Hattatsu Ryu Karate

admin — Sun, 24 May 2009 01:21:21 +0000

The martial arts are a lifestyle that will promote growth in every area of your life. Over the course of your study, you will progressively learn skills that will allow you to identify, respond and take control of a situation when the need arises. In addition to learning valuable self-defense techniques, you will identify positive changes in your life immediately. Becoming mentally and physically capable of defending yourself will accompany the advancement in personal growth. You will gain a greater level of self-confidence and perseverance. Relationships with family, friends and significant others grow and mature. Personal goal setting is also developed and practiced in our adult martial arts programs and can radically change your life.

The study of martial arts is a great way to improve your health, strength, flexibility and cardiovascular endurance. Stress levels diminish and relaxation takes its place. The mind, body and spirit will come together to form the body that we were all meant to appreciate in our lives.

HATTATSU RYU KARATE

Hattatsu Ryu is an eclectic martial art system developed by John Ingallina after many years of study in arts ranging from Karate, Jujitsu, Judo, Kung Fu, Wrestling, Boxing and Muay Thai. It is also, just as importantly, an art that incorporates and educates students in psychological self-defense and stresses the importance of physical fitness. The style emphasizes traditional values and work ethics combined with a modern day approach to self-protection. We follow the post 19th century karate format of teaching kihon (basics), kata (self defense forms) and kumite (sparring).

The system can be classified as a philosophy more than a defined group of movements. It is based on principles rather than a compilation of techniques. This is not to imply that the techniques that make up a system are not important. They are of great magnitude but they are not enough. The most refined techniques known will be of little use when one does not train with principles, a sound philosophy and a training regimen that allows a person to be physically and mentally capable of handling a situation. Remember that “situations” are not relegated to only physical altercations but also challenges that occur in our everyday lives.

Hattatsu Ryu is a system that takes into consideration the different sizes, ages, genders and physical capabilities of the students. It is one that offers enough freedom to allow students to learn and excel at their own pace, utilizing their own individual strengths. As the name implies, we are a school of progressive growth. The students are encouraged to always keep an open mind and to explore and educate themselves in all areas of self-improvement, both in and out of the arena of martial arts.

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Shingitai Jujitsu

admin — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 22:42:34 +0000

Mixed martial arts refers to systems that combine elements from many forms of self defense and combative techniques into a single system to provide the student with tools and abilities to be used in a broad range of self defense scenarios. At the United Martial Arts Center we have always enthusiastically embraced well-rounded, multidiscipline training methods. To that end we offer what we think is one of the best mixed martial arts programs around: Shingitai Jujitsu.

Shingitai Jujitsu emphasizes effectiveness and we use any tool or tactic to achieve success. Our approach is to learn, teach and stress fundamentally sound core techniques that can be used in a time of escalated stress. We teach and train “chain techniques” which means one technique leads to another like real life self-defense. While we can train SJJ as sport or study it as a highly complex and involved martial art, it is first and foremost, a method of fighting and self-defense. The goal in Shingitai is to offer the most practical, effective and technically sound education to those who choose to embrace it.

Although the techniques of Shingitai Jujitsu are the same or similar to many other forms of jujitsu, there are fundamental differences in the methodology with which it is taught. Because it is a “fighting art” the objective, especially at the early stages of training, is to teach the student to have the ability to stay safe on the street. The focus is not on the recreational or competitive aspects of jujitsu or MMA. We will teach a student how to defend himself against a bigger, stronger, aggressive attacker in situations that would be most probable on the street.

To reach that objective we teach core techniques and principles which build the student from the foundation up. The human body has inherent weaknesses and exploiting those weaknesses while simultaneously protecting our own is the focus during the student’s initial phase of training. Once we are confident that a student has become proficient in these core skills they will be introduced to the more free flowing way of training that involves more sportive types of activities. As a student passes through the many phases of his or her training, he or she will undoubtedly learn many advanced techniques, tactics and strategies. Although their skill set will improve, they will never forget our purpose for training – to be as prepared as possible to defend ourselves, and our loved ones, on the street.

Coach Saylor (black shirt) demonstrating techniques with Sensei Ingallina at a recent UMAC Shingitai Jujitsu workshop.

You can visit Coach Saylor’s Shingitai Jujitsu web site here.

Here is what Coach Saylor has to say about Sensei Ingallina and Shingitai Jujitsu at UMAC:

“John Ingallina is a true teacher and coach in every sense of the word. He has the unique combination of being an incredible martial artist as well as an extremely effective communicator and motivator. The combination of these attributes are what sets him apart and made him the recipient of this year’s award. The instructors at UMAC and the level of jujitsu demonstrated at these schools set them apart from most. The students are some of the best we see at our national camps and instruction events. Anyone interested in learning the art of jujitsu would be well advised to seek instruction at UMAC.”

John Saylor – 3 time US Judo Champion, 2 time Pan-Am medalist, Coach at the US Olympic Center 1983-1990, USJA Coach of the Year 1987

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