The system of martial arts practiced in this organization, is a compendium of Japanese, Korean, African martial art forms with American Boxing techniques selected to create the formidable and dynamic movements. The genesis of this art in the 1960's signaled a change in approach like so many other things of that era. We still practice and perfect what learned as the child student becomes the master teacher.

The training patterns and sequences are a challenge and a test of courage as well as intellect. It is called “Jaribu”. The exercises executed provides for high cardio, strenuous, balance demanding work that serve to produce long muscle development and quick reflexes. The training sequences are demanding let it be known.  Let there be no mistake about it, this is a self defense oriented training session that provides skill that will help you protect yourself or your loved one, when the moment is at hand. The classes will build your body, temper your responses and provide an arsenal of skills sets to include american boxing movements, korean and japanese kicking techniques that can be called on in a moments notice for survival sake.  There are also weapons taught that can be transitioned into use with common on the street items. This is an adults class and is aimed at that career minded person, who is trying to negotiate all of the experiences of being successful and while working late would enjoy the peace of mind of personal security.

When you train with us, it is not about pushing you through challenging physical activities that might make you promote weakness and accidents.  We take our time to do an assessment of your abilities.  Next we provide exercises to create strength in those areas where the most weakness is present while all the time working on the core exercises.  Through years of training this way I have found that stabilization of the body is the first thing that is important.  Then strength and flexibility with cardio works to bring more permanent development and longer lasting strength.

Next we, work with resistance training with two man exercises, body weight or kettle bells.   It is the aim to build muscle in gradually.  This allow the insured to rehabilitate and those who are truly out of shape a reasonable pathway to improved health without being concerned about the ill effects of overtraining. 

Although this is our primary market, we secondarily focus middle school children.   It is designed the test to the individuals ability to capture all that works is a training key that opens a door for life! Reaching for Wellness with Proactive Physical Care brings an improved Quality of life which is realized through Martial Art discipline.  This  is what the students and the instructor work towards daily.

Within our system, there are no Honorary Belts or video teaching.  We don’t make up colours nor to we provide rank to those who don’t earn their rank.  If you teach any martial art form intrinsically you find accountability both physical and on a moral level.  I have spent over 35 years learning this facet of the training.    The certification as a personal trainer as an adjunction to sports training allows me to share an added value to individual training sessions. Finally.  Video aides can give you only what you think you see.   Thus reviewing video’s without the element of the absolute benefit of a live teacher explaining movements and nuances places a student in a position to learn things that are inappropriate for his or her body type.  The master teacher is very much alive here and passing his knowledge to his students eye to eye. This  personalized instruction minimizes or eradicates misperceptions being passed down or just clear “mistakes” to the unwary student, who trust that you are doing the right thing by him or her.  There is no substitute for actual teaching self defense skills. These skill sets are learned best as true self defense in the practicum, which is modeled after real life scenarios.

When you watch a teacher execute a series of techniques there is a story being told.   Look at his or her execution, the dynamics of the components contained therein.  It is their articulation of the work in the narrative as well as the educational content of the items within their combinations.  These elements combined make a giood sensei shine as he works to assure all students of an education on a multiplicity of levels.   He care,conviction and logistics  make both both the educated eye and the novice at the same time feel comfortable, confident and secure.

The social and moral tools to manage this information along with the various body types and physical conditioning brings value to the session but confidence  have intrinsic value and are given in appropriate portions during each training set.  These sets can be group sessions, semi-private, private or personal training sessions.

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  From the ages of 3.5 to 80 years of age, we offer the training system to everyone. How are we doing it? The Answer is by providing information that works from the foundation. As the oldest living student of "The Jaribu System" and highest promoted by the Kyoshi Sensei of the system, I have found many of the secrets of the system lie within the hidden techniques which is like life in that many of our innate talents lie deep within us waiting for us to explore and uncover them.  As the Sempai, I offer you not just body movement and self-defense work but an opportunity to re-discover yourself.   This rediscovery can only happen with your  commitment to make and accept that growth.  The system work is that viaduct!    Here is just one of the things that a parent said regarding her children's experience after (1) year of training with Fitness-n-Focus testifies....