Michael Janich "Best Defense Street Skills" Seminar in Ohio

[Michael Janich]

16-18 April 2010, Grove City, Ohio – The Best Defense/Martial Blade Concepts “Street Skills” Seminar
Michael Janich’s “Street Skills” seminar is both a modular and an integrated approach to developing practical personal defense skills. Drawing from the skill sets highlighted in the popular “Best Defense” television show, it features instructional modules that focus on the defensive use of the knife (Janich’s acclaimed Martial Blade Concepts curriculum), practical unarmed skills (Damithurt Silat), empty-hand defenses against weapons (Counter-Blade Concepts), and the defensive use of impact weapons, including flashlights, sticks, and canes. These instructional modules will focus on these topics, while at the same time identifying and developing the body mechanics, leverages, patterns of motion, and reactive principles that serve as “common ground” to all of these skill sets. This approach enables students to develop practical, usable, and highly retainable skills in a very short time and allows them to easily adapt these skills to different weapons and circumstances.
   This seminar will be conducted at Grove City Karate, 4068 Hoover Rd., Grove City, OH 43123. To register, contact Dave Holloway at (614) 539-5425. The schedule of instructional modules and training tuition is as follows:

Friday, 16 April: $55.00
6pm to 9pm  - Introduction to the defensive use of the knife: A Crash Course in Martial Blade Concepts

Saturday, 17 April: $125.00
8am to Noon – Practical Unarmed Combatives: Fundamentals of empty-handed self-defense
1pm to 5pm – Empty-hand defenses against knife, stick and other weapon attacks: Critical skills of Counter-Blade Concepts (CBC)

Sunday, 18 April: $125.00
8am to Noon - Advanced MBC skills and tactics
1pm to 5pm - Improvised weapons, stick, and cane tactics

ALL Classes:   $250.00
Saturday and Sunday only: $225.00

Stay safe,

Mike

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Any plans on having something like this in New England?  ..........  Please!!!   

[Michael Janich]

Any plans on having something like this in New England?  ..........  Please!!!   

The location of my seminars is based on motivated sponsors. Although I've had a lot of inquiries from folks in the Northeast, unfortunately I haven't had anyone take the initiative to organize something tangible.

My Ohio group is very dedicated and--outside of Colorado--the strongest and most focused collection of MBC practicitioners and instructors around. There are several fully certified and associate instructors in the Columbus area running regular training sessions. Best of all, the number of experienced MBC players there makes the learning curve for novices joining the group very short.

There are still a few slots open in the upcoming seminar later this month. Although I may have opportunities to teach in the Southeast later this year, this is the only Eastern-US gig I have confirmed this year.

Stay safe,

Mike