| RYU TOUSHI KARATE Ryu Toushi martial arts is a thorough system of personal preparation for facing the kinds of conflict and opposition that can surprise us in the course of our daily living. The Ryu Toushi martial arts training program leads to the ability to live life fully, fearlessly, and freely while at the same time giving each student the knowledge and experience to lead a more healthy and productive life style. Ryu Toushi is a unique style of karate. It is a combination of Shaolin and Sekai Kung Fu. If you are willing to devote a few hours each week to find inner peace, personal confidence, physical fitness, and self control, Ryu Toushi can help you achieve your goals. With in this training system, we also focus greatly on child safety and abduction awareness and prevention techniques as well as personal self-protection for women. NINJUTSU As a martial tradition ninjutsu traces its roots back a thousand years to the mountains of Japan. The art developed over many centuries, combining devastatingly effective personal defense skills and other skills such as healing and survival. Ninjutsu represents many unarmed and armed methods of self protection. These methods include various skills and defenses against: Grappling attacks, throwing, choking, joint locking, striking, pressure point attacks, stick and club defense, knife and blade defense, successfully handling multiple attackers, overcoming psychological intimidation and bullying, meditation for mind and body health, etc. Ninjutsu is a very powerful system that can improve a person’s life physically, mentally, and spiritually. Through physical conditioning and mental development, the student of ninjutsu becomes better prepared to triumph in any situation. (Ninjutsu classes are limited to those 13 years of age and older) (Nerve and pressure point attacks will only be taught to those 18 years of age and older). TAI-CHI (Yang short and long form) Tai Chi is an ancient system of exercise for balancing the body and mind. Tai Chi is a noncompetitive, self-paced system of gentle exercise. If you are trying to improve your general health, you may find tai chi helpful. Tai Chi is generally safe for people of all ages and levels of fitness. Medical studies have shown that tai chi for older adults can improve balance and reduce the risk of falls. Because the movements are low impact and put minimal stress on your muscles and joints, tai chi is appealing to many older adults. Tai Chi offers both mental and physical benefits: Relieve stress, improve definition and muscle strength, increase feelings of well being, increase stamina, energy and agility, decrease blood pressure, increase flexibility, improve balance and coordination. Because tai chi is very old, it hasn’t been studied scientifically until recently. Preliminary research shows that practicing tai chi regularly may also: increase bone mineral density, improve physical functioning in older adults for more ease in dressing to increased comfort in climbing stairs, improve blood circulation in the legs, and reduce anxiety and depression. WOMEN and CHILD SAFETY SEMINARS Child safety and protection is a growing concern in today’s society. Each year, between 200 and 300 children are taken in “stereotypical” kidnappings (i.e. grabbed from their homes or near their homes, playgrounds, shopping malls, while walking home or to a friends house, etc.). These seminars are designed to give parents and children the knowledge and skills necessary to identify threats and limit their exposure as an easy target. Their training will focus first on how to avoid being a target and secondly on how to handle the situation if they become a target. Children will be taught how to respond verbally and physically to many different abduction threats. These seminars are also designed to give women the necessary self protection skills needed to defend themselves quickly and effectively allowing them to get away from the attacker regardless of the size and intent of the attacker. These seminars will be scheduled on various dates throughout the year. If you are interested in attending one of these seminars, please call one of the numbers provided on the back of this publication IAIDO RYU TSUME Iaido is the art of drawing and attacking with a sword. "Iai" is composed of the characters "i(ru)" (to be, to stay in, to sit, to remain seated) and "a(u)" (to come together, to meet, to harmonize). There is some debate among experts as to how and why the term "iai" came to refer to drawing the sword. One school of thought contends the terms originated with the practice of drawing the sword while seated, which had no practical value in traditional times, since samurai did not wear their long swords while seated. Another possibility is that "iai" was adopted for this purpose to connote the idea of handling an opponent instantly and without moving from the spot on which one is attacked. Iaidoka (and kendoka) wield a sword not to control their opponent, but to control themselves. Iaido is mostly performed solo as a series of kata, executing varied techniques against single or multiple imaginary opponents. Each kata begins and ends with the sword sheathed. In addition to sword technique, it requires imagination and concentration in order to maintain the feeling of a real fight and to keep the kata fresh. In order to properly perform the kata, iaidoka also learn posture and movement, grip and swing. Sometimes iaidoka will practice partner kata similar to kendo or kenjutsu kata. Unlike kendo, iaido is never practised in a free-sparring manner. Iaijutsu is the art of killing on the draw. Iaijutsu teaches how to draw quickly and in such a fashion as to negate an opponents attack with finality. Iaido is like a moving meditation - the draw and cut are very deliberate, formalized and beautiful. |
CLASS COST
Ryu Toushi Karate:
Single: $20.00 per month
Family: $20.00 per month for the first family member and $10.00 for each additional family member up to 5
additional family members per month.
(Testing, and certification included in the monthly price)
Ninjutsu:
Single: $20.00 per month
Family: $20.00 per month for the first family member and $10.00 for each additional family member up to 5
additional family members per month.
Ryu Tsume Iaido:
Single: $20.00 per month
$10:00 for each additional family member
Tai Chi:
Single: $20.00 per month
Family: $20.00 per month for the first family member and $10.00 for each additional family member up to 5
additional family members per month.
Single Visit: $5.00 per visit
Senior Citizen: Special discounted rate
Ryu Toushi & Ninjutsu (both classes):
Single: $30.00 per month
Family: $30.00 per month for the first family member and $20.00 for each additional family member up to 5
additional family members
SELF DEFENSE SEMINARS FOR WOMEN
CHILD SAFETY SEMINARS (ages 3-15)
1 Mother and 1 Child: $30.00
1 Mother and 2 Children: $40.00
1 Mother and 3+ Children: $50.00 (up to 4 children max.)
(Safety handouts and snacks provided)
(Class size is limited to 10 minimum and 15 maximum)
(Classes are scheduled for 5 hours)
(Womens Self Protection Classes 8-10 hours)
SPECIAL
All training classes
Karate + Ninjutsu + Iaido + Tai Chi
$35.00 per month
$15.00 per additional family member up to 5 additional
TUESDAY:
5:00-7:00 pm: Ninpo Bushido Ryu Ninjutsu / Black Belts
7:00-8:00 pm: Tai Chi
THURSDAY:
5:00-6:00 pm: Brown and Yellow Belts
6:00-7:00 pm: Yellow and White Belts
7:00-8:00 pm: Ryu Tsume Iaido
Ryu Toushi Karate:
Single: $20.00 per month
Family: $20.00 per month for the first family member and $10.00 for each additional family member up to 5
additional family members per month.
(Testing, and certification included in the monthly price)
Ninjutsu:
Single: $20.00 per month
Family: $20.00 per month for the first family member and $10.00 for each additional family member up to 5
additional family members per month.
Ryu Tsume Iaido:
Single: $20.00 per month
$10:00 for each additional family member
Tai Chi:
Single: $20.00 per month
Family: $20.00 per month for the first family member and $10.00 for each additional family member up to 5
additional family members per month.
Single Visit: $5.00 per visit
Senior Citizen: Special discounted rate
Ryu Toushi & Ninjutsu (both classes):
Single: $30.00 per month
Family: $30.00 per month for the first family member and $20.00 for each additional family member up to 5
additional family members
SELF DEFENSE SEMINARS FOR WOMEN
CHILD SAFETY SEMINARS (ages 3-15)
1 Mother and 1 Child: $30.00
1 Mother and 2 Children: $40.00
1 Mother and 3+ Children: $50.00 (up to 4 children max.)
(Safety handouts and snacks provided)
(Class size is limited to 10 minimum and 15 maximum)
(Classes are scheduled for 5 hours)
(Womens Self Protection Classes 8-10 hours)
SPECIAL
All training classes
Karate + Ninjutsu + Iaido + Tai Chi
$35.00 per month
$15.00 per additional family member up to 5 additional
TUESDAY:
5:00-7:00 pm: Ninpo Bushido Ryu Ninjutsu / Black Belts
7:00-8:00 pm: Tai Chi
THURSDAY:
5:00-6:00 pm: Brown and Yellow Belts
6:00-7:00 pm: Yellow and White Belts
7:00-8:00 pm: Ryu Tsume Iaido
