Combat Martial Arts

CMA Ryu Martial Arts

A Traditional System Taught in a Modern Style!

Our martial arts classes are geared towards teaching our students life skills such as discipline, respect, and self-confidence. We offer three classes:

- Nihonzaru (Monkey): this class is for children aged 5 to 10yrs old.

- Tora (Tiger): this class is suitable for new starters or students who are ready to move up from the Nihonzaru class and is for children 10 to 15yrs old.

- Ryuu (Dragon): this is our adult class for 16yr old and upwards.

            Our classes teach a system based on Yagyu Shingan Ryu, a Japanese Kempo Ju-Jitsu system utilised by the Samurai warriors of feudal Japan. We have also added in aspects of Traditional Judo, Wado Ryu Karate and Fillipino Martial Arts (FMA) to help develop and improve certain physical aspects of the training. 

            All three classes are taught by Shihan Dave Court who holds the rank of 5th Dan (Godan) in Kempo Ju-Jitsu with the International Kempo Ju-Jitsu Union and has been studying Martial Arts since the age of 4yrs old (so 40+ years). Shihan Court also holds the rank of 1st Dan (Shodan) in Traditional Judo, 2nd Dan (Nidan) in Wado Ryu Karate and holds a 2nd Degree Black Belt and Senior Coach award in FMA from Dacayana Eskrima UK & Europe.

               Traditional Martial Arts training has been shown to have many benefits for those who study it:

- Improved Physical Health.

- Improved Mental Health.

- Improved Self-Confidence.

- Improved Self-Reliance.

- Improved co-ordination.

- Increased levels of Discipline.

- Increased levels of Respect for others.

- Increased Self-Respect.

- A lifelong interest / hobby.

- Meeting people with a common / shared interest in the martial arts.

- Making lifelong friends.

- Improve problem solving skills.

- Teaches perseverance.

             Kempo Ju-Jitsu is a very technical system and learning it involves the learning, understanding and application of some basic scientific concepts such as:

- Balance.

- Levers.

- Basic Physiology.

- Basic Psychology.

- Strategies.

           It teaches us that doing something the right way, is much more beneficial in the long run than taking a ‘short-cut’. If you are interested in trying out a new hobby, feel free to come and give our class a try, it is taught in a relaxed and friendly environment, and if your children also train then it can give you a shared interest and common bond as you all grow throughout your martial arts journey.​

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A Brief History of Japanese Kempo Ju-Jitsu:

Kempo Ju-jitsu is a Japanese Samurai Martial Art, developed and refined as a battlefield system of combat by the Samurai warriors of Japan, it includes weapon training (such as Bokken, Jo staff, Bo staff and Knife) along with empty hand striking and grappling. Ju-Jitsu itself has been known by many names over the centuries; such as, Yawara, Kempo, Hakuda, Tai-Jitsu, Kogusoku, Jujutsu, Jiu-Jutsu, and Ju-Jitsu, to name a few.

Making use of anatomical knowledge and the principle of leverage, Kempo Ju-Jitsu uses your opponent’s own strength and weight against them. In this system Kempo translates as ‘Killing Fist / Fist Law’, ‘Ju’ in Japanese means to “obey, submit to, yield, give way” whilst ‘Jitsu’ means “art, way, or science”. So Kempo Ju-Jitsu is the yielding way of the killing fist, usually referred to by its practitioners as ‘sophisticated dirty fighting’ it is designed to incapacitate an opponent and destroy their ability to launch further attacks upon your person.

Kempo Ju-Jitsu, like many Asian martial arts is made up of both physical and mental skills, seeking to promote the wellbeing of the Kempo Ju-Jitsuka (a student of Kempo Ju-Jitsu). Kempo Ju-Jitsu practice aims to teach the student self-control, discipline, self-confidence, compassion, responsibility, and respect for others.

Because there is practically no age barrier, students of Kempo Ju-Jitsu range from eight to eighty, and since technique is emphasized over strength or weight students can be adults, or children, male or female. The degree of physical effort involved in performing the techniques varies from person to person, with younger Kempo Ju-Jitsuka tending to exploit their natural physical resources in explosive displays of technique, while older, more experienced Kempo Ju-Jitsuka tend to appear more sedate, relying on their skill and timing to perform the techniques.

However as with any type of physical training in the martial arts Kempo Ju-Jitsu techniques do carry the potential risk of injury for those who practice the art, although the Sensei do everything in their power to ensure the risk is kept to a minimum.

 Kempo Ju-Jitsu has also been one of the most prolific martial arts, in terms of giving birth to a number of other systems, such as Judo and Aikido, and many special forces and armed forces around the world utilize Kempo Ju-Jitsu as a basis for their own combat system training.