Shugoshin training identifies itself as “PROTECTIVES” and empowers practitioners through heightened awareness and intense physical training twice a week, for an hour each time, during its four-week run.
Popular and commercialized martial arts often attempt to mold student reactions to fit a stylized set of predetermined movements, an approach that has little to do with realistic application across variable threats. Protectives are trained in the opposite manner, using threat contexts for “escape, resist, extract, and intercede” to naturalize counters for defensive movements.
As a fundamentals course it will concentrate on vital mental, physical, and spiritual aspects of the martial way:
- PHYSICAL
- Body flexibility and
resiliency
i. Warm
ups and stretching
ii. Tumbling
and breaking falls
iii. Striking
and kicking
- Maneuvering drills and principle-based
responses
i. Punching
ii. Kicking
iii. Grabbing
iv. Throwing
- Counter-maneuvering
i. Escape
ii. Resistance
and escape
iii. Extraction
of others
iv. Interceding
for others
- Scenario-based training
i. Defense
of self
ii. Defense
of others
- MENTAL
- Recognizing and
clarifying universal values
- Empowering oneself as a
“protector”
- Critical thinking for
ethical problem solving
- SPIRITUAL
- Ethical value stories
- Ethical use of martial
ability
Protectives cultivates one’s resolve to persevere, where instinct supersedes technique and is sharpened with a set of principles outside the realm of pure physical might. By cultivating natural responses during initial training, larger, stronger, even multiple opponents can be defeated without reliance on brute force, speed, or strength. Instead, the student’s instincts of positioning, leverage, and initiative are sharpened as tools capable of outwitting even the largest adversary at a time of their greatest disadvantage.
Protectives replaces static, imitation of techniques – a hallmark of commercial martial arts - with a direct connection to the ebb and flow of martial principles in constant flux. This acuity fosters tactical awareness and creative adaptability, the necessary skills to claim ownership of one's ability to “be” skilled today, instead of always training to “become” skilled.
If you're interested or know someone who might be, please check it out at the Japanese Culture Center, and on Facebook: SHUGOSHIN Protectives Course
Introductory course: Fundamentals I
Time: Two 60-minute long classes twice a week
Length: Four weeks
Cost: $190.00
($20.00 per session/8 sessions & $30.00 sign-up fee
includes a detailed training handbook/journal.)
Dates:
Tuesday November
3, from 6:00-7:00pm
Friday November
6, from 7:00-8:00pm
Tuesday November
10, from 6:00-7:00pm
Friday November
13, from 7:00-8:00pm
Tuesday November
17, from 6:00-7:00pm
Friday November
20, from 7:00-8:00pm
Tuesday November
24, from 6:00-7:00pm
Friday November
27, from 7:00-8:00pm
Japanese Culture Center
1016 W Belmont
Chicago, Illinois 60657
If you would like to participate, please contact the instructor
directly:
James V. Morganelli: james@sgtidojo.org
