Novice Kyusho Certification

Dear Parents & Students,

I will be starting a new Novice Kyusho Certification Course on Saturday October 4th 2008 at 3:00pm. These classes are held monthly at the Windsor School.

If you are interested in enrolling in this course you must act quickly. There is a total of 12 spots available and these are expected to go very fast! Currently there is a lot of interest in Kyusho outside of our school and I will be involved with these groups starting in the New Year. This could limit availablity in the future.

Advance Kyusho classes start in January 2009 also for current graduates.

If you are interested act quickly as the next available opportunity will not be until Fall 2009 at the earliest.

To enroll in this session please respond to this email or call 519-962-9820 no later than Friday October 3rd.

Yours in the arts,

Master Art Mason

Visit our Kyusho Jitsu site at: http://www.kyushojitsu.ca

Does Kyusho Work in Real Life?

Here is the questions, does Kyusho Jitsu work in real life, one the street?

If yo u surf the internet, especially YouTube you will see much debate over the application of Kyusho Jitsu. Now as far as YouTube goes the culture is typically very negative. Hundreds of paper martial artists watch movies and make judgments. What I find the most funny is how many dis-believers spend their time watching Kyusho video. Just doesn't make sence.

Kyusho is basically learning how to disrupt the nervous system of the body. Do you think a nerve stike will hurt? Certainly it will! If I hit you in the jaw line will you get dizzy and maybe pass out? Certainly!

Kyusho is the art of understanding how the human body works, from an electrical stand point, then learning how to take advantage of that. Does it work? YES it does. Will it work on a moving opponent? YES it will, I have done it! Can you knock someone out with it? YES you can. It works if they know, or don't know you are going to KO them. Does it work every time? NO.....Can you tell me something that does?

Martial Artist spend their lives looking for what works, but mostly what works for them. Kyusho is no different. Unfortunately martial artist often spend far too much time ridiculing things they don't understand and not enough time researching what might work.

Now I must put one thing in perspective here. Kyusho is not a complete art in of itself. It does require many, many years of study to perfect, however what art doesn't? The more experience you have in the arts, the easier the learning and application process will be. Kyusho will compliment any root art.

My final comment is on 'no touch' knockouts. The media has turned something that is 1/100th of the art of Kyusho into a circus. Are no touch knockout real? YES, I have done several, and on people who did not know what I was doing. Will they work on the street? NO, they won't! So, why do them? Why learn to do a scissor kick? Do you really think you could land one on two people? The purpose of learning and developing the 'no touch' is to show what is possible! To reach beyond the expected, develop the mind and body for more. If you are a dis-believer, good for you! You are certainly entitled to that opinion.

Recently I had someone email me offering $1000 to do a no touch knockout on him. I did not reply. I would be happy to teach him the art however. Then we could talk.