHFSC then comes the regestration with the Imperial Temples. Many styles are reconized by the W.H.F.S.C. but not with the Imperial Temples. Our style is reconized by both. Basicaly its like being knighted in england only this is from Japan. Basicaly its just a bunch of rights, titles and certificates, which mean nothing in todays world. But some people perfer to have creditentals and we provide em. The other comment about Manabi Masho Jujitsu being founded is true, the basis for Jujitsu is to progress in battle and stay aware of what is happening never becoming stagnant. Our Grandmaster saw that other Jujitsu was not staying true to this and he decided to branch off. When he did so he explained his natures were to both stay true to the old ways and come up with faster better ways for Jujitsu to work. The W.H.F.S.C. has him on the 51st seat. Basicaly look at JKD......Bruce Lee orginaly wanted his idea to be an idea, not a style. JKD though is becoming a grounded style and not adding stuff.......JKD was suppose to be a mma and adapted to the self. IF a JKD stuider says he wants to create what Bruce Lee intended all along and he goes out and makes a style called Tao Bruce Lee JKD then he is both Gone back to the source and original plan, and also branched out making a new style. The Bushido Comment is one that is tricky. Bushido is only given out and studied through me I am the Admin on the website, I have the blessing of my Grandmaster to teach its ideas and laws so that we remember where we are going and where we come from. But My Grandmasters style is tough and hard, most people can't cut it especialy during Belt testing. Because of its stress and due to the fact we are in America we have to keep the schools atmosphered family, friendly at times, instead of a strict disaplined way all day. The Bushido Code is very demanding and some of it is posted on our website. Basicaly Now the Bushido code is a extra part of class that is only taught to black belts and above right now. Our idea is to perserve our style and make it very hard to beat, and we find its often hard to keep people in the school because we train in alot of realistic manners, and begginers get roughed up. I hope that clears it up...sorry for all the confussion

yeah if its free take it hehe......nothing beats that.

Yeah man Chris Hunter is Ashida Kim, .......he has so many alias its not a freaking wonder someone hasn't killed him and just assumed one of his identities lol. He signed up at the Steven Hayes seminar, and under another name too lol. Steven Hayes is from the Iga Clan, but right round the time Steven Hayes got popular all the Ninja clans and schools formed up into Bujikan for thier own well being so they put it. But basicaly there are like 3 or 4 groups....but they all go through Bujikan now. The only problem with Bujikan is that you can get multiple teachers and thier styles are so far apart it's insaine. I have went to a few instructors demos and each ones style was as differnt as karate to Capeoria. I am not a big fan of that movement or Bujikan because I think they messed up royaly. Iga and Koga clans however are legit and should have just broken off and went thier own ways.

Learn to use the natural pockets of the body as our style calls them. the Only time we grapple is when we are sweaty and sometimes shirtless. Like when grapping the forearm, slide down to the wrist. they are bigger and you should be able to hold him unless he does a counter wristgrab. If you are choking him and cant get it because he is sweaty I would have to see that to believe it. I do it all the time and have no trouble. Maybe you just need more practice I guess. As for figure fours, headlocks, and neck cranks it can all be down easily with training and you have to get a feel for the body yours and your oppenants.

They are a huge waste of time just like a wooden stand up dummy due to the following. a. A dummy doesn't move and react to pain or leverage. b. A dummy doesn't counter you so you can't learn to counter a counter. c. A dummy doesn't give you a feel for how a jointlock should feel d. A dummy doesn't give you a feel for how holds or submissions feel. e. Throwing a dummy doesn't work as throwing a person. Leverage! f. When down grappling you can't see the actual open spots . g. You will never be fighting a dummy so why train with one. h. When you combo hit a dummy it doesn't react and move with the hits. I. if you ever groin hit then, spinning backfist a dummy in the head you need to stop because noone will be hit in the balls and have thier head in the spot that you aim for when spinning back fisting the head. Ohhh man I could go on and on and on and on.

I wouldn't have used the word "Defended" it can get you questioned and in trouble. I too have served time in the jails and been in situations with cops. As long as only your attacker was armed you are usualy in the clear but I still watch my words very carefully