Sijo will be teaching a knife defense workshop at 10am saturday september 26. Sijo will cover how to defend against slashes, stabs, and holds. This workshop can save your life. If you have friends who would like to attend please bring them. It is $25 and must be paid in advance.
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On saturday October 24th Sigung Dan Suchon will host us for a full day of martial arts in his beautiful school in Clute,Texas. This will be non stop classes from 9am until 4pm and a Chinese buffett after that.
We will be caravaning down Friday and staying either at a motel or at Sigung’s house. Make plans to be at this fantastic event.
On Thursday October 1 we will resume the wearing of our full Gi (uniform). This consists of athletic shoes, pants, t shirt, and Jacket . These will be worn all class unless told otherwise
On saturday September 5th we will have a self defense class from 10am until 12 noon. This class is for everyone who wants more confidence knowing that they can handle any violence that might come their way. We will teach conflict resolution, Green-Orange-Red Zoneing. Blocking, Escaping, Countering, Distruction, and more. Who should come,anyone 13 and over .This is a FREE FREE FREE Workshop so what have you got to lose?
Don’t forget,tomorrow we will have a two hour stick and knife workshop starting at 10am. In this workshop we will teach The Figure 8 System of stick work. This simple but effective style teaches striking,blocking, disarming, throwing ,choking and finishing techniques. This class is available for adults and Kids alike. and will run for one hour.
Part Two is our Knife fighting workshop which will teach both attack and defense with and without a knife. This section is one half hour long.
Part Three is Espaday Dagga Stick and knife. This fantastic art will teach you how to use both weapons simultaneously. Fantastic.
The cost for kids is $15 and the cost for Adults is $25. See You there.
On saturday September 5 we are having a two hour self defense class for men and women. This class is offerred FREE to the public and will cover both theory & practice. We’ll teach you avoidance, danger signs, de-escalation, pro active parinoia, escapes, and counters. As there have been numerous attacks in recent weeks we suggest you learn to protect yourself and your family. This class is for ALL adults, men & women so if you know someone who can benefit from it by all means invite them. Have them call 462-0900 to reserve a spot now.
This saturday August 1st at 10am Sijo will host the 3rd Women’s Self Defense Workshop at Sanders Black Belt Academy. The workshop will consist of conflict avoidance, the psychology of violence, self defense against grabs, chokes, and strikes. Over the years we have had dozens of ladies attend this class and happily it has actually saved some of their lives.
If you know some one that could benefit from this then pick them up and bring them. You could just be saving another life. Call 462-for directions. It’s FREE so the price is right.
This last saturday’s Sijo Clinic went amazingly well. Our guests included 9th Degree Karate Grandmaster Michael Sullenger who led us through the “Mechanics Of Kicking”, 7th Degree black Sash Grandmaster Dan Suchon who taught Vital Point Attacks and Modern Arnis, 6th Degree Black Belt Master David Borowitz shared Hapkido and Krav Maga giving insight into the gentle and not so gentle ways of protecting yourself.Newly promoted (At the first of the Clinic) 6th Degree Black Sash Master Juli Hartmann taught Animal Fighting (No animals were injured during this class ,only people, just kidding), 6th Degree Black Belt Soke Dai Patty Sanders taught the bow and applications from Mozong One, and I (Sijo) taught the most used Chi Gong form of Karate and Kung Fu alike “Sanchin” as well as a combination of Wing Chun and Silat throwing and locking. The day ended with about 30 of us going to the “China Star” resteraunt for some great food. Saturday was a day filled with , sweat, grimaces, grins, laughter, and downright fun.
As a student at SBBA you know we do frequent workshops. What we want to know is what you would like to have a workshop on? I’ll give you a list. Just tell me in class.
Wing Chun, Hsing I, Bagua,Tai Chi,Aiki Ju jutsu,Silat,Savate,Acupressure,Qigong,Massage,Staff,Samurai Sword, Nunchaku, Etc.
Just let us know and if we forgot something tell us that too.
A million years ago I was a Kickboxer and a Full Contact (Chinese Rules +no rules) fighter. One of the key elements was endurance. We ran stairs to improve our speed,strength, and explosiveness.We sparred for upto thirty minutes non stop,we would combine road work three to five miles intersperced with 100 yard sprints flat out, we ran uphil with weights or a training partner on our back, we did marathon ab work (thousands of repetitions), we did circuit training with the weghts (Yeah tell me weight training isn’t a cardio workout), Then we’d do rounds of just getting beat on to get used to the endurance it takes to survive and thrive. Now for you people who want to forego the beating and don’t have time for the 6 day a week program we have Cardio Kickboxing as we call it now (We have a class at 6pm on monday & wednesday Try it out)It’s great. Just ask Daren.