Beacon Hill Park – Victoria, BC (near the baseball field)

Martial Arts Seminars

A Four Weekend Intensive

(Sundays – 1-4 pm)

250-777-1248

“The best defense is an overwhelming offense!”

If you are a martial artist, or are interested in becoming very effective at self-protection,

cross-training and a personalized skillset are essential.

This series of workshops is designed to guide you through the most efficient and effective strategies and tactics to survive physical violence.

Your instructor, Dr. Michael Smith, has over 45 years of experience as a martial artist, and over 30 years of experience training front-line professionals in tactical violence, edged and improvised weapons, and ancient practices for maximizing your physical and mental potential.

Michael is one of the most sought-after combative instructors because of his ability to help inexperienced people and professionals become more willing and able to move into and through harm’s way.

Cross Training

Wing Chun

Wing Chun is one of the most effective styles for learning forward pressure, off-angling, and lightning-fast hand speed. We will learn several partner drills from the Red Boat Wing Chun system that made the late great Bruce Lee so fast and effective. This approach to violence focuses on helping smaller people defeat larger opponents. Besides being a VERY effective way to become confident and closing, Wing Chun is a lot of fun to practice!

FMA (Filipino Martial Arts)

In this course, we will borrow some partner drills and principles from Pekiti Tersia Kali, Soyac Kali, and Balintawak Eskrima. Training with sticks and knives is the best way to learn how to use all aspects of your hands, and the rest of your body as a weapon. Because of the rhythmic and repetitive nature of weapons training, these systems improve coordination and reflex speed incredibly fast.

Tactical Violence

If you have ever had to deal with violence, or work in a profession that may include necessary violence, you will know that most forms of Martial Arts training are focused on an approach more than a result. Beyond style, sport, and tradition is Tactical Violence. No matter who you are, in a fight, you MUST take the initiative and make your opponent say, ‘STOP – I surrender!’ This approach to training is designed for law enforcement and military professionals but can be learned by anyone.

Nei Jia (Internal Martial Arts)

When you are training alone, you need the best tools to reference and connect every part of your body and become intimately familiar with how your body naturally moves. When you are playing with cooperative partner drills, you can become highly aware of and immediately connected to another person’s body and style of movement. This combination is essential if you have to move into harm’s way, and want do the least amount of damage.

Each seminar focuses on partner drills, beginning with Kali stick patterns, then partner knife work, followed by

empty hand skills, and then some internal awareness practices to ensure your body memory retains everything you have learned.

Seminar One

Sunday, June 9

1 – 4 pm

Stick Fighting is not about Fighting with Sticks

There is something primal about holding a weapon.

The danger of ‘going primal’ is using any weapon, including your hands, like a club or a rock. Training with Kali sticks is an opportunity to train for distance, timing, targets, limb control, weapon disarms, and whole-body power development.

Seminar Two

Sunday, June 16

1 – 4 pm

Knife Fighting and The Six Minds of a Blade

Learning all of the ways a knife can be used teaches you all of the ways to defend against one. Knife fighting, and the ways that your mind learns to move through a blade, can reawaken an instinctual dexterity that applies to every other aspect of combat, and many aspects of life. This skill set will also cure you of any fantasies about what is possible in the real world.

Seminar Three

Sunday, June 23

1 – 4 pm

Tactical Violence is Terrifying

When you are tactically trained you never block!

Every hand placement, every weight shift, and every movement is one moment closer to victory! Tactical Violence is a very effective and brutally honest solution to any kind of fight. You must take their weapons (limbs), dominate the initiative, then take their structure, and remove their will and ability to keep fighting.

“Defending yourself, by definition, means you are already losing!”

Seminar Four

Sunday, June 30

1 – 4 pm

Moving Instinctually Relies on Mind/Body Awareness

The more connected you are with your body and your instincts, the better your chances are in any emergency.

It takes time and skillful training to move with visceral intensity, to keep your balance, and your wits, while also dealing with the chaos and momentum of a life or death instinctual viollence. The Internal Martial Arts (Tai Chi, Ba Gua, Xing Yi, Zi Ran Men, Yi Chuan) are unique in their focus on what is happening inside of you and your body while you train. These styles also focus on the partner practice of Push Hands, one the safest approaches to sparring.

Contact:

appliedcombatives@gmail.com
250-777-1248

Location – Beacon Hill Park – Victoria, BC (near the baseball field)

Sundays – 1 – 4 pm
The cost for all four seminars is $300 – Or $100 per seminar

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