This course covers grabbing attacks and limb restraints from the side and rear, as well as tackle takedowns. An-Shu Hayes and his instructors cover in depth technique details, drills, and target work, designed to give instructors tools to create dynamic earth level classes!
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Instructing Earth: Front Attacks
This course covers front striking attacks and limb restraints from the earth element. An-Shu Hayes and his instructors cover in depth technique details, drills, and target work, designed to give instructors tools to create dynamic earth level classes!
Instructing Water: Grabbing Defenses
Learn grabbing attacks and defenses from the water element. This course covers in depth technique details, drills, and target work, designed to give instructors tools to take water level classes to the next level!
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Instructing Water: Striking Defenses
Explore striking attacks and defenses from the water element. This course covers in depth technique details, drills, and target work, designed to give instructors tools to take water level classes to the next level!
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Magical Escapes
Explore some of the key 6th Degree To-Shin Do Black Belt principles and techniques with An-shu Stephen K. Hayes.
Kai Soku
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Kuji Kiri
An-shu gives a from-the-heart explanation and interpretation of training in spiritual protection power projection for martial artists, the ninja legendary Kuji Kiri. An-shu takes you through a step-by-step process for learning the mechanics of the ninja Kuji Kiri grid of 9 syllable slashes, setting you on the path of progress towards personally building protector power presence.
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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.
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Step by Step
- Begin with free tactical movement from the kosei no kamae.
- He executes a right punch.
- Counter with a left forearm hit to the inside of his right arm.
- Follow with a chin-ken fingertip spear to the lips.
- He counters by leaning his head back.
- You follow with a right kick to his left knee.
- He counters by pulling his left leg further back away from the kick.
- He continues with a left punch to your face.
- You counter with a right defensive strike to the inside of his left arm.
- Grab his left wrist with your right hand and execute a left chin-ken strike to his lips.
- He counters with a right defensive strike to the inside of your left arm.
- He sends his right back at you as a chin-ken to the face.
- You counter with a left defensive strike inside his right arm.
- Grab his right wrist with your left hand, throw a right chin-ken claw at his face.
- Grab him by the lips with your right hand, and throw him with a right leg osoto gake.
Sword Mastery Series – Happo Giri Kata
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To-Shin Do Happo Biken Happo Giri is one of the Kuki Shinden Ryu nine secrets of the sword as taught to Toshitsugu Takamatsu in late 1800s. An-shu says, “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, as I learned it in Japan from my teacher in the mid-1970s.”
Kamae Postures
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Introduction to Ukemi
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Path to Mastery
Techniques to understand the wind element will bring you closer to your To-Shin Do Black Belt. Body positioning, kamae, and timing are the keys to success.
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Ran-Sho
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Advanced Self Protection
Sneaky ninja timing, leverage, and angling to win against the odds
Advanced Self-Protection builds on the success-generation principles of personal confidence, ability to recognize potential danger, and capacity to respond effectively that you learned in Foundations of Self-Protection. Beyond grounded “earth-strong” stability and command, you now explore two more elemental possibilities.
Sui no Kata water element dynamics are the tactics of power and knowledge – the cool science of learning a secret for success and applying disciplined training to develop that secret into a skill. Learn to use strategic timing, distancing, and positioning to win over adversity, tactically shifting position whenever needed to facilitate a better angle on winning.
Hi no Kata fire element dynamics are the energies of committed intense focus – the razor edge of recognizing a problem as it builds, and intercepting at just the right moment. Learn to use split-second observation to generate explosive energy to jam an attacker with your timing, positioning, and leverage.
Foundations of Self Protection
How to defend against the most common assaults on the street.
Foundations of Self Protection is designed to provide you with a grounding in effective physical, intellectual, and emotional self protection – and provide you with an exciting excursion into the potentials of empowering self development. You are starting a quest for knowledge and skill through the 5 elements of potential.
The Earth element theme is personal vision and strength. Your initial challenge is to build a foundation for growth, setting training habits and patterns to pave the way for the rest of your martial arts career. You will learn the to protect yourself from the twelve most common attacks on the street in today’s world, and practice this under pressure when you’re ready to.
