Secrets of the Kunoichi
Want to know why this is the perfect martial art for women? Look no further. An-shu Rumiko Hayes teaches you why size and speed don’t matter, and how you can defeat larger, stronger attackers.
-
-
Ground Fighting II
Master Norris and An-shu Hayes take you through answers to even more challenging ground situations, giving you tools and techniques to defend, control, and end the fight, as well as drills to help you polish your techniques.
-
Getting Started with Meditation
Shihan Mark Sentoshi Russo introduces you to the concepts, principles, and techniques of a basic meditation practice. Learn how to gain clarity, focus, and achieve a calmness of mind that will help you reduce stress in your daily life.
-
Ground Fighting I
Learn fundamental ground defense skills from Master Norris and An-shu Hayes. This course covers common ground attacks, core defenses, ways to reposition for control, and ways to create space to escape.
-
Deceptive Takedowns
To-Shin Do Master Instructor Mark Sentoshi Russo clearly teaches you the secrets of the Ninja Leg Trap called ashikake. This incredibly practical and immediately applicable course provides sneaky, unexpected and easy-to-learn principles for this must-have technique in your self-defense skills arsenal.
-
Magical Escapes
Explore some of the key 6th Degree To-Shin Do Black Belt principles and techniques with An-shu Stephen K. Hayes.
-
Kuji Kiri
An-shu gives a from-the-heart explanation and interpretation of training in spiritual protection power projection for martial artists. This is the ninja legendary Kuji Kiri, showing Initiation into Kuji Kiri Grid of 9 Syllable Slashes.
-
Flexible Weapon Snares and Captures
Master Mark Sentoshi Russo teaches you the essential principles of snares and captures using flexible weapons, such as the ninja kusarifundo.
-
Essential Rear Hip Throw Training
This self-defense course focuses on proper fire elemental taisabaki (body positioning) for a minimum-effort, maximum-effect expedient end to this very common and dangerous attack.
-
Unarmed Defenses Against Knife Attacks
Master Norris and An-shu Hayes guide you through defenses to common attacks, knife-holding details, body positioning, and several drills designed to sharpen your awareness and self defense capability.
-
Fire Responses to Lead-Cross Attacks
This self-defense course focuses on proper fire elemental taisabaki (body positioning) for a minimum-effort, maximum-effect expedient end to this very common and dangerous attack.
-
Gyaku Nage Kata
The Kuki Shinden Ryu taijutsu exercise Gyaku Nage was most likely originally taught as a way to learn to fight an adversary in Japanese samurai armor. That is how my teacher first taught it to me in Japan in the 1970s.
-
Sword Mastery Series - Happo Giri Kata
The principle of ‘cutting the cut’ looks like a simple way to win when your adversary underestimates you, but you need bravery, precision, and well-practiced skill to make it work. We show you the secrets for Happo Giri as part of our dojo’s program for earning 4th Degree Black Belt.
-
Safe and Realistic Training
Double your martial understanding in half the time. Learn to be a good uke (attacker). The role of the attacker is one of the most misunderstood aspects of martial arts training. This course teaches you how to be a realistic attacker and accelerate your learning with every punch you throw.
-
Getting Started with the Bo Staff
Learn core fundamentals, exercises, strikes and defenses using the rokushaku bo (6-foot long staff). Master Russo explores the some of the possibilities available from Seigan No Kamae and breaks them down into easy-to-learn lessons.
