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Our class primary focus is within the Washington Metro Area. Most of the members are everyday joes to military, but Master Kim highly encourages anyone and everyone with the exception of children to participate. No previous experience in jujutsu or other martial arts is required but is welcomed. However, the common traits found in all members is the desire to train hard and attend class regularly.
Class is held at
4631 41st Street, NW Washington, DC 20016
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This is where private lesson, special groups, and normal classes are run. We meet
Monday - Friday 4:00-10:00pm
and morning classes available any time all levels
. As for military or police training, this can be done at your departments gym. Please contact Master Kim to schedule an appointment for classes and pricing.
Kendo Classes are also available at the Capoeira Spot -
636 Florida Avenue NW, Washington DC 20001
. Scheduled times are
Saturdays 5:30-7:00pm and Sundays 4:00-5:30pm. For more information check the Kendo Page.
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Combat Jujutsu Class |
Practical Real-Life Situation Techniques.
Adults only classes, minimum 13 years of age. Sorry, no children classes.
Monday to Friday, 5 days a week, each session is taught in 1 hour increments.
4:00pm-5:00pm
5:00pm-6:00pm
6:00pm-7:00pm
7:00pm-8:00pm
8:00pm-9:00pm
9:00pm-10:00pm
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Beginners and Young Adult class.
Beginners Class, any age.
Junior Members Class + Beginners Class, any age.
Special Group Class.
Senior Members Class.
Beginners Adult Class. |
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Police Officer, Military, Body Guard, and Special Agency Training
Offered as a 10 week, 10 class total, Certificate Course.
Combatives Class
Saturday 10:15am-11:30am
Defensive Tactics Class
Saturday 11:45am-1:00pm
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This is for the liability conscious police officer that wants to excel at their job and obtain maximum efficiency with minimum effort and safely go home at night. Also, appropriate for Special Agents, military, and body guards. Master Kim offers this program based upon years of experience.
The program will consist of the following scenarios:
- Knives: Disarmaments, hostage situations, retaining the weapon, knife to knife fighting technique
- Street Fighting: Hand to Hand street fight combat technique & Pressure Point techniques.
- Police Arrest Control Technique
- Gun: Retention of weapon, close quarter disarming, and hostage situations
- Ascensions: Get on your feet from your back, side, or face down
- Cuffing: Single and two men
- Grappling: While weapons in view
- Ground Fighting Technique
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Women's Self Defense Class
Saturdays:
9:00AM-10:00AM |
This Women's Only Self-Defense Class will teach techniques for women's Practical Life Self-Defense. Empty-hand defense against both empty hand and weapon attacks. Jujutsu is a very flexible system of self-defense that puts foremost importance to practicality, applicability, and effectiveness in real life situations.
Offered as a 10 week, 10 class total, Certificate Course.
Age Requirement: 13 Years and up. |
| Special Group & Private Classes |
This jujutsu class will teach techniques for empty-hand defense against both empty hand and weapon attacks. Jujutsu is a very flexible system of self-defense that puts foremost importance to practicality, applicability, and effectiveness in real life situations.
Offered to 13 and up. So that means no children, because what is taught in combat style jujutsu isn't for children. Classes take places: TBA
Availability: By Appointment
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Weapons Only
Specialty: Weapon Specific Classes |
These classes are weapon specific, and are offered as seperate classes.
Each Weapon Class is a seperate 10 week course.
- Short Stick/Baton: Double Stick, Baton, and Arrest Techniques
- Cane
- Bokken
- Knife: Knife Defense Techniques, and "Knife to Knife Fighting"
- Pistol: Weapons Retention, and Gun-Defense Techniques
Each class is offered as a 10 week course, 10 classes total.
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The first day trial period allows potential members to try out the class without any obligation. However, at the next class, those who would like to continue with the class (both new and returning members) are required to submit payment to the Master Kim.
Now we talk about safety...
When executed at full speed, jujutsu is designed to inflict pain and injury, often severe and occasionally lethal. This cannot and should not be ignored or forgotten. However, the class would very quickly run out of interested members if this were the case in class! So, to prevent injury, safety is of the utmost importance in the class. Though serious injury is unheard of in the class, most members of the class eventually experience some sort of minor injury similar to those found in sports: bruises and strained (hyperextended) joints. Almost all injuries in jujutsu (except perhaps bruises) are the result of improper technique or lack of control. Thus, all new techniques should be executed in a slow and controlled manner—no exceptions! The class will not tolerate any students who recklessly endanger the safety of other members. Always concentrate on proper form rather than speed.
This is particularly true for beginners, where full appreciation for the danger of jujitsu techniques is often masked by inexperience. This is such a common mistake that it bears repeating: new students must go slow! Don’t worry if the technique doesn’t seem practical at such a slow speed; practicality will only come by learning slowly at first and gradually increasing your speed. Always keep in mind that few techniques in jujutsu require strength; if you find yourself “muscling” a technique, you are probably doing it wrong and therefore only increasing the likelihood of injury. The essence of jujutsu is to redirect the attacker’s own force and use it to your advantage, not to resist and struggle against an attack by fighting back with your own strength. The former approach might save your life while the latter could very well end it.
In the context of safety, we can divide the techniques of the class into four general areas: throws, joint locks, strikes, and chokes (or strangles). Each of these areas has their own unique safety concerns which will be addressed separately by Master Kim and his assistants.
- For legal reasons, all members of the class are required by Master Kim to fill out and sign a waiver before participating in class.
- If you have any injuries, please tell your training partners so they can refrain from techniques which might exacerbate the injury.
Utah Salt Lake City Police Department
Police SWAT Defensive Tactics Demonstration
JTR Women's Self-Defense
Practical Life Self-Defense |
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 Attendance
Though the class has no formal attendance policy, bear
in mind the following:
- Attending class less than twice a week makes
progress difficult and slow.
- Those training you are investing a significant
amount of their own time and effort into you.
- Since training with a partner is essential to our
martial art, any lack of progress by one individual
usually holds back not only the progress of those
at the same rank, but sometimes the entire class.
Consequently, regular attendance is expected so that students
can advance through their training at a steady
pace and keep up with those at the same rank.
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Uniforms
During your first day or two with the class, you should
come in a t-shirt and shorts, sweats, or anything else
that is not too restrictive or hot and that you would
not mind having grabbed or stretched. Do not wear any
clothing with buckles, hard buttons, or anything that
might scratch you or your training partners. Please note:
- We train barefoot. Please remove your shoes and socks before walking onto the mat.
- Remove all jewelry (watches, earrings, necklaces, rings, piercings, etc.) before class.
- Keep your fingernails and toenails well-trimmed to prevent them from catching on clothing or skin.
- Hair longer than shoulder-length should be tied up and out of the way.
If you plan on continuing with the class and testing for your first rank, you will need to get a gi (training uniform) specifically designed for jujutsu or judo. A gi costs around $40 to $60 dollars; this includes a heavy cotton jacket, pants, and a white belt. To find a place locally to buy a gi, speak to Master Kim, who give you information on a place in downtown DC. If you already have a gi from a previous martial art, you can wear it in class provided it meets all of the following criteria:
- It is black.
- It does not contain any logos, patches, or insignias
- It is specifically designed for jujitsu or judo. Note that karate gi’s are much thinner and will get torn.
- It is accompanied by a white belt
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Hygiene
Since we train in close contact, it is extremely important to practice good personal hygiene. If you neglect your hygiene, you risk putting yourself and others in uncomfortable situations. Further, you negatively affect the training of your partners, as their focus will inevitably be drawn away from their training and towards your lack of hygiene.
Towards this end, you will be sweating in class and often rolling around and falling on the mats, so never wear the same set of clothes to class without first washing them. Similarly, once you obtain a gi, wash it and any t-shirt underneath after every class. Some people think they can get away with this hoping nobody will notice, but others can most certainly tell! If you decide to stick with the Club indefinitely, considering buying several gi’s. This way you can wear a clean one to every class without having to do laundry after every class.
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Etiquette
The class has a casual and relaxed atmosphere, yet we do adhere to some basic Japanese martial art traditions beyond the wearing of a gi. At the beginning of class, we always line up according to rank and seniority. Please pay attention to this and find your appropriate spot in line. When changing partners during class, acknowledge both the partner you are leaving and your new partner with a bow. When entering or leaving the dojo (practice hall)-- should bow not only to the instructor, but to show respect to the dojo.
Special Force Hand to Hand Combatives Training
Police SWAT Defensive Tactics Training
Salt Lake City Police Department
Honorary Colonel and
Honorary Swat Team Member
National Defense University
2010 Combat Jujutsu Class
Demonstration
Arrest Technique - Dual Officer
National Defense University
2010 Combat Jujutsu Class
Combatives & Defensive Tactics
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