Merry christmas to all of you!

I like to wish all students, friends and your families a merry christmas and a happy new year 2017!

Meditation at Ichinen Bridport martial arts school

On Sunday the 18th of December Ichinen Bridport martial arts school offers a new service. At the Bridport Dojo (North Allington) will be a one hour meditation session. The places are limited, therefore who books early will have a place. There will be a tuition of what is mediation all about followed by a sitting. You will learn various background of meditation. Asian, sufi or native american we will strive. The class is led by master Horst Lindenau, who is a certified Tantra Yoga teacher with 35 years experience.

Photo shows master Horst Lindenau 1993 at the japanese Zen garden in Symondsbury/Dorset/UK. The garden was created over a years period by master Horst and his students. 

Xmas season training times

As christmas is coming up we all getting busy with preparation. Watching the recent number of participants at training, I made us some change in the timetable.

As from now on mindfulness session the second Tuesday at Loders Dojo is practical Jiu-Jitsu training again and the class will be extended to 8.30 pm.

As a reaction to falling numbers attending the training now the two hour sessions at the Loders dojo will be now 7pm to 8.30 pm.

Ichinen Bridport has got a 7th Dan Jiu-Jitsu now

Bridport martial arts club Ichinen Bridport has got a 7th Dan Jiu-Jitsu now in his ranks. Grandmaster Marco Gevatter (Germany) who is a member of honor at our school recently got awarded with the 7th Dan Jiu-Jitsu by an international committee of the I.M.A.A.

As Master Marco is visiting Bridport and our school at some point, he got fully registered and insured with our recent martial arts organisation, the IMASA. 

Big congratulations from Bridport Master Horst Lindenau and all other masters and students at Ichinen Bridport local martial arts club.

Grandmaster Marco Gevatter / Germany. Now 7th Dan Jiu-Jitsu

84 techniques and 2 fights for a 2nde Kyu Jiu-Jitsu blue belt

This is how a blue belt worksheet looks like and gives you all the skills a student needs to know at this stage.

It starts with the breakfalls

Break falls
roll forward, backward roll, roll sideways, all left and right
fall forward, -back and sideways and 3 rolls over an obstacle + 3 free choice

3 breakfalls and rolls on hard floor

Next comes various Jiu Jitsu skills

2 Feet throws + follow up technique

2 Hip throws + follow up technique

2 Shoulder throws + follow up technique

2 self falling techniques

5 defenses against strangle hold

5 strangling holds

3 hold down + 3 liberations

5 transport grips

4 wrist locks

Throat nerve press, control attacker

4 arm locks

4 defense against bear hugs

3 Kicks

5 defenses against various weapons/objects

5 show use of unnatural weapons

1 fight against minimum orange belt, 3 min

Defense against 2 attackers at same time, 3 min

Every graduate at Ichinen Bridport has to demonstrate a defence against the most common attacks

Each one defence against following situations:

1. One person pushes, hands to chest, followed by the pusher striking to the head.

2. A swinging punch to the head.

3. A front clothing grab, one handed, followed by a punch to the head / or a head butt

4. A front clothing grab, two hands, followed by the knee to the groin.

5. A bottle or glass to the head.

6. A lashing kick to the groin

7. A slash with knife 

Theory:

Self defence and the law - Dojo etiquette - First aid basic knowledge

Familiar with the accumulation of actual worksheets from Ichinen Bridport

Minimum training required for the blue belt is 8 months. 3 Martial Art Seminars or equal value grading in other systems.

A blue belt Jiu-Jitsu is very precious for the martial artist

IMASA is our new martial arts organisation

Hi all,

will you please bring your record book of the AMA to next trainings so I can collect them and transfer all your entries, gradings, seminars and achievements into the new IMASA licence & grading book.

The insurance is already active for everybody as I have paid for you upfront. Fee would be between £ 10 and £ 3, depending on date of membership with AMA. Nobody pays double as Ichinen Bridport substitutes any overpayment.

This is the webpage of IMASA

http://www.independentmartialartsportsassociation.co.uk/

And this is their Facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/imasa.chambers/?fref=ts

Everyone who brings the old record book and the fee will receive the new book plus a new badge.

Private tuition with a real Grand master in Bridport

Martial arts day

That was a busy martial art day. First Master Horst Lindenau went with Damian Burton to Weymouth to meet the Sunday Fight Club. What a great experience!

We drove the coast road in best Sunday sunshine up to Weymouth where I attended this venue first time. On arrival we met the others. All black belts as the Sunday Fight Club is reserved for the master training. Neill, Tom and CJ, all three are Taekwondo black belts, same as Damian.

In a friendly and professional atmosphere to train with these martial artists was just a pleasure. We had a little individual warm up. Of cause. Followed by patch kicking. Sure a Taekwondo black belt proves the advantage of their kick skills. Just great!

After that the four had a good sparring session, which I enjoyed to watch. It was very educational for me. Unfortunately Neill bent a finger. But we sorted that with some ice spray and he looked fine later. Hope you alright mate!

I had the chance to introduce them to various Jiu-Jitsu skills. Defence in head locks, we trained some of the most common attack and used Jiu-Jitsu techniques. Haha, and of cause I used some Anti Terror Combat techniques.

Update  >>> 

Anti Terror Combat is now called BlackCombat!

Nerve grips and especially to the throat and hair or neck was some kind of new for the Taekwondo black belt.

All together I like to say big thank you to my new martial arts friends and *****!

Master Damian and Master Tom sparring

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Master CJ and Master Neill sparring

Neill, CJ, Horst, Damian, Tom Weymouth 25.09.16

Which is the best self defence system in the world?

Once I was asked "Which is the best self defence system in the world?"

Well, that is a very common question in the martial arts community. Is it Karate or Judo? Or is Krav Maga better than Jiu-Jitsu? What about Anti Terror Combat or the well known Kung Fu?

Update  >>> 

Anti Terror Combat is now called BlackCombat!

What’s the best self defence system Master Horst? 

I think I can give you the simple answer to that.

The Smith & Wesson System.

http://www.smith-wesson.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Category4_750001_750051_757767_-1_757751_757751_image

Great success and much to learn at mindfulness seminar with Bridport martial arts school

It was a great success and much to learn at mindfulness seminar with Bridport martial arts school Ichinen Bridport. On Sunday the 18th the seminar took place at the Dojo in Loders / Dorset.

First Grandmaster Horst Lindenau demonstrated the "do's and don't s" within real self defence. Probably the most important: You can't always run and ... honestly, where we live the risk of being attacked is rather small. But hey, better prepared than surprised!

Bridport instructor, Master Brian Lovell gave an introduction into the fabulous world of Tai Chi. Students were shown the first steps into this fine art of physical enlightenment. The beginner and the advanced students enjoyed Brian's professional and relaxed approach to demonstrate his Tai Chi style.

Tai Chi instructor Brian Lovell / Bridport teaches a beginners form 

After four hours of concentration and relaxation all students received a beautiful certificate to remember this unique seminar. And it is just the right thing to do says Grandmaster Horst Lindenau: " It's good to be a student again and learn new skills".

Ichinen Bridport now IMASA member

Great news for all. Bridport martial art school Ichinen Bridport has become a member of the Independent Martial Art Sports Association  http://www.independentmartialartsportsassociation.co.uk/ IMASA.

IMASA will be our organisation and partner in the future and provides us with not only insurance cover for all our styles (Jiu-Jitsu, Anti Terror Combat and Karate), but gives us a great platform to interact with other martial art clubs near by and  all over the UK. And probably the most important is, that we can run our local martial art school from here completely independent. Step by step we will now replace the old AMA memberships into IMASA membership and what is most important: 

Training stays the same!

Bridport martial artist now 4th Kyu

Graham Dring from Ichinen Bridport graduated as 4th Kyu Jiu Jitsu. Graham demonstrated his skills last Thursday at the Bridport dojo.

A few photos show Graham performing the orange belt program.

Well done Graham and big congratulations from all of us!

2nd Dan Jiu-Jitsu for Master Horst D. Lindenau

Master Horst D. Lindenau Jiu-Jitsu career

Martial Arts Association International awarded Master Horst Lindenau the 2nd Dan in traditional Japanese Jiu-Jitsu. The head examiner was Shihan Master Marco Gevatter, 6th Dan / Germany.

Master Horst: "I have started Jiu-Jitsu training 1987 in Germany. Before that I studied Judo and Shotokan Karate. I graduated as 1st Dan Jiu Jitsu with Budo Akademie Europa / Germany under Grandmaster Horst Weiland 10th Dan.

Between my 1^st Dan and this award for the second Dan are 27 years of training, studying and educating students. Some of them are now as high in rank as 1^st to 7^th Dan. Since then I have trained over 500 students in Jiu-Jitsu. 

Attended at over 150 seminars international and have hosted myself more than 150 seminars. Beside my engagement in traditional Japanese Jiu-Jitsu I have studied many more styles. 

Shotokan Karate, All Style Do Karate, Anti-Terrorkampf, Taekwondo, Kung Fu, Close Combat, Ajukate, Street Fighting, Ninjutsu and Judo. 

Beside my work with Jiu-Jitsu I am the founder of TerLiMa (self defence), set up a study group to introduce Glima in Germany and today I am the founder and president of Anti Terror Combat.

My highest martial art grade is a 6^th Dan in Anti Terror Combat. Beside that I hold a 1^st Dan in TerLiMa, 2^nd Dan Anti-Terrorkampf and I got awarded the 2^nd Dan Atemi Combat. If you like to train with me, direct or online go to www.ichinenbridport.com for first contact.

I am very proud about myself today and I like to thank everybody who was involved in my education, especially my Masters and my students all over the world. Oss!"

The advantage of private tuition

The advantage of private tuition is unchallengeable. Weather you are a member of a regular martial art class already or you have no commitment at all in the moment and look for a way to get active again. A private lesson will give you this ignition to do something for yourself.

Master Horst Lindenau offers currently one or two students private 1:1 teaching in the martial arts. It is possible to connect two students too. Master Horst is a licensed  sports teacher for martial arts and yoga with over 28 years of experience as a martial art instructor.

If you are serious about your training and learning don't miss out this opportunity in the Bridport area. There are not many skilled teachers around like master Horst Lindenau and you don't need to travel too far for your tuition, if you live in the Bridport area.

The training is either in the Bridport Dojo or even can be arranged at your home. The costs are calculated on what package you book and how often you like and need your training.

You can get trained in the following arts

Jiu-Jitsu is the most complete solution if it comes to martial arts. You can say "it is the mother of the martial arts". With Jiu-Jitsu you will gain skills for not only self defence but you train your mental attitude as well. The style Master Horst teaches is traditionell, effective and convincing.

Anti Terror Combat is a radical self defence. With these skills your life becomes safer and it is "easy to learn". Anti Terror Combat (ATC) is for those they really care about their self defence skills and want the special kick with the martial arts.

Yoga does not need much explanation. Yoga is the oldest form of physical training, probably 5000 years the first traces can be dated back. Today Yoga became a big industry in the western world nowadays. If you don't like or cannot join a regular local Yoga class, master Horst is a graduated Yoga instructor and a Tantra Yoga teacher. The way he teaches Yoga is far from this "industrial" attitude which is found so often today. Stay with the real one.

Training available for male and female over the age of 16 years. There is no age limit upward. Master Horst Lindenau oldest student is 65 years of age!

If you live in the Bridport area then ring Master Horst Lindenau on 07968 235486.
Visit the Bridport martial art school Facebook page on Ichinen Bridport and get even more information on our main website.

Look forward to meet you !

Martial Artist attacked by a group

Martial artist attacked by a group (text taken from http://www.presseportal.de/polizeipresse/p_story.htx?firmaid=35235)

"In der Nacht auf Sonntag wurde in der Innenstadt ein 25 Jahre alter Bremer überfallen. Eine Gruppe von sechs bis acht Personen schlug ihn nieder und entwendete Geld aus seinem Portmonee. Der 25-Jährige wurde im Bereich Marktplatz - Domshof - Domsheide von Mitgliedern der Gruppe angesprochen: "Geld her oder es knallt! Die Forderung ignorierend setzte der Bremer seinen Weg zunächst zu Fuß fort. Zwei Gruppenmitglieder erwiesen sich aber als besonders aggressiv und griffen ihn an. Da der 25-Jährige über langjährige Kampfsporterfahrung verfügt, setzte er sich zur Wehr und rang seine beiden Gegner nieder. Das war für den Rest der Gruppe das Zeichen, ebenfalls auf den Angegriffenen loszugehen. Mehrere Personen schlugen -unter anderem mit einem Teleskopschlagstock- auf den Sportler ein, verletzten ihn dabei und raubten ihn aus."

Well I better translate: A man with several years experience in the Martial Arts was robbed, beaten and injured in the City of Bremen. (That’s where I come from, that’s why I mention it here). At first there is nothing so unusual with this incident. Fights, robbery, all this is common nowadays.

What I like to point out is, you might train even for years some Martial Art. But when it comes to a real street fight, often the Martial Artist finds he is helpless. Why is that? First, there is a different environment, not the comfy dojo. Then there is no referee who says “Yame”, when one gets injured. And last not least, the real fight in the streets can take longer than the 2 or 3 minutes rounds in a competition.

Final it is all a question what you looking for in your Martial Arts. We here at Ichinen Bridport do Jiu-Jitsu (Saddam Hussein would have said: “The mother of the Martial Arts”). And one of our main aims to do so, is to train the best of street self defence! The best self defence is provided by Anti Terror Combat. You can learn these skills too at Ichinen Bridport martial arts school.

Update  >>> 

Anti Terror Combat is now called BlackCombat!

20 months of hard training for the Jiu-Jitsu green belt for Andy

Our member Andy Loudon joint Ichinen Bridport martial art school in september 2014 at the age of 42. Today, 20 months later and after serious and hard training under the supervision of Bridport Sensei Horst Lindenau, Andy passed his grading for 3rd Kyu (green belt) in the martial art style Jiu-Jitsu.

Andy trained on average every week twice in the club and made an enormous progress since he started. And: "I am fitter and healthier with my training and definitely learned some serious self defence skills. Beside that I like the traditional way we learn this martial art in the school and of cause it's a really good team here. Thank you all to assist me in such a great way and special thanks to our Sensei Master Horst."

This is how the syllabus looks like to become a Jiu-Jitsu green belt at Ichinen Bridport.

3rd Kyu / green belt                                                                                        January 2015

Break falls
roll forward, backward roll, roll sideways, all left and right
fall forward, -back and sideways and 2 rolls over an obstacle + 3 free choice

2 Feet throws + follow up technique

Hip throw + follow up technique

Shoulder throw + follow up technique

1 self falling technique

4 defenses against stranglehold

4 strangling holds

3 hold down + 2 liberations

3 transport grips

3 wrist locks

Throat nerve press, control attacker

3 arm locks

3 defense against bear hugs

3 Kicks

5 defenses against various weapons/objects

3 show use of unnatural weapons

1 fight against minimum orange belt, 3 min

Defense against 2 attackers at same time, 2 min

Each one defence against following situations:

1. One person pushes, hands to chest, followed by the pusher striking to the head.

2. A swinging punch to the head.

3. A front clothing grab, one handed, followed by a punch to the head / or a head butt

4. A front clothing grab, two hands, followed by the knee to the groin.

5. A bottle or glass to the head.

6. A lashing kick to the groin

7. A slash with knife

Theory: General knowledge/see the school worksheets

Minimum training required for the green belt is 6 months from orange grade. 2 Martial Art Seminars or equal value grading in other systems required. Candidate must be able to run a class, including warm up.

Lewis A. Harris is our new martial artist of the month

Ichinen Bridport is proud to announce that the martial artist of the month May 2016 is Lewis A. Harris.
Lewis is a true martial artist. 64 years old and still rolling. The photo shows Lewis performing the basic martial art kata for his recent green belt grading April. Lewis is a member of our school since November 2014 and before that he trained 7 years Krav Maga in Exeter and holds a green belt grade in this art. Before he trained Kyokushinkai Karate and in this style Lewis is a brown belt. Well done Lewis, congratulation from all of us!!

Martial artist Lewis A. Harris showing the basic martial art kata

64 years old - and still rolling! And three new 8th Kyu Karate grades at Ichinen Bridport

64 years old and still rolling, that's about the story of Lewis A. Harris. A fine martial artist for a long time with grades in Krav Maga (green belt) and Kyokushin Karate (brown belt). Lewis is a member of local Bridport martial art school Ichinen Bridport since the year 2014 and graded now as 3rd Kyu /green belt in Jiu-Jitsu.

His grading was watched by the Ichinen grading commission under Master Horst Lindenau (Jiu-Jitsu) and after his exceptional performance Master Horst handed a well deserved 3rd Kyu/green belt certificate to Lewis. Well done Lewis and a big congratulation from all of us at Ichinen Bridport!!

Loders Dojo martial art session now two hours

From now on the Jiu-Jitsu training at the Loders Dojo will be two hours. Start at 7 pm as usual and finishes at 9 pm. That way we have much more time and effectivity. The one day we are in the small Dojo it is from now on mindfulness training. Meditation, Kata and psychological combat tactics. This session will be one hour.

Beginners and new members with experience always very welcome. Martial art training for everybody in Bridport and surrounding villages. Ichinen bridport martial art school: The number when when you want to learn self defence in the South West.

Jiu-Jitsu / JuJutsu / Jujitsu ?

Hold on the ground Jiu-Jitsu technique

What means Jiu-Jitsu?

Literally spoken, it is the gentle art, the technique of suppleness and flexibility. Jitsu means art in Japanese and when you translate the Japanese into all the other languages it also known as Ju Jutsu, Jujutsu, Jujitsu or written with a hyphen as in Jiu-Jitsu or Ju-Jitsu. The confusion already starts when you move from one country to another as I did. 

What is Jiu-Jitsu in Germany is wrongly taken as BJJ (Brazilian Jiu Jitsu) in Britain. And so on... But as we say, names are sound and echo.

Today we have uncounted styles all over the world and that is very much the same than at the time this popular combat system can traced back in history. In ancient Japan in the late 17th to mid 19th century there were over 700 different systems. All based on the same principle, the gentle art. Winning by losing. What counts most is the effectiveness in combat. And that includes the armed and unarmed skills.

Jiu-Jitsu techniques include striking and kicking, kneeing, throwing and choking, joint locking, holding and tying. And all these skills are or can be combined with weapons. Therefore it is a truly all round combat system and today very much used for self defence.Useful for men and women and all ages.

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At Ichinen Bridport we take 1st aid serious

To improve the safety of our local Bridport martial art school, we have introduced now the position of a "first aid officer". Our  member Trevor Barton is from now on in that role. Trevor is fully trained and certified and will assist Master Horst Lindenau in the future with any issues they might occur regarding first aid and safety of the school.

Master Horst Lindenau just passed a refresher course for the martial art first aid and as the chief coach of Ichinen Bridport self defence school he will be still fully in charge and responsible anything regarding health and safety of the club and the first aid in general.

More outdoor training

I love Mondays! And I love the off season! Since it became ever so busy now during the summer in this beautiful part of the world, every little relief of that is welcomed. Walking the beach, hardly any people, no packs of dogs and no grockles. What a brilliant place. And keep that spot on mind. That's exactly where we will do some extra training with our Ichinen Bridport martial art school. Watch this space.

 

Fist or claw? What do you use?

During a fight it is very likely that one launches a fist punch. Although the fist is a very good human tool to be used in a fight, there is an alternative for use in a fight. I think of the claw. The claw is probably the oldest human weapon. Applied at the right moment, executed professional and used with brut force the claw becomes quick the latest human weapon. Highly recommended for the Jiu-Jitsu self defence by Anti Terror Combat Master Horst Lindenau (6th Dan red belt). He knows what he is talking about!

Update  >>> 

Anti Terror Combat is now called BlackCombat!

Book review: From student to master

Book review: From student to master

This book, published end of 2015 is not just another one added to the big number of martial art volumes. With the original title “Vom Schueler zum Meister” (which can be translated to “from student to master”) it is now the 8^th edition of this famous work. While previous editions been released by Grandmaster Horst Weiland (+), the present one was written by Claude Weiland. He is a fine martial artist too and the son of the originator of this title.

Back in the 90’s the 5^th edition was my number one when it came to any information required regarding the different martial art styles I covered. This new available work is just doing the same; the reader has got a source of all styles and disciplines which are taught within the “Budo Akademie Europa”, (Budo academy Europe, BAE) a martial arts organisation which goes back to 1970.

Although I do miss certain features from the previous editions, I like to approve this new book from Claude Weiland at most. (Of cause, we oldies’ guys will always miss some of the stuff we brought up with J).

 As the official compendium of the BAE, it contains detailed and complete information about the 14 different styles taught today. The chapters of the main subjects like Jiu-Jitsu, Judo, ATK-self defence, Ajukate, Karate, Kickboxing, TKD and Kung Fu not only give the student a great help on the way, but masters themselves will find it extreme useful in daily teaching and running classes.

The book is written in German, but I am sure it has got a value to non German readers too, as Tsuki and a Kesa Gatame is the same all over the world. And when I once borrowed my old edition to a student of mine, he was pleased with it and said: “That kind of book should be available in English, it’s ever so good.”

The 8^th edition “Vom Schueler zum Meister“ , by Grandmaster Claude Weiland, paperback, 262 pages, ISBN 978-398117621-0-5, you can buy it direct via the BAE in Wilhelmshaven/Germany, shop@depice.com or www.depice.com

Are you 45?

How old are you?
Ok, if you not 45 it doesn't matter. At Ichinen Bridport martial arts school the age range goes from 11 to 64. And it is never too late to start a serious program of strength and endurance training. At Ichinen Bridport you will get both and surplus you will learn some useful skills for personal self defence. You never know when you might need these skills. Times are not getting easier...

But that is not all. By learning a traditional japanese martial art Jiu-Jitsu, you will gain much more than physical fitness. Concentration, self confidence, humbleness and yes, even happiness you will get out of your weekly exercise.

Start your own way every Thursday at the Dojo British Legion Hall in Bridport. Training starts at 7pm. See you there!