Our Training

Students who attend our school are provided with training in a wide variety of skills, concepts, strategies, ideas and styles. On this page we attempt to provide a good overview of the type of material we cover, though this list is, of necessity, only a sample of what is offered.

Martial Arts Basics

All good martial arts systems start with a firm foundation in fundamental skills.  Included among these fundamentals are effective blocking, striking, movement, and kicking skills. We believe it is essential that students have a firm grounding in these basics and therefore offer hundreds of different kicks, strikes, blocks, and movements that students learn via our structured program. We also believe this is not sufficient.  As students become more advanced they are taught different ways to think of these fundamentals so that their repertoire of fighting and self-defense skills become essentially boundless.

Physical Conditioning

Through our training students develop essential strength, endurance and balance skills that help improve health, improve life, and  prepare the student for stressful situations and encounters. Students need not be in good physical condition to start training.  Physical improvements occur as a natural part of the training process.  Students are never forced to endure training for which they are not yet ready, but as students advance through the system they find that they are increasingly in better shape. Advanced students naturally become very physically fit.

Our physical training addresses all the essential elements of physical conditioning, including balance, stamina, strength, stretch, breathing, muscle speed, and overall toughness. Training is done in a slow and progressive way to help minimize injury potential and to allow students to gradually ease into a physically active lifestyle.

Mental Development

Another important aspect of most martial arts systems is development of the mind and spirit. Students in our school are treated with great respect, just as we wish to be treated in return. We instill in all of our students this sense of mutual respect, but we also encourage students to respect others outside of our school as well. We help students to develop a strong sense of discipline, an indomitable spirit, strong self-determination, great self-confidence, and an open and receptive mind. As most experienced martial artists will tell you, development of the mind is more important than development of the body.

Awareness Development

No martial art can protect you from an attack that you don't see coming. We believe that development of an acute awareness is a fundamental skill that all martial artists should develop.  As a result, we stress situational, environmental, and adversary awareness to our students so that they are less likely to be surprised or fooled by a potential attacker.

Throwing and Opponent Control

As students become more advanced they learn how to control and dominate an opponent.  This training teaches how to throw opponents and how to collapse and control the opponent's structure so the opponent is not able to mount an effective attack. Advanced forms of this instruction teach students how to dictate the future movements of an opponent so that you can employ higher level strategies against an attacker. This is an essential component of the Kosho Kempo style and students become very adept at controlling and manipulating opponents.

Kata

Students learn a large number of different Kata that are inherited from many different styles. Kata provide a specific choreographed sequence of movements that offer a means for students to learn and practice new concepts. They are also an excellent form of exercise.  Most importantly, however, Kata provide a way for students to reflect upon and perfect both their thought processes and physical skills over a long span of time.  Students who have learned a Kata will find that they perform the Kata differently at different stages of their development.  Kata therefore provide an excellent forum for introspection and continual improvement.

The following Kata are taught at various belt levels:

Sparring and Fighting

Advanced students become adept at two types of sparring. The first is full contact fighting in which hand and leg strikes are delivered anywhere on your opponent's body. This is free sparring in which skills, strategy, and attitude are developed so that students become accustomed to physical confrontation. The second is referred to as "Point Fighting" in which targets are more limited and fighting ceases once  someone strikes an effective blow and "scores a point."  The two fighting styles teach different concepts, strategies, attacks, and defensive movements. 

Weapons Training

We teach students to use a variety of different weapons.  Students start with various stick weapons and then graduate to training with more advanced weapons such as the Nunchaku and the Katana. For all weapons we teach essential movements, defenses, attacks, escapes, and related exercises so that students gradually become accustomed to use of the weapon.  As students become proficient at wielding a weapon they are introduced to kata involving the weapons as a practical way to gain insight, practice, and  overall skill with the weapon.

Hopefully this provides you with some idea of the material we offer our students. This is only the highest level peek into our system, but we hope it will provide sufficient insight for you to consider training with us.

Call us today for more information at (509) 944-1889 or utilize our online contact form.

We are located in Mead (Northern Spokane), WA