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hen this editorial will see the light, we'llbe reaching the homestretch toward theRome Masters Budo, an event that willmark a before and after in the personalhistory of many of us.After nearly 30 years of magazine, I've

had the opportunity of meeting many Masters of the mostvaried styles and backgrounds. 30 years is a long time inour small biographies, and the life of all of us has changeda lot. It will certainly be the opportunity of a tastyrapprochement in many cases, and why not, of newbeginnings in others.These special moments are important splitters, because

life is not a linear continuum, but we perceive it this way inour small minds. Highlights that, breaking routines andbeyond this or any other subjective consideration (all arevery important!), mark the fulfillment of stories that shouldbe experienced for the sake of the individual and collectivefate that concerns all of us and mixes and determineseverything. History itself interweaves and makes itself fromthese anecdotes, often seemingly trivial, but that changethe lives of those who experience them.When it's a major the event, as is the case that concerns

us, the confluence of forces are also spectacular andconsequently so will be the forces resulting therefrom. Ofcourse, everyone looks at these encounters with his or herown eyes: there are those who seek prominence, or comewith dreams or professional expectations, looking fornotoriety, fame or simply chances; but even those whoonly see the sky from the brim of the hole in which theydwell, are subject to these larger forces that include fate.For all, however, it will be an opportunity to be seized andeveryone from his or her approach will rise to the occasionand will live up to the paths in which they are traveling.I am happy to see how to create a chance for many is in

accordance with many. That said, being a tool orinstrument of fate is also part of the destiny of every man,and mine, for better or worse, it is indisputably linked tothe lives of many of these Masters, most of them friendsand brothers of vital voyages, people whom I admire andrespect as individuals.Reencountering these people, al l of them have

something to do with my story, and putting them in contactamong themselves is definitely a pleasure.Of course, by their articles, many of you have known for

years these teachers, great Masters or instructors, but theyalso know each other, the more often through this channel.Just imagine what a beautiful idea to put them now alltogether, so that besides a face on a screen or on paper,they can perceive the personal vibration and directexperience that allows the occasion of the meeting.How do I imagine? Well, since most of them are people

whom I respect (and respectable), everything will flow inthe framework of dignity, respect and, in many cases, even

mutual admiration. This I know, because there aren't fewthose who have confessed me the admiration and pleasurethat produces them the opportunity of knowing each other,especially after years of sharing space on the same pages,something that has made them become somehow bloodbrothers, even though that blood is black (ink!)What would I hate personally? That the old competitive

routines, the result of immaturity or old complexes, crop upoccupying the rightful place of the high-mindedness, therespect for the difference and for the organizers. Egosalways soar in these things, because even thoughovercoming them is number one in the Decalogue of thewarrior's path, it seems that we have come to this world togive what we don't have. Martial Arts smell of Mars fromevery pore, and that male god born without part orintervention of the masculine, is tough and macho, andbefore being refined, repudiates courtesy and respect.However, in the eyes of the most seasoned beings

among us, and consequently the most important ones,everyone will be portrayed in these small gestures thatreveal the point where everyone is travelling along. Theone above is humble, always! He who exalts himselfunwittingly places himself below the others. The weakattacks, while the strong, aware of the consequences ofhis power, does not seek a battle, does not get disturbedor insist on protecting a position or a spurious pedestal; onthe contrary, like water, he flows surrounding the problems,placing himself below, unnoticed to the crowds, but neverto the other great ones who, like him, look and see beyondthe forms.

This is how deep friendships and powerful alliances thathave withstood time have been woven. From thedifference, the further we go down into the roots, the morearises what we all have in common. In the end, everyonethat has deepened, knows well that we all drink from thesame sources, and that what unites us is much greaterthan what divides us, and this is really a beautiful ornamentto multiplication of the primordial unity, that beautifies andadorns our own origins, traditions and experiences. At theend we all serve the same lords, the problem is that theintermediate commands do not know and insist on thedifferences for fear of losing control.For students, hobbyists, and initiated in the disciplinary

arts who have decided to attend either the seminars or thegala ... What a golden opportunity! An authenticcontamination of martial wisdom will cover them on bothsides! They will enjoy a huge immersion among the creamof special people, leading experts, traditional Masters,teachers who have crossed the borders and are knownworldwide through their courses and our magazine.We have converted dinner into a buffet with a great

photo call, so that people, instead of remaining sit next tosomeone they don't know, can mix leaving aside the usual

"When men are gathered for some purpose, find that they can also achieve other ends whoseachievement depends on their mutual union."

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"We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility."Rabindranath Tagore

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formality of these ceremonies, to bring forth the meeting, the pics with theiridols, the autograph signing or the memory selfie. The emphasis here will be onpeople, on the participants, not on the ceremony itself. Excessive formsconstrict the contents; the object of the meeting resents and stays parkedbehind the image. No, that's not our idea.In Italy, in the Eternal City of Rome, the family of warriors attached to this

magazine, the "Budo MASTERS", will make history once again.Dear readers, who would want to miss a moment like that?Ci vediamo in Italia!

“Entering... The taylor”Además de una gran estrella del Cine Marcial en las últimas décadas el

Gran Maestro Doctor Chiu Chi Ling, es el representante de un linaje Marcialesencial en la historia del Kung Fu. Hombre de arrasadora personalidad yenorme simpatía, visitó nuestros estudios para grabar con nostros un video,junto a su sucesor el GM Martin Sewer y concedernos esta entrevista en laque se tocan muchos temas importantes y divertidas anécdotas de unhombre que es parte insustituible de la historia Marcial moderna. El videoestá ya disponible en descarga o DVD.

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Interview by Alfredo Tucci

Alfredo Tucci: First of all thank you for coming,Grandmaster.

GM Chiu Chi Ling: Thank you so much.

Alfredo Tucci: We are very happy to have you here.GM Chiu Chi Ling: Yeah me too! I'm happy I can meet

you, because you are the big boss.

Alfredo Tucci: (Laughs) Thank you very much!GM Chiu Chi Ling: (Laughs).

Alfredo Tucci: No... I'm just a comunicator and YOUare the important person here. You and your studentMartin Sewer who is also a good friend of mine. I'mvery happy: For the first time we have the chance tohave you both together make new covers for themagazines, the video and to have this nice interview.

GM Chiu Chi Ling: Nice, nice. I'm very happy. Fantastic.

Alfredo Tucci.: Let me ask you a question thatprobably many of our readers have on mind: How did achinese master's got a western student that remainsso important on your style and your life?

GM Chiu Chi Ling: I was the youngest one in HongKong. But then later I went all around the world to meetour Hung Gar Family. It's very important for me to givemy knowledge. Hung, Lau, Choy, Lay and Mok were thefive main Kung Fu families in those days. Now I canbring this to the people and learn them. That's my duty.

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After my father, I am the next generation. My fatherdidn't teach easy to foreign people. Becauseforeign people were stronger and taller. Asianpeople were weaker and smaller. Did you see themovies with Bruce Lee? „It's chinese Kung Fu!“(Laughs). This is an old thinking. But me, as thenew generation, wants to have our style all over theworld. I'm 73, but sti l l go to spread our goodtechnique, the real southern style, Siu Lam Fukientemple style. We are not the northern style. My ideais to show the long history of our family. We hadLuk Ah Choy, Wong Fei Hung, Ji Sim Sum See, LamSai Wing, Chiu Kow. It's a very long history. This isvery good, and i will keep continueing my job until Iretire (laughs).

Alfredo Tucci: Is your student Martin doing agood job within his part?

GM Chiu Chi Ling: Yeah, because Martin islearning for a long time from me. He is also very kindand very respectful, and so he was to my father andmy mother. He was in Hong Kong very often, to meetme and learn from me. Even now he is still learning.He is a very good student under my familiy. Today hehas many schools in switzerland and a very goodsystem and organisation. He also leads his studentsto the tours wich i make through china and HongKong and brings them to the championships,seminars and the Siu Lam Temple in Fukien. Hejoined the exchanges with Chin Woo and differentmasters. He is the best!

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He follows me and so he can care about things becausehe knows how I think and what I do. I'm very happy tohave a such good successor.

Alfredo Tucci.: Thats beautiful, thats very beatiful. Heis a very kind man.

GM Chiu Chi Ling: Yeah, all the people love him. Myfather, my family. He is very very kind and respectful. Andalso he likes Simo! Simo did come to his wedding. I didwant to come too but I already had Hotel and Flightbookings for this time period to work on movies. I had acontract, so I couldn't leave.

Alfredo Tucci: But he looks at you like at a father. Healways says lovely things about you. Thats the reasonwhy I'm very happy to have you finally here with him.And I hope we can do a lot of beautiful articles withyou, with him, for the next future. So thank you verymuch for coming Master.

GM Chiu Chi Ling: I'm very very happy, becausethis is a good chance for me. If you wouldn't inviteme, how could I do this interview and talk to myaudience?

Alfredo Tucci: (laughs)

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GM Chiu Chi Ling: We Make articles and interviews? So thankYOU for giving me the chance!

Alfredo Tucci: Thank you very much!

Interview by Sifu Martin Sewer

Sifu Martin Sewer: Welcome Grandmaster Dr.Chiu Chi Ling. I know you practice for a longtime, the original Hung Gar Kung Fu. Where didyou start? Where was the beginning of yourtraining?

GM Chiu Chi Ling: Our Hung Gar Family is veryfamous in the entire world. Also my father and mymother trained the Hung Gar Kung Fu. I grew upwith my family, my brothers and sisters, and Ifollowed him, my father, to the training, with the ageof three years. At this time I had to train hard,otherwise he would hit me. So it was hard forme and a lot to train at this time. Igrew up under my fahter, wichhad a school, so I also helped

my father with assistance when new students came. I got more and more experience with himabout how to teach and it was very important for our family.

Sifu Martin Sewer: At which age exactly did you start learning HungGar Kung Fu?

GM Chiu Chi Ling: It was quite easy, I grew up and with the ageof three I could start. Kung Fu is not for a year or two, it's fora lifetime thing. Now I am 73 years old. I'm still workingon my Kung Fu and still giving the knowledge to theother branches, Sifus, Students and Grandstudents.They are learning. I also give special classes forInstructors, to let the people know what isspecial about our Hung Gar Kung Fu.

Sifu Martin Sewer: I know you travel alot. You go for visiting all the differentbranches, different schools. So why doyou teach so many people? Why do theyfollow you?

GM Chiu Chi Ling: This is very important. Idon't do that since now. I do it since 40 or 50years. people from different countriescame and travelled to Hong Kong,

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visiting us and the school, and they learned from me. Thenthey went back to their schools and their countries andopened a branch of our family and our lineague. Thats veryimportant. Because I can have the branches in the differentcountries and cities.

Sifu Martin Sewer: I can see you are the number onein Hugn Gar. You are probably the best worldwide.Nobody else can travel around and have so manybranches. I think you are the number one.

GM Chiu Chi Ling: (laughs) Noo...I'm just doing my duty aboutthe real Siu Lam Kung Fu. Our Hung Gar is the one from WongFei Hung you know? Hung Hee Gung, Ji Sim Sum See. Fromgeneration to generation, creating more history for our style.

Sifu Martin Sewer: I know, from the differentseminars you teach, you talk about Wing Chun, youtalk about Bagua, about Tai Chi, about the fiveelements. Are you teaching Hung Gar, or the WingChung or maybe Tai Chi?

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GM Chiu Chi Ling: That's a very good question. What isthe Inch Power? What is the Bong Sao? What is the TaiChi? Bagua? Leong Yi Sei Cheong? Inside Hung Gar, thereis included such things as Tai Chi and Yin Yang. We are arenot the other Tai Chi styles. We are special, having ourChiu Chi Ling Tai Chi recevied from a certain Kung Fufamily. Our Kung Fu has a long history, we have hard andsoft (Gong, Yau, Bik, Jik, Fan, Ding, Chuen, Tai, Lau, Wan,Jai, Deing, San, Ho), the poem, is inside our style. You seea little move, but the principles are very important behind

it. People see it and are like... “This is Hung Gar?”. Yes!this is Hung Gar. People don't understand the deeper meaning of Hung

Gar. They just look at a little piece, like the Tiger, withpower, but not at the crane wich is very soft. I must let thepeople know the different levels, that's my idea. I have tolet the people know that those things are not Wing Chunonly, this is our Fukien Siu Lam Temple Kung Fu. Hung HeGung, the one. Fong Wing Chun was his Women (crance,soft). Hung He Gung strong as a Tiger. So they married to

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“You know Bruce Lee's“Enter the Dragon”?

All my students wherethere for the shots.

I also teached thestuntmen.

So the followingdays different

companiescalled for KungFu people like

“we need 10 people herefor tomorrow”and I send my

students.”

mix these two styles, the soft and the hard, to learn tohave the best solution for attacks. This is very importantfor our style. Let the people know, no matter boy or oldman: We give better health, a stronger body, and also theskill to protect. This is very important, every age can learnour style. My idea behind my seminars all over the world isto let the people know more and more about our history.Thats important.

Sifu Martin Sewer: You talk about the different ages.Is everybody able to learn Kung Fu? A Baby, a boy andeven an old man or woman? Can they really learn thishard style?

GM Chiu Chi Ling: ( laughs) That's a very goodquestion. When i opened my school one day someparents looked at me and said: “Wow Sifu, you are verypowerful. Can my kid learn from you?”. Beacause they

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knew its also about health and spirit. Of course the boyhas a different level, and a different programm anddifferent classes. You said a Baby? Also a the baby has adiffernt programm to the boy. The kind of teaching isdifferent. This is very good about our system. Of coursealso for the old man, who wants to keep a healty body.Maybe he will go more for the softer, Tai Chi and Yin Yang,part, but still. Like I said. Different degrees. We areworldwide with very different schools and classes for thetraining, and thats our system.

Sifu Martin Sewer: I see, you are a real Grandmaster.Nowdays nobody worldwide can do this, as far as I cansee. But why are you so famous? I know you frommovies like Kung Fu Hustle, and some with JackieChan. How did this start?

GM Chiu Chi Ling: Many people want that. Want to joinand make movies and be a movie star. So they ask me,„how can I join the movies?“. For me, it was just greatopportunity. Im living in Hong Kong. Many directors andmovie companies are there. My father was very famous for

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his Kung Fu and his Dit Da and medicine Skills. Thosepeople did know that. And also did know me as his son.When I opened the school they came for visit. They said„You can help us with choreography! We want to show thepeople the real Kung Fu“. I said „I never did moviesbefore“. They just said its no problem, I could come to theset and we would try. That was the point where I did startwith movies. I was around 21 or 22 years old. I wasworking with different big stars like Samo Hung, JackieChan, Gordon Liu, Lau Gar Leung, Brothers wich all wherevery famous. You know Bruce Lee's “Enter the Dragon”?All my students where there for the shots. I also teachedthe stuntmen. So the following days different companiescalled for Kung Fu people like “we need 10 people here fortomorrow” and I send my students. They earned good money, and I was still teaching them

and for my students it was a chance to get into the moviebusiness. Some directors and producers asked me „this isyour student?“, I said yes, and this fast they where taken tothe movie stars like Lau Gar Leung. You know Kung Fu

Hustle? The one with the long staff is also my student.That's a fact about our Hung Gar Style and family. We didnot do this for the money, but cause of the promotion for ourfamous name. Also good to know: Our family is not only inthe Hong Kong movie business today, but also in China andTaiwan for example. Do you know the old black and whiteKung Fu movies? They where already about Wong FeiHung, the hero, acted by Jackie Chan or Jet Li. Wong FeiHung, the hero of our lineague, was the main character inmore than 130 movies about his life. This shows, we are thebiggest family if you talk about Hung Gar from the south SiuLam Temple. We are famous all around the world.

Sifu Martin Sewer: Grandmaster Dr. Chiu Chi Ling,you mentioned Lau Gar Leung. I know he made movieslike „The 36 chambers of shaolin“ and many others. Ishe also a Hung Gar practitioneer? A Hung Gar Master?

GM Chiu Chi Ling: This is a good question. Since Kung Fumovies were made, there were tru Hung Gar Masters to playthe roles. We are talking about real Kung Fu for the camera.

“I was around 21 or 22 years old. I was working with different big stars like Samo Hung,

Jackie Chan, Gordon Liu, Lau Gar Leung, Brothers wich allwhere very famous”

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So Lau Gar Leung was kind of my Brother. Lau GarLeung's Father is the same generation as Chiu Kow, myfather. So i'm in the same generation as Lau Gar Leung,that's why we are brothers. People loved our movies.Beacause the action is real. It's real Kung Fu. Today it'smore CGI, but still you need skills. I was choreographer inthose movies, and i am still today. Such movies are stillvery popular. Did you notice about Bruce Lee? He also didSiu Lam South Kung Fu for in movies. Many movies starsdo, like for example Sammo Hung, Lau Gar Leung,Alexander Fu Sheng, Gordon Liu. They are all famousKung Fu Movie Stars with roots in the south.

Sifu Martin Sewer: We talked so much aboutmovies. Now, is there something you recently did?Some movie coming up soon?

GM Chiu Chi Ling: Yeah sure, look at my moviehistory, I'm always doing differnt movies. At themoment: The Mermaid, from director Stephen Chow.

Wich was released on the 8. of February. Maybe thenext one will be in europe, I dont know. I'm not theBoss about this (laughs). But anyway I want to thank forall the support for making this possible.

Sifu Martin Sewer: Thank you very much. Is theresomething you like to say to your students,grandstudents and grand-grandstudents all over theworld? They are learning our style, our Hung Gar style.Is there any message you like to give all of them?

GM Chiu Chi Ling: Yes. You see, I was everywherearound the world. In Asia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea,Japan, Singapur, Malaysia. Also in Europe: Germany,Poland, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland, England. In Africa,Morrocco, Tunesia, Dubai... many... many countries. DidI mention Canada? Mexico? Chile? Argentina?Colombia? Our Branch is everywhere. All of them want me to go to their country to give

seminars and teach. All the people and students want

“He follows me and so hecan care about things

because he knows how Ithink and what I do.

I'm very happy to have asuch good successor.”

to meet me. They love our Kung Fu. They love myseminars. This Year I will have the chance to go to

Argentina and New York (to a hall of fame). Also Iwill be able to go to Singapure and Brazil fot hechampionship there. Also for Dan-Tests, peoplewant to know their level. Or for example, after thisactual interview, I will go back to switzerland forseminars and Dan-Tests. We also will have thechance to celebrate my birthday there, make a lotof pictures and strength our friendship. This istypically chinese culture: Respect to the Sifu,Sigung and Si-tai-Gung. I'm very happy to have mystudent, Martin Sewer, in switzerland to manage allthat. He has a lot students and eight schools inswitzerland. I'm looking forward to go there.

Si fu Mart in Sewer : Is there any newproject or idea for the future you wanna talkabout?

GM Chiu Chi Ling: Yes! We are makinga new mov i e w i t h ou r Kung Fu , w i t h anew s to ry. And as usua l , we want havefun and the oppur tun i ty to p romote ourKung Fu.

Sifu Martin Sewer: So, thank you very muchGrandmaster!

GM Chiu Chi Ling: Obrigado! Gracias! AmigosHi! (sic) (Laughs)

Sifu Martin Sewer: (Laugs) Thank you verymuch!

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“People don'tunderstand the

deeper meaning ofHung Gar.

They just look at alittle piece,

like the Tiger, with power, but not

at the crane wichis very soft.”

“We are making a new moviewith our Kung Fu, with a new story.

And as usual, we want havefun and the oppurtunity to

promote our Kung Fu”

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Practitioners und Leader of the Group in der WTU(Wing Tsun Universe)

We consider it necessary to give in this form again a clearoverview of the teacher steps in the WTU and the necessaryconditions, because there are always misunderstandings andambiguities. This may be due to communication difficulties or to alack of intensity, as set with the subject apart.

We are always looking for ways to keep everything clear andespecially transparent both internally and externally. Always callto discuss issues of WTU members or from interested partiesfrom outside directly to the founder.

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In the WTU we make a clear distinction between"students" (practitioners) and teachers (LotG).

It's one thing to learn and to teach another something. Ateacher must be prepared for each student to questionhimself and to find a new way to make the students able tounderstand, that is to make the learning designating todigest using the tools and their functions.

Many "teachers" have the following settings: If I would beinterested to teach, then I would like to teach. That meansin other words, if I have an attention deficit, I would like toteach. And the second even worse condition: frustration.These are those that break down to their one's own lifefrustration, want to teach now and again and then use thestudents as better punshing pads.

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The prison of our thought patterns

.. If we meet someone who is sitting in another cell, if it has adifferent conditioning, embossing, identification, then the followinghappens:

- We find him unsympathetic- We have a conflict- We see an enemy

The whole can be easi ly transferred to col lective groups,organizations, religions, political parties, etc.. What is the form andcontent, we can never understand in this way. That form and contentnot must match, certainly not.

It is interesting that people still believe the other would have saidwhat arrives through the filter of their thought patterns in their

perception. They are ready toswear an oath. They do notnotice that they perceive by thisclaim only the limitations oftheir own thinking. They usuallyget really angry in this statebut already perceived highlyemotional seemingly on the upand are reasonable argumentsno longer accessible.

About what they now getupset about? About themselves!But for them and as a result inthe reminder they have goodreasons to get excited aboutthe insolence which they haveobviously perceived immediately.

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People talk about the structure of the body anddo not realize that the structure of their thoughtpatterns, their emotions and their everydaybehavior has to do something with it. All that isout of context, networking and even contradictsitself. Hardly that they hear, perceive, it is alreadydistorted by the filters of conditioning, embossing,intuition, identification and changes.

Qualities in the WTU

1) Attention2) Elasticity3) Balance4) Sensitivity5) Agility6) Timing7) Intent

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special characteristics which arecompletely different from others,

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drills and how to apply thosedrills, that ability in a sparring,

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„Eternal Spring“ Living for Weng Chun

Grandmaster Andreas Hoffmann andhis thirtieth anniversary of teachingWeng Chun (1986-2016)

Ever since childhood, Andreas Hoffmannhas been fascinated by the martial arts,and following his calling to find the truemartial art, he dared to take the leap intothe unknown and travelled to China duringthe 1980s. During the following years, hewas taught personally by various masters.He has long since become a grandmasterhimself, and meanwhile he has beenteaching Weng Chun Kung Fu all over theworld for three decades. As his wife,Gabriela Hoffmann, I will try and shedsome l ight on his multifacetedcommitment to Weng Chun and to martialarts in general.

Text: Gabriela Hoffmann, Christoph Fuß,Photos: Jens Kamer, Andreas Hoffmann.

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„Eternal Spring“ Living for Weng Chun

Grandmaster Andreas Hoffmann and his thirtieth anniversary ofteaching Weng Chun (1986-2016)

Ever since childhood, Andreas Hoffmann has been fascinated by the martial arts, and following hiscalling to find the true martial art, he dared to take the leap into the unknown and travelled to China duringthe 1980s. During the following years, he was taught personally by various masters. He has long sincebecome a grandmaster himself, and meanwhile he has been teaching Weng Chun Kung Fu all over the

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world for three decades. As his wife, Gabriela Hoffmann, I will try and shed some light on his multifaceted commitment toWeng Chun and to martial arts in general. Weng Chun translates as „Eternal Spring“. By living together with Andreas Hoffmann and sharing daily life, I soon came to

realize the meaning of that notion. For already fourty years he has dedicated himself to the martial arts, and still I experiencehim as someone who assiduously attends to Weng Chun Kung Fu and his martial arts research every day anew, and with trulyeverlasting joy and enthusiasm. He devotes himself with the same full dedication to his exercises as well as to his students,and always seeks to gain a still deeper understanding of his Shaolin art. Time and again, whenever time allows, he goes on aresearch journey, on other occasions he might attend a Buddhist meditation retreat, or learns yet another martial art.He loves to instruct all kinds of people every day; usually starting with the kids, he inspires about a hundred people with his

knowledge, his expertise and his cordiality during a regular working day. In between he maintains contacts with his schoolsand Weng Chun mates all over the world via social media, answers their questions, and plans future projects. Duringweekends, he often travels to other cities or countries, and during the last three decades, his path often led him to veryinteresting places to give lessons there, such as Los Angeles� Chinatown and the Ving Tsun Museum in Dayton, Ohio, or

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during the 1980s to then still communist Poland;he went to Sweden, Italy, Serbia, the Netherlands,Spain and may others. So far, he has introducedWeng Chun Kung Fu in over 15 countries. But he also motivates others to carry out such

pioneering feats, such as his Italian masterstudents, who realized his vision of Weng Chunbeing taught once again within a temple, whichwas erected in arduous work at the beach ofNaples and is wholly devoted to the study ofWeng Chun. Thanks to his inspiration, many of hisstudents have chosen the Shaolin way of life forthemselves, and some have chosen it as theirmain occupation, in Germany for example MasterThomas Reichelt in Erlangen or Master MichaelBerger in Diez. In the east of Germany, WengChun flourishes through the sedulous effort ofMaster Peter Fischer and his team of black belts,like Mike and Holger Müller and many others.Besides, Andreas Hoffmann is also active as anauthor, writing monthly articles in the world�s mosthighly acclaimed martial arts magazin, BudoInternational. Furthermore, he has published threebooks in several languages, which represent thefirst-ever books about Weng Chun.From my point of view, his Weng Chun way of

life so far can be described as preserving the artof Weng Chun in the originality and uniquenessof its history, philosophy and practice, and byrestoring its status which it held back in the daysof the famous Shaolin temple and ofGrandmaster Fung Siu Ching. Furthermore, withthe support of his team of masters, he seeks tofurther develop this art to a still higher level bymeans of hard exercise and sedulous practicalresearch. Through his l i festyle and work,Grandmaster Andreas Hoffmann cultivates andevolves Weng Chun Kung Fu in all of its aspects:1.) First of al l , Weng Chun can be

characterized as an ingenious art of self-defense, which can be learned by anyone inrelatively short time, and which is not so muchbased on mere strength and speed, but ratheron perception, spontaneity, naturalness,resulting in an unlabored and effortlessdeployment of promptness and power. The sameapplies to Weng Chun as a competitive sport,which can easily keep up with today�s highstandard of fighting abilities. The Weng Chuncompetition team can be proud of a solid recordof achievement in freestyle-, Sanda- and K-1-contests. Among the most successful studentsand champions of Andreas Hoffmann are MasterIsmail Göksu, Sifu Sebastian Mehler, and fromDenmark Sifu Henrik Affe Sprechler.2.) Given today�s diversity of old and often not

so old styles of martial arts, another aspect that

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needs emphasizing is that of Weng Chun as a traditionalChinese martial art with all its particular forms andexercises, and also with its own unique history ofdevelopment, which can be traced back directly to thefamous Shaolin temple. Andreas Hoffmann has beenresearching this field for thirty years, and for thispurpose he has been travelling to Hong Kong, mainlandChina, Vietnam and others, seeking to visit al lpractitioners of Weng Chun who are alive. This alsorepresents a continuation of the work of his mostimportant teacher, Grandmaster Wai Yan, who hadfounded the research academy of Dai Duk Lan shortlyafter World War Two, and was inviting all masters of thevarious Weng Chun- families to meet there for teachingand mutual exchange until its close-down in 1991. Priorto this, any such exchange was rendered almostimpossible for around two centuries due to politicalpersecution, and Weng Chun therefore was beingdeveloped in many lines which were largely separatedfrom one another. With the founding of the Dai Duk Lan,Wai Yan created a place of encounter, exchange and

joint development of this art, and such is the legacywhich was handed down to Andreas Hoffmann.Motivated by that spirit, Andreas Hoffman time and

again goes out on a search for missing members of theWeng Chun- family, which often takes him into theremotest areas of China and beyond, to study theirparticular way of Weng Chun. Doing so, he is also veryopen-minded about other styles related to Weng Chun.For example, he has been learning Hung Gar Kung Fufrom the famous Grandmaster and actor Chiu Chi Lingfor thirty years, as well as Chuy Lee Fut fromGrandmaster Tsang Hin Kuen. He has also studied the“soft” styles Tai Chi Chan, Hsing I and Bagua fromGrandmaster Fu Sheng Lung.3.) Grandmaster Fung Siu Ching was particularly well

known for passing on Weng Chun as an art of Chan,respectively Zen, which is reflected in his slogan WengChun Fat Gar (Weng Chun Buddha family). To preserveothers from suffering and to help them having a morehappy life is the motivation of Andreas Hoffmann, as ofany practitioner of Chan. The leitmotif of Chan is the

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pursuit of naturalness, simplicity, spontaneity and cordiality, which also means to become detached from rigid perceptions ofthings and from desire. Many practitioners of Kung Fu are hardly approachable for the concept of Chan philosophy, andtherefore the art is often taught without taking due account of its spiritual dimension, and thus ultimately remains incomplete.With his practical and literary work, Andreas Hoffman seeks to encourage the practitioners of Weng Chun to engagethemselves in this integral part of martial arts as well, and most of his master students follow his example.4.) Last but not least, it is important to emphasize the aspect of Weng Chun as an art of healing and fitness. To

complement his proficiency in this regard as well, Andreas Hoffmann has been studying traditional Chinese medicine, andabove that was also instucted by other experts, such as Alvaro Romano, the founder of Ginástica Natural. In January 2016, the thirtieth anniversary of Andreas Hoffmann as a teacher of Weng Chun took place in the Weng Chun

headquarter in Bamberg, Germany. Friends, teachers and students from all over the world came to pay tribute to his efforts andwork, and to celebrate together. As special guest, as well as an important teacher and contemporary witness, Hung Gar-Grandmaster Chiu Chi Ling from San Francisco visited Bamberg, and came up with some unmatched workshops anddemonstrations. He also offered interesting insights into his conception of the affinity between Weng Chun and Hung Gar Kung Fu.Since 1986 he has had a close relation with Andreas Hoffmann, and his support for the Weng Chun- family since thirty yearsvirtually was another reason to celebrate. Among the attendees were the Weng Chun masters Philipp Hackert, Harald Gries,Michael Berger, Thomas Reichelt, Rittirong Konggann, Ismaik Göksu, Thorsten Engels, Peter Fischer, Alexander Hofmann, from Italythe brothers Flavio and Federico Greco as well as Fabio Samataro, from Denmark Henrik Affe Sprechler and Patrick Mathiesen. Allof them held training sessions, and demonstrated the beauty ofWeng Chun together with their students.Grandmaster Andreas Hoffmann himself offered insights

into his vision of Weng Chun Kung Fu, and during a specialworkshop he illustrated the particular aspect of “flow” inWeng Chun. When he eventually performed the main form ofGrandmaster Wai Yan during the evening gala, he received anemotional standing ovation by the enthusiastic spectators,many of which were moved to tears. Andreas Hoffmannthanked all guests cordially for coming, for theirpresentations, and for the many gifts. Overall, it was a greatand very memorable anniversary celebration for the wholeWeng Chun- family, during which many new friendships and

new plans for the future andthrieving of Weng ChunKung Fu have been made.The event wasaccompanied by a team ofprofessional photographersas well as a television crew,which produces adocumentary aboutAndreas Hoffmann and hiswork for Weng Chun.I myself am looking very

much forward to the nextthirty years, and about thespecial opportunity toexperience and enjoy themup close!

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Comprehensive or Integral Vovinam is simply going back tothe Founder's true Vovinam. The goal of the founder wasclearly and openly declared: "Harvesting effectivetechniques, assimilate their essence and transform theminto Vovinam techniques", and indeed this concept still

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research concept to achieve a supereffective style. However, today 90% ofVovinam teachers forget it and bendto a program too loaded, too fixed,too aesthetic and sometimescompletely ineffective innumerous techniques.Comprehensive Vovinam issimply rediscovering theoriginal essence of MasterNguyen Loc's art. For that,we have the principles, thebasic techniques, and wejust have to go back towork out the effective wayof every technique andapply the foundingprinciple. In this DVD, by thehand of Master PatrickLevet, we will study the basisof Integral Vovinam, threatsand knife attacks, integralcounterattacks, and defenseagainst Dam Thang (direct fist) Dam

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About the true origins of Japanese Jiu-Jitsu there is much speculation, becausethis method is actually, in my humble opinion, not a specific martial art, but a termthat stands for various applications of principles and techniques. I use for my bookthe term JIU-JITSU, instead of Ju-Jutsu or Ju-Jitsu, because this same writing wasused by all Japanese masters coming to Brazil and has been used by our mastersafter them. During my several different Japan tour, I have also fund out a few thingsabout our method, and I believe that one of the more important was that Jiu-Jitsuwas not originally an unarmed martial art, but that it was always taught with andwithout lethal (sword, knife , etc.) and non-lethal weapons (stick, rope, etc.).

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History

Maeda Mituyo

laiming that the origins of Jiu-Jitsu can befound in India, and got to Japan by Buddhistmonks from China could be at least in partcorrectly, but I strongly believe that also other(European fighting arts) influences made theirpart as well. The word JIU-JITSU is often

translated or descript as "gentle" or "adaptive" method,whereby one must also say that the name JIU-JITSU aloneis not there for a specific martial art, but was used as anumbrella term.In the world of martial arts, is often described the

beginning with the introduction of Buddhism over India byBodhidharma. Bodhidharma is said to have lived 440-528

AD and toured different parts of Asia to spread theteachings of Buddhism. The history tells us, that he hasbeen an Indian monk who became the patriarch of theChen (or Zen in Japan) lineage. However many stories hasbeen transmitted from generation to generation and noteverything is properly documented. It is told that he left hishomeland around 480 AD by ship to reach China. Hecrossed next the Himalayas on the Northern provinces, toreach southern China and end up at the Imperial court ofthe Liang Dynasty. Around 523 AD he returned to theNorthern provinces of Henan and back there, it is said, thatBodhidharma have been an important co-founder of theworld famous Shaolin Temple.

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Taro Miyake

A second, but maybe not unimportant mouth narratedstory, reported that Jiu-Jitsu was introduced by a Chinesemonk named Chin Gen Pin who traveled to Japan. Inreturn for housing and food, he should have taught hisknowledge to several samurai families. He called his art"Chikara Karube" which could be translates as "contest ofstrength".Kodokan Jiu-Jitsu, as called by Professor Jigoro Kano

himself in the early days, was a collection of varioustechniques from different schools, but in which he hadremoved the dangerous and often even fatal techniques.We know today that initially the Kodokan Jiu-Jitsu hadgreat balance between ground and standing fightingtechniques. However, in order to offer to a wider audience

an exciting "show" the Kodokan focused on the standingtechniques, which were more spectacular in a largecompetition arena. However, the high efficient and highlyrespected ground fighting techniques were not left out byall experts. In several Universities so-called KOSEN groupswhere founded who started to organize nationalcompetitions in order to maintain this knowledge amongthe younger “Judo” students.One of the main responsible for the introduction of Jiu-

Jitsu in Brazil was for sure Master Mitsuyo Maeda. He wasborn on November, 18, 1878 in the city of Hirosaki and diedon November, 28, 1941 in Belem do Para. He was a smallsized man of 164cm and 60kg. As a young boy he tried firstwith some Sumo wrestling, but because of his small stature

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Shutaro Ono, Soshihiro Satake, Tokugoro Ito and Maeda in 1912

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The Maeda family

Jiu-Jitsu was more appropriate. At the age ofseventeen, he was sent to study at WasedaUniversity, where he also started with KodokanJiu-Jitsu. Back then, students were assigned toone of the respective masters based by theirbody stature and weight, and so Maeda camein the so-called SHINTEN-NO (Group ofprogress) under Tsunejiro Tomita.In 1907 four young masters were awarded a

4th Dan by the Kodokan Institute: MitsuyoMaeda, Shutaro Ono, Soshihiro Satake and ItoTokugoro. Master Ito, because he was theoldest of all four, became the group leadertraveling (traveling in the early 1908) to theUSA. However, Ito stayed in the USA andMaeda, Ono and Satake moved to Europe,and later to reach South-America.During my research for this book, one of the

masters that frequently are named was MasterSadakazu Uyenishi. I am quite sure that hewas for many Japanese masters, like the firstcontact when arriving to Europe. Hisprofessional career began as a teacher in thefamous Bartitsu Club (1899) whichunfortunately was closed again in May 1902,but also encouraged him to start his own Jiu-Jitsu school. He led personally the school untillate 1908, shortly before his return to Japan. Itis told that it was around this time, that masterUyenishi gave his school to his best Englishstudent, and Ono, Satake and Maeda travel toSpain to find their new luck.Arriving at the port of Barcelona they

continued to Seville, where another friend andmaster named Taro Miyake. Master Taroarrived in early 1904 from Japan first toLondon, where he taught along with his friendYukio Tani. It is often told wrongly that HélioGracie fought against Taro Miyake about 1934;this gentleman was a Ono student who alsosurname was Miyake. It is also important tomention that Taro Miyake was not a Kodokanteacher; he was one of the top pupils of theYoshin-Ryu and the first Japanese to teachand live in France and Spain. His first visit in inFrance brought him to teach at the famousErnest Regnier Jiu-Jitsu School back in 1905.

While living in Europe with Miyake, Maedamade many new wealthy friends and touredvarious cities. Their paths separated whenMaeda decided to travel together with hisclose friend Satake and Ono to South-America. Miyake instead accepted a wellpayed offer to teach at the Maitrots Academyin Paris, France, before leaving Europe and tomove for good to the USA where he openedseveral schools and lived for quit long timethere.The first document that I have seen

personally that mentions the arrival of MasterMaeda in Brazil is dated November 14, 1914,and announces the presence of the Jiu-Jitsugroup to perform in several cities. Maeda is sofascinated of this country that he soon takesthe decision to stay forever. At that time Jiu-Jitsu was already established in Brazil andsoon Maeda even wants to start his ownschool. Please note that Maeda was not thefirst Japanese master to bring Jiu-Jitsu intoBrazil, but become for sure one of the leadersin spreading out this fighting method; later inmy book I will explain it more in detail.The daily newspaper "O Tempo" announced

nearly a year later, on December, 20, 1915 thatthe Jiu-Jitsu group led by "Conde Koma"visit ing Belém do Para would give ademonstration of the ARTE SUAVE in thetheater "Politheama". Further, the newspaperannounced that everyone would then have theopportunity to fight the champion Maeda. Thethen responsible editor published immediatelyafter the successful event a second article,whereby the interest of a Turkish wrestlernamed Nagib Assef was awakened, whovisited the newspaper office to demand a fightagainst the Japanese master. Maeda acceptedimmediately the challenge and the date fell onDecember, 24, 1915. However, this fight leftalso only a few seconds and “Conde Koma”was again the winner of the evening; thenickname "Conde Koma" (English CountKoma) is supposed that had received in Spainbecause while throwing Maeda his opponentsthey fainted with the impact on the floor.

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Now one would think, that Maeda would start his ownschool and life his dream, but this was not so. While hisfriend Ono establishes his school in Sao Paulo and Satakeis very involved with his school in Belem, Maeda decidesagain to return to England. On January, 8, 1916, he takesthe ship from Manaus to Liverpool and finally ending up inLondon. Here he meets the daughter of a prosperousimport and export trader named May-Iris. A short time laterthey married and return together to Belém. This return isfor Maeda one of the biggest gifts in his life, as he told thatto the local newspapers in an interview years later,because shortly thereafter, on March, 17, 1917, the SSAntony, the ship in which Maeda traveled to Brazil, wasattacked by torpedoes from a German submarine, killing atleast 55 people and more than 450 survivors were rescuedby a passing ship.While back home, Maeda wanted to get back into the

ring, and quickly a challenge match between a localcapoeira-fighter named Pé de Bola was organized. ForMaeda this was a great opportunity to show him again tothe open public. What Maeda could not know, was that hisBrazilian opponent had fastened a sharp razor bladebetween his toes with the intentions to cause Maedaseverely injures. But this fight ended after a few minutes,as the Capoeirista was down on the ground with a brokenarm and “Count Koma” was crowned again as the King ofthe evening.In the spring of 1921 with the financial support of his

closest disciples Mitsuyo Maeda opened his first own

dojo, in the former clubhouse of the rowers in Belem.However, his friend Satake decides one year later to moveaway from Brazil. Numerous Satake students moved totrain with Maeda, including the first three Satake blackbelts, led by the young master Donato Pires dos Reis, wholater became the Jiu-Jitsu instructor of Carlos and GeorgeGracie.The marriage between Maeda and May-Iris did not last

long as she went back to London, and in the meanwhile,Maeda worked as an assistant of the officer of a Japanesecolony. This was in a small suburb of Belem and therespected work was well paid. For Japanese import andexport business Brazil had become very interesting, butthe uncertain political situation and the increasinglyfrequent riots, did not make it to find new investors easy.As Maeda now loses his job, he starts immediately with

a new business idea. Since the first Jiu-Jitsu training suitshad to be imported from Japan and the costs turned outhigher and higher, he begins to employ local women whosew the training suits for him and other schools. Made outof simple and white cotton fabric everyone was able to getone; the belts where made from the residue of the sew –for beginners the belts were white and for the advancedstudent they would get dark blue colored ones… mostprobably this was the beginning of the Brazilian Jiu-JitsuBelt-color system.

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The Five ways of attack

The methods of attack of any styleof hand-to-hand combat wil leventually fall into one of thesecategories; these methods are thebasis of the technical strategies andtactics of the actual fighting.

The above tools can be used in eachof these five methods; logically, thesharper the instrument, the moreeffective the attack; techniques andtactics are not a replacement foreffective tools in a real f ight,superficiality can be a weakness whichcould prove fatal.

Single Direct Attack (SDA)

Single Angular Attack (SAA) eg: straight or angled jab

Attack by combination (ABC)eg: jab-direct-hook

Attack by drawing (ABD)eg: leaving the head uncovered to a jab; when the

opponent throws his blow counter hitting his biceps

Hand Immobilization Attack (HIA)

Foot Immobilization Attack (FIA)eg: Pak Sao, Jeet Tek

Progressive Indirect Attack (PIA)eg: Low kick feint to hook, jab.

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Single Direct Attack /single angular attack

It's the easiest method of attack, but beingsimple is also the most difficult to applyeffectively.

Connecting a single decisive blow withoutfurther ado is the apogee of the economy ofmovement, however, my experience hastaught me that scoring an SDA on anprepared opponent is almost impossible.

Most Martial Arts know how to fend off anSDA, and therefore, unless we aresignificantly higher than our opponent, it maybe desirable to choose a different tactic. Orwe can use it by practicing the interception,which is the heart of JKD.

Attack by combination

This is a very effective and relatively easyattacking method, it is self-explanatory.

Combining our tools, we can create asituation in which we will overwhelm ouradversary; if we attack enough some blowwill undoubtedly impact against the big goal.

The disadvantage is that this methodtends to create a propensity to friction, whichis fine if we are bigger than our opponent,but not recommended if we are not.

Attack by drawing / opening

This method is very highly sophisticatedand requires good timing and attacking toolsreasonably sharpened; where we can make acombination attack, this attack cannot becarried out. The art of attacking by drawingis the art of counterattacking with our fists.

The person who knows how to make gooduse of this type of attack, will push theopponent to attack him, while he'l l beprepared to receive him and counterattack;this can be quite difficult, because it requiresa certain ability to "read" the adversary.

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1. Basic techniques for Wooden Dummy2. Basic techniques for Wooden Dummy3. Basic techniques for Wooden Dummy

4. Defense bruised knee5. knee to the face side exit

Attack by immobilization ofthe hand or foot

This method is very effective because mostpeople do not expect it; the tactics consists ofimmobilizing a joint while striking.

That allows you to open a line of attackrelatively free of obstacles, this type ofattack seems to be characteristic of theoriental arts and it reaches its apogee inthe Wing Chun and Kali.

Progressive indirect attack

Against a skil led opponent, this isprobably the most effective attack strategy,it depends on our ability to pretend in frontof the opponent.

Making believe our enemy that we willattack on a particular line, another line willbecome vulnerable and, although it can beextremely effective, it requires rhythm and aconvincing faint.

Another feature that defines the PIA is thatthe fake used to close the distance, movingforward is very important and offers us theprivilege of beginning our attack from agreater distance.

So, what kind of attack to use? Once again,the rule is: the right tool at the right time for atask suited to it; there's no tactic that worksforever, usually we cannot choose who tofight with, and this excludes every possibilityof recognition of the opponent.

These methods don't mean anything if weare not able to implement them in combat; wecannot lose sight of that for which we arepreparing ourselves; what separates MartialArts from other motor activities is the cold,hard and merciless combat.

In a time of crisis and danger, you won't beup to your expectations, but you'll fall downto your level of training; making an effectiveuse of these strategies depends on yourability to work them out effectively; once youhave reached a basic level of acquisition ofthe techniques we have seen above Irecommend you to take these tools and applythem to every method of attack.

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6. right knee7. left knee

8. Pak sao fist9. Gum Sao fist

10. After the fist controls theadversary Lan sao

No method can be adequate for any distance ortechnique; start kicking, then start punching and later tryto kick and punch at the same time, there are no otherrules for this process than the acquisition of experience,both good and bad; the goal is that of understanding thetactical advantage in real time of each method, so it isvery important to experiment.

As I said, a commander in the army can be forgiven forhaving lost a battle, but not for having been taken bysurprise; the variables that govern all situations areendless, but the hand-to-hand fighting tools and theangles of attack are surprisingly few, it makes no senseto worry about things that cannot be controlled, but it isour responsibility to become familiar with the reality andthe practical limitations of the hand-to-hand combat.

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S.I.D.P. - A REALITY OF THEUIKT FAMILY, OR "UNIONE ITALIANA KUNG FUTRADIZIONALE" (TRADITIONAL KUNG FU ITALIAN UNION)

The activities of the S.I.D.P. Scuola ItalianaDifesa Personale (Self Defense Ital ianSchool) are focused on the study andpractice of Martial Arts and Self Defense atevery level.

The integrated combat system proposedby the School has its roots in Wing ChunKuen, which is its driving principle, itsbeating heart.

Self Defense researches specifically thehistorical and socio-cultural context of thecombat systems developed at the time in thecontemporary world: obviously dangers,aggression dynamics and legislation of therural society in China in 1600 differ from thecurrent conditions of today's urbanized areas.

In order to turn the Martial Art of referenceinto a useful tool in the current reality, notlimited to the scope of the gym, to the studyof traditional weapons is associated themastering of one of the weapons commonlyused by potential attackers, whether blunt orcutting and puncture weapons (stick andknife); there are also specific coursesscheduled for the review of firearms andtheir application in the most diverse tacticalsituations, including through Airsoft games.

The goal of S.I.D.P. coincides with that ofthe person who is its founder and dean, SiFuFrancesco Procaccini, UIKT Master 5th duanand a professional in the field for over twodecades: Give the Martial Arts that usefulrole in society, which is the basis of theirown birth and their continued growth.

Master Francesco Procaccini, was born in 1971 inAriccia, near Rome, and he soon expressed his readinessfor action: being already Italian water polo champion, attwenty-four he also won the world title in boxing, secondseries of the middleweights. It was immediately aftergetting this t it le when, driven by a deep desire toinvestigate the effectiveness and efficiency in combat, hecame into contact with traditional Chinese Martial Arts andparticularly with the Wing Chun of Sijo Leung Ting, whichhe started learning with Sifu Paul Delisio, initiating aprocess of growth that continued without interruption forthe next eighteen years. At the same time he occupiedpositions in security throughout the country, both in theentertainment industry and in politics.

In the same period, he approached the Bojewoje Sambo,the Martial Art practiced by the "Spetsznat", the Russianspecial forces, which he trained with greater or lesserintensity for about seven years in the military bases ofMoscow, Novominsk and Polyarny (Siberia), also deepeningin the study of firearms with Mauro Prospero and severalforeign experts, including Gabriel Suárez.

Condensing his deep knowledge of Martial Arts acquiredduring twenty years of study, ten of which as a professional,in October 2013 he founded the S.I.D.P. (Sistema Integratodi Difesa Personale - Integrated Self Defense System), ofwhich is a Master in each sector.

Today he continues his research and promotion oftraditional Martial Arts, with particular attention to theusefulness and relevance that they bring also in today'ssociety, thanks to their great formative power and theirenduring effectiveness. The universal principles that animatethe Martial Way have the capability of meeting the needs ofcultural and moral development, personal safety and defenseof men and women of all ages and geographic location.

Condensing his deep knowledge of Martial Arts that hehas acquired during twenty years of study, ten of which asa professional, in October 2013 he founded the S.I.D.P.(Sistema Integrato di Difesa Personale - Integrated SelfDefense System), of which is a Master in each sector.

Today he continues his research and promotion oftraditional Martial Arts, with particular attention to theusefulness and relevance that they bring also in today'ssociety, thanks to their great formative power and theirenduring effectiveness. The universal principles thatanimate the Martial Way have the capability of meeting theneeds of cultural and moral development, personal safetyand the defense of men and women of all ages andgeographic location.

Thanks to this intense work of preservation of thetraditional and its assessment in the present, it has beenstipulated a prestigious collaboration with the Police StateCONSAP Union, which is still active, and within which havebeen scheduled and conducted specialization SelfDefense courses that focus on Chinese Martial Arts andare specifically targeted to meeting the needs of thosewho, as security operators serving the community, areready all the time to endanger their physical safety toprotect others.

Paramount importance has the active agreementbetween the School and the Order of Engineers of theProvince of Rome.

SiFu Francis is also the field coordinator for the "Security- Defense - Protection" sector of the S.I.D.P., which isrequired to assist in the work of national resonance events,including the Race of the Saints in Rome and severaleditions of the prestigious Christmas Concert held everyyear at the Auditorium della Conciliazione in Rome.

The meeting with SiFu Alessandro Colonna, President ofthe TRADITIONAL KUNG FU ITALIAN UNION (UIKT), hasled to the development of a fruitful collaboration, animatedby an unshakable will of the two Masters of developing theideals of research, exchange and growth, both personaland martial, which are among the pillars on which everyschool finds its stronger foundations. The recognition bySiFu Colonnese of SiFu Procaccini's qualification ofMaster of Wing Chun and Jet Kune Do comes to seal themartial community intent.

As is always the case, the hard work pays off byreasoned benevolence the efforts made, the acquired anddisseminated knowledge, the conscious commitment: theschool, so fervently loved and strongly supported by SiFuFrancesco, currently has fifteen offices, distributedbetween Lazio and Tuscany, with over two hundredstudents in their assets, and is a strong circle of teninstructors and as many coaches who, under the guidanceof the Master, make the SIDP a reality more than ever aliveand in vibrant growth. The harmonious alchemy oftraditional values and the joyful conviviality make full use of

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the image of an extended Kwon, virtually,to embrace all the branches of the schoolin a real, unique family. The monthlyinternships in which all students meet towork together with the Master, areanxiously expected and lived not only as avaluable opportunity to practicing andincreasing their martial knowledge, but asan opportunity to be together again, withFriends, with the Brothers with whom they"feel" in an infra-conscious way, evenbefore being conscious of it, because theyhave deep affinities that go beyond thebarriers of time and space, and give the"One" the meaning of being everyoneturned into a same and well-defineddirection: the Way of the Warrior.

The purpose of the School lives in whathas become its poster: "What binds us isthe idea of being a community in which wemay relate to each other without mutualinstrumentalisation, but rather making of usreal instruments to achieve the commongoal, which is that of working serenelyalong in the Profession of Arms, bringingabout prosperity for all." Few, brief wordsfull of deep meaning for every one of theTeachers and candidates of the S.I.D.P.: theconcept of "community" awakens vibrant

echoes of archetypes that resonate withthe deeper layers of the consciousness ofthose who "feel", again, that they want andcan be builders and instruments of aconstant process of evolution, forthemselves and for the rest: what is "good"for the Others, becomes naturally, simply,even ineluctably, good for them also.Selfishness, atavistic offshoot of theindelible survival instinct, it is not deleted,but sublimated by such deep awareness:working with the partner, with the pupil,with the unshakable firmness to make him"strong", will make us "stronger", in thelargest and most noble sense that can bebestowed to the term "strength".

This is what feeds the S.I.D.P., the ItalianSchool of Self Defense: shared growth,shared power, shared work. And mostimportantly, the Example that each Teacherand each Student feel they wants to be forthe other. Just like Sifu FrancescoProcaccini, who is always setting anexample of martial dignity: Warrior is not onewho triumphs in battle alone against tenthousand foes. Warrior is the one who, witha strong will and courage, is in a position todo what must be done, for himself and, veryspecially, for the service of the Others.

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Studying Hwa Rang Do® far from your Master: part 1

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HWA RANG DO®:A legacy of Loyalty, Relentlessly seeking Truth, Empowering

Lives, Serving Humanity.

Hwa Rang Do® InstructorFlavio Sciaccaluga –Luxembourg: interview. Part 1

Flavio Sciaccaluga, Italian, you live inLuxembourg, your wife is from Hungary,you study and teach Hwa Rang Do®(Korean Traditional Martial Art). How doyou live this incredible mixture?

My generation is lucky: I can movealmost everywhere in the world, I canmeet other different people and culturesand I can choose the reference points ofmy life.

This dimension of living helps us todevelop a great capability to appreciatethe diversity and to create synergiesamong different cultures.

The Hwa Rang Do® is a terriblecomprehensive martial art and when youstudy it you learn, f irst of al l , tounderstand the differences, then toappreciate them and, last, to use thediversity as a personal tool (no matter thetarget, winning a fight, a tournament, orgrow as a better person).

The Hwa Rang Do® syllabus includeskicking, punching, weapons, joint locks,takedowns, falling and acrobatictechniques, strategy and philosophy,anatomy, etc. and every student has to beprepared in so many fields. This is useful to:

1) understand our power and weakness; 2) understand the power and weakness

of other people; 3) understand that theonly way to grow is through teamwork andsynergies.

Flavio, you live in Luxembourg, on theother hand your master, Su Suk Sa Bum

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“When I was next tomy master, mytargets in thepractice of HwaRang Do were

staying next to himand learn, help.

Today, my targets isfollowing my way asteacher like him,aware of all theproblems and

responsibilities Ihave.”

Nim Marco Mattiucci, lives in Italy. Whatabout your martial study?

Our martial art, the Hwa Rang Do®, isperfectly integrated in the real and modernworld: our masters activated many onlineplatforms for the long distance study of theart. This is the main way to keep hightechnical level and standards around theworld.

You can think about Hwa Rang Do®study as an advanced university courseor master: there are normal weeklybased public lessons (face to face withthe master) and there are also veryintensive courses for black belts. In boththe ways you are required to study athome too, to be organized by yourself toconstantly review the huge syllabus andbetter understand the lessons. The onlineplatforms are obviously very useful inthis kind of approach.

When I was living in Italy I studied ina normal Hwa Rang Do® class withmy master for several years. Then Ihad to go abroad for work. The factto be far from my master pushed meto think a lot. It pushed me to grow.The only way for a son to grow is togo far from home, from the family.This experience has improved mysense of responsibility and mycapabilities as manager. Alwaysuseful when you teach in a martialschool.

When I was next to mymaster, my targets in thepractice of Hwa Rang Do werestaying next to him and learn, help.Today, my targets is following my wayas teacher like him, aware of all theproblems and responsibilities I have.

It continues in the next issues…

“Then I had to goabroad for work.The fact to be farfrom my master

pushed me to thinka lot. It pushed me

to grow. The only way for ason to grow is togo far from home,from the family.”

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About the author: Hwa RangDo® Head Instructor, LieutenantColonel of the Italian Military PoliceForce (Carabinieri) and Engineer,Marco Mattiucci is the Chief of theEU Branches of the World HwaRang Do® Association and one ofthe main followers of GrandmasterTaejoon Lee.

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Real Kyusho

Real Kyusho. The Comparison. Stick and Knife

What does this have to do with Kyusho… well everything as it is also a comparisonthat parallels Kyusho and Martial Arts. This is an important concept that must bedeveloped as we study Kyusho, but can be difficult for thosebeginning Kyusho especially with many years of other Martial

Arts training.

here are mental andphysical barriers that mustbe overridden… thisinvolves a slightly differentmethod, just as one would

use using a knife compared to a stick,one such barrier is fear. It is far easierto imagine striking another person witha stick to ward off an assault asopposed to inserting a piece of steelinto their inner organs. Training tostrike or kick an assailant is not thesame as training to attack nerves,blood vessels or internal organs. Manyseasoned Martial Artists have theseconcerns when they begin their KyushoJourney. They fear for the health,lasting symptoms, internal damageetc., yet they do not fear breaking anelbow or rib with conventional attackmethodology… these bear stunningsimilarity to working with the stick incomparison with a knife.

Comparison 1:

When we look at conventionalMartial Arts we can compare or liken itto a stick. We say that as the MartialArtist works to develop strong bodyand body actions to strike or kick withspeed (velocity), power and distance.All the same qualities as strikingsomeone with a stick; the speed orvelocity of the strike maximizesdamage and contact are as it does.The area for targeting is general suchas arm, head, body or leg... thesehowever are provide a protection bynature and although devastating withthe power, it is not efficient nor thebest approach.

This is good for those that areyoung and strong and have manyhours to train in becoming more so...but is this not a failing proposition?You need the youth and training tomaximize but the ageing process atsome point diminishes the outputlevel and a younger and strongerindividual now has the advantage.

We then compare it to Kyushowhich is more l ike a knife as itpenetrates the surface to seek out thevital underlying targets. With theknife, massive speed and power arenot as critical as it is with a stick asthe finely honed edge and point areenough to get past the naturalprotections of the human body.

Comparison 2:

Transitional response is far slowerand more cumbersome with a stick asthe power from velocity is needed andproper distance is needed. Asexample say you make a forehandstrike and need to transition to abackhand, this wil l take greater

strength and only ever deliver afraction of the power or potential asthe forehand, targeting andincapacitating potential is severelydiminished.

The knife can choose a direction farfaster and in greater range of anglesand possible targets... and all witheffortless transition with the samelevel of incapacitating potential.

And so it is with Kyusho as there

are far more sensitive targets on theinside of the body than on the outerbody… and transition is easier as farless power and transitioning distanceis needed. Literally a twist of the wristis all that is needed to access anotherinternal target due to the smalleramount of force necessary to inflictincapacitating results.

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“The knife can choose a direction farfaster and in greater range of anglesand possible targets... and all witheffortless transition with the samelevel of incapacitating potential.”

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“This is a great equalizer that Kyusho encompasses, as the size of the individual is not the main factor in

greater capability.”

Comparison 3:

Adaptabil ity with a stick isconstrained as there is one basic gripthat can deliver a debilitating blow,whereas the knife is equally potentwith either grip. There may beargument from some, but let's face itif you hold a stick in a backhandposition, there will be little power,highly constrained mobil ity,transitional ability and therefore worth.

This holds true in Traditional Styleswhen compared to Kyusho, whichdoes not rely on strong handpositioning as any knuckle or bonewill do and with less tension so thatthe wrists flexibility and transitionalagility is less impacted.

Comparison 4:

Size does matter. Look at thisrealistically, it you have a 6 inch stickwhat real worth is it in comparisonwith a six inch knife? The shorterstick wil l demand even greatervelocity and power to create a benefit,whereas even a one inch blade canstill inflict far more potential in greaterdirectional and held positions. Thereare more comparisons that can bedrawn, but it is not necessary to thelogical mind... a weapon that only hasvalue with speed and power (that hasa short l i fe span) wil l be far lessworthy of t ime due to the lesserefficient model that can improve farlonger and with the same potential.

This is a great equalizer that Kyushoencompasses, as the size of theindividual is not the main factor ingreater capability. In traditional styles alarger opponent would be harder toincapacitate as well as hold far morestrength to injure you, the size matters inmost Martial Arts, http://www.rebecca-lawrence.comjust as it does with a stick.

Comparison 5:

Using a stick you are mainlyconcerned with hitting a general arealike the arms, head, body and or legs.Some have more specific target likeeye, groin, temple, etc., like traditionalMartial Arts.

A knife fighter has all of these andmore as they also target more specificinner targets and vital areas. Theycan use any target the stick fightercan with great affect, yet have fargreater potential as they canpenetrate deeper into the body.

It is the same with a Kyushopractitioner, they have all of the targetsof the Martial Artist, but they also havefar more when they target the inneranatomical structures. And here is avery important idea that most

traditional stylists may not consider;say you miss the inner target, you stillattack the outer structure as you wouldin your style… there is NO risk.

Comparison 6:

As with most Martial Styles they arecomprised of larger swinging orstabbing actions. This range ofmotion is severely compromised withcloseness. However at all ranges, theknife is as serious, if not more so inclose as speed, power and space isnot required. It is more dangerousbecause of deeper penetration andconcealed actions at that range.Small concealed moves not onlycause greater affects, they are farmore difficult to stop or intercept,invaluable in close range fighting.

It is also like watching a masterlevel BJJ fighter on the ground

working with smaller undetectableactions that setup, compromise anddefeat the opposition.

This same dynamic is inherent inKyusho as well, which has greataffects at long distance as well asclose range because Kyusho does notrely solely on ball istics; there isapplied pressure as well ascompression.

Disclaimer:

We are not trying to say Martial Artsare weaker, we are just pointing outthat if you use a knife (Kyusho) asopposed to a stick (conventionalstriking), you are greatly increasing theamount of YOUR potential, for effortexpended.

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“With the knife, massive speed and power are not ascritical as it is with a stick as the finely honed edge andpoint are enough to get past the natural protections of

the human body.”

Como hemos documentado en los últimos 6años, el Kyusho se traduce como “Punto Vital" yes el estudio de la condición humana y de su fra-gilidad. Aunque es similar en apariencia a la anti-gua Acupuntura y a los métodos de masaje sobrepuntos de presión, el método Kyusho tambiénpuede tratar los problemas inmediatos y hacerdesaparecer las dolencias comunes del cuerpo.En segundos podemos empezar a aliviar lasmolestias asociadas al dolor de cabeza, de espal-da, los tirones musculares e internos, el hipo, elasma, las náuseas, la congestión nasal y otrasmuchas enfermedades comunes, tanto por cau-sas naturales como provocadas. Estos efectos seconsiguen rápidamente y de manera eficaz, sinnecesidad de recurrir a pastillas o medicamentosque puedan tardar 20 minutos o más en hacerefecto y que pueden provocar graves efectossecundarios en otros órganos o funciones corpo-rales. Las ramificaciones son muy amplias y cree-mos que merece la pena seguir investigando ylogrando beneficios para la sociedad. Este tipo deenfoque holístico ha resultado eficaz durantemuchos miles de años en diferentes culturas detodo el mundo y ahora hemos querido hacerloposible para ti. Una vez que aprendas estos méto-dos simples de Kyusho Primeros Auxilios, tu tam-bién podrás ayudar a tu familia y amigos conmuchas de estas dolencias comunes que todossufrimos. Esto te servirá para tener un breve resu-men histórico de cómo se desarrollaron estosmétodos y otras posibilidades de salud que senecesitan en el día a día. Sin embargo y comocabría esperar, aquí no está el programa comple-to, pues los conceptos más profundos y comple-jos sólo pueden alcanzarse con las manos, apli-cándolos y practicando bajo la atenta mirada deun instructor. La práctica regular de estos méto-dos no sólo aumentará tus habilidades para apli-car las fórmulas aprendidas, sino que te enseñarála aplicación intuitiva de muchas otras técnicas desalud. No deberían considerarse fórmulas aisla-das, sino caminos para corregir ciertos problemasen el cuerpo humano, basados en los conceptospresentados. En los siguientes capítulos deKyusho Primeros Auxilios veremos primero el ori-gen inmediato o la necesidad de curar muchosproblemas diarios. ¡Qué disfrutes del viaje!

Come abbiamo documentato negli ultimi 6 anni,il Kyusho si traduce come “Punto Vitale” ed è lostudio della condizione umana e della sua fragilità.Benché sia simile in apparenza all'anticaAgopuntura e ai metodi di massaggio sui punti dipressione, il metodo Kyusho può t rat tare anche iproblemi immediat i e far spar i re le problematichecomuni del corpo. In pochi secondi possiamo alle-viare i disturbi associati al mal di testa, di schiena,gli stiramenti muscolari e interni, il singhiozzo, l'as-ma, la nausea, la congestione nasale e molte altremalattie comuni, sia per cause naturali che provo-cate. Questi effetti si ottengono rapidamente e inmaniera efficace, senza la necessità di ricorrere apastiglie o medicine che possono richiedere 20minuti o più prima di fare effetto e che possonoprovocare gravi effetti indesiderati in altri organi ofunzioni corporali. Le ramificazioni sono moltoampie e crediamo che valga la pena continuare ainvestigare ottenendo benefici diretti per la socie-tà. Questo tipo di impostazione olistica è risultataefficace per molte migliaia di anni in differenti cul-ture di tutto il mondo ed ora abbiamo voluto fare ilpossibile per te. Quando impari questi metodisemplici di Kyusho Primo Soccorso, anche tupotrai aiutare la tua famiglia e i tuoi amici conmolte di queste patologie comuni cui tutti sonoaffetti. Questo ti servirà per avere un breve rias-sunto storico di come si svilupparono questi meto-di e altre possibilità di cura che sono necessarienel quotidiano. Tuttavia, ovviamente, qui non c'è ilprogramma completo, perché i concetti più pro-fondi e complessi si riescono a capire solo con lemani, applicandoli e praticando sotto l'attentosguardo di un istruttore. La pratica regolare diquesti metodi non aumenterà solo le tue abilitànell'applicare le formule imparate, ma ti insegneràl'applicazione intuitiva di molte altre tecniche disalute. Non si dovrebbero considerare formule iso-late, bensì vie per correggere determinati problemidel corpo umano, basate sui concetti presentati.Nei seguenti articoli sul Kyusho Primo Soccorsovedremo in primo luogo l 'or igine immediata o lanecessi tà di curare mol t i problemi quot idiani .Godetevi questo viaggio!

Comme nous l'avons vu ces six dernières années, leKyusho se traduit par « point vital » et est l'étude de lacondition humaine et de sa fragilité. Bien que similaireen apparence à l'ancienne acupuncture et aux métho-des de massage sur les points de pression, la méthodeKyusho peut également traiter les problèmes immédiatset faire disparaître les douleurs physiques communes.En quelques secondes, nous pouvons commencer àsoulager les troubles associés aux maux de tête, dedos, les crampes musculaires et internes, le hoquet,l'asthme, les nausées, la congestion nasale et de nom-breux autres troubles communs, surgissant aussi bienpour des raisons naturelles que provoquées. Ces effetssont obtenus rapidement et efficacement, sans avoirbesoin de faire appel à des médicaments qui peuventprendre vingt minutes ou plus à faire de l'effet et peu-vent provoquer de graves effets secondaires sur d'au-tres organes ou fonctions corporelles. Les ramificationssont très vastes et nous croyons que ça vaut la peine decontinuer la recherche afin d'obtenir des bénéfices pourla société. Ce type de point de vue holistique a été effi-cace pendant de nombreux milliers d'années dans dif-férentes cultures du monde entier et nous avons main-tenant voulu le rendre possible pour vous. Une fois quevous aurez appris ces méthodes simples de Kyusho dePremiers Secours, vous pourrez également aider votrefamille et vos amis et soulager beaucoup de ces mauxcommuns dont nous souffrons tous.Cela vous permet-tra d'avoir un bref résumé historique de la manière dontces méthodes se développèrent et d'autres possibilitésde santé dont nous avons besoin au jour lejour.Cependant, comme on pouvait s'y attendre, le pro-gramme ici n'est pas complet car les concepts les plusprofonds et complexes ne peuvent être atteint qu'avecles mains, en les appliquant et en pratiquant sous leregard attentif d'un instructeur. La pratique régulière deces méthodes augmentera votre habileté à appliquer lesformules apprises, mais encore vous enseignera àappliquer intuitivement beaucoup d'autres techniquesde santé. Elles ne devraient pas être considéréescomme des formules isolées, mais comme des voiespour corriger, certains problèmes affectant le corpshumain, en se basant sur les concepts présentés. Dansles prochains chapitres de Kyusho Premiers Secours,nous verrons d'abord l'origine immédiate de la nécessi-té de guérir de nombreux problèmes quotidiens. Prenezplaisir à ce voyage !

As we have documented over the past 6years, Kyusho translates as "Vital Point"and is a study of the human condition andit's frailties. Although similar in appearanceto the ancient acupuncture and pressurepoint massage methods, the Kyushomethod can also deal with immediacy forcertain trauma as well as easily rid the bodyof common ailments. Within seconds wecanm begin to relax and ease the painassociated with headaches, backaches,muscle and internal cramps, hiccups,asthma, nausea, sinus congestion and somany more common maladies both ofnatural causes as well as trauma inflicted.This is all performed quickly and efficientlywithout expensive pills or drugs that cantake 20 minutes or more to work or haveserious side effects on other organs orbody functions. The ramifications are enor-mous and we believe to be of such worthfor continued research and societal benefit.This type of holistic approach has beeneffective for many thousands of years incultures throughout the world and we haveadded even more possibility and purposeto it for you. Once you learn these simplemethods of Kyusho First Aide, you too canhelp your family and friends with many ofthese common ailments we each sufferthrough. Let this serve as an historicalrecord of how these methods developedand the other health possibilities they holdfor day-to-day living. However it is not thefull curriculum, as one would expect, thedepth and intricacies can only be conveyedwith hands on application and practiceunder the watchful eye of an instructor. Theconsistent practice of these methods willnot only increase your abilities to relieve thepracticed formulas, but also instruct you inthe intuitive application of many otherhealth issues. They should not be conside-red standalone formulas, but rather ways tocorrect certain problems within the humanbody based on the foundation presented.

Wie wir in den letzten 6 Jahren dokumentiert haben,übersetzt sich Kyusho als „Vitalpunkt“, es ist dasStudium der menschlichen Beschaffenheit und ihreZerbrechlichkeit. Auch wenn es dem Anschein nach deralten Akupunktur und den Massagemethoden aufDruckpunkte ähnelt, so kann die Kyusho-Methodedoch auch sofort Probleme behandeln und die norma-len Leiden des Körpers verschwinden lassen. Innerhalbvon Sekunden können wir anfangen, die Beschwerdenim Zusammenhang mit Kopfweh, Schmerzen derSchulter, Muskel- und innere Zerrungen, Schluckauf,Asthma, Übelkeiten, Verstopfung der Nase und vielenanderen normalen Krankheiten lindern, egal ob sienatürlicher Ursache haben oder hervorgerufen sind.Diese Effekte werden schnell und effizient erreicht, ohneauf Pillen oder Medikamente zurückgreifen zu müssen,die 20 Minuten oder länger brauchen, um Wirkung zuzeigen, und die starke Nebenwirkungen in anderenOrganen oder Körperfunktionen haben können. DieVerzweigungen sind sehr breit gefächert und wir glau-ben, dass es der Mühe wert ist, weiter zu forschen undso Nutzen für die Gemeinschaft zu erzielen. Dieser Typder holistischen Zielsetzung war über viele tausendJahre hinweg und in verschiedenen Kulturen auf derganzen Welt wirkungsvoll, aber jetzt wollen wir eszugänglich machen. Wenn Du einmal diese einfachenKyusho-Methoden der ersten Hilfe gelernt hast, kannstauch Du Deiner Familie und Deinen Freunden bei vielender gewöhnlichen Leiden helfen, unter denen wir alleleiden. Es wird Dir dabei helfen, eine kurze historischeÜbersicht darüber zu erlangen, wie diese Methodenund andere Möglichkeiten der Gesundheit, die man Tagfür Tag braucht, entstanden sind. Aber wie erwartet liegtdarin nicht das komplette Programm, denn die tiefstenund komplexesten Konzepte können nur über dieHände erzielt werden, indem man sie unter dem auf-merksamen Bl ick eines Ausbi lders anwendet und übt. Das regelmäßige Ausüben dieser Methoden wird nichtnur Deine Fähigkeiten wachsenlassen, die gelerntenFormeln anzuwenden, es wird Dir darüber hinaus auchdie intuitive Anwendung vieler anderer Techniken derGesundheit lehren. Sie sollten nicht als allein stehendeFormeln betrachtet werden, sondern als Wege, umgewisse Probleme im menschlichen Körper zu korrigie-ren, auf der Basis der vorgestellten Konzepte. In denfolgenden Kapiteln von „Kyusho - Erste Hilfe“ werdenwir zuerst den unmittelbaren Ursprung derNotwendigkeit sehen, viele tägliche Probleme zu heilen.Genießt die Reise!

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Master Shaolin Shi Yanti is a monk of the 34thgeneration of the Songshan Shaolin Temple and adirect disciple of Venerable Abbot Shi Yong Xin. Inthis his first work for Budo International, he presentsthe Luohan Shibashou, one of the older and most

representative basic forms of empty handof the Shaolin Temple. According to the

book "Shaolin Quan Pu", in the SuiDynasty, the Shaolin's warriormonks developed a series ofsimple movements, chosenaccording to the "18 Luohanstatues", hence the nameLuohan Shou Shi Ba (18hands of Luohan). Thestyle of this Taolu isparticular and in itscontinuous movementscan be clearly seencombinations of real andunreal movements,defense andcounterattack, and avariety of hiddenmovements. The main hand

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The Miyazato School is the backbone of the current technical, historical andphilosophical line of the great founders of Shorin Ryu: Matsumura, Itosu, Chibana,Miyahira... Miyazato. Today our collaborator Salvador Herráiz presents to us theschool leader, Masatoshi Sensei, to introduce us into the details of his Karate.

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Text; Salvador Herráiz, 7th DanPhotos: Alvaro Arribas & Alberto Espinosa, archivo y autor.

Top from left: Shoei Miyazato andhis inseparable friend Iha,performing breaking techniquesduring an exhibition in the city ofCordoba in Argentina 1959. Dressedin a suit together again with Iha andKatsuya Miyahira in Argentina, in1980.

Below: Shoei and his young sonMasatoshi in Okinawa. Shoei'sKamae in 1958. Family photo inOkinawa that same year. KatsuyaMiyahira in a typical technique of theschool.

MASATOSHI MIYAZATO, 10th DAN Shorin ShidokanKARATE “OLD STYLE”

Seizing the opportunity that my friend, the Argentinian Master based in Spain, Sergio Rodolfo Estevez Ferrera, 7th Dan,belongs to Miyazato School, today we bring to the pages of Budo International the current leader, Masatoshi Sensei.Estevez teaches Miyazato Karate style in the Madrid suburb of Tres Cantos, more specifically in the Tai San Centro.The Miyazato School, founded in 1959 as such, has indeed very great masters in its line of ancestors. Its genealogy

begins with Bushi Sokon Matsumura (1809-1899), who was trained by Satsunuke Sagugawa (1786-1867), considered thefirst Okinawan Master of the arts that would later become Karate. It was Matsumura who started using in his time theexpression Shorin Ryu, that later would become the banner of several schools. Anko Itosu (1831-1915) would be thesecond Master of the line and the one who made Okinawan Karate reach the public schools, a major step in thedevelopment of this art. Choshin Chibana (1885-1969) would be the third Master, with whom the style began to take atechnique form more specific, more peculiar, more dedicated, more similar in sum to the form still in place today, furtherdefining the kata in what it would be known as Kobayashi Shorin Ryu. With him it also began to get organized, and in fact,

Chibana Sensei received in his life important awards for his work infavor of Karate. One of his chief disciples, Katsuya Miyahira (1918-2010) would create the dojo, later converted into the Shidokan line ofthe Kobayashi Shorin Ryu, continuing a more concrete definition ofShorin Ryu.A lot of literature has been produced so far about all these teachers,

and I must admit that yours truly has also written on them in severaloccasions and from different points of view, so this is not the time torepeat such knowledge but to focus on the Miyazato School and itsleaders, true protagonists of these pages.A key disciple of Katsuya Miyahira in Okinawa, Master Shoei

Miyazato (1928-2013) spent the hardest years of World War II far fromhis beloved Okinawa serving in Osaka, stronghold of Shito Ryu, wherehe started in this style of Karate. After the war, young Miyahira, 18years old, began working in the City Hall of his hometown, Nishihara,where fate led him to meet great master Katsuya Miyahira, with whomhe began practicing Shorin Ryu Shidokan that would become hispassion and life. They were the times in which Miyahira Sensei's dojowas nothing more than a roofless yard. Shortly after, Miyazato invitedSeikichi Iha to practice in the dojo, who eventually would become agreat karateka and a close friend of Miyazato.In 1948 Shoei Miyazato married Yoshiko Nakasone, and ten years

later, with some of their children already born, the family moved toArgentina, where he began timidly to teach his Karate, which eventuallyturned into something with a huge development and a major focus of

Okinawan culture outsidethe island.Karate became

Miyazato's primary goal inlife, putting aside another ofhis passions: breedingShamo fighting cocks (eventhough he has also alwaysmaintained his taste for thisother activity).Over time Miyazato

Sensei continued to open,relocate and improve hisdojo and in 1980 he fulfilledanother of his dreams: thatof taking his masterMiyahira to Argentina. Histit les and grades keptincreasing and in 1991,Shoei Miyazato, as a 9thDan, returned to Okinawa,and to Miyahira Sensei'sdojo, until 1997, when he

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Left: the sensei ChoshinChibana.

Above: Shoei Miyazatoduring his visit to Spain in1989, and chatting withSalvador Herráiz inMarbella, on thatoccasion.

established himself once again in the South Americancountry that had offered him shelter years earlier.However, l ife has led Miyazato Sensei to travelregularly between the two countries, and his school,which obviously has its greatest development inArgentina, has branches in a dozen countries.Meanwhile Miyahira sensei, 10th Dan since 1978 (at 60years of age), was appointed Intangible Good in 2000(age 82) by the Government of Okinawa.It's been over 25 years now since I met Shoei

Miyazato Sensei, sharing time devoted to Karate andthe peculiarities of his school. In fact it was later that Ispoke in Budo International about the figure of thismaster. We talked for hours after watching histechnique on the tatami; it was a natural and practicalKarate, without paraphernalia... that is, traditionalKarate Shorin Ryu.But Shoei sensei died in 2013, and today his son

Masatoshi, prepared from childhood to succeed hisfather, is deservedly leading this important school that,although its Hombu Dojo is located in Argentina, it hasramifications throughout the world.Masatoshi Miyazato Sensei was born in Nishihara,

Okinawa, the home town of his parents, and althoughhe was transferred to Argentina being just a 4 year oldchild, he has lived saddled between the two countries.After obtaining his 1st Dan at the age of 17, youngMasatoshi started to get increasingly deeper into theShorin Ryu Karate, and promoting in grade, heprepared gradually to become the successor of hisfather. In 1978, being already a 4th Dan, Masatoshimarried Adriana, with whom he had four children.When at the beginning of the 90's his father returnedto Okinawa for a few years, he accompanied himabsorbing the tradition of the Karate Island at the dojoof Miyahira Sensei, but usually traveling to Argentina,his adopted country. In Naha, Miyazato also practicedin the dojo of Shiroma Sensei, a devoted supporter ofhis father, Shoei sensei. As Masatoshi Sensei told us:"Miyahira Katsuya Sensei was the Master of myMaster. It means continuity. From the point of view oftradition, that means everything and nothing. I feelgratitude. It was the l ink between XIX and XXcenturies. I learned how the disciple lives with themaster and how the hand must be strong to help,because, in addition, despair in difficult times canmake us bite the hand that is helping us."When between 1996 and 1997 the family returned to

Argentina, the effort of both, father and son, focusedon their main dojo and their aff i l iates. In 2008Masatoshi got his 9th Dan and has become the faithfuland well-trained successor of his father, with theapproval of the other high grades of the school. Withthe death of his father in 2013, Masatoshi startedexerting his top leadership within the traditionalphilosophical lines that mark the Path of his school.Masatoshi Miyazato is a very affable person, eager

to convey his philosophy of life that is ultimately his

philosophy of Karatedo, and is based on the familyand a very strong Code of Ethics.The objectives of the Miyazato School are clear: be

honest, respectful, courageous, defender of truth andopt for reason over force. All this wil l lead itspractitioners to be exemplary citizens within the law,people that help one another and that let that thoughtbe transmitted. Karatekas who live cleanly, calmly andluminously. Actually all karatekas should have thatphilosophy but unfortunately, today, very few have it.Also patience at difficult moments and situations is thetrue quality. It is said that this is the quality by whichthe other qualities bear fruit. Keizoku wa Chikara nari("perseverance becomes a force").Japanese tycoon Ryoichi Sasakawa said that karate

should be a big family and all its members should bebrothers. So he transmitted to me personally yearsago. In the case of Miyazato Sensei, this is not just anice phrase, but something they actually have alwaysaccomplished in their daily attitude. This attitude,according to Masatoshi Sensei, gives them a specialstrength, an extraordinary support: "There are a lot ofstubborn people in Okinawa and Japan, but myreligion is not in temples, it's at home! We don't havesaints to worship. We have our ancestors that God hasplaced for us. Today many people in Okinawa don'tlike Karate. It's true. Karate exhibitions don't attractmuch people; instead, Odori (dance) shows are alwaysfull of spectators."Over 25 years ago, his father, Shoei Sensei, told me

once that they didn't have practiced sportscompetit ion before but they were starting toparticipate in it moderately. How is it today? "In thereal competition of life, your only enemy is yourself.We encourage discussion with maturity, a competitionthat is not seen and in which either we all win or we alllose. Always as a team. We do a complete overhaul ofour technical curriculum over time and when it came todo Jyu Kumite it was done... and we'll do it againwhenever it comes the moment. We are nowpromoting the Bunkai, the analysis."If individual competition at the Miyazato School is

scarcely important, the issue of Olympism isconsidered as something of extreme delicacy.Masatoshi sensei tells us: "Every country has someinterest. The authorities should be first practitioners toknow how to take certain decisions objectively. Youshouldn't seek power, politics, greed, because all thisstains the beauty of Martial Arts. KarateChampionships are participants jumping and bouncingfrom here to there. You can't understand it. It's ratherstrange. There are favoritism, prohibitions and thecompetitors win, but Karate never wins. Kumitecontenders don't do Kata, or Bunkai, or Ohyu Kumiteor Yakusoku Kumite..." True, the various technicalaspects of Karate make up the whole system and thetechnical imbalance varies the course. Kata andKumite are the two wings of the same bird and

specialization is a mistake in practice of karate. The Mastercomments... "Everybody should be able to do Karate andwin with it, not only the strongest."Shoei Miyazato Sensei explained to me at that meeting,

25 years ago, that he had barely practiced Kobudo, since hedidn't think that engaging in various arts at the same timecould lead to the mastery of any of them. Has that thoughtchanged at present? Is there any type of Kobudo beingpracticed today at the Miyazato School?"In the Miyazato School we don't practice Kobudo. Only

Karate. Kobudo represents traditional festivals for itsconservation, just as chants convey life lessons, sometimesforbidden things." Masatoshi Sensei is very rigid in hisopinion and wants that those who are practicing Karate doonly Karate, undistracted with other systems. "Shoei senseitaught that you have to choose if you want to deepen. Don'tbite off more than you can chew! Doing Kendo, Naginata,Kyudo is all fine... but do one thing only. If you are doingKendo don't do Karate. I don't want my students to be onlypartly with me. Sometimes someone has told me aboutdoing also Kendo, for example, and I've told him that if hewanted I could recommend him a good teacher of Kendo,but then he couldn't come to do Karate with me any longer.The Master deserves a unique respect on the part of thestudent. I remember a meeting with Miyahira, Shoei,Maeshiro... when the latter tried to explain that he knew theuse of the Sai, and then the Master said: 'You are smarterthan me. I've spent a lifetime learning Karate and I still havea lot to learn, and you already know even the use of theSai!!' - Then he remained silent - 'Now it's very fashionableto do a bit of everything." I totally agree with MiyazatoSensei's opinion about practicing several arts, not only forreasons of respect, but for time, dedication, philosophy,

"Our Miyazato School is highly respected by the public, notonly by karatekas. Shosei sensei was awarded by thecultural aspect, not sports or Martial Arts. We develop thehuman side."Being the son of the Master is certainly a curious situation

due to the special relationship that is created. How wasShoei Sensei as a teacher... and as a parent? "As a teacherhe made an extensive teaching programme. He structuredteaching in groups that we could equate to ElementarySchool (for beginners), High School (up to 3rd Dan), College(up to 7th Dan) and PhD (to 10th Dan). Shoei Sensei wasvery humble, a constant demonstration of strength andheart, despite the age ... In his later years we saw him tryinghard to do Mawashi Geri, for example during a trip to Brazil,and although he could fall down, still he did it. For me hewas never a father but always a sensei. I was his disciple,not his son, both inside or outside the dojo ... and Iappreciate that. He was a person, a master, very careful notto hurt, very responsible."Technically, I got really enthusiastic about the Miyazato

School and its Master. Of course, in its technical aestheticsit's logically Shorin Ryu Karate, with high stances, typicalguard positions... but its main value, from my view, is thestrength, concentration, look, respect and courtesy, thatshow rude and simple, old-fashioned movements, within themost conservative tradition, all this said as high values andmy deepest appreciation. The execution rate in kata is slowin its cadence, as is traditional in old Okinawan schools(with few exceptions) but very fast in its explosive defensesin pairs.The differences in the everyday between the sporting

attitude and the martial attitude in Karate, are huge, andMiyazato Sensei is an example of this: "Living or dying is

KarateMasatoshi Miyazato, with Salvador Herráiz and the wife of

latter, during the visit to Tres Cantos, Spain, organized bySergio Estévez Sensei in May 2015.

just something accidental. You have to think of living, in totaldedication. If a samurai dies is not a dishonor, dishonorwould be that he didn't die with his hand on his sword."Masatoshi Sensei, is it true that Shoei received his 10th

Dan but he wouldn't accepted it while his Master lived?"Yes. That's right." Masatoshi doesn't seem keen to addanything else about it, so we better don't insist. ShoeiSensei also introduced some changes in his classesmotivated in some martial protocols, right? "In Japan, whitebelts usually stood in the front row while black belts were inthe bottom. In Argentina it was the opposite. New studentsdon't know, they are nervous; they need the figure of the

Senpai to protect them, to influence them. Senpai should bean example." In this regard I want to mention a remark thatMasatoshi Sensei made when, after our talk, and already onthe car, we were trying to get out of a parking place inreverse gear with great care of cars coming. "In Japan, it'sthe car that comes down the street that has to yield right ofway to the car that is leaving the parking lot in reverse. Thedriver of the coming car is the one who sees, and the onewho sees is the one who knows, and the one who knows isthe one who must yield. It also happens in discussions,although sometimes it can be difficult to yield all the time." Symbolic is also the way that traditional greeting, Ojigi, for

example, has been changing in recentyears. In the Showa Era of the late EmperorHirohito, gaze was kept f ixed on theopponent when bowing, as a means toensure a certain security against a possibleattack. It was a time that although its nameliterally meant "illustrated peace", the factis that it brought World War II, disastrousfor Japan in several ways. Today, many stillsalute without losing sight of thecompanion but currently, in the Heisei Era,inaugurated by Emperor Aki Hito in 1989,the look should be directed to the groundwhen bowing, as a symbol of an era ofpeace (that is the meaning of Heisei) and asa symbol of trust in your partner, who isneither your enemy nor your opponent, butthe one who will help you develop yourtechnique and therefore someone in whichyou are depositing your trust. This is aprofound philosophy, much more than themere fact of thinking that you cannot trustthe one you have in front for practicing.Ambum Tokuda and Choki Motobu also

taught Miyahira Katsuya Sensei. Whatinfluences of these masters remained in thestyle? "The pursuit of power, the strength,the reaction, and the adjustment on theimpact. All movements must besynchronized to achieve greater power. Thepractitioner's intelligence is also importantas a means to polish the details."What is the current relationship of the

Miyazato School with Okinawa, with theShidokan of Miyahira Sensei, after he died?"We are part of the Miyahira dojo and everytime we go to Okinawa we go pay oursincere respects there. There are thingsthat have changed but that's the way it is.

Between 1994 and 2004 we suffered in facta break in the relationship but we thought... what shall we do? He's my teacher, nomatter what happens ... he is my teacher.It's a relationship like father and son. WhenMiyahira Sensei died we participated at theceremony of tributes and we have charmedeveryone with our attitude." I must say thatthe general attitude of all the members ofthe Miyazato School, and especially thehigh ranks and the Master, is reallyenviable, that is, the attitude one wouldexpect from traditional karatekas,something that, unfortunately, doesn'thappen in the world. "Karate should serveto improve the self, to enhance the person,with the ult imate goal of helping thecommunity." It reminds me much of thephilosophy of Master Hironori Otsuka(founder of Wado Ryu) when he taught thatimproving society was indeed the aim,loving it and being loved by it. It's a pitythat certain philosophies are lost in thedusty old trunk of our memories and arenot practiced in the day-by-day of thedojo... and life in general. The MiyazatoSchool, however, has captivated me forbeing able to do so in the XXI century.Sensei Masatoshi maintains that "...as anInca poet said, human life is the stage ofspring, short, which must not be missed.Do not think about tomorrow; think abouttoday ... and tomorrow.”The symbol of our school is the Sakura

flower (cherry) and the karateka is like aflower, beautiful, vital... "Again come to mymind the teachings of Ohtsuka, this time inhis successor and son, when he taught mein Tokyo in the mid-80's that the Sakura

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Above: The author's lively chat with Miyazato Sensei. Left: demonstration in the streetof the Master and his group. Right: in the photo Sergio Estévez Sensei, 7th Dan and hisrepresentative in Spain.

flower takes very long to bloom and it lasts just a short timein all its splendor before it dies. It's like if a preparation of alife-time was emptied in a moment. Masatoshi continues tospeak: "The Sakura flower also is the flower of Japan, notOkinawa. We are Okinawans, but we're also Japanese." Itmust be said that Okinawa, as a Japanese region, hashistorically maintained some tension with the centralgovernment for its cultural specific features, way of being,etc. ..."Okinawan people didn't forgive the former Emperorfor not apologizing for the war." World War II was disastrousfor Japan but especially for Okinawa. But let us not strayfrom the subject. Masatoshi sensei speaks: "The K of ourshield means for its part, Karate, and it goes redsymbolizing the speed of reaction. A karateka must be swiftto be kind, to offer a sit to a lady, etc." The flower has fivewhite petals on the coat, white for purity of objectives, andfive for the number of these (honesty, respect, effort, truthand reasoning).

Your wife, Adriana, is Argentinian. How was herinvolvement in Karate when she met you? "My wife saw inKarate a family meeting point. Matsumura practiced with hiswife, Chibana, etc. Shoei gave much importance to thefamily. It is something metaphorical and related to Peace."Adriana has become a very important person in the family, itcouldn't be otherwise. "She has great discipline highlypraised. She was an athlete. She is very supportive and hasgreat vocation in her life, without schedules... When ShoeiSensei was sick doctors recognized that his daughter in lawwas the best daughter in law he could have ever had. Shetirelessly looked after Shoei Sensei. Today my mother is stillliving with us. Adriana perfectly understood and shared theJapanese customs." It's is obvious that Masatoshi Senseispeaks with admiration of his wife. That says a lot of goodabout both of them.Although political or organizational differences are often

what lead to the development of different groups or lines

within a style, eventually it can also lead to the appearanceof technical differences. For years, large groups of ShorinRyu have been existing in Okinawa, like Kobayashi ShorinRyu of Choshin Chibana; Shubokan of Chozo Nakama; theone which concerns us today, Kobayashi Shorin RyuShidokan of Katsuya Miyahira; Shubukan of Joki Uema;Kobayashi Shorin Ryu Shorinkan of Shuguro Nakazato;Kyudokan of Yuchoku Higa (whence then comes out theimportant Isamu Arakaki); Matsubayashi Shorin Ryu ofNagamine (from where in turn comes out Kensei Taba), etc.In turn, other lines have sprouted from these, such as the

Miyazato School of Shoei Sensei emerged from Miyahira

Sensei's Shidokan. "Yes. There are some differences. In ourschool we maintain the habit of practicing Kihon as it hasalways been done. We are the only descendants of theShidokan to do so. Miyahira Sensei practiced power in thebasic movements. Others don't. We maintain the sevenKihon Dachi, for example, while in Okinawa they only dothree. There is a different methodology, but without shocks."It has been a real pleasure for me to check once again

that the ancient Karate, old-style, is sti l l al ive bothtechnically, and philosophically. Thank you, MiyazatoSensei. Thank you, my friend Sergio.

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"What we know is a water drop;what we ignore is the ocean.”

Isaac Newton

Flow doesn't mean being sloppy; definitely, water is not so, forit doesn't leave any corner uncovered... it reaches everywhere!As asturian

people say, "water has a very fine snout". Unhurried, coupling tothe circumstances, water is a metaphor for the persistence andextreme adaptability. It's the paradigm of changing in the formwithout transforming the essence.

Water catalyzes life; without water, the land dries and gets barren;and the fire, without a controller, spreads everywhere and the air, tur-ned into a sandstorm, cannot carry the fertility of the clouds, or theforce of the changes. Even iron is wrought by the use of fire in the forges!

Water is the cradle of all life, the primary livelihood of both inanimateand animate beings, all of them "bags" of hotter and hotter waters, accor-ding to their degree of evolution, and adapted to a change that weaccompany, of which we are part, and not guilty, as somewould have us believe. The "terminal sin" is the Judeo-Christian guilt of environmentalism.

Water comforts us, cleanses us, and blesses us.Wet in the rivers of the moment, we swim, fight,wreck...

Flowing, adapting to the barriers, going down,not opposing anything, water is the perfectanalogy of humility, adaptation and not con-flict. The water wins aimlessly; following itsnature, it surrounds any obstacle and tea-ches us how to overcome, but with wisdom,free from wear and tear, without losing sightof the goal. What is a rock on the road, amountain…? Even trapped in betweencliffs and narrow passages, water filters,or evaporates if such a thing is not pos-sible; nothing stops its destination.

It's been the river of life that has leftin my shores these texts, which todayI share in book format. And I say "itleft" because all authorship is at leastconfusing, since we are all deb-tors of those before us, thosewho inspired and keep inspi-ring us, of the floating cloudsof the collective unconscious,and even, who knows!, of thespirits and the consciousnessaround us.

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How to Stay Safe in the Age of Terrorism

Avi Nardia is a a former hand-to-hand combat instructorfor the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Reserve, the Israelicounter-terrorism unit YAMAM and the Israeli OperationalPolice Academy. He teaches the martial art of Kapap, aswell as Judo, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Krav Maga. Kapap isalso being taught around the globe through a network ofaffiliated schools. Avi has produced a series of DVD'sthrough multiple vendor sources such as BUDO.

How to Stay Safe...

Text & photos: Avi Nardia w/Tim Boehlert

in the Age of Terrorism

Budo International: Should the averageperson be worried about lone-wolfterrorist attacks?

Avi Nardia: Terror cells, like the BostonMarathon bombers, that are not connectedby anything other than ideology will becomeincreasingly common. In some ways, lonecells are more dangerous than organizedterrorism because lone cells are difficult tomonitor, control or discover. The more we goafter the larger terror organizations, the morethey will split into smaller cells. This isexactly what has happened with the drugcartels.

Budo International: Do you think theInternet is becoming the prime tool forterrorist organizations to recruit lonewolves in any part of the world?

Avi Nardia: Yes, the Internet is a majortool today for recruiting, teaching andspreading terrorist ideologies around theglobe. The Internet can be used to trafficinformation and gather intelligence, and as ameeting place for finding others with thesame ideas. It's very easy to create fakeaccounts, use them while they are viable,then disappear - maybe completely.Terrorists are becoming increasingly tech-savvy.

Budo International: Are there anyparallels between how terrorists recruit

lone wolves and how gangs recruitmembers?

Avi Nardia: Terror groups share the samementality as gangs — exploiting hate,spreading anger and practicing brutality.Terrorists also practice the sameindoctrination techniques as gangs. Usingideology to 'persuade' others that aremalleable has been highly effective.

Budo International: As high-profiletargets get extra security, is there anincreased likelihood that soft targets —and civilians — will be attacked by lonewolves?

Avi Nardia: Nowadays, we are seeing sickpeople understand that the more brutal theirmethods, the more media exposure theygain. As governments and sensitive targetscontinue to invest in more security, we willbegin to see more and more independentterror attacks on soft targets such as busstations, schools and any place that willinstill fear into the public. Terror's main goalis to create an atmosphere of fear, forcontrol purposes.

Budo International: In light of all this,what measures can people take to staysafe?

Avi Nardia: Citizens need to push forgovernment to be less tolerant of terroristideologies. We also need to educate the

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“Nowadays, we are seeing sick people understand that

the more brutal their methods, the more media exposure they gain”

public and law enforcement on terrorists and terrorculture. It seems to me that people have too muchtolerance for terror — sometimes even the police aremore strict on normal civilian criminals than onterrorists who walk free among us. One must studyand understand what terrorism is before we decidehow to fight it. People must understand how terrorfeeds from the media.

Budo International: Is increased awareness themost important precaution a person can take?

Avi Nardia: Awareness of who lives around us isimportant, but it is also important that we protect ourfreedom from pervasive surveillance and a societywherein anyone could frivolously call the police andhave a person arrested. Security and surveillancemust be approached in a measured manner. We areseeing instances of abuse as a result of increasedsurveillance daily it seems.

We should demand more security in schools forour children. In and around our homes, people need

Avi Nardia

“You are the firstresponder,

not anyone else, and if you always relyon someone else toarrive, they might be

too late. We need to take

responsibility for ourown safety”

to take it upon themselves to study and train in counterterrorism. You arethe first responder, not anyone else, and if you always rely on someoneelse to arrive, they might be too late. We need to take responsibility for ourown safety - at hime, at work, on vacation even. Simple things can make adifference.

Budo International: Do you recommend that people considerlawfully carrying a firearm — assuming they have an interest and havehad the proper training?

Avi Nardia: It's easier to carry a gun in a bag than to carry a policeofficer. If most normal civilians carry firearms, it will reduce crime as wellas terrorism. Switzerland is an example of a country where most civiliansown guns, and it's one of the safest places in the world. People need totake more than just the standard 8-hour course as prescribed in manystates. They should know how to use it, how to clean it, how to clear jams.They should know how to shoot in low-light, how to re-load, with eitherhand.

In Israel, firearm owners must complete 50 hours of training every yearto hold a permit. We have seen many situations wherein the firstresponders were normal civilians who defended and stopped terroristsbefore any police cars showed up. We also have civilian police volunteerswho get training by the police and carry police identification cards. Thesevolunteers patrol sensitive areas and help prevent crime and terrorism. Inmy system of Kapap, we teach firearms, CPR, surveillance and counter-

surveillance as part of our Martial Arts. This trainingdevelops awareness and the ability to effectively respondin emergency situations.

Budo International: How useful could a knife be inthe hands of a trained martial artist who's facing a lonewolf terrorist?

Avi Nardia: Knives are effective weapons and veryimportant to study. The only problem is that it's hard for aperson to use a knife in a real situation. The knife is not asimple weapon unless you are well trained, and

overcoming the psychological barrier of fighting with aknife is difficult for most people. People need a lot oftraining to overcome training that they've had sincechildhood - "Be Nice!", "Don't hurt them!", " Don't berude!" etc. These are simple examples of how we aretaught to be courteous and kind, even when facingviolence. To overcome this pre-conditioning takes a lot ofspecialized training. We need to learn to give ourselves toBE RUDE, to strike first - preemptively.

I would also recommend learning about the gun beforelearning about the knife. Nonetheless, knives are great

weapons and are readily available — e.g. in the kitchen.Improvised edged weapons, such as a broken bottle, arealso great for self-defense.

Budo International: How is fighting a person who'swilling to give his life for a cause different from fightinga mugger, a gang-banger or a rapist?

Avi Nardia: Most criminals are not ready to die. Thatsimple fact makes self-defense easier because evenrapists and other criminals are just looking for easy

victims. Terrorists look for any victim, and therefore anyoneis a potential target. Terrorists may fight to the death,which makes the fight very difficult to finish. This is whyguns are better to carry than knives. A knife will alsorequire one to be close to the threat, whereas a gun allowsone to fight from behind cover. There's a huge mindsetdifference. One's goal is to get resources from you - cash,jewelry, sex. The goal of the terrorist is completelydifferent. Both may treat you as less than human, fordifferent 'needs' to be fulfilled.

Avi Nardia

Budo International: Realistically, what chance doesan unarmed martial artist stand against an armedterrorist?

Avi Nardia: The first rule is to never give up —regardless of whether you are unarmed and the attackerhas a weapon. You should always maintain yourawareness and carry your hand-to-hand skills, as well asyour gun-disarm skills. Assuming that an attacker does nothave a gun can be a deadly mistake.

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“Assuming that anattacker does not have a

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In this DVD, G.M. Larry Tatum (10th Dan) developstechniques of the Kenpo program at the highest level.

Particularly, some of his “favorites” like FlashingMace, Parting Wings, Entwined Lance…

Masterfully executed and based on theexperience of the movement, G.M.

Tatum incorporates his innovativeteachings in these techniques thatwill help you add andcomplement your training inthe Kenpo system. Besides,they provide the individualwith the best choice for self-defense, based on thelogical and practicalthinking, and place him inthe path of understandingthe art of Kenpo. These arethe self-defense andfighting systems of themodern times we live in.They are designed so that thepractitioner gets all the

benefits that training thesetechniques can provide. This DVD

has the support of Master AdolfoLuelmo (9th Dan), who goes on with a

series of techniques performed in asmooth and strong way, for situations of

extreme aggression, in which can be appreciateddifferent states of the movement, in a logical andeffective way. As a conclusion, Master Camacho Assisi(8th Dan), displays a technique that combines thestrength of the arms and his expertise with legs.

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Kyusho Jitsu

What Really Happens

In the theory of the fighting art of Kyusho Jitsu (vital target fighting) and the use of Revival (restoration) of vitalstructures that have been attacked on the human body. It is important to understand what happens to the body duringthe event of the attack to a vital structure. To understand this process it is important to look at Anatomy, Kinesiology andBio-Mechanics to see the process of events occurring in the body being struck at each structure. First the brain isdivided in a conscious system/Cranial and Peripheral nerve function; this allows the brain to control by thought 20% ofthe body function. The sub-conscious system; Cranial and Autonomic nerve controls 80% of the brain and body’sinvoluntary function. The brain sends a bio-electric signal that is recorded as .05 electric signal that is recorded as a .05electrical volt from the brain to the body and the body back to the brain. It’s this .05 volt that the Oriental’s consider (Chi)energy that runs through the human body. A vital structure/s is a hot spot of multiple reactions that cause a multitude ofreactions in the body at the time of attack. Let’s look at the reactions and effect of striking a vital structure/s to thehuman body.

The Skin (this is the first layer)*Structure and receptors.A. Hair (nerve endings –stimulated by movement of hair)B. Sudoriparous Gland (sense of touch to the surface of the skin)

Real KyushoRevival and Restoration

Kyusho International has always researched the deeper mechanisms behindKyusho, we were not satisfied with the (now proven unrelated) theory of pressurepoints and the aspects of Acupuncture as the practical model.This is not to dismiss Acupuncture as a viable health related program, it simply is

not related to Kyusho. The fact that many "Pressure Points" do overlap the deeperreal anatomical targets of Kyusho, is just coincidence as they are not alwaysoverlying, nor are they encompassing of the entire workable structure underlying.Our research has never stopped in the scientific and medical correlations, however

we do not readily release for public consumption, our findings. This is a briefdescription of the mechanics behind the Kyusho Restorations (revivals are a morepopular term used by many, but not fully explanatory or correct).

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“In the theory of the fighting art of Kyusho Jitsu(vital target fighting) and the use of Revival

(restoration) of vital structures that have been attackedon the human body.”

These two receptors are the first ofthe body’s sensory system of initialcontact. These are the immediatesense of the feeling of touch.

Epidermis (This is the secondlayer)A. Corneal layer, this is where the

sudoriparous gland runs from thedermis, through epidermis and comesto the surface of the skin. This is thesecond sensory monitor right after thehair has been in contact with.

Dermis (This is the third layer)A. Free nerve endings (meridians,

vital structure/s/peripheral nerve, andextraordinary structure/s) Autonomicnerves (vital structure/ss) pain andtouch sensitive. B. Krause Corpuscle – nerve ending

is sensitive to cold.C. Pacinis Corpuscle – nerve ending

is vital sensitive. It reacts with freenerve endings.

D. Ruffinis Corpuscle – nerveendings that are heat sensitive.

Merkle disks – they are locatedinside the dermis and they make upthe sheath that encloses a biconvexdisk connecting to a nerve ending,which are sensitive to continuoustactile stimulation. Meissner’s Corpuscle – they are

located on the outer surface of thedermis, they are made up of a clusterof nerve endings enclosed by asheath, and these are touch sensitive. All these sensory nerve fibers and

receptors start from the surface of theskin; they pass through the spinalcord and arrive at the cerebral trunk inbundles. They cross through theThalamus and end in the brain cortex.These signals produce a crossextensor reflex movement a fifth of asecond from the spinal cord before

the brain perceives the sensation ofpain. When you strike to an area of a vital

structure/s (depicted in many ancientcharts, scrolls and writings) all of theabove mentioned structures areinvolved. As example, if you strike theupper inside forearm, there is a branchof the radial artery and vein. Theradial nerve is a slow twitch musclefiber area (peripheral nerve), it affectsthe control a person would haveconsciously, then a fifth of a secondlater it affect the fast twitch musclefiber. These affect the autonomicnerves of the involuntary brain causingthe recipient to lose control of thejoints and muscles then bucklingunder the unsupported weight to dropthem to the ground. The crossextensor reflex action occurs whichcauses the person turning 45 degreesaway from you, the opposite arm

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extends behind them and the head turns to the direction ofthat same arm. The turning of the head quickly, affects thebrain by disruption of the nerve signal and the brain comingin contact with the inside of the skull. The turn of the headover stimulates Ascending Cervical Artery, the GreatAuricular Nerve, the Cutaneous Nerve, Lesser OccipitalNerve and the Accessory Nerves, this is the location in theside of the neck between 3rd and 4th cervical vertebraeand this is where the right or left side of the brain crossesover a communication to the opposite side of the body.Striking this nerve will cause a vital structure/s knockout.

This unconscious state is caused by a lack ofcommunication electrically from the brain to the body and

the body back to the brain, which now needs to be revivedand restored. The fast twitch muscle fiber and the slowtwitch fiber will be affected in muscle contraction/s, whichwill cause the nerve from having a normal bio-electricalflow. Using the different revival vital structure/s arenecessary to reestablish a person to consciousness.Head, Heart and Lung revival structure/s need to beapplied by activation. For head revival the Spinal Accessory Nerve is used, this

nerve runs down the hollow of the neck on either side ofthe spine. It is involved with fast twitch muscle fiber in theinvoluntary nerves and the voluntary nerves of the brain.By gently slapping and massaging these nerves, it wakes

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up the head involuntari ly andconsciously (also restores normalcy inbio-electric function). This is thesame nerve corner men massage andapply ice to for boxers betweenrounds. For Chest Constriction, the Third

Thoracic Spinal Nerve/LungAssociated Nerve (some like to referto as BL-13) and the fourth ThoracicSpinal Nerve/Pericardium AssociatedNerve (referred to by some as BL-14).And the Fifth Thoracic SpinalNerve/Heart Associated Nerve(referred to as BL-15). Thesestructure/s are affected by theconstriction of muscle associated withthe nerves of the Dermatome of theDiaphragm. The Diaphragm andThoracic nerves constriction have tobe released for restoration. Whenslapping these three nerves it releasesthe short circuit of electrical signalwith the fast twitch muscle and theslow twitch muscle that has beencontracted, this wil l al low theDiaphragm to release its constriction.

It also reconnects the communicationof the voluntary and involuntary brainand the associated nerves reset thepositive breakers (communicationtransfers). The negative poled nerves(autonomic or unconscious system)reset the negative breakers. Theseunconscious and conscious nerves ofthe reconnect the electrical signal ofthe organs back to the brain. Thenthe brain back to the body and thenthe brain and the body reconnectback to electrical communication andrestores organ function. Another common vital area is

located around the areaacupuncturists label SP-17 (undereach nipple one inch and over 1 inchto the side body), is in actuality FifthIntercostal Nerve. It is used forIntermediate Lung revival/restoration.This vital area is found within the fasttwitch muscle fiber and will cause aconstriction that causes the personsdiaphragm to keep them frombreathing normally. When takingopen hands and slapping these

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For ChestConstriction, theThird Thoracic

Spinal Nerve/LungAssociated Nerve(some like to referto as BL-13) and

the fourthThoracic SpinalNerve/Pericardium Associated

Nerve (referred toby some as BL-14)

structure/s on both sides of the torso (simultaneously), it will releasethe torso muscle constriction. It will reconnect signal to the voluntaryand involuntary brain and reestablish electrical signal from the brainto the body and the body back to the brain. This will in turn restorenormal breathing and reset the receptors that control the heat andcold monitoring of the body. This is a very brief explanation of howvital area striking will affect the body and the brain. Also how vitalarea revival/restoration will reestablish the body’s electrical disruptionand bring the body back to normal function. This study was conducted by a team of medical professionals as

follows. Dr. Joe Sheppard, Gary Rooks Prof. (A.P.P.S.), CFT, NinthLevel Kyusho Jitsu, Kyusho International, Jessica Kestler M.S., Ph.D., Jeff Wyatt R.T., T. ,. Written and presented in conjunction withEvan Pantazi founder of Kyusho International and www.kyusho.com.

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Another common vital areais located around the areaacupuncturists label SP-17(under each nipple one inchand over 1 inch to the sidebody), is in actuality FifthIntercostal Nerve. It is

used for Intermediate Lungrevival/restoration.

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Pukulan Pencak Silat Serak is a very brutal and devastatingArt. The Arts concept its to dominate and take overbattleground and space, fast dominating space and engulfing

opponents to prevent them from being able to usetheir weapons or body. Once space is acquired,

the base and angle are taken to controlopponents rotation or projection, rooting

or uprooting is produced from thesmallest expression of touch orangle and base position, this wecall “Lengket” or sticky.

Keeping very close toopponents when striking orusing a weapon and puttingopponents on “Slywa” orweightless stage of spinaland muscle misalignment.Once rooting takes place,the strike makes massivecontact in the body that hasno muscle or skeletalprotection. “Sambuts” arefinishes meaning somethingvery hard to walk away from

especially when compression ofneck or spine, so finishing means

its a done deal. The opposite ofthat is a “Buang” that stands for

throws less devastating in the beginnerlevels but taught to learn mechanics that

in later phases of development of thestudent or practioner can be modified to

“Sambuts” for devastating throws. Compressingskeletal structure, weapons and body structures or striking,grapping defense and offence are all played and studied in ourplatforms. In this video there's a beginner “Pantjar” platform,also the “Jurus”, which are the playbooks of the system ofPukulan Pencak Silat Serak, are played here. This platformteaches where to be in position to attacker, the platform is 3dimensional and teaches where opponents body's alignmentsare the weakest to point of contact the platform. It also teacheshow to deal with multiple opponents and space needed, baseangle and levers are all play here. Hope you enjoy my smalloffering into a vast large Art. “Hormat Terima Kasi”.

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