Bridport Jiu-Jitsu master retired

Big change at Ichinen Bridport. Our Master Lewis A. Harris, 2nd Dan Jiu-Jitsu has retired from active training. Lewis trained with us since 2014, after he finished 8 years of Krav Maga training and was a 1st Kyu in Kyukoshin Kai Karate. He achieved the 2nd Dan in BlackCombat. Lewis will be 71 years and has trained active until now. Jiu-Jitsu at Ichinen Bridport keeps young!

He always supported everybody with his experience and great martial arts attitude. And he hardly ever missed a session. Even when he couldn't train he attended the class and watched. Now his membership upgraded to a membership of honour and Lewis will assist the club when required, such as gradings and special occasions. We all miss you on the mat and wish you all well for the future! Thank you Lewis for all your good work!

And now we go altogether to his favourite Indian, the Taj Mahal in Bridport and celebrate a bit. All the very best for the future Master Lewis!

Lewis graduated as 2nd Dan Jiu-Jitsu in 2022. Photo shows Master Horst Lindenau presents his certificate and his grading partners from left Mike Beaumont-Eves, Mark Butt and Paul Blake.

                                                Lewis as a new brown belt Jiu-Jitsu

Lewis receives the "member of the month" certificate from Master Horst Lindenau from Ichinen Bridport Jiu-Jitsu in 2017

Hard and long training pays off for three man

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Anti Terror Combat is now called BlackCombat!

Here at Ichinen Bridport martial arts school we train the radical self defence system Anti Terror Combat. The roots of this training goes back to 1992 when Grandmaster Horst D. Lindenau 6th Dan came to england to expand the style of Anti-Terrorkampf (German for Anti Terror Combat)

Master Horst was a 2nd Dan than and soon built up a strong bridge head for this combat style. Years later he left the German based ATK organisation and training was reformed and now named Anti Terror Combat. A more approachable description for the international community.

This month another three men stepped up the ladder in the ranks and received their black belt 1. Dan certificates from Grandmaster Horst D. Lindenau in Bridport/UK.

Big congratulations from all of us at Ichinen!

New Anti Terror Combat masters get their belts

New Anti Terror Combat master Lewis A. Harris/UK

Master Lewis Harris with the full split

Grandmaster Horst D. Lindenau 6th Dan Anti Terror Combat/UK with his new masters at Ichinen Bridport May 2018

Ichinen Bridport Jiu-Jitsu at the Bridport Leisure centre

 This shows one of the Squash courts at Bridport Leisure Centre. For a while we used to train here Jiu-Jitsu. They supplied some mats but they were a bit thin, so not really useful for beginners for example. And the noise from neighbouring courts was too much of a distraction, very very loud. so we only stayed here for a couple of months.

Grandmaster Horst Weiland (10th Dan) is dead

 “The spirit directs, the body performs the soul combines both.”

 On Thursday, April 26, 2007, Grandmaster Horst Weiland (10th Dan Jiu-Jitsu) died after a serious illness at the age of 79. We mourn the founder of the Budo Academy Europe, Anti-Terrorkampf self-defence, but above all a unique martial artist, great master and revered teacher. His death represents an immeasurable loss for the budo world and for all those who were lucky enough to learn from him or know him.

Grand master Horst Weiland 10th Dan and master Horst Lindenau 2nd Dan in Germany 

 

Zen in the martial arts

 In 1994 I crated a Japanese Zen garden in the village of Symondsbury / Dorset / UK.

It was done by the help of several of my martial arts students and other friends. the building of it took twelve months. The size was about 100 square meters and one had to enter via a small gate.

 

Stone of courage in the former Zen garden

One inspiration to build the garden came by reading this book:

"Zen in the martial arts"