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Title: Judo and MMA Seminar in Mass.
Description: Judo & MMA Seminar Venue: Guardian Self Defense [profile]Guardian[/profile] 257 W. Main Street Dudley, MA 01571 774.230.8562 Guardianselfdefense.org Fee: $50 both seminars ($30 for one) Times: 10 a.m – 12:30 p.m & 1:30 to 4 p.m. Date: Sunday, August 24, 2008 Instructor Profile: [img]http://martialartsfriends.com/file/pic/gallery/6516.jpg[/img] Sensei Noriyasu Kudo began his martial arts study in his native Japan at the age of 6 in Sumo. By high school he was the all-Japan High School Sumo Champion, the smallest person to ever hold this title. Kudo Sensei’s training is drawn from the tough years of post WWII Japan where he was uchi deshi of Master Kitabayashi at the Kodokan and assigned to teach Judo and Police arresting techniques to the Imperial Guard and the Tokyo Metropolitan police and several universities. Sensei has dedicated his life to martial arts and now in his 70’s holds 8th Dan in Kodokan Judo, 8th Dan in Tani ha Shito Ryu, 4th Dan in Enshin Ryu and dan ranks in Shotokan, Kendo and Kyokushinkai. He will focus his seminar on street and personal defense techniques of old school judo that were more prominent in the Kodokan curriculum prior to onset of Judo becoming more sport orientated. Instructor Profile: [profile]Wicked[/profile] Sensei Phillip Wyman is a Dudley native and started training in Goju Ryu as a teen. After high school, he signed with the U.S. Marine Corps; and was selected as one of their initial Instructor Trainers in 2001 at the inception of the Marine Corps. Martial Arts Program (MCMAP). During this period he traveled the world to gather training in Thai Kick Boxing at Phuket Thailand, Gracie Ju Jitsu in Brazil and training with such notables as Ei’Ichi Miyazato, Seikichi Odo, Seikichi Uehara and others of Okinawan Karate. Most recently, he appeared on the “Human Weapon” series detailing MCMAP. He is currently a Staff Sergeant assigned to NAB Little Creek in Virginia. He is also a professional MMA fighter and has qualified for Ken Shamrock’s Lion’s Den in 2005. After a hiatus while teaching MCMAP at Camp Fallujah in 2006, he is back in the States and resuming his fighting career. He is currently rated as a 3rd degree MCMAP Instructor Trainer and holds several dan ranks in Judo and Okinawan karate. As of today, we have not set the time blocks for either instructor. That info will be forth-coming. For more info contact: Jim Prouty jimprouty@newenglandbudocenter.com or Jay Patterson Guardian_Self_defense@yahoo.com Ganbatte Kudasai!!