NY SHORIN-RYU KARATE Sensei Mark Sclafani is offering Self Defense Workshops and Classes. In these workshops we explore and learn simple techniques on how to defend oneself against superior strength by understanding body mechanics and using pressure points. You will be given a knowledge of these points and the most effective methods of application. Anyone can learn (example: children, teenagers, elderly) effective Self Defense using these techniques. All it takes is knowledge, focus and practice.
Classes:
Pablo Fitness: Time and Dates TBA
226 East 54th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenue
Suite 600
New York, NY 10022
212-308-0077
www.pablofitness.com
**Private Classes are available. For more information please call: 917-921-5008
or email: afani81@gmail.com**
Upcoming Workshops:
Advanced Technique Seminar
*Sunday, February 19th 2012
Location: NY Shorin Ryu Karate Club
37 West 26th Street, 9th Floor, NYC
At The Stepping Out Dance Studio
New York Shorin Ryu Karate Club will be hosting a seminar featuring Master Mark Kline, a world-renowned expert and teacher. The seminar will be geared towards advanced practitioners who are interested in deeper insights into the underlying principles of martial arts movements.
Techniques will be refined and examined in the following 3 ways:
- How to use pressure points to enhance effectiveness
- How the “mind” or “intention” can be utilized to intensify the effects of techniques
- How using sound can focus the body’s internal energy into a technique.
The information to be presented in this seminar is intended to “open the door” to deeper study of your art, no matter what style you practice.
About Master Kline
8th Dan Ryukyu Kempo, 1st Dan Small Circle Jujitsu, 1st Dan Modern Arnis, 1st Dan Tang Soo Do
http://www.kaizenmkidz.com/catalog.html
Cost: $50 to be paid at the door
For more information – please contact Elliot Zgodny, ejlez@aol.com
10-17 154th Street
Whitestone, NY 11357
718-767-3890
http://www.harmonyyogaandfitness.com/
Previous Workshops:
*Saturday December 3rd, 2011 at Harmony Yoga and Fitness of Whitestone, Queens
*November 5th, 2011 at Harmony Yoga and Fitness of Whitestone, Queens
*October 1st, 2011 at Harmony Yoga and Fitness of Whitestone, Queens
*March 27th, 2010 at the Apollo Yoga Center in Whitestone, Queens
*April 25th, 2010 at the Apollo Yoga Center in Whitestone, Queens
*May 22nd, 2010 at the Apollo Yoga Center in Whitestone, Queens
*May 23th, 2010 at the Sankalpah Yoga Center in Manhattan
Advanced Application Concepts Seminar for Matsubayashi Ryu Kata
*Sunday December 11th 10:30 am - 1:30 pm
The goal is for Seminar participants to add several new application ideas that can be incorporated into their kata practice. We will demonstrate and teach techniques that combine striking, grappling and pressure point knowledge. Anyone who loves kata practice and wants to learn more about the language the forms were "written in" should attend. Open to all levels.
2nd Bunkai Seminar For Shorin Ryu Kata
*Sunday, December 5th 2010
*Sunday, March 6th 2011
You are invited to participate in a seminar/practice session for Shorin Ryu kata/bunkai. This seminar is tailored to “kata lovers” who want to delve deeper into the meaning of their forms. Several kata sequences drawn from Matsubayashi Ryu kata, ranging from basic to advanced, will be broken down into effective and practical self defense techniques. These techniques will be demonstrated and explained with hands on practice drills.
Shorin Ryu kata, the essence of our art, is an encyclopedia of movement containing an inexcusable variety of practical self-defense techniques, many are not well understood. Exploring these techniques and learning how to make them work will introduce new insight into the language of kata adding beauty and depth to your art.
Seminar participants will learn 2 man application drills emphasizing new insights that will open doors to deeper understanding of the motions they practice daily.
The seminar is open to all ranks and all schools. Any and all interested parties are welcome.
Law Enforcement/Security
At NY Shorin Ryu we welcome anyone who works in Law Enforcement or Security, whether they have a martial arts background or not. Our self defense techniques are helpful in law enforcement/security situations where seizing control of an attacker without applying deadly or maiming force is required. Many of our 2 man drill exercises will enable law enforcement/security personnel to gain knowledge of techniques that use vital points throughout the body to cause pain and dysfunction without inflicting permanent damage. Brute force or super speed is not required, only knowledge, focus and practice. This is ideal for anyone who works in a job where there is a possibility for close quarter, hand to hand self-defense situations.
