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Wu-Shin TodeJutsu is, in these modern times of highly commercialised
and hybridised recreational combative sports (such as karate, kung fu,
etc.), a rare 'complete' system of civilian combat and self-defence
which can be used effectively against single or multiple, armed or
unarmed assailants, at all levels of conflict-intensity.
Based on a seamless interface of traditional Chinese and Okinawan
civilian-defensive systems (with long histories of validated
effectiveness) Wu-Shin TodeJutsu imparts practical percussive,
grappling, and weapon oriented skills, while teaching the underlying
principles of conflict management, and emphasising personal growth.
Briefly, the system of Wu-Shin TodeJutsu incorporates punching,
striking, kicking, checking, intercepting, seizing, locking, trapping,
clinching, grappling, takedowns, throwing, falling, pinning and
pressure point skills based on the principles of avoiding, entering,
rebounding, evading, pivoting, rooting, restraining, immobilising,
harmonising or yielding responses to conflict/attack.
Our curriculum also includes the use, offensive as well as
defensive, of a wide range of traditional and modern weapons,
including, but not limited to:
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the Okinawan weapons of Nunchaku, Bo, Sai, Tonfa and Kama;
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the Japanese weapons of the Katana and Jo; and
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the Filipino weapons of short sticks, knives and machetes.
Structured training in Wu-Shin TodeJutsu also enables our practitioners
to achieve and sustain excellent levels of health, physical and mental
fitness, cardio-vascular endurance, functional physical and mental
strength, and flexibility - while learning the basics of anatomy,
physiology and nutrition.
Wu-Shin TodeJutsu is perfectly suited to the more mature man
and woman wanting to achieve all-round proficiency in a caring
atmosphere emphasising self-control and respect for one's own well
being and that of fellow students during training. We recognise that
our personal, social and business responsibilities obviously require
intelligent training methods (supported by the appropriate levels of
self-discipline), reducing the risk of personal injury to acceptable
levels. Our methods of teaching separate us quite clearly from mere
pugilistic activities.
Our instruction proceeds, on a one-on-one basis for each
student, in small well-formulated classes, from the 'external/hard' to
the 'internal/soft' systems to a perfectly integrated balance of the
two extremes; always aligning with the individual's own on-going
development and maturity. Personal guidance proceeds at the pace
dictated by the capabilities, understanding, and rate of progress of
each student, while constantly emphasising the three important elements
of Health, Self-Defence/Conflict management, and Personal Growth.
We encourage a mind-set to live life with every breath; live in
the moment; take responsibility for our actions; and to foster Respect,
Sincerity and Compassion as expressions of the emotionally mature
individual. Wu-Shin TodeJutsu is more than a combat art, more than a
system of self-defence - it is to its practitioners… a way of life.
Classes are available at our Hombu dojo.
STUDENT ELIGIBILITY: We have two distinct categories of students…
Cadets - 13-19 years of age;
Candidates - 20 years and older.
"From self protection to self perfection"
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