Very good progress at Bridport Jiu-Jitsu school

 Big congratulations to Luke Eckett (eight) from Ichinen Bridport martial artsLuke earned himself the 4th Kyu orange belt in the juniors Jiu-Jitsu group. He traines with us since January 2023. Grading partner was James Allen (12) from Beaminster. Very well done boys!

 

Young Tiger from Bridport passed his grading and is now a 5th Kyu yellow belt in traditionell Japanese Jiu-Jitsu. Tiger joint Ichinen Bridport martial arts in October last year. His grading partner was Jago Saines who is a 2nd Kyu blue belt.

Big congratulations to Tiger from all of us!

 

 

Ewan Roe achieved 6th Kyu Jiu-Jitsu in Bridport

12 year old Ewan Roe from Westbay / Bridport passed his first grading on the 8th of February 2024. Ewan joined Ichinen Bridport Jiu-Jitsu for children first in 2019, but than the miraculous Covid scam stopped the whole country to do what everyone wanted to do and consequently Ichinen Bridport Jiu-Jitsu had to stop the children's classes. 

Now Ewan caught up with this long break and did a very good grading with his partner Marlow (5th Kyu). Master Horst Lindenau from Ichinen Bridport Jiu-Jitsu: "Big congratulations my boy! Keep on going!" 

Martial arts is a great way to develop children's abilities, both mental and physical. and on a long term, they learn good self defence skills too.

Master Horst Lindenau earns 4th Dan Jiu-Jitsu

Bridport martial artist Horst Lindenau received his 4th Dan after a waiting time of four years after his last grading in 2019. Master Horst is today the highest decorated martial arts teacher in Bridport with over 40 years of teaching experience, both adults and children.

These are his current qualifications:

6th Dan Anti Terror Combat

6th Dan BlackCombat

4th Dan Jiu-Jitsu

2nd Dan Anti-Terrorkampf (German based style)

Diploma sports teacher

Congratulations Master Horst!

Another black belt grading at local Bridport Jiu-Jitsu club last Monday

 The local Bridport martial arts school Ichinen Bridport celebrates another success for Jiu-Jitsu. Jim Eves from graduated as a 1st Dan black belt in traditional Japanese Jiu-Jitsu. Big congratulations from all martial artists in Bridport Jim! Well done!

His grading partner for this black belt grading in Jiu-Jitsu was Mike Beaumont-Eves, who is currently holding a 1st Kyu in Jiu-Jitsu. For the three man attacks Sam and Jago Saines joined in. Both from Ichinen Bridport and both are 3rd Kyu Jiu-Jitsu. 

So you can say, this was a double father and son event. Jim and his son Mike and Sam with his son Jago. Find a few pictures from the grading day.

 

5th Kyu Jiu-Jitsu for our friend Jason Deelchand

 

Master Lewis A. Harris (2nd Dan Jiu-Jitsu) from Ichinen Bridport expressed his satisfaction when examining Jason Deelchand for his 5th Kyu yellow belt in traditional Japanese Jiu-Jitsu. 

Jason had to demonstrate following skills;

Break falls: Roll forward, backward roll, roll sideways, fall forward, backward and sideways and 1 roll over an obstacle.

2 throws

2 strangling holds

1 defence against strangle hold

Ear nerve press

1 hold down

2 wrist locks

1 wrist lock liberation

1 defence against swinging punch

Throat nerve press, control attacker

2 arm locks

Theory:

Judo, Jiu-Jitsu, Kung Fu, Jiu-Jitsu grading system, self defence and the law, Japanese terms, Dojo etiquette, anatomy.

Here at Ichinen Bridport we teach the art not for sport or take part in championships, but purely for self defence and well being, self discipline and individual growth.

 

Well done Jason, congratulations from all of us!

Jiu-Jitsu goes ahead in Bridport

After the forced lockdown of our martial art school Ichinen Bridport we only took six months to gain old strenght. Both in members as in our high quality training at the dojo. Adults train regular each Thursday from 7.00 pm to 8.30 pm. We are looking forward to new members, just give us a ring on 07968-235486.

March the 17th our senior member at Ichinen Bridport Jiu-Jitsu, Master Lewis A. Harries graduated towards the 2nd Dan in traditional Japanese Jiu-Jitsu. 

Congratulations Master Lewis for the great progress in the martial art of Jiu-Jitsu!

Master Lewis receives the certificate as a 2nd Dan from Master Horst Lindenau 3rd Dan Jiu-Jitsu

Bridport martial artists with big success

On the 21.11.19 we had a grading day at Ichinen Bridport.
Three of our Jiu-Jitsu children graduated successfully under the examination of master Lewis A. Harris (1st Dan Jiu-Jitsu).

Master Horst D. Lindenau (left) and Master Lewis A. Harris (centre) with the new graduates

Kieran Jones (2. left top) > 4th Kyu Jiu-Jitsu

Alfie Blake (1. left front) > 3rd Kyu Jiu-Jitsu

One of the adult group gained his 4th Kyu too.

Sam Saines (2. right top)

Paul and Lucien been partner for the gradings.

Paul Blake from Bridport graduated as 1st Kyu brown belt Jiu-Jitsu. 

Examiner were master Lewis A. Harris and master Andy Loudon, both 1st Dan Jiu-Jitsu.

Partner for the brown belt grading were master Horst D. Lindenau 3rd Dan Jiu-Jitsu and Mark Butt 4th Kyu

Sam Saines got awarded as the martial artist of the month November 2019 for his outstanding performance and support for the school. Congratulations Sam!

Our black belt grading day in 2019

On October the 31st we held our annual grading day for master degrees at Ichinen Bridport.
This time the event was at the dojo British Legion hall in Bridport and we used our regular training times instead choosing a weekend.

And all went ever so well! The examiners in  the grading panel were happy with the brilliant organisation of the ceremony and the many spectators were presented a well performed run and gradings.

The graduations in detail:

Horst D. Lindenau graduated for 3rd Dan Jiu-Jitsu

Andy Loudon graduated for 1st Dan Jiu-Jitsu

Lewis A. Harris graduated for 1st Dan Jiu-Jitsu

Steve Reynolds graduated for 1st Dan BlackCombat

Big congratulations to all new masters and big thanks to all members who helped to make this event such a success. Oss!

Black belt gradings at Ichinen Bridport Jiu-Jitsu

On October the 31st 2019 Ichinen Bridport martial arts school has the official Dan graduations.
As long you are not banned from the club for dishonour or other public offences everybody is warmly welcome to enjoy an evening of brilliantly martial arts skills.

Doors open at 7.00 pm at the British Legion hall in Bridport. Entry is free. No mobile phones or cameras aloud due to peoples protection laws. There will be an official film team from Ichinen Bridport and you can purchase photos or video scenes.

All gradings are under supervision of master Stephen Reynolds (5th Dan) and assistants. all gradings are under the rules of Ichinen Bridport in accordance with the IMASA martial arts organisation.

Two new master grades at Ichinen Bridport

On 23.06.2019 our member Scott McGregor from Bridport graduated as a 1st Dan BlackCombat. On Thursday the 11.07.2019 Master Lewis A. Harris graduated as a 2nd Dan BlackCombat and both received their precious black belt certificates from Grand master Horst D. Lindenau (6th Dan) during the session on that day.

We like to thank both masters for their hard work and help to continue the expansion of the BlackCombat self defence style. Big congratulations!

Black belt training

As we are preparing for our upcoming black belt gradings the training times for Jiu-Jitsu adult classes increase as from June 2019 to 9.00 pm now. That gives us more time for our precious goal.

Brown belt Jiu-Jitsu - that means a lot

When one reaches the brown belt level in the traditional martial art Jiu-Jitsu at Ichinen Bridport that means a lot. Today Lewis A. Harris passed an excellent grading and holds now this precious grade. Lewis is an active member of Ichinen Bridport since 2014 and has a very good record of taking part in training sessions.

Lewis is at present our oldest fighter and at the age of 66 (sixtysix!) he can perform extraordinary good. His fitness is outstanding and Lewis is the only one in the moment who can do the full split at our club. Not many martial artists can do so.

For the brown belt / 1st Kyu Lewis trained 163 Jiu-Jitsu sessions since his last blue belt exam. Beside this he is a former Kyokushinkai Karate brown belt and a green belt holder in Krav Maga.

Earlier this year Lewis A. Harris passed his grading as a BlackCombat master under Grandmaster Horst D. Lindenau 6th Dan BlackCombat. BlackCombat represents the elite in modern self defence and not many qualify for a rank here.

We congratulate our new Jiu-Jitsu brown belt Lewis A. Harris and watch him on his path to become a 1st Dan.

Lewis with the full split with BlackCombat masters

Partner Andy Loudon (1st Kyu) with new brown belt Lewis A. Harris after the grading

Heading for the brown belt

Our two members Lewis A. Harris and Andy Loudon are now in the final preparation for a 1. Kyu grading in Jiu-Jitsu.
Andy is an active member since 2014 and Lewis joined him 2 months later in november 2014.
They both have trained very focused and hard which will give a good position for the upcoming grading.

Tonight we have a special brown belt session at Dojo 86 and work on the final bits.

Breaking the balance with Jiu-Jitsu throw

The grading system of BlackCombat

BlackCombat is a separate style we teach at our local martial art school Ichinen Bridport. This system for self defence combines the very modern with the very traditional.

Very modern when we look at the techniques each grading syllabus requires and very traditional as BlackCombat has broken with the multi colored belt system which is today found in most martial arts. Varying from 6 up to 15 student grades and followed by the master grades.

BlackCombat uses the three belt system as it was in use before Budo left Japan.

A white belt is the first grade, followed by the brown belt, the senior student. These grades have to be gained via a grading.

The 1. Dan black belt is at first awarded by the personal master and the aspirant has than got one year time to "work off the black belt syllabus". Otherwise the grade becomes invalid and is taken away.

Another way to gain a BlackCombat master grade is to prove significant skills and knowledge in the field of self defence. Not every martial artist can claim these skills. Some are focused in sports activities etc. In this case an aspirant can retrain and widen his skills with the self defence before joining.

If a martial arts master can prove good skills of self defence, he or she can be graduated according to the previous grade and amount of self defence skills.

Youngest martial artist graduated as 6th Kyu Jiu-Jitsu

Finlay Saines (5 years old) from the Ichinen Bridport children Jiu-Jitsu group shown his knowledge to in a 6th Kyu grading. Finlay who started to learn Jiu-Jitsu with Master Horst D. Lindenau in Bridport in June 2018 gave a successful demonstration of his newly learned self defence skills.

He is now a 6th Kyu / white belt with red stripe. His performance included rolls and falls, technical self defence skills and a theoretical questionnaire. His partner for this grading was Noah Atkinson-Webb (7 years old) and he did an excellent job. Thank you Noah!

Big congratulations from all of us at Ichinen Bridport and keep the good things going!

Already last week Finlays dad Sam (from Beaminster) passed his 6th Kyu grading with partner Fred Underhay (4th Kyu).

We are all very proud of you both!

Finlay Saines (5) presents his 6th Kyu Jiu-Jitsu grading certificate

Master Horst D. Lindenau with Finlay and Sam Saines from Ichinen Bridport

Active students at Bridport martial arts school

It was a delight to watch little Noah (6) 6th Kyu Jiu-Jitsu performing his bamboo stick kata. He copied it himself somewhere online and studied it at home to give us a show of his skills.

Noah moved the stick faster than the camera can catch it!

This months martial artist of the month is Yusef el Gabry (15) who trains hard and did not hesitate to show up for training on his very own birthday. His best present so far: Next grading in Jiu-Jitsu. Now he is a 5th Kyu/yellow belt.

Personal growth with martial art training

Personal growth with martial art training

How many dream of it, to become a black belt in a martial art and so little gain it. Laurence Norman (25) from Axminster in Devon is on his way to make that dream come real. Yesterday he did a huge step towards this goal and successfully completed his next Jiu-Jitsu grading.

Laurence is a member of the Bridport martial art school Ichinen Bridport and takes extra lessons with Grandmaster Horst Lindenau (63) 6th Dan. He was tested for nearly an hour and finally certified with the 3rd Kyu Jiu-Jitsu (IMASA).

The 3rd Kyu is the green belt in traditional Jiu-Jitsu and can be called “half the Master”. It requires a fierce training regime and for the grading one has to proof self defence skills against one and two attackers, a randori fight against a higher grade, a theory test and the demonstration of 15 falls and rolls + show of following techniques:

2 Feet throws + follow up technique
Hip throw + follow up technique
Shoulder throw + follow up technique
1 self falling technique
4 defenses against strangle hold
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

Jiu-Jitsu trained in this traditional way is not a sport or competition martial art sport. It includes the whole range of skills a martial artist can get. Including punching + kicking, ground work and rolls and falls, a wide range of weapon skills and last but not least a training for mind, body and soul.

If you like what Laurence Norman is doing come and join us at Ichinen Bridport martial arts school. For 2018 you can join as well for private lessons. Places are limited; you can choose time and place and which style suits you.

Laurence Norman in a randori fight at Ichinen Bridport. Doing a self falling technique.

Ground work during the graduation for 3rd Kyu Jiu-Jitsu

Laurence Norman in doing randori fight at Ichinen Bridport

Duke of Edinburgh's Award for Dillon Chandra

Duke of Edinburgh's Award for Dillon Chandra from Bridport martial arts school Ichinen Bridport.

Dillon receives his 2nd Kyu certificate and blue belt

Dillon Chandra with Master Horst

For six months Dillon Chandra trained with Master Horst at Ichinen Bridport dojo and finished his effort with the DofE bronze award and the 2nd Kyu / blue belt Jiu-Jitsu. Dillon was a green belt for many years already and took the next step up today. He and his father, who was most of the time Dillon's training partner, were both very happy today.

Here you find more information about the DofE award scheme
http://www.dofe.info/en/content/cms/doing-your-dofe/activities-sections/skills/skills-requirements/

If you like your child having private lessons with Master Horst (30 years teaching experience and fully DBS checked) get in contact via 07968 235486.

Congratulations from all of us Dillon.
Welcome in the blue belt gang :)

What does a grading in martial arts mean to you?

What does a grading in martial arts mean to you? Does a grading just belong to any martial arts or are there styles, they don't do any gradings at all? According to my research, the very most disciplines all over the world do gradings. Although there is a big difference. Traditional Asian styles have between 5 and 15 student grades and 6 to 10 master/grand master grades. some of the newer styles offer up to 15 student grades and it is obvious, that here it is more money grabbing rather than of any use for the individual.

But these modern invented styles do feed the ego of some. They just want the title and as more as better. There is one Italian "Grand Master" who really holds 36 master grades in his style. OK, must be a collector or so.

Other systems feed their children force as from the age of 10 with black belts. Of course the parents pay for it and it feeds their ego too.

We here at Ichinen Bridport martial arts school keep it serious. We have 6 gradings for students before the master grade. Master Horst D. Lindenau, now a teacher and black belt for 28 years is a 2nd Dan black belt. And that's about right as the higher grade should be for the real masters of the past and for martial artists they do and have done great for the whole martial art family.

We do regular gradings at the club as soon a student is ready and perform his/her skills.

You can join this group any Thursday at the regular training. 7.00 - 8.30 pm in Bridport at the Royal British legion hall

A true martial artist at local Bridport martial arts school

Master Horst Lindenau 2. Dan Jiu-Jitsu exams Lewis A. Harris for his 2.Kyu /blue belt Jiu-Jitsu at local martial arts school Ichinen Bridport. 

Ichinen Bridport proudly announces the successful grading  of our member Lewis A. Harris from Netherbury. On the 16.03.17 Lewis demonstrated his superb skill and is now a 2nd Kyu/blue belt Jiu-Jitsu. 

This is how the actual Jiu-Jitsu blue belt worksheet at Ichinen Bridport looks like.

It starts with the breakfalls

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

As Lewis is a senior student (over 50) he had to demonstrate a Kata instead of a 3 min fight.

Defense against 2 attackers at same time, 3 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:

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.

Lewis A. Harris, now 64 years old started his Jiu Jitsu training under master Horst Lindenau in October 2014. Lewis is a landscape and maintenance gardener and lives near Bridport. He holds a brown belt grade in Kyokushinkai Karate and in Krav Maga. At present he started to train Anti Terror Combat.