Street Self Defense

The most important difference in this sytem is that right up front from Day One you are learning to protect yourself from the Street Thug, Bar Brawler, Mugger, and Rapist. You learn how they pick their victims and how they fight, not how a black belt would attack you, but how they will attack you and you learn to defend against their style (street style) attacks from DAY ONE not after four years of training.

Traditional styles that I have studied in over the years had long complicated movements, or exaggerated movements that wasted motion and took decades to become proficient in. So after having the experience of actual street fights I threw all wasted motions out the window and took pieces of the most effective techniques and movements from several of those styles and modified them to be Modern Street Effective Self Defense tools. Add to that the power delivery methods of those styles with Practical Psychology, Profiling, Scenario training, and Actual Person to Person training and you have a Street Effective Self Defense system called Modified Martial Arts.

I have trained in mostly traditional martial arts that have taught me alot of great things, but effective Self Defense wasn't one of those things. I had to adapt what I learned on the street to make it from day to day growing up in California. I learned a lot of things about fighting about the justice system, street punks, and Self Defense real fast and real hard.

Classes are very relaxed and very un-traditional it's a laid back environment with questions highly appreciated. I'm more interested in getting you to the point where you can protect yourself and are in good physical fitness than anything else. YOU will never know when the need will arive to use what you know. And that need will arise, but it's up to you whether you came prepared for it or not. No wood floors or special uniforms here.

No katas or Forms to learn here, they were designed to hide their training from their oppressors. We have no reason to hide our training so we work things in a progressive manner starting with basic delivery and economics of motion leading to working it on a bag and a live person, it's the best method to learn to use and apply tools (techinques) properly and at the right times.

There will never be any more than eight students to a class. It gives me the opportunity to give you more personal attention. And make sure that you are learning at a good pace. I care about the quality of instruction that my students get and want you to succeed in your training.

By learning the hard way what works and what's just pretty I can teach you more effectively. We Rarely do any kicks above waist high. My reasons are all from personal experience on the STREET.

I believe in overall fitness, you'll be doing some serious sweating with techniques and drills, but there really are no 4:00 minute rounds with chain link fence on the street, to prepare for. There are no 220lb grapplers just waiting to break your bones in a joint lock. There are no perfect form punches coming at you from the front. That's the Ring! On the street it's sloppy and quick and 'He'-'They' want the advantage before he strikes, once he has that your at his mercy. There's no Ref to break it up! And few people want to get involved.

I have a great respect for players that risk life and limb and climb into a ring to prove their arts, but it is still a sport with rules. I guarantee that the guy/s trying to mug you has/have no rules in mind either.

After training in this sytem you will walk away Confidence, Physically Fitness, and a whole lot more knowledge to help keep you safe. I teach effective harsh technique that applied properly with proper focus, attitude, and training will STOP all violence so that you CAN reach safety.

You will learn above all else to never be taken by surprise. Through increased visual awareness, perception, and intuition. I will teach this through your testing periods, field trips, and regular class Q&A sessions.

I know, you want the good stuff right? You will also learn the physical side of Self Protection. Including Striking vital areas of the body for effect and at more advanced stages learning throws, joint locking techniques, and some common chokes. See 'Modified Martial Arts' for details

You should wear loose fitting clothes and a good light pair of sneakers. I will of course remind you that the clothes I suggest are for training only, and that you should ideally think of what you wear most of the time outside of training. For instance what you wear to work every day. Your Self Defense has to adapt to everything around you including what you wear the most throughout your day.

We do have a rank system after testings you will be given a certificate of Rank. Don't mistake what I'm saying these are estimates below, everyone goes at their own pace. Everyone is different, you earn rank not by time spent training in my class as much by skill aquired in that minimum amount of time. There are eight levels of skill. When you start you, start from the bottom and move up from there. Testings are held every Three Months.