Statement of Purpose

This project is an investigation of 5 Martial Arts styles. Self-defense is a major theme in martial arts today and to better understand how different martial arts schools and styles treat self-defense I am going to learn all I can (given time restraints) about each of the five styles. These schools will be chosen from a list of local martial arts studios, and the style will be the one that is taught at that studio. Many studios teach multiple styles, so in this case on of the styles taught there will be analyzed. At the end of the project all the schools I visited will be rated and scored to show in which areas they excel or by contrast, fall short.

Final Presentation

 Originally in Microsoft Power Point this is the text of the presentation. The pictures and videos were taken from other pages on my blog. I hope you enjoy reading this.
Thank You         
The Effectiveness of the Martial Arts
•          Which style best prepares its practitioners for what scenarios?
•          And what differentiates each styles method of self-defense
–        Pure Self Defense vs. Martial Arts
•          Five Martial Arts styles: Kyokushin Karate, Shorin-Ryu, Chinese Kenpo, English Boxing, and American Kenpo
•          The Effectiveness of the Martial Arts
•          Over a decade of Martial Arts experience
–        DePalma’s Team USA Martial Arts
–        American Kenpo
–        Mr. Henry Calantog
•          Direct Instructor for all 12 years
–        Teaching Martial Arts
•          3 years of teaching experience
•          The Effectiveness of the Martial Arts
•          Why is this Important?
–        Self-Defense
•          One on One violent encounter
•          Multiple Attackers
•          Ground Fighting
•          Weapons
–        Environment is Key
•          Use your environment
–        Self-Defense Schools
•          Reality Defense Training
•          The Effectiveness of the Martial Arts
–        Reality Defense Training - Jeff Barto
–        6 Myths of Self-Defense
•          It wont happen to me
•          Someone else will protect me
•          If I don’t fight back… I’ll be better off
•          I studied some martial arts already I’ll be fine
•          Weapons are the answer
•          Only the strong win
–        9 Second rule, maximum resistance
–        Parrying, Body Evasion, Evasive Footwork Stop Hitting
–        The Effectiveness of the Martial Arts
•          Kyokushin Karate
–        Sempai Erno
–        founded in 1964 by Master Masutatsu Oyama
–        based on the strength of the individual
–        body strength, full contact kumite
–        center line, single target, multiple strikes
–        The Effectiveness of the Martial Arts
•          Kyokushin Karate
–        Advantages
•          body strength, power, kicks, full contact practice
–        Disadvantages
•          no head punching, ground fighting, fighting rules, weapons, extended fight, multiple attacker
–        Ideal Situations
•          one on one fighting
•          Weaponless attacker
•          roughly equal size
•          The Effectiveness of the Martial Arts
•          The Effectiveness of the Martial Arts
•          Shorin-Ryu
–        Founded by Master Choshin Chibana in 1933
–        The Makiwara Board
–        Power in every strike
–        Sensei Poage
•          Past BASIS Teacher
–        Locks and Throws
–        Overpower opponents
–        The Effectiveness of the Martial Arts
•          Shorin-Ryu
–        Advantages
•          Negate height advantage, power, locks and traps, throws, stop hitting
–        Disadvantages
•          Not full contact, fighting rules, extended fight, multiple attacker
–        Ideal Situation
•          One on one
•          Slightly taller
–        The Effectiveness of the Martial Arts
•          The Effectiveness of the Martial Arts
•          English Boxing
–        Developed in England into the sport commonly known as Western Boxing
–        Queensberry Rules
–        Vassiliy Jirov Olympic Gold Medalist
–        Four Basic Punches
•          Hook, Jab, Cross, Uppercut -b5th punch overhand
-- Master Degerberg
•          rhythm of fighting
•           The 3D box
•          The Effectiveness of the Martial Arts
•          English Boxing
–        Advantages
•          Speed, Punches, Full contact, Stamina
–        Disadvantages
•          Kicks, Ground fighting, Weapons, Fighting Rules, Multiple attacker
–        Ideal Situation
•          One on One
•          Weaponless
•          Uses majorly hands
•          The Effectiveness of the Martial Arts
•          The Effectiveness of the Martial Arts
•          Chinese Kenpo
–        A style of Kenpo that has roots in Shaolin and Kung Fu - Mr. Seth Moylan
–        Movement is as important as destination
–        Classical, Practical and Tactical
•          Punches, kicks, ground fighting, throws, traps and locks
•          The Effectiveness of the Martial Arts
•          Chinese Kenpo
–        Advantages
•          All 5 fighting types, Anti-weapon training, motion awareness, multiple attacker
–        Disadvantages
•           Not full contact, fighting rules, fight ending
–        Ideal Situation
•          One on One
•          Same size
•          Attacker w/o kill mentality
•          The Effectiveness of the Martial Arts
•          The Effectiveness of the Martial Arts
•          American Kenpo
–        Founded by Master Ed Parker
–        Self-Defense
•          Overkill
–        Efficiency of Motion
–        Self-Defense techniques
•          A set of response moves to a specific attack
•          At the higher ranks becomes less formal and rigid
–        Effectiveness of the Martial Arts
•          American Kenpo
–        Advantages
•          Overkill, efficiency, anti-weapon training, practical basis, multiple attacker
–        Disadvantages
•          Not full contact, fighting rules, rigid self defense techniques
–        Ideal Situation
•          One on one
•          Same size
•          The Effectiveness of the Martial Arts
–        The Effectiveness of the Martial Arts
•          Martial Arts vs. Pure Self Defense
–        More benefits besides physical
–        Every style of martial arts has self-defense
–        Violence is part of life, everyone should try to be prepared for it
–        All five styles prepare practitioners for scenarios, and all scenarios are extensions of one combat situation – its how the practitioner uses their skills that is the final word in any fight
•          The Effectiveness of the Martial Arts
•          Thank You
–        Sempai Erno    
–        Sensei Poage  
–        Mr. Jirov
–        Master Degerberg
–        Mr. C
–        Mr. Moylan
–        Mr. Barto and Mr. Coe
–        Mr. Nishan
–        BASIS Scottsdale
–        Dr. and Mrs. Block

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