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Martial Arts and Martial Arts Training It seems like a lifetime ago when I fist stepped on the mat at the age of 7 and began my martial arts journey. Like most people, I had preconceived, wild notions about martial arts and self defense. In the mid 1970’s it was all about kung fu and martial art movies (we used to call them Chop-Socky movies) were all the rage. I was one of those kids who imitated the moves I saw on screen. I remember the first mail order martial arts book I purchased, it was a kung fu manual. It showed some wrist-locks, strikes and some other misplaced information. So there we were, clueless, on my friend’s lawn trying to figure out how to teach ourselves martial arts. My first combative sport was wrestling. At the age of seven, I was a year or two younger than the majority of my peers. In the begining, I wasn’t very good, but in a few short years I got the hang of it and the rest was history. My fist experience in Asian martial arts was with Tae Kwon Do at the age of 15. I was a sophomore in high school when I started learning the “secrets” of martial arts and self defense. My brother was really into it, having studied shotokan karate and Burmese bando and I thought it would be cool (who doesn’t want a Black Belt!). Over the years my desire to learn grew and I became consumed by martial arts training. Unfortunately, the harder I trained in martial arts, I became a little confused. Things didn’t add up. The techniques and strategies I was learning as self defense had no place in my real world experiences. The martial art I was learning was a fun, competitive activity, but the self defense I was learning really was useless. When it was all said and done, the actual martial arts techniques I used n my real life was only a few basic wrestling and karate techniques. But I was still “fighting” people. I was applying combat sport and martial arts techniques to self defense. Even though I was successful, I was still very lucky. It really wasn’t until after college that I discovered what real martial arts and self defense was all about. The information you will discover hear is a result of a life long quest in the martial arts. Searching for the truth about self defense. Today as an instructor and a student of the martial arts, I know how lucky I am to have been exposed, taught and mentored by some incredible people. I guess to some extent, I’ll never forget the frustration I felt as a kid trying to unlock the mysteries of the martial arts on my friend’s lawn. Years ago I started selling martial arts videos, but they still weren’t complete. A martial art video or book can be a good training guide, if you really understand how to train and practice a technique. Unfortunately a martial arts video alone isn’t enough. You are going to have to practice and practice correctly. Instructional martial arts videos found on the market leave out the most crucial element, the training. How do you take the information found on the martial arts training video and make it work for you. The Self Defense Company provides that answer. The Self Defense Company isn’t about selling martial arts videos as much as it is about providing martial arts training. We know your time and your safety are not to be taken lightly. I hope you find the resources on the site helpful. Please feel free to use the information found here in your own martial arts training.
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Links to Martial Arts Articles A Brief History Of Martial Arts in the Modern Military Many martial arts are derived from military combatives; the study of hand-to-hand combat and martial arts in warfare. After all, the term "martial art" means "art of warfare." For example, the sport or judo comes from jujutsu, which comes from samurai grappling, which was part of the training Japanese warriors received as preparation for battle. Many weapon-oriented martial arts, such as iado, kendo, kyudo and naganata-do originated in schools of martial techniques for warriors. These weapons, the sword, bow and arrow, and pole arm, were the assault rifles and machine guns of their time--the default weapons of military fighters--and as such were key components in combat training. The Western interest in East Asian Martial arts dates back to the late 19th Century AD, due to the increase in trade between America with China and Japan. Relatively few Westerners actually practiced the martial arts, considering it to be mere performance. Edward William Barton-Wright, a railway engineer who had studied the martial art Jujutsu while working in Japan between 1894–97, was the first man known to have taught Asian martial arts in Europe. He also founded an eclectic martial arts style named Bartitsu which combined jujutsu, judo, boxing, savate and stick fighting. William E. Fairbairn, a Shanghai policeman and at the time a leading Western expert on Asian fighting techniques, was recruited during world War II by the Special Operations Executive (SOE) to teach UK, U.S. and Canadian Commando and Ranger forces Jujutsu. The seminal self-defense book Kill or Get Killed was written by Colonel Rex Applegate, who worked closely with Fairbairn to train the "First Special Service," a joint U.S. and Canadian army unit; it became a classic military treatise on hand to hand combat and created the reality based martial art "Defendu." Modern variations that can still trace an authentic lineage to Applegate are very few . The undisputed "father" of Modern close-combat is Carl Cestari who had a direct relationship with both Colonel Applegate and WWII self-defense pioneer Charlie Nelson. In 2006 Carl Cestari was named one of the top 10 "Most Dangerous Men On The Planet" by Black Belt Magazine. Seeing the need to bring these legitimate and proven techniques and method of close-combat back into the Modern world of "hobby" Martial Arts (Karate, Kung Fu, Capoiera, Aikido, etc.) and "sport" Martial Arts (Judo, Brazilian Jui-jitsu, Wrestling, Kick Boxing, Mixed Martial Arts, Ultimate fighting , etc.), one of Cestari’s top students, Damian Ross and his instructors have dedicated their lives to teaching, instruction, and spreading the "truth" about Martial Arts, street fighting, self defense, and close combat. This site is the only link to that legacy Please be aware of the following common misspellings as relates to common martial art searches: martial atrs, martial atrs weapons, martial arts spuplies, martial arts eqiupment, martail, marital arts uniforms, amrtial arts supply, amrtial arts books amrtial arts. Copyright © 2008 The Self Defense Company LLC, Complete Self Defense, Carl Cestari, Core Combat Training, World War II hand to hand combat, Street Mixed Martial Arts and The Complete Self Defense Training System are registered to The Self Defense Company All rights reserved.
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