4th Kyu Jiu-Jitsu for Andy Loudon from Ichinen Bridport martial arts school

Big day for Andy Loudon and Ichinen Bridport. Thursday the 13th of August 2015 Andy Loudon took another step into the martial arts. He successfully passed his second grading at our local martial arts school and was awarded the orange belt (4th Kyu) in the traditional Japanese Budo discipline Jiu-Jitsu.

Andy was a bit nervous before his grading, but Master Horst Lindenau guided him through the test and finally Andy passed with a respectable mark 2. Well done and congratulations to Andy from the whole team at Ichinen Bridport.

The grading consists of classic Jiu-Jitsu techniques as throws, arm locks, kicks, hold downs and transport grips. Followed by seven various defences against the most common attacks in real life situations. Rolls and falls and a test in theory completes this martial arts grading.

From his last examination to yellow belt Andy had to train a minimum of 4 months to be excepted for his next step.

Well done Andy Loudon!

Here are some images to give you an idea how it's like.

Andy Loudon executes an attack technique

Andy Loudon receives his official AMA Jiu-Jitsu certificate and the black Ichinen Bridport school T-shirt
from Master Horst Lindenau

A little bit of history about Ichinen Bridport martial arts school

Ichinen Bridport martial arts school in Bridport, West Dorset, Great Britain, was formed by master Horst Lindenau 25 years ago in 1990. When the local Jiu-Jitsu club stopped training, that was about the time, master Horst came to the area and started teaching the art of Jiu-Jitsu.

Today at Ichinen Bridport you still can learn Jiu-Jitsu, a traditional Japanese martial art.

Master Horst Lindenau visited first time Bridport to teach at the local Jiu-Jitsu club (Bridport Leisure Centre)

I am going to share it with you

Zen in the martial arts is my favourite (martial art) book. By Joe Hyams 1979, New York, USA.
143 pages full of wisdom, with lovely photos and many quotes from other masters and martial artists.

I found this book first in a shop in Aberdeen (Scotland) in 1982. since than I have bought myself the 6th copy as I gave all other five away to people in need of some mental support. It definitely has saved two life's so far and helped so many.

ISBN 0-87477-101-3, you probably get it on Amazon. Or pop into your local book shop.

... Seize the moment... you must learn to live in the present, he said. Not in the future or past...

Ichinen Bridport Martial Arts with new badge

Looking good our new school emblem on Karate Gi

Join Ichinen Bridport now and get your first grading free

Ichinen Bridport membership card is in great demand  

Everybody who joins our Bridport martial arts school by the end of July 2015 will get the first grading for free. Training is four times the week. You can choose your own times. Suitable for all men and women over 16 years.

If you have a problem, you are not training enough.

Good self defence session in the Loders Dojo

Tonight we had another good session of self defence training in our Loders Dojo. The task was a defence against a hand gun, a knife and a broken bottle. All from the front. We looked at the psychological aspects of these threats as the counter against the hand gun and the knife been the same, the attacker with the broken bottle was defended with leg kicks.

Very important tonight, what to do with the opponent after the attack and a successful defence?

Would you guess? ### updated ###

When I found this statistic I must admit I was very surprised. What is the most common weapon victims get killed in the USA today? I thought immediately, of course a hand gun.

But no! This deadly weapon is a HAMMER !

And as many things we have got here come from America, there was an incident with a hammer involved in Crewkerne / Dorset. Only a short drive away from Bridport at our nearest train station.

The local paper says: Dorset police are investigating at present after a man was assaulted with a hammer at Crewkerne train station last week. The incident occurred at around 7.00 pm and left the victim with a head injury."

We at Ichinen Bridport will now add a hammer to our "toolbox" and exercise how to defend oneself against hammer attacks. Real street self defence, that's what we teach at our martial arts school. We always keep an eye on the evolution what's going on out there. If you like to learn how to defend yourself and your family, come and visit us at our Dojo and learn street self defence. Our fighting system is Jiu-Jitsu.

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Martial Art Master Horst Lindenau from Ichinen Bridport with his Grand-Master Horst Weiland

A little bit of history of our Ichinen Bridport martial arts school. This is one of the very rare photos showing Master Horst Lindenau (Bridport/Dorset) with his Grand-Master Horst Weiland  (Germany).
Photo was taken 1991 in the HQ of the Budo Academy Europe, where Master Horst Lindenau studied and graduated as a professional sports teacher for  Martial Arts, Yoga and Fitness.

Tuesday 7.00 pm where Bridport martial artists meet

Are you studying Martial Arts in Bridport or anywhere nearby in Dorset? Why not come and train something new with our friendly and serious hard training group on Tuesday nights at the Loders Village Hall ? Loders, Dorset.

First session is only £ 10 (roughly 2 1/2 pints in real currency), your second session is free!
We do traditional Jiu-Jitsu, so whatever style you are practicing will fit in nicely. And we like to be influenced too by your way on the path of Budo, fine Martial Art.

Bridport Martial Arts Master Horst Lindenau demonstrates the claw. A very fine weapon when it comes to fighting.

Do something for yourself. Join in and learn the art of Jiu-Jitsu

Tonight we had two really good sessions of Jiu-Jitsu at Ichinen Bridport in the British Legion Hall in Bridport / Dorset. Thank you all guys for training so hard tonight.

New members are always very welcome here. Please come and find out if this martial Art suits you. You will find a very pleasant and serious bunch of people. a good way to spend a Thursday night.

New venue for Martial Arts in Bridport

Tonight we had the first Jiu-Jitsu session at the Loders Village Hall in Loders / Dorset. We didn't use any soft mats today and kept shoes on too. The way we train Jiu-Jitsu keeps us flexible and prepares for various different situations, places, times as in day light or without any sight at pitch black nights.
You can join in our class at any point as a beginner or any level.

Body and mind must work together

"Without any philosophy or spirituality the martial art becomes meaningless and just a dangerous sport."                                                                           Bong Soo Han

Rice fields in Vietnam

More Martial Art in Bridport

Ichinen Bridport offers a new venue for all those they like to learn Martial Arts. On Tuesday the 3rd of March starts a new class for Jiu-Jitsu. The Loders Village Hall will be the Martial Art Dojo on Tuesdays from 07.00 to 08.30 pm.

Beginners are very welcome and the class is suitable for men and women over 16 years of age. First session will be £ 10 and the second is free. See you there!

Meditation is an act of simplicity

Meditation on a rock visiting Vietnam

Meditation is nothing complicated. A retired fisherman who sits at the harbour with a glass of tea and watches the world goes by or an old lady sitting in front of the fire and knits... they both do a kind of meditation. 

It becomes more complicated if you are not one of both. In our today’s fast paced complicated world, being simple has become a lost art I would say. With Ichinen Bridport and Master Horst you can get assistance to learn for yourself to find the way you always had on mind you should go.

Meditation can improve your life

Are you happy?
Is your life good?
Do you like yourself?

If not, please remember your happiness and success in life does only come from within yourself.
Stay positive and never allow the negativity to step into your life.
You will be surprised what you are able to achieve, when you only once started.

You can learn and train these skills with master Horst Lindenau.

Master Horst Lindenau is a trained doorman too

It is already a year ago since I passed my doorman training at the academy in Taunton. To teach Martial Arts  as self defence too as we do at Ichinen Bridport Jiu-Jitsu, it requires a lot of training and several qualifications for the instructors. Next I have to do is the CRB check again. Than soon the 1. aid is due, followed by the renewal seminar as a coach. 

But you as a student don't need to worry about all this. You just concentrate on your path. Growing with Jiu-Jitsu.

Knifing in a town nearby

Update  >>> 

Anti Terror Combat is now called BlackCombat!

Last Sunday a 28 year old man got stabbed five times in the town nearby during a street fight with a 41 year old man.

It all happened late night at about 2.30 am and the trouble started outside a pub and then continued along through three streets, ending with the stabbing.

Again that reminds me to a comment of the local police here, that our town doesn't need seminars,
teaching knife defence. Then I was holding a special knife defence seminar for Bridport door staff.

The younger man has been seriously injured, as to read in the daily paper. Of course, knifes can injure very badly. Interesting what a local councillor commented. He said:” We do have trouble in town centre on different occasions, that’s true. Our biggest problem is the lack of police in the town at night.

My answer to that, better safe than sorry. Get prepared. Times are not getting better unfortunately and the evil crime swoops over from big towns. Learn the art of self defence here at Ichinen Bridport Jiu-Jitsu with Master Horst Lindenau. Former Anti-Terror-Kampf Master (from Germany) and Anti Terror Combat chief instructor. Every Thursday in Bridport. Martial Arts for you! Starts 7.00 pm.

This is a selection of nasty weapons you can get confronted with nowadays in a street fight

What drives someone to commit a violent act?

I have found this in a magazine and think it is quite informative about our stressful, violent or just out of order behavior. Looks like that some of the usual suspects don't have some kind of responsibility, as it is in their genes. Please click on the picture and enlarge it for easy reading.

Very often I am asked, why do you train these techniques to pupils? Doesn't it make people even more aggressive or violent? And my answer is, no it is the opposite. Someone who has got an aggressive touch in himself, can either be retrained on this matter. And if not, believe me, these kind of people don't stay long. Because they haven't got the stamina to keep on going on top of their other bad behavior. So here at Ichinen Bridport you are safe.

Next Jiu-Jitsu session in Bridport will be on Thursday the 29th at 7 pm. See you there!