Mixed Martial Arts at Kodenkan of Tucson

Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)
Saturday 4:30 6:00pm
Wednesday 8:15pm 9:15pm
Friday 6:30pm 7:30pm

A modern mixed martial art consisting of kickboxing, wrestling, judo and submission grappling. Emphasis is places on combining traditional martial arts controls with modern martial arts. Sparring is integral part of class, requiring all students to attend with proper safety gear and concern for safety of partner. (very physical class).

Open martial arts tournaments such as "The Ultimate Fighting Championship" have repeatedly demonstrated the need for a mix of skills in a fight, including striking, kicking, throwing and grappling. The Kodenkan Martial Arts Academy is pleased to offer Tucson its own mixed martial arts style, Hiraido Jujitsu, which combines techniques from kickboxing, jujitsu and judo.

Hiraido Jujitsu classes offer high intensity workouts, including drills, exercises, contact sparring and grappling. While Hiraido Jujitsu does train students in contact fighting, the safety of our students is our first concern. Students wear protective equipment, including gloves and headgear. The level of contact ranges from light to medium, and is completely at the discretion of the participants.

Hiraido Jujitsu means "The Art of the Open Way". It is a contemporary mixed martial art which changes and adapts in its pursuit of greater utility and efficiency. However, Hiraido Jujitsu maintains the traditional martial arts values that teach that the main reason one practices any martial art is to improve ones character. Therefore, anyone seeking to acquire these skills must come to train diligently, humbly, and always with care for the safety of ones partners.

The Origin of Hiraido Jujitsu

There are five main arts that make up Hiraido Jujitsu: Danzan Ryu Jujitsu, Brazilian Jujitsu, Judo, Matsunoryu Goshinjitsu, and Daido Juku Karate. The three founders of Hiraido Jujitsu have collectively over 60 years of experience in these arts, but maintain that the constant study and pursuit of new knowledge is critical to continued improvement.

The first art contributing to Hiraido is Danzan Ryu Jujitsu, a traditional jujitsu founded by Professor Seishiro H. Okazaki, who also founded the Kodenkan (School of the Ancient Arts) in Hawaii in the 1930s. Professor Okazaki himself had taken various arts of jujitsu, added them together with the healing arts and formed an extremely effective school of jujitsu that is still widely practiced today. Many throws and submissions from Danzan Ryu have been adopted into a mixed fighting format used in Hiraido Jujitsu

The major source of grappling and submission techniques in Hiraido Jujitsu is Brazilian Jujitsu. Many fundamental positions, locks, and strangles have been adopted from what is widely recognized as the most dangerous grappling art in the world.

Several throwing techniques and self-defense techniques made their way into Hiraido. Jujitsu from Judo (the Gentle Way), and Matsuno Ryu Goshinjitsu (a self-defense art). These arts also contributed rolling and falling techniques.

Lastly, Daido Juku Karate from Japan and Kajukenbo from Hawaii are the two main sources of striking techniques found in Hiraido Jujitsu. Virtually all of the kickboxing combinations and fundamentals come from these two arts. These two schools also inspired the use of the proper safety gear, which allows us to train in all three fighting ranges safely.

http://kodenkanoftucson.com/Mixed

Kodenkan of Tucson
250 N. Pantano Road Suite 100
Tucson, Arizona
520-722-1863
http://kodenkanoftucson.com

Category:

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Tags:

• Mixed Martial Arts
• MMA
• Kodenkan of Tucson
• Hiraido Jujitsu
• Danzan Ryu Jujitsu
• Brazilian Jujitsu
• Judo
• Matsunoryu Goshinjitsu
• Daido Juku Karate
• grappling
• submission techniques
• throwing techniques
• self-defense techniques

[08209sucks]

hell yeah!....

i want the shirt the dude in the bg has @ 0:42

[KodenkanTucson]

LOL

[ThousanWhite]

@shoulung Well she has to, otherwise those big things would be flying all over the place

[jukio02]

@shoulung i did, i was going to point that out, but you got there first

[wolfrox777]

That deep breathing was annoying D:

[kx101z]

@97Mrlespaul whatever you say fag

[shoulung]

has anyone notice that the big breasted girl in the grey T-shirt in the very beginning of the video runs like a complete weirdo

[cruzcontrol39]

@bluwakpa

i do

[cruzcontrol39]

@97Mrlespaul

This is my gym and i've been to boxing inc... Don't remember anybody giving me trouble there.

[KingOfSage]

@jujutsu987 The only reason there are rules to "fight fair" is to keep from killing your opponent. Hits to the back of the head could break the neck or vertebrae. And knees to the face while your opponent is getting up could smash his nose in his face. Other than that it's a huge weight difference in the streets. People want to fight and the contestants get bigger and bigger so the small fries hide behind the weapon, and the big dude can't fight a gun so he gets one too. That's what happened.

[jujutsu987]

@bowerybaker I Hear you man, but where i'm from and from looking at the news all over the US..99 percent of real fights start and end with some coward pulling out a pistol and using it. No one fights fair anymore..at least not on the street. Too many guns out there now in the hands of criminals!