Karate-jutsu
or the Art of Karate is an ancient and brutally effective
method of self-defence that addresses the standard types of attacks that have
plagued man kind for thousands of years. Learning how to respond dispassionately to unwarranted aggression requires
self-empowerment and Karate-jutsu training promotes this by developing a
person's inner-calm, concentration, discipline & self-control.
To understand how such an effective form of
self-defence could possibly
exist, it is necessary to first understand this civil defence system's centuries of evolution. In
developing Karate-jutsu, its pioneers realized very early that a response to
being grabbed by the hair from behind needed to be different than the response
to being tackled around the waist. They concluded that in order to defend
themselves effectively they needed to develop different defensive strategies to
handle different situations. As a result the arts creators categorized the
standard forms of attack into 36 different habitual acts of physical violence.
Over hundreds of years of trial and error, they developed the brutally
effective responses to each type of attack.
Karate-jutsu
training consists of two person drills, where one of the
participants re-enacts one of the 36 types of attacks while their partner makes
use of the most brutally effective defensive techniques. Once a student
learns enough of these sequences of defensive techniques, a kata is created to remind the student
of which defensive techniques are appropriate for a given set of attack
scenarios. The kata is created by first removing the attacker from the two
person drills so that the defensive techniques are performed without a
partner. Each one of these sequences of defensive techniques is then chained together
to form a
solo exercise called a kata. As a result, the kata contains the secrets of the appropriate
location, tool, angle, direction and intensity of the defence which is required
to address a given attack scenario.
"On Ko Chi Shin" - To study the old is to understand the new.
Realizing that the secrets to truly effective
self-defence are hidden in the
classical kata, we are focusing our resources along with those of the International Ryukyu Karate Research Society
towards re-discovering, analyzing, improving and imparting the original principles upon which
the kata are based. For a more detailed explanation on the theory and application of
traditional kata please click on An
Art With A Thousand Faces.
The Karate-jutsu we teach is based on a defensive tradition known as Koryu
Uchinadi Kenpo Jutsu.
Koryu Uchinadi Kenpo Jutsu is a non-competitive, totally application-based defensive
tradition compiled into a single cohesive study. It also provides a
provocative alternative to conventional methods of physical fitness and stress
management. Balancing the tradition's brutally effective self-defence is
its moral philosophy which is supported by the Shaolin code of conduct: "Avoid
fighting at all costs. However when no other choice is available, hurt
rather than be hurt, maim rather that be maimed, and kill rather than be
killed." [1] Our Koryu Uchinadi Kenpo Jutsu training comes by way of
Sensei Patrick McCarthy of the International Ryukyu Karate-jutsu Research Society.
For an overview article on the Karate-jutsu we teach please click on Koryu
Uchinadi or for a comprehensive article please click on Thinking
Outside The Box.
[1] Patrick McCarthy, Ancient Okinawan Martial Arts: Volume 2, Tutle
Publishing.
Karate-jutsu
or the Art of Karate is an ancient and brutally effective
method of self-defence that addresses the standard types of attacks that have
plagued man kind for thousands of years. Learning how to respond dispassionately to unwarranted aggression requires
self-empowerment and Karate-jutsu training promotes this by developing a
person's inner-calm, concentration, discipline & self-control.
To understand how such an effective form of
self-defence could possibly
exist, it is necessary to first understand this civil defence system's centuries of evolution. In
developing Karate-jutsu, its pioneers realized very early that a response to
being grabbed by the hair from behind needed to be different than the response
to being tackled around the waist. They concluded that in order to defend
themselves effectively they needed to develop different defensive strategies to
handle different situations. As a result the arts creators categorized the
standard forms of attack into 36 different habitual acts of physical violence.
Over hundreds of years of trial and error, they developed the brutally
effective responses to each type of attack.
Karate-jutsu
training consists of two person drills, where one of the
participants re-enacts one of the 36 types of attacks while their partner makes
use of the most brutally effective defensive techniques. Once a student
learns enough of these sequences of defensive techniques, a kata is created to remind the student
of which defensive techniques are appropriate for a given set of attack
scenarios. The kata is created by first removing the attacker from the two
person drills so that the defensive techniques are performed without a
partner. Each one of these sequences of defensive techniques is then chained together
to form a
solo exercise called a kata. As a result, the kata contains the secrets of the appropriate
location, tool, angle, direction and intensity of the defence which is required
to address a given attack scenario.
Realizing that the secrets to truly effective
self-defence are hidden in the
classical kata, we are focusing our resources along with those of the International Ryukyu Karate Research Society
towards re-discovering, analyzing, improving and imparting the original principles upon which
the kata are based. For a more detailed explanation on the theory and application of
traditional kata please click on