Self Defense class Woodstock Georgia Hand Gun and Self Defense Training

this week I will be in Dallas Texas training with Tim Wade in Pekiti Tirsia. PT is one of the foremost Filipino Kali systems in the world. It is one of the most effective weapons systems I have come across in my training in the last 30 years. It is especially good at training people with the use of the knife. A lot of the information I share with law enforcement and the bodyguard groups that I work with on a regular basis is based on this information. It also has a tremendous influence on our programs at the Atlanta martial arts center here in Woodstock Georgia. Because of the system's effectiveness and Tim's vast wealth of knowledge I tried to travel to Texas at least once a year to train with him in this art.

If you are interested in more information about Pekiti Tirsia here is a link you can follow’
http://www.ptkgo.com/PTKGO/HISTORY.html


If you would like more information on the various programs we offer here at the Atlanta martial arts center. Programs like Gracie Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do, Thai boxing, Filipino Kali (stick fighting), judo, submission wrestling and more. Please give us a call at 770-926-3030 or check us out on the web atlantamartialartscenter.com
The Atlanta martial arts center is located in Woodstock Georgia and has been in business for 10 years. So if you are looking for an adult based school with a clean safe environment AMAC is the school for you.

Self Defense class Woodstock Georgia Hand Gun and Self Defense Training

This last weekend we had the keysi fighting method instructor development program three day seminar at the school here in Woodstock Georgia. Over the course of the three days three new KFM instructors were certified to teach KFM. The three guys came in from various parts of the United States in order to achieve the certification. KFM is fairly new to the United States but it is very popular in Europe with good reason. It is a very effective self-defense method designed to answer the multiple opponent situation. This is one of the reasons why we have the program at our school here in Woodstock Georgia, very few systems intelligently trained to handle multiple opponents like KFM does.

We are hoping to host more of the KFM instructor development programs here at the school in the future. There is a possibility of one in February of 2012. If you are interested in seeking certification feel free to contact the school here in Woodstock Georgia or go online to the keysi fighting method website and you will be able to get more information on the program.

If you would like more information on the various programs we offer here at the Atlanta martial arts center. Programs like Gracie Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do, Thai boxing, Filipino Kali (stick fighting), judo, submission wrestling and more. Please give us a call at 770-926-3030 or check us out on the web atlantamartialartscenter.com
The Atlanta martial arts center is located in Woodstock Georgia and has been in business for 10 years. So if you are looking for an adult based school with a clean safe environment AMAC is the school for you.

Self Defense class Woodstock Georgia Hand Gun and Self Defense Training

Martial Arts Mindset

One of the things I try to instill into the students at AMAC is the thought method for longevity in the martial arts. I am a life-long student of the arts and I plan to be training when I’m 80. So with that in mind, I view my training in a long term mindset. I make a great effort to train safe in order to avoid injury and time off from training. This also affects the kind of training partner I choose to be. I strive to learn the science behind each art, the technique, the mechanic - because youthful strength and speed may elude me someday - then all that will be left is the knowledge, sensitivity and ingrained skill.

I also strive to investigate outside training opportunities that will align with the martial fitness mindset. Some of the areas I strive to be active in is strength training - whether it means training at a gym, or with various tools at home or at the school (like kettlebells, club bells, sandbags, etc.). Another area is diet. There are many thought patterns and variations of diets out there. The main thing is to find what works for you and implement a positive change for yourself. These are just a few things I usually suggest to students as they get more involved in the overall self improvement mindset of the martial arts.

Most people I see come in to the school are doing so in order to learn self-defense just as I did when I first got into the martial arts. One of the things I noticed after training for a while is that the martial arts has a much deeper level of knowledge available to the adult student. I always hear people talk about losing their range of motion in their shoulders and hips as they age, and they always are looking for something that will help out with that. Likewise I also hear about how they start to loose to rent as they begin to age and they are looking for an answer to that as well. This is the beauty of the martial arts, it not only is a fantastic physical training method but if it is done intelligently, all of the previously mentioned areas will be taught to the student. And intelligently trained martial artist who has had a decent instructor will have answers for loosening and opening joints, strengthening the bone and muscle of the body. They will have intelligent methods to relax the body when they are dealing with stress. They will learn intelligent dietary procedures as well. All of this can be gained from the study of martial arts, the trick is to be able to find instructor who has the ability to convey this level of knowledge.

It is unfortunate that most schools that are in operation today do not possess this level of knowledge. Most schools in the market are designed to teach kids, which is okay unless you're an adult looking to be educated at an adult level. A common conversation I have with new people coming into the school who have had previous experience with their children and they want to put their child into our adult class. My program director or I will usually tell them that we don't allow children or young kids in our adult program. This response is usually met with, “but at our old school the kids and the adults were in the same class all the time”. The problem with this is in these schools they usually stick the adults into the kids class, so you have an adult actually training at the level of a child. If a class is truly taught at the intellectual level for the adult a child will have no interest in this class. This is why it is important to find a school that is truly designed to teach the adult, if you can find this hold onto it because it is uncommon.


If you would like more information on the various programs we offer here at the Atlanta martial arts center. Programs like Gracie Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do, Thai boxing, Filipino Kali (stick fighting), judo, submission wrestling and more. Please give us a call at 770-926-3030 or check us out on the web atlantamartialartscenter.com
The Atlanta martial arts center is located in Woodstock Georgia and has been in business for 10 years. So if you are looking for an adult based school with a clean safe environment AMAC is the school for you.

woodstock Georgia Gracie Jiu-Jitsu and Self Defense

This month your head instructor and I finished a level II certification in the combat hardened handgun training program. What this means for the school is you will soon see this program on the schedule for the students who are enrolled in our cross training program here at the school. This class is unique in that it isn't just another class on how to shoot a handgun. This class actually teaches the student how to combine his empty hand defensive tactics skills with the use of a handgun. This class will also allow us to share some of the information that I have been teaching while instructing law enforcement personnel over the last year.


Also this month we have expanded the Jeet Kune Do schedule, we have added more specialized classes so that the student can focus on individual ranges of combat if need be. I have received a lot of positive feedback for instance on the Monday night Jeet Kune Do grappling and ground fighting class as well as Saturday's pummeling class.

In addition to the changes on the Jeet Kune Do schedule we have also made some adjustments on the Gracie Jiu-Jitsu schedule. On Wednesday night we have added a Gracie Jiu-Jitsu throwing and take down class. This class will focus on various types of throwing from Jiu-Jitsu and judo as well as the pummeling game that is required for intelligent entry into your ground game. Also on Saturdays we have added and in school open mat session at 10:40 AM. This open mat is an opportunity to get together with your training partner once a week and get extra training time on the mat.

On July 22 through the 24th we will be putting on a KFM instructor certification course here at school. People will be coming in from all around the United States in order to train and achieve certification to teach KFM. July 26 through the 29th I will be in Texas with my Pekiti Tirsia instructor Tim Wade. Pekiti Tirsia has a major influence on our Kali program here at the school. On July 30 I will be in College Station Texas teaching a protection response tactics class for the international protection group. IPG is one of the top bodyguard training schools in the United States and I have been fortunate enough to be hired by them to run their defensive tactics program for them. On July 31 we will be having our monthly sub affiliate Jiu-Jitsu open mat. Currently we have 12 schools underneath our sub affiliate Jiu-Jitsu program. This is good for the AMAC student because this open mat gives them the opportunity to train with many students from many different schools.


If you would like more information on the various programs we offer here at the Atlanta martial arts center. Programs like Gracie Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do, Thai boxing, Filipino Kali (stick fighting), judo, submission wrestling and more. Please give us a call at 770-926-3030 or check us out on the web atlantamartialartscenter.com
The Atlanta martial arts center is located in Woodstock Georgia and has been in business for 10 years. So if you are looking for an adult based school with a clean safe environment AMAC is the school for you.

woodstock Georgia Gracie Jiu-Jitsu and Self Defense

Effortless Power

Most exercises in the west such as weight lifting, jogging, swimming, etc. works primarily on the muscular system and the lungs. The Chinese also partake in this form of exercise but they consider Chi Gung “Qigong” to be a higher level of training for the body. One difference is that Qigong loosens the muscles and expands the joints in order to build power. Aerobics, stretching and strength training will build a form of external strength and flexibility that is based on contraction in the body. The internal exercises of Qigong will build effortless power that is based on relaxation or expansion of the body. The more relaxed and open the body is, the more of its natural energy and power can be expressed.

I see this principle in our Jiu-Jitsu classes at the school. A beginning student will roll in a tensed state due to the fact that he is in a new environment and may be stressed from the new experience. But watch an advanced player roll and you will see a very relaxed attitude and a relaxed physical state. You will also notice that the more relaxed practitioner will feel much stronger and heavier than someone that is holding onto tension as they roll.

I have seen this in every form of martial art I have come in contact with. The farther along the practitioner is, the more relaxed they become and the more powerful they feel.

As always thank you for your support!

Train Hard and Finish Strong!

If you would like more information on the various programs we offer here at the Atlanta martial arts center. Programs like Gracie Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do, Thai boxing, Filipino Kali (stick fighting), judo, submission wrestling and more. Please give us a call at 770-926-3030 or check us out on the web atlantamartialartscenter.com
The Atlanta martial arts center is located in Woodstock Georgia and has been in business for 10 years. So if you are looking for an adult based school with a clean safe environment AMAC is the school for you.

Self Defense class Woodstock Georgia Hand Gun and Self Defense Training

This weekend we had a level I and a level II combat hard handgun certification class. One of the reasons we are hosting the combat hard program at the school is because we are working on starting a handgun based class based on this program. In this class is unlike your normal handgun class that just teaches you how to handle the handgun and that's it. The combat hard program teaches you how to bully and the use of the handgun with your defensive tactics and martial arts skills at a close range. Statistically most shootings happen within 10 feet. I would hear this statistic a lot when training SWAT teams and law enforcement groups, I knew eventually wanted to add a program at the school that would educate our students in this range of combat but I wanted one that was relevant to what was actually going on on the street. The combat hard handgun course came the closest to what I was looking for to round off our program here at the Atlanta martial arts center. The projectile range is not a range that is normally covered in most martial art schools but considering the world today and the threats that we have to worry about on a day-to-day basis it only makes sense to have something that will educate you in this range and do it in a way that will blend in to your other self defense and martial arts skills.

This class not only teaches you how to use the handgun and blend it with defensive tactics intelligently it will also educate you in the legal ramifications of using a handgun. These legal concerns are actually part of the class that you will take on a weekly basis so you have to continually think about the legal ramifications as well as the skills you are developing as you go through the adrenals in each class. I have had the opportunity to travel around the United States and work with a lot of other school owners as I travel I am continually searching for new information in the martial arts field. I consider it my job to seek out the most effective and state-of-the-art information that is available today and bring it back to the students here at the Atlanta martial arts center. As I am traveling one thing I noticed is that there is not an intelligent program available that would answer the question of this range until now. So keep an eye on the AMAC schedule for the combat hard handgun combatives class.


If you would like more information on the various programs we offer here at the Atlanta martial arts center. Programs like Gracie Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do, Thai boxing, Filipino Kali (stick fighting), judo, submission wrestling and more. Please give us a call at 770-926-3030 or check us out on the web atlantamartialartscenter.com
The Atlanta martial arts center is located in Woodstock Georgia and has been in business for 10 years. So if you are looking for an adult based school with a clean safe environment AMAC is the school for you.

Self Defense class Woodstock Georgia Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Jeet Kune Do

In one of the areas we have been focusing on this last week in our Jeet kune do classes is trapping. Trapping is a very common thing to happen in a fight. If someone is grabbing at you for trying to hit you it's human nature to try to grab their hands or arms in order to stop them. Immobilizing an arm with her to just control and opponent or to control them long enough in order to strike them is considered trapping. There are many areas entrancing to take in consideration as you train, one of the most important ones is your ability to ingrain what ever take me you were training into the body so that it will happen without thought when it is necessary. Here at the school we nicknamed this principle the nerve twitch response. Probably the most common way to train in this tougher response is through high repetition. It is also important to train these ideas out of a drill that will flow continually. Most of the time the beginner will learn each individual trapping method by doing one or two moves that as he becomes an intermediate student he wants these moves to increase in speed and smoothness. All of these skills can be train have an intelligent flow drill that will benefit both practitioners. There is also a certain level of timing that is learn from these drills. In the beginning the time will be steady and uninterrupted but as each practitioner gets better at their individual techniques they will break Time and attempt to enter and control their up partners hands and arms. This is beneficial to both because the person being attacked in the real also has to learn to defend each attack.

Training drills are also important for a school that is striving to create a safe training environment for the students. Though the training level does not equal that. Fight if you have two practitioners who are highly trained in the drill they have the ability to get very close to this level of intensity without being injured by the training. This is important to the adult student who also has to take into consideration that they have to go back to work on Monday and cannot do so if they are suffering from an injury. The training atmosphere is also directly affected by the background of the chief instructor, when considering a training group or school it is a good idea to not settle for any instructor that has less than 20 years experience. With this amount of time of training experience the instructor or head instructor should have the ability to ingrain safety into the training methods they use in class.

If you would like more information on the various programs we offer here at the Atlanta martial arts center. Programs like Gracie Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do, Thai boxing, Filipino Kali (stick fighting), judo, submission wrestling and more. Please give us a call at 770-926-3030 or check us out on the web atlantamartialartscenter.com
The Atlanta martial arts center is located in Woodstock Georgia and has been in business for 10 years. So if you are looking for an adult based school with a clean safe environment AMAC is the school for you.