SURVIVAL EDGE TACTICAL SYSTEMS, INC.

Is proud to host

GRAND TUHON LEO GAJE JR.

PEKITI-TIRSIA KALI

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Recently featured on The History Channel’s Human Weapon and Discovery’s Fight Quest, Grand-Tuhon Leo T. Gaje is professionally recognized as the worlds leading authority on Knife Fighting and the Filipino Martial Arts. For more than three decades he has trained military, law enforcement, and private citizens worldwide in the Filipino fighting system of Pekiti-Tirsia Kali. Mr. Gaje has developed police & military close-quarters combat programs and trained military special operations forces across the world. Currently he serves as a senior consultant to the Philippine national government conducting training programs for military and law enforcement units engaged in joint allied counter-terrorism operations in the pacific region.

“Train hard, be respectful, be courteous and true.  Be an ambassador of MMA so that the world will know that the way TUF and the media has represented us, is not how we truly are.  Be excellent to one and other.  Do this for the sake of it needing to be done.  Do this for you.  Someday you may benefit from it.  Everyday you will benefit from it.

In terms of our daily lives, even if we never received a single thing for it, I believe it has made my life a better one.  But the fringe benefits have definitely been nice as well.” – Khru Yamasaki – www.damagecontrolmma.com

Honor – Integrity – Discipline – Respect

I want to spark a thought process. In no specific order the above are the values I want to remind everyone involved with Wyoming Combatives. Following these principles is a personal growth experience. These values should extent in all elements of what we do daily. People will look at you in a different light if you maintain these values.

How we carry out things in our daily lives effects us in all elements of our lives. It doesn’t take much to let one of these values slip and are 10X harder to recover. Some of these values are effected my just subtle little things, that may not be real obvious from a first glance.

Honor – http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/honor

1. honesty, fairness, or integrity in one’s beliefs and actions: a man of honor.
2. a source of credit or distinction: to be an honor to one’s family.
3. high respect, as for worth, merit, or rank: to be held in honor.
4. such respect manifested: a memorial in honor of the dead.
5. high public esteem; fame; glory: He has earned his position of honor.
6. follow link for more …

Integrity – http://www.thefreedictionary.com/integrity

1. Steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code.
2. The state of being unimpaired; soundness.
3. The quality or condition of being whole or undivided; completeness.

Discipline – http://www.thefreedictionary.com/discipline

1. Training expected to produce a specific character or pattern of behavior, especially training that produces moral or mental improvement.
2. Controlled behavior resulting from disciplinary training; self-control.
3. -
1. Control obtained by enforcing compliance or order.
2. A systematic method to obtain obedience: a military discipline.
3. A state of order based on submission to rules and authority: a teacher who demanded discipline in the classroom.
4. Punishment intended to correct or train.
5. A set of rules or methods, as those regulating the practice of a church or monastic order.
6. A branch of knowledge or teaching.

Respect – http://www.thefreedictionary.com/respect

1. A feeling of appreciative, often deferential regard; esteem. See Synonyms at regard.
2. The state of being regarded with honor or esteem.
3. Willingness to show consideration or appreciation.

*follow links for more definitions listed.

So as we continue on with things in life. Maybe we want to say things, or do things lets slow down and see if they meet these values.

- Mike

Muay Thai Kick Boxing Seminar

Ajarn Chai Sirisute

see his profile here: http://thaiboxing.com/about_ajarn_chai

Thai Boxing Association of the U.S.A

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When:

Saturday, August 7th, 2010 ~ Sunday, August 8th, 2010

Where:

BERNALES INSTITUTE of Martial Arts
2257 S. State St.
Salt Lake City, Utah 84115

(801)463-1727
will@bernalesinstitute.com
http://www.bernalesinstitute.com

*please note this video is not from myself or the Bernales Institute.

Muay Thai in America was gracious enough to let me use it for the announcement.

Check them out at http://www.muaythaiinamerica.com/

Date: June 12 and 13, 2010

8:00AM to 4:00PM each day

Description:

Defensive Handgun is a course on information for the defensive use of the handgun in home and street environments. The course covers fundamentals in the safe use and storage of the defensive handgun. Material covered includes safety, information on handgun, caliber, and ammunition selection, proper firearms handling, use of front sight and proper trigger indexing, marksmanship, drawing, malfunction clearance, tactical and speed loading, and live fire range exercises.

Location: To be determined. Contact us for details.
Tuition: $300.00
Prerequisite: Concealed Carry Permit or documentation of good character
Equipment: · Handgun (9mm minimum) with the trigger guard and safety mechanisms intact. It is recommended to have a second handgun in the event the primary weapon should fail during class. · Strong side holster properly fitted to weapon. Fanny packs, cross draw, and shoulder holsters are not permitted. · Three (3) spare magazines for semi-auto loading weapons or three (3) spare speed loaders for revolvers with belt carriers or pouches. · Eye, ear protection and baseball type cap with visor. · Notebook and pen for classroom/range lecture · Ammunition: 500 rounds

About the Instructor:

Norman Lew is Director of Training for Safewell Security Measures, LLC., a firearms training institute based in Phoenix, Arizona. His background includes over fifteen years of firearms, tactics and personal protection instruction from various institutions around the country which include trainers such as Jim Cirillo, Ken Hackathorn, Ken Good, Clint Smith and James Jarrett. Norman holds master level certification in SSP, ESP, and CDP IDPA divisions and has placed at or near the top in regional, state and local competitive events. He is a certified GLOCK armorer and member of IALEFI, USPSA, IDPA and NRA Life Member.

For further information:

Norman Lew Safewell Security Measures, LLC Phoenix, AZ 623-203-9997 SafewellSecurityMeasures@gmail.com
Local Contact: Richard Hagar 307-389-0339

Affiliations:

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Bernales Institute of Martial Arts
Pinedas Kenpo Karate

Society for Kenpo Studies

Friends:

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Blackbird Martial Arts

Nubreed Martial Arts

Organizations* :

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Pekiti Tirsia Kali System Global Org.

American Sambo Association

International Submission Wrestling Alliance

Wun Hop Kuen Ko International Association

Color identify who is responsible for affiliation:

*Some other memberships and affiliations will be listed on instructor bio pages..

Red – Jason Jones

Blue – Jason & Mike

Yellow – Mike Nauman

Big Thanks to Lennon West Custom Photography.

Kuzushi is the act of off balancing. I am sure it has many terms in many martial arts. But one thing for certain is if you don’t understand this principle everything is harder. When you try to sweep/ throw/ reverse if you haven’t off balanced(kuzushi) it becomes a strength move and is slower and more tiring. When you broaden this definition of kuzushi of off balancing as just tipping in your favor. weather that is position, footwork. Even in real life research against things you dont favor. You are at an advantage over these opponents because you have upset their game and put odd in your favor.

Back to the martial aspect. In striking kuzushi could be using footwork to get a person out of position. Maybe using certain tactics to draw a response that is more easily dictated. It is alot more easily defined in the grappling phases but I think this definition is only the beginning of it. Jason Jones(Dagaso on our forums) is very skilled in Kenpo, and Pekiti Tirsia Kali and has other arts influence also. I know that he uses off tactics that take and put a person out of their game with both arts. To me that is also kuzushi. In kali the block/ strike that makes the opponents stick react differently than the holder intends thus disrupts the balance of the stick. In kenpo the sector in different angles that cause the person to not be able to react very well and if they do react they are out of their base. Kali also has such footwork, I think Kuzushi is a HUGE part of kali, & silat. Its all about these subtle knee bumps, little taps and traps, a little pressure here and there. All of a sudden you are compromised. the other part of kuzushi I think is obvious don’t disrupt your own balance to disrupt others. This would give them opportunity to counter in the similar way even worse you did your off balancing so you gave it to them.

I have seen also where the principle gets looked at too much also and doesn’t take into account a response from the opponent. Sometimes a slow gradual build up to a disruption. An example of this is Aikido. I know a highly ranked Aikido practitioner who is in law enforcement. They are also ranked in a typical karate style. He says that Aikido is difficult to use in its pure sense because your joe average guy doesn’t move and respond as a trained opponent. It also doesn’t take into account crazed attackers that are very random  and unpredictable. So he has to mix the karate into it for it to work in his job as a law enforcement agent. 

I think this element(kuzushi) is really lacking in MMA and some modern Americanized martial arts. A true understanding of off balancing. Especially out of the slugger type training groups. I even see people who are pretty good martial artist who don’t use the concept. They stay head to head and exchange. Test of manhood type mentality. I owe the forum at www.defend.net a thanks for having a topic on this subject. That topic led me to www.judoinfo.com. http://judoinfo.com/kuzushi.htm
http://judoinfo.com/kuzushi1.htm
http://judoinfo.com/balance.htm

Again thanks to the CSW instructors. Erik Paulson and Greg Nelson. www.erikpaulson.com tons of info avail. I plan to meet Mr. Paulson next time he is  in the SLC, UT area for a seminar.