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!

Good Jiu-Jitsu session last night at Ichinen Bridport

Last night we trained the fortress. It was inspired by Carl Cooper a former Krav Maga instructor and inventor of the Toxic fighting system. Carl run a class in Exeter and one of his students, Lewis Harris, joined the Bridport based self defense class at Ichinen Bridport with Master Horst Lindenau.

Horst:" Lewis is a great added value to our school and I appreciate his knowledge in real self defense." We all enjoyed a good session of martial Arts and learned a lot.

Clive Ashley is now a Jiu-Jitsu green belt

On the 18th of December Clive Ashley from Ichinen Bridport Jiu-Jitsu passed his green belt grading. He showed an excellent performance under the supervision of Master Horst Lindenau. Clive scored a 1-2 grading. Well done Clive, congratulations from all of us!

Our yearly christmas bash is coming!

Coming Friday the 19th of December we have a little come together for the 2014 x-mas bash. We meet up 7.00 pm @ No10 Coffee bar in East Street, Bridport.  Everybody welcome, bring your partner and/or friends! There will be some hand food and ... Master Horst buys the first round! And from there we might have a little walk around the Bridport pubs...Cheers to everybody and Merry Christmas!!

Jiu-Jitsu > the soft Art

Today evening from 7 pm onwards there will be gradings at Ichinen Bridport Jiu-Jitsu. Good luck to all!

Guja Jiujutsu kicks

Adult Jiu-Jitsu starts at 7.00 pm Thursdays!

My punctuality shows me that your time is as valuable as my own.

Conquer haste

It says... those who are patient in the trivial things and can control themselves will one day have the same mastery in bigger and more important things.

Hajime !!!

Found these old photos of mine where two young elephants doing a little bit of randori.
Doesn't it look cute?

Getting ready

Round one

Referee call YAME !

Therefore love your enemies

Love and hate changes everything. Therefore love your enemies and hate your bad habits.
Master Horst 2014

Don't be a victim

In 2011/12, the police reported nearly 800,000 incidents of domestic violence.
Domestic violence accounts for 10 per cent of emergency calls.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2543306/Dramatic-rise-reported-domestic-violence-fuels-5-cent-increase-attacks-result-injury.html

Ichinen Bridport joins Commando test

This years Royal Marines' Commando Challenge Experience is held in Devon on the 7th of September 2014. http://www.commandochallenge.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29&Itemid=34

We here at Ichinen Bridport want to take part there and we are looking for new guys too they like to join in our team. So if you feel encouraged and ready for it, come along and start training with Ichinen Bridport for this special event. To be in our team you don't need to train the Martial Arts.

Only two places left for Eye Yoga seminar!

On Sunday the 19th of January there will be a seminar at
Ichinen Bridport. 
Title: Your eyes - Eye Yoga
Location: 86 North Allington, Bridport
Time: 10 - 12 am
More Info and booking your place: 01308-459781
Costs: Pound 15,oo pp

Happy new year 2014!

These are the weapons not only the thugs might use in the street to attack you, but these are the weapons we will train with to become fit for the real street level self defence 2014. attackers don't bother if a weapon is illegal. They just use it to harm you as much as they can.

With the knowledge in Martial Arts, a good profound Jiu-Jitsu education here at Ichinen Bridport, you don't need to fear them. Come and join in and make this year a "U-turn" for yourself to the better. Learn the art of self defence, become confident, fit and healthy, you will loose these extra pounds too and identify yourself with a strong community: The Ichinen Bridport Martial Artists.

See you next Thursday at 6.45pm in the Dojo at British Legion Hall, Victoria Grove, Bridport.

                           Happy new year!

Get ready for summer 2014

Thought for the weekend

"It is easy to notice the faults of others

but seems to be difficult to see one's own faults

One show the faults of others like chaff winnowed in the wind

but one conceals one's own faults

as a cunning gambler conceals his dice"

Unknown poet

Our heroes

I do not fear those who exercise daily 1000 techniques, but the one who exercises daily 1000 times a technique.

     - Bruce Lee