Kyusho Kempo Ryu

San Diego Pressure Points Back On Line... FINALLY!

noreply@blogger.com (David Snyder) — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:43:00 +0000

Hi Everyone, Well we finally got this blog back on line. I sincerely hope you all missed me.
The good news is there are a bunch of new pressure point and energy based martial arts seminars being planned for the next few months so if your a kyusho fanatic like me or simply looking to become one.

Your in luck.

I just got back from an outstanding seminar with grand master George Dillman in Phoenix, the cool thing about this seminar was that the entire thing was done as a webinar so folks all around the world got tune in, learn and practice the techniques right along with all of us.

and the seminar is available for a limited time for viewing. I don't have the url yet but once I get it I will post it here.

If you want to be placed on the mailing list for our upcoming kyushojitsu/pressure point attacking for martial arts seminars please drop me a line at 322-304-2179 or via email to shihan@kyushokempo.com

In the near future we may also be offering a certification pressure points that can be integrated with any other style of martial arts you may be doing.

Some other organizations have done this in the past and it seems to work really well for folks who want to learn how to use pressure points but not necessarily aquire rank learn new forms (not that you have to do that anyway, thats the beauty of DKI, You can be from any style and progress)

Well thats it,

Contace me if you want to be on the seminar list. 323-304-2179

With Respect,

David Snyder L.Ac.
7th Dan Ryukyu Kempo -Kyusho Jitsu/

PS We will also be doing some other energy healing type seminars if you want to be included in those as well.

Kyusho Training In San Diego

noreply@blogger.com (David Snyder) — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 09:50:00 +0000

Kyusho Comes To San Diego!

Hello my Kurious and Kourageous Komrades in Kyusho Combat and all things pressure points. Sorry its taken me a bit longer to post than usual but a lot has happened.

The Recent San Diego Fires put a bit of a delay on kyusho happenings out here but now that the new year has begun we have some great stuff lined up for the coming year of 2008.

On January 11th 2008, we Officially Opened the First Formal Kyusho Kempo Classes in The San Diego Area.

For those of you seeking advanced instruction in Kyushojitsu and Related Disciplines you can find us at our new location

Advanced Martial Arts Institute
527 Stevens Avenue (inside North County Shorin Ryu)
Solana Beach, California, 92075.

We are officially accepting applications for our ongoing kyushojitsu and advanced internal martial arts training as well as our Modern Arnis Classes. Acceptance into the program is not guaranteed because space is limited.

We are offering Free Monthly Seminars where folks who have an interest in Kyusho, Aiki, Modern Arnis and Advanced Energy/Mind/Body Disciplines For Martial Arts, Healing and Spiritual Develpment can come out to discover Just What Training At Advanced Martial Arts Institute Has To Offer.

For more information on class times and to rsvp for our Free Seminars Call us at 323-304-2179 or email us directly to shihan@kyushokempo.com

In the future we will be posting some video and other great stuff here on the blog and also on our home site -- Kyusho Kempo.Com

Right now our program is open to all ranks and styles of martial arts. We don't care what kind of training you have or even if you have no training.

What we do care about is that you have a great attitude a sincere desire to learn and most importantly a burning drive to roll up your sleeves and Do The Drills To Get The Skills.

Here is the present schedule of Free Introductory Seminars For the Month of January 2008

Saturday January 12th, - Intro To Kyushojitsu Secrets of Pressure Point Self Defense!
Saturday January 19th - Intro To Modern Arnis- Kali, and Pressure Point Self Defense
Saturday January 26th - Intro To Aiki - Aiki and The Art of Pressure Point Grappling

Response has been really great so far. space is limited to about 20 people so please contact us asap to reserve your space.

Call us at 323-304-2179 or email us at shihan@kyushokempo.com

Stay Tuned For more great stuff

Kick Butt and Take Names!

Sincerely,

Grand Master David Snyder
7th Dan Ryukyu Kempo
Founder Kyusho Kempo Ryu

Pressure Point Seminars In San Diego- Update!

noreply@blogger.com (David Snyder) — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:51:00 +0000

Pressure Point Seminar In San Diego -

Yesterdays first introduction to Pressure Point Self Defense Seminar was a tremendous success.

The guest list included both experienced martial arts practitioners and qute a few folks with little to zero training in the martial arts including several doctors who showed up to learn the ins and outs of Kyushojitsu The Art of Vital Point/Pressure Point Striking.

The art of using pressure points for combat has many names in the Orient, Among them Kyushojitsu, Tuitejitsu, Dim Mak or as it is commonly called -- Death Touch or Poison Hand Striking.

The seminar focused on basic pressure point theory and quickly moved to practical applications of pressure point/Kyusho techniques.

Students were then given a preview of the advanced kyusho pressure point and energetic counters.

The doctors were pretty very surprised when just a simple movement of the arm or leg completely changed the subjects ability to resist, and responsivness to the pressure points they had just been learning.

The seminar attendees were then introduced to Master Level Energetics and got to feel first hand how the energy of pressure point attacking is amplified when combined with the proper energy sounds.

To say they were floored is both a literal and metaphorical description of what happened next.

The Next Free Introduction To Pressure Points and the Art of Kyushojitsu will be posted very soon.

Be sure to check in and sign up for our FREE Meetup Guest List by heading on over to meetup.com and looking for the San Diego Pressure Point Self Defense Meetup Group.

To continue to recieve updates about upcoming seminars and training opportunities in the San Diego area be sure to keep checking our blog for updates or head on over to our main website KyushoKempo.com

I promise I will start posting more as events unfold. We are currently working on setting up regular weekly classes and monthly seminars in the San Diego area for people to finally come and learn this ancient and effective method of self defense.

To learn about private training opportunities contact me at shihan@kyushokempo.com

Kyusho Technique of the Week "Pareto's Approach to Pressure Point Fighting Part 1"

noreply@blogger.com (David Snyder) — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 08:07:00 +0000

Hi All, I want to start off this weeks posting with some conceptual stuff regarding the application of kyusho. My belief is that in order to pressure point work to be effective and viable as a method of self defense, (not just against a relatively untrained fighter as in a street confrontation but also against much more highly skilled opponents such as one might find in a MMA match or some other no holds barred fighting context.)

It first and foremost must be a simple technique. Why? Because as anyone who has ever been in combat will tell you almost never run into exactly the same technique you practiced against in exactly the same way that you practiced it.

Every time you go up against a particular expression or form of a technique its like the first time because all of variables surrounding it are different than the last time you faced it.

Does that make sense? Maybe not, its late and I am rambling.

Nevertheless at this particular moment it makes sense to me.

Now many kyusho practitioners rely heavily on their kata as the ultimate resource for their pressure point techniques. This is both a good and a bad thing. But unless you have certain ideas in place and a specific approach to using your kata effectively, well, its mostly bad.

Why?

Glad you asked.

I'll Tell You Tomorrow.

David
www.kyushokempo.com

Welcome To Kyusho Kempo Ryu

noreply@blogger.com (David Snyder) — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 05:20:00 +0000

Hi this is my personal blog where I like to review and often comment on the wonderful world of kyusho jitsu, pressure point self defense generally all things martial. I think you will find that inspite of my great respect and love of the pressure point/energy combat disciplines I am often pretty critical of many of its practitioners.

Why?

Because as my dear ole dad used to say money talks bullshit walks.

You can go to any youtube and pull up tons of videos of so-called pressure point masters summarily getting there respective butts kicked by anyone from an mma background.

Why?

Well there are lots of reasons, but I can tell its not because the MMA guy didn't believe in the pressure points (although belief systems do influence your susceptibility to neurological attacking), nor was it because the guys tongue was placed in a different part of his mouth or because his bladder meridian was off the ground .

Oddly enough some of these things do affect ones ability to use pressure point work but they should never be used as an excuse in my opinion.

In fact there are about as many ways to screw up a pressure point knockout as there are ways to enhance them.

That being said I want you to know that I am a firm believer in the pressure point arts. But I am often dismayed by the many folks out there who seem to fail to grasp the concept that pressure point work is "advanced" work for most people. If you don't have solid fighting skills, and attributes ...

You should be learning those first!

When people first discover kyusho they are like kids in a candy store.

All they want to do is learn more and more points, the hell with actually learning good solid fighting skills and then actually building in the kinds of drills that allow you to actually strike a moving pressure point when your adrenal cortex dumps about 30 gallons of hormones into your system all at the same time causing your butt to pucker up and your brains to drop out.

Over the past decade I have been working on and developing a kyusho based fighting system that develops strong powerful and FAST fighting skills in minimum time. But my approach is by far NOT THE NORM.

Oops...

Sorry, I went on a bit of rampage there didn't I?

Well anyway, welcome to my blog.

Feel free to post your comments and opinions. In fact I am thinking about starting a Combat Kyushojitsu newsletter. Tell me what you think about that. yay or nay?

Also if you go to the first page of my website you can actually watch a brief video of me doing a very practical and workable kyusho pressure point knockout.

you can see it here

http://www.kyushokempo.com

Just be sure that if your going to try the knockout that you do so only under the supervision of a qualified pressure point instructor. Whacking somebody on their cranial nerves is (pardon the pun) not to be taken lightly.

Talk at ya soon.

Sincerely
Master David L Snyder
Founder Kyusho Kempo Ryu