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Seminar arriving soon covering Outdoor Defense Tactics

2011-12-22T11:06:00.000-06:00

Outside attack and defense counter by Shodan Nettie Felder.

Street Smart Self Defense Seminar, December 10, 2011

2011-12-10T22:15:00.000-06:00

There were a variety of self defense applications illustrated this afternoon from front chokes, rear chokes, side grab, cross body wrist grab, bear hug, wrist grab and a handshake.

Bo Warrior Workshop, October 1, 2011

2011-10-01T21:00:00.001-05:00

Many of the students from the Tensho Goju Academy took the opportunity to attend the Bo Warrior Workshop in Lawton directed by Hanshi Felder.

View Photo Slide Show here. https://picasaweb.google.com/109475288868307141659/October22011?locked=true#slideshow/5658889673007511266

Cardio Fitness kick Boxing - Total Body (Abdominal segment) 8 Sep. 2011

2011-09-08T11:19:00.000-05:00

Cardio Fitness kick Boxing - Total Body (Lower Body segment) 8 Sep. 2011

2011-09-08T11:17:00.000-05:00

Cardio Fitness kick Boxing - Total Body (Muscle Strengthening segment) 8 Sep. 2011

2011-09-08T11:15:00.000-05:00

Cardio Fitness kick Boxing - Total Body (Upper body segment) 8 Sep. 2011

2011-09-08T11:12:00.000-05:00

Abdominal conditioning video clip 27 Jul 11

2011-07-28T08:11:00.001-05:00

Here is a short clip from my Cardio Kick Boxing class yesterday. Please enjoy the 8 minute session.

http://www.youtube.com/embed/lXwuk8Cw2A4?rel=0

Tensho Goju Empty Hand Kata's

2011-07-12T14:13:00.001-05:00

The Tensho Goju kata's are all listed in the Tensho Goju Instructor Manual available on our website. However, a list of each kata along with the belt level assignment is listed below. Kata should never be rushed, but practiced daily for perfection and understanding of each movement. The execution of movements required balance, power, control, breathing, focus and proper application of technique. Each movement in kata serves a particular purpose. Therefore, it is imperative to train kata as much as possible and practice bunkai for a greater understanding of the interpretation of each move.

Basically, there are six (6) under belt kata's that are solely birthed from Tensho Goju, which illustrate acute movements and techniques circulating the system. In addition, there are five (5) associated kata's derived from Goju Ryu, which gives an overall total of eleven (11) empty hand kata's in the Tensho Goju system.

White Belt - Sunrise
Green Belt - Sunset
Purple Belt - Twisiting Clouds / Butterfly / Storm
Brown Belt - Tensho (Heavens Breath) / Seiunchin
Black Belt - Kururunfa
Black Belt 2nd Dan - Shisochin
Black Belt 3rd Dan - Sepai
Black Belt 5th Dan - Suparinpei

Workshop - June 2011, Step by Step Technique Illustration

2011-06-04T19:17:00.000-05:00

Fitness in the Park featuring Cardio Fitness Kick Boxing with Thomas Felder

2011-04-13T14:51:00.000-05:00

On April 9, 2011 Master Felder woke the Lawton community with one of his dynamic Cardio Fitness Kick Boxing routines "Total Body" as part of the Fitness in the Park Lawton/Fort Sill community event. This training session consist of rigorous exercises targeting all the major muscles from the upper to lower body and topped off with a fears abdominal session that strengthens the total core of the abdominal area. It was a good morning with the perfect atmospheric conditions for training, said Felder. The training session went on for 50 minutes with three 40 second pauses to check heart rates and water hydration. Felder is the founder of Cardio Fitness Kick Boxing, which he created in 1994 and introduced on his Time Warner Cable show. Felder teaches a weekly free Cardio Fitness Kick Boxing class at Honeycut Gym, Fort Sill every Wednesday at 11:40 am. Pictures of this event will be posted on the tenshogoju.com photo album and flickr at http://www.flickr.com/photos/masterfelder/sets/72157626351343557/. Additional photos can be sent per request to your email by emailing Thomas@tenshogoju.com.

How many calories are burned during my Cardio Fitness Kick Boxing sessions?

2011-01-26T14:09:00.000-06:00

Cardio Fitness Kick Boxing engages upper and lower body, as well as the abdominal area for a high-intensity workout. Although the intensity levels vary with which target area I focus on for each session you will still feel the results of strength building, body toning and burning a significant amount of calories.

According to the American Council on Exercise, a person weighing 155 lbs. will burn 469 calories after 40 minutes of performing a martial art or cardio kick boxing session. By comparison, a person weighing 120 lbs. will burn 363 calories from the same amount of activity. Also, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an average person, defined as weighing 154 lbs., will burn an estimated 150 calories for every 25 minutes of cardio kickboxing.

Take note to my Cardio kickboxing target areas on our website at http://www.tenshogoju.com/.

Cardio Fitness Kick Boxing

2011-01-19T14:08:00.000-06:00

Wow... today was a very helpful workout and I really appreciate all those that take their time to join in on my weekly lunchtime Cardio Fitness Kick Boxing workout session. As I mention in the training session... "You really motivate me"! I can easily recall training for many years on my own and when I was tired or reached a point of exhaustion my training period would end. Granted, I would train at various intervals according to my-self motivation, which usually ranged from one to two hours at most. However, as I began to increase in age and responsibilities of family life my private workout sessions declined from daily to a few times a week. Therefore, when I open special aerobic training sessions for public participation, it is for me to help you look and feel your best and on the same token the sessions benefit me equally. After all… we are not getting any younger, so as we fuel our bodies with food we must also conduct maintenance to keep it functioning at its best. God bless! Thomas

Self Defense 101 applications - Double Wrist Grab 2

2010-08-28T15:44:00.002-05:00

Defense illustration agains a double wrist grab - palm cross technique

Self Defense 101 applications - Double Wrist Grab

2010-08-28T15:30:00.003-05:00

Defense application against a double wrist grab - pressure point technique.

Self Defense 101 applications - Single Wrist Grab

2010-08-28T15:19:00.003-05:00

Defense illustration against a single wrist grab.

Video recorded by Thomas A. Felder (6 years old)

Tensho Goju Circuit Training

2010-08-27T13:17:00.002-05:00

One of the training highlights for this month involved muscle strengthening were students had the opportunity to meet various training introduced by Hanshi Felder, along with his circuit training session. This particular training session included some additional equipment to enhance the activities, such as the Total Gym, abdominal machine, cement center block, and an abdominal wheel. Students were required to train at each station for one minute and then rotate to the next follow on station completing two cycles on the first training period. The target goal for each student will be five one minute rotations through five stations and three rotations through seven stations. Additionally, Hanshi will include dumbells, jump rope, chair, and tiger claw ring. Click on video for the first session http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fByPU4-mUE

Tensho Goju Woodline Training

2010-08-19T21:17:00.003-05:00

Tensho Goju Fighting Tigers (youth) woodline training consisted of a rigorous physical workout and various self defense applications of aiki jitsu. Illustration is that of a hook sweep take down defense against a punch.

Self Defense 101 applications - Frontal Bear Hug Defense 2

2010-08-11T20:18:00.002-05:00

Master Felder illustrates a defense against a frontal bear hug above the elbows.

Self Defense 101 applications - Front Bear Hug Attack 1

2010-08-11T19:58:00.002-05:00

Master Felder illustrates a defense application from the front bear hug attack positioned below the elbow.

Self Defense Workshop - Taking Authority, Final Review

2010-08-01T23:03:00.004-05:00

Thank you for attending the Self Defense Workshop and allowing me to share my skills by blessing you with some beneficial countermeasures against armed attackers. My workshops are of variety and usually never follow the same lesson plan. Therefore, the next workshop will focus on totally different approaches by an assailant, so be sure to sign the guestbook or send an email that your name can be added to the next workshop calendar announcement.

Pros and Cons to Realistic Training

2010-07-30T15:33:00.006-05:00

Teaching martial has always been one of my greatest highlights throughout my 37 years of martial arts training. I enjoy sharing my skills and always consider myself blessed to be a blessing. I've trained over a thousand students and earned the respect of each one from youngest to oldest. My training antics have never changed from the time I opened my first dojo in 1983 regarding full contact approach in self defense and reality training. This would involve illustrations of defensive techniques and allowing my students to apply the techniques on me after I attack. I've taken a great deal of physical abuse through the years with eye gauges, kicks and knees to the groin, throws, finger and joint locks, scratches and head butts to the face in order to ensure students achieve the level of confidence to deploy the techniques in a life threatening situation and survive.

Click on the photo to the right and view the MMA magazine footage with Grandmaster Ron Van Clief and me training two brutal days of ground fighting tactics. Always a student of the martial arts regardless of title, rank or position.

Many have asked when I will stop allowing my body to be used as a human practice aid. Well, I guess the appropriate answer would be when it stops allowing me. Have a blessed day, Hanshi :-)

Interview with United Kingdom Martial Arts Illustrated Magazine

2010-07-27T10:59:00.004-05:00

Self Defense 101 applications - Rear Lateral and Slap Wrist Application

2010-07-17T01:23:00.003-05:00

Self Defense 101 applications - Rear Lateral and Hook

2010-07-17T01:05:00.003-05:00

Self Defense 101 applications - Low Cross Block Defense

2010-07-17T00:51:00.002-05:00

Self Defense 101 applications - Hook Arm Defense

2010-07-17T00:42:00.001-05:00

Self Defense 101 applications - Cross Step and Sweep

2010-07-17T00:30:00.002-05:00

Three Phase Lateral and Defense Applications

2010-07-16T22:19:00.002-05:00

Step by step illustration of Felder's Tensho Goju Three Phase Lateral movements consisting of side step, rear lateral and cross step movements.

Home Training Program for Remote Students

2010-06-10T08:30:00.002-05:00

All, Felder Hanshi has launched his new home training program under the Student Resources icon located on the main Tensho Goju home page. This new resource will enable students to review and learn techniques that Hanshi illustrates month by month. In addition, remote students will recieve DVD's through the month to be viewed on their large television for a larger view of the applications. Remote students can now click here to view the training videos.

If you wish to learn Tensho Goju, just complete the Enrollment for on the main page and select Home Training Program. God bless.

Fighting Tigers - Youth Class

2010-05-20T22:38:00.004-05:00

The Tensho Goju Fighting Tigers is a highly motivated training session combined of male and female youths in ages 8 through 15 years of age. Students learn the no-nonsense physical, mental and spiritual aspects of Tensho Goju as it relates to self defense and conditioning. Classes are taught by Grandmaster Thomas Felder every Tuesday and Thursday at 5:45 pm.

Home Training Program - Defense Knee Drop Application

2010-05-15T22:48:00.004-05:00

Enroll in the Tensho Goju Home Training Program and receive up to date illustrations of monthly student training sessions, along with step by step video footage of Tensho Goju Aiki Jitsu and Self Defense.

Chair Defense Application with Thomas Felder Hanshi

2010-05-15T19:46:00.003-05:00

Master Felder illustrates three scenerio based self defense applications from a chair seated position.

Nunchakas Basic movements of Tensho Goju

2010-05-15T17:12:00.004-05:00

Follow through with the basic movementsw of the nunchakas with Thomas Felder Hanshi. Techniques shown are derived from the Tensho Goju system. Practice slowly for proper development of application and skill.

Office Fitness Break

2010-05-10T09:13:00.004-05:00

All, I have introduced the public to my new fitness plan for the office environment. Naturally, the training can be conducted at anytime and any location with internet capability. Nevertheless, my intent is for the office with minimum space. In addition, the exercises I introduce will not produce excessive sweating, so there will not be a need for an immediate shower after the training (smile). Actually, each session will not exceed 10 minutes. My goal is to give employees an alternative outlet from routine smoking and over eating at the desk. The training sessions will target the upper, middle and lower body muscles with sessions in muscle conditioning, muscle strengthening, and relaxation.

Equipment requirement: As I mentioned previously with my scope of the Office Fitness Break being a short office workout session, which means there will be no special equipment required other than the basic office furniture e.g. desk, rotary chair, books, and a telephone.

Finally, I will do my part in posting a five day work week training session for you to work. Please, take the ten minutes and work the plan... you can do it! Also, let other office workers, friends and families in on the free training sessions. Click on this link for the training http://www.tenshogoju.com/officeworkout.html . Don't forget to let us know how you enjoyed the training by signing our guestbook. Have a blessed day.

Self Defense 101

2010-03-19T13:23:00.004-05:00

The Self Defense 101 lunchtime training workshop launched today as a kick off session. The official start of the weekly classes will begin on April 9, 2010.

Today's training focus was on breathing, evasive foot work with Felder's Tensho Goju 3 stage lateral movement pattern, along with blocks. Students were introduced to the back lateral, lateral side step, and lateral cross step. Furthermore, the applied steps were combined with the side palm block, rising block and palm up block. See video clips for review and practice.

Peacemaker Self Defense Workshop

2010-03-19T08:17:00.004-05:00

Students of Cameron University in Lawton, Oklahoma had the opportunity to engage in an extensive hands on Self Defense Workshop with Grandmaster Thomas Felder and Luis Lopez. Techniques delivered were based on sudden grabs from various approaching directions. Felder's methodology is quite unique when it comes to presenting his self defense workshop, as his techniques delivered are carefully catered to the participating audience. Specifically, simple assaults, date rape, obnoxious behavior resulting in physical grabs and pulls are more prone to be experienced in a college campus, as well as rape, said Felder. Therefore, techniques against purse snatching would not be a focus point for college self defense workshop. Felder routinely illustrates defensive applications and the students are given the chance to apply each technique in a realistic form as the Masters attack them aggressively. Felder believes in realistic training, and for this cause you will never see him wearing protective garments during his self defense teachings.

Tensho Goju Demonstrations and Self Defense Workshop Kick Off

2010-03-14T03:32:00.007-05:00

Tensho Goju is kicking off with a bang in 2010, with Self Defense Workshops and Demonstrations making news headlines. Felder has been blessed to be a blessing in sharing his talent with the Lawton and Fort Sill Community, along with his assistant Luis Lopez Colon, which began training at the Tensho Goju academy in late January. It is truly a unique period in having two Grandmaster's of Goju with same rank working side by side with the same focus. Hanshi Lopez is a Chaplain for the US Army. Since his arrival at the Tensho Goju Headquarters he has assisted Hanshi Felder with the Self Defense Workshop at Cameron University and the Total Self Defense Workshop at Fort Sill. God is good! Read News Article on the following link: Page 1 Page 2

Cat Fighting Strategies

2010-03-14T01:50:00.003-06:00

Illustrations of Cat Fighting strategies is the quarterly focus for the Tensho Goju headquarters. The goal will be to focus on the proper distribution of weight in a stabilized cat stance and applying offensive and defense technigues to engage and counter strikes. The following Techniques used will be as follows:

Offense
Front kick, low palm block, sunfist, round kick, stepping side kick, spinning back fist.

Defense
Sunfist low palm block, palm up block, bong so, low palm and rising block, palm up block.

Round Kick Defense APD 16 Feb 10

2010-02-17T08:25:00.002-06:00

Hanshi illustrates defense tactics against a round kick using Advanced Psychophysical Drills (APD). Complete illustration will be available to registered students under the Videos link on the Tensho Goju website.

Felder Hanshi welcomes Goju brother Luis LopezColon Hanshi

2010-01-30T13:13:00.002-06:00

We are truly blessed in Lawton Ok to have another Goju Master onboard. We welcome you brother Lopez and may our efforts continue to be a blessing.

UP & CLOSE with Master Thomas Felder

2010-01-20T08:39:00.002-06:00

The following linked video is a compilation of many events from the past to present with Master Felder. At the end of the video is a scrolling credit log where Felder gives credit to his teachers Ron Van Clief Shidoshi, David L. Wynn Kyoshi, James E. McCall Kyoshi, Freddie L. Giddens Kyoshi, & Master Michael Dials. His greatest honor is to God that gave him the strength and ability to endure the decades of training and the wisdom to be a light in sharing his talent to the world. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2zbQf8PmpU

Who is the Master

2010-01-03T13:59:00.003-06:00

The Christian Center Drama team performes a comical scene derived from the film "The Last Dragon" transposed to present an intricate message, click on the link to view.
Who is the Master

Virtues of Tensho Goju system

2009-10-14T19:06:00.003-05:00

Love - Love God and others as yourself and never hate.

Joy - Enjoy life and be happy. Keep joy in your heart.

Peace - Shelter yourself in peace even when it is absent.

Patience - Don't rush through life... take your time.

Kindness - Display kindness with words and actions.

Goodness - Overcome evil with good and show respect.

Faithfulness - Have faith in God and yourself... be true.

Gentleness - Never be self centered... think of others.

Self Control - Don't give up, don't give in. Never quit!

Felder's Cardio Fitness Kick Boxing on DVD

2008-04-20T19:18:00.005-05:00

Felder extends his Cardio Fitness Kick Boxing to the world by way of DVD. Purchase your home training series at the incredible low price of $9.95 each, plus tax and S.H. Access the Cardio Kick Boxing link for preview.

Felder’s series include:

- Fitness Challenge: This phase consist of the total body workout, with concentration on flexibility, stamina, strengthening, conditioning, and basic defense.

- Dynamic Abs: A rigorous abdominal training period that drills the four divided quadrants of the abdominal area producing rapid development in toning.

- Power Legs and Butt: A compilation of Felder’s swift leg techniques that result in leg strengthening, flexibility, power building and extreme tone in thighs, calves, buttocks, and hips.
- Glove Focus: This training series is accompanied by the use of 12oz. Cardio Kick Boxing gloves. This muscle conditioning phase develops muscle tone, punch agility and focus. First session available now, entitled “UPPER BODY”.

Order your DVD today. Send your request by email to hq@tenshogoju.com

Black Belt Recognition

2008-02-20T06:42:00.004-06:00

Hanshi Felder continues to take an interest in identifying instructors that have committed themselves to the teaching of martial arts and helping communities grow in discipline one student at time. He extends his gratitude by visiting martial arts schools and presenting outstanding instructors with a signed honorary Black Belt in Honors Award.

Encouraging students all over the world to press forward and never quit with full understanding that in due season they will reap if they do not faint. Felder looks forward to the day when students mature to the level of teacher (Sensei) and transfer their knowledge and skills to others.

Make a difference one day at a time, and let your light shine!

"NO FEAR" Defense with Authority

2007-03-30T18:42:00.000-05:00

Felder is internationally known for his dynamic self defense clinics. Offering workshops and clinics to businesses, organizations, clubs, schools, churches, and special groups. Inquire on how to establish a workshop in your community.

Cardio Fitness Kick Boxing

2007-03-30T18:41:00.001-05:00

Join in on Felder’s Cardio Fitness Kick Boxing lunchtime workout. This class is available to all soldiers, family members and workers of the Fort Sill community. See calendar for details and locations.

Close Engagement Tactics (CET)

2007-03-30T18:17:00.000-05:00

Close Engagement Tactics training is a compilation of eclectic martial arts applications conducive for battlefield confrontation. Training involves psychological warfare tactics, offensive/defensive hand-to-hand combat drills, and CTA-50 weaponry.

Home Training Program DVD

2007-03-30T16:49:00.002-05:00

Felder provides training to the public by way of his Tensho Goju Home Training Program (HTP) and online video student resources. The HTP DVD series will introduce all interested practitioners from beginner to the more advanced with knowledge and training applications essential for development in the Tensho Goju system. Moreover, remote practitioners will have the opportunity of belt advancement at the end of the training cycle. This is accomplished by two way communications between student and instructor via email, and video observation.

Contact the Tensho Goju Headquarters and begin you home training sessions today. There's no time like the present.

Preview video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0f3FUSGtuUE

Welcome Guest

2007-03-06T09:14:00.001-06:00

We welcome you to the Tensho Goju Headquarters blog.