Tensho Goju Circuit Training

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

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

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

Self Defense 101 applications - Front Bear Hug Attack 1

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

Self Defense Workshop - Taking Authority, Final Review

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

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