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.

“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

May

21: Black Belt Council/Instructors meeting (Brighton)

Dec

15: Black Belt Council/Instructors meeting (Victor)

February

27-28: Saratoga Martial Arts Festival 2010 (Saratoga, NY)

March

06: 12th Annual CMAWNY Challenge Tournament (Spencerport)
19: Dodgeball Night (Brighton; 6:30-8:30)
20: Black Belt testing (Victor; Juniors – 10:30AM-12PM; Little Dragons – 12-1:30PM)
26: Brighton Graduation (at Brighton Recreation Bldg.)
26: Parent’s Night Out/Activity Night (Victor; 6-9PM)

April

01: Victor Graduation (in class: 5:30PM for Little Dragons, 6:15PM for Juniors)
03: Women’s Self-defense class Ground Defense (Brighton; 1-3PM)
10: Junior Black Belt Test (Brighton; 12:30-2:30PM)

May

15-16: Shingitai Jujitsu Spring Camp and Convention (Perrysville, Ohio)
31: Both locations closed for Memorial Day holiday

June

04: UMAC Night at Frontier Field (7PM)
19: Karate Kid movie outing
21-26: Graduation in “B” classes (Dragons/Juniors)
25: Little Dragon Black Belt Test (Brighton)

July

05-11: Both locations closed for the week of July 4th; no classes will be held
05: UMAC Martial Arts Kids Camp begins (Brighton)
16-18: Koryu Uchinadi Kenpo-jutsu Seminar (Victor)
16-18: Super Summer Seminars (Herkimer, NY)
19-24: Parents’ Classes on “B” days
23: Little Dragon Activity Night/DodgeBall (Victor)
24: Little Dragon dodgeball (Brighton)
24-25: Junior dodgeball and sleepover (Brighton)

August

01: UMAC picnic
07: Junior Black Belt test (Brighton)
09-14: Ice cream on “B” days (Brighton)
14: Adult Black Belt testing (Brighton; 12:30-???)
20: Junior Activity Night/DodgeBall (Victor)
28: Brighton-Victor UMAC Tournament

September

10: Back-to-school dodgeball (Brighton)
25: Women’s Self-Defense Seminar (Brighton)
25: JOLT meeting (Brighton)

October

23: 2010 UMAC Invitational
30: JOLT meeting (Brighton)

November

20: JOLT meeting (Brighton)
25-26: Closed (Thanksgiving)
29: Black Belt Council meeting (Brighton)

December

04: Junior Black Belt test (Brighton; 12:30-2PM)
11: “Shop & Drop” event: drop your kids off for activities while you get some holiday shopping done, or just have some fun! (Victor; 12-3pm; $10)
18: JOLT meeting (Brighton)
24-01Jan: Closed

January

06: Victor Graduation (during classes)
07: Brighton Graduation (at Brighton Recreation Bldg: Little Dragons 6:30-7:15; Juniors 7:45-8:30)
16: Black Belt Council/Instructors meeting (Brighton)

Feb

17: Black Belt Council/Instructors meeting (Victor)

March

05: 13th Annual CMAWNY Challenge Martial Arts Tournament (Spencerport; 9AM-4PM)
21: Black Belt Council/Instructors meeting (Brighton)

Apr

21: Black Belt Council/Instructors meeting (Victor)

May

16: Black Belt Council/Instructors meeting (Brighton)

June

11: Afternoon at the movies – “Kung Fu Panda 2″ (Pittsford Plaza)
16: Black Belt Council/Instructors meeting (Victor)
18: Junior Karate Black Belt test (Brighton; 12:30)
25: Adult Karate Black Belt test (Victor; 12:00)

July

15: Family Fun Night (6:30 pm)
18: Black Belt Council/Instructors meeting (Brighton)

August

18: Black Belt Council/Instructors meeting (Victor)
20: Dodgeball (Juniors/Dragons) and sleepover (Juniors) (Brighton)
27: UMAC Brighton/Victor Tournament (Victor)