Jujutsu

Seishinkan Aiki-Jujutsu is a jujutsu style that utilizes both hard and soft approaches. While Seishinkan is inspired by koryu jujutsu it is a modern (gendai) style and is slowly evolving and is focused on self-defense and spiritual growth. Seishinkan embodies a strong ethical element that holds that the ultimate purpose of martial arts is self development, and that one’s strongest opponent is the lesser aspects of one’s self. Seishinkan jujutsu may be described as aiki-jujutsu because the basic technical vocabulary is derived from Daito Ryu Aiki-Jujutsu and because we employ aiki principles.

Core principles of Seishinkan are:

• The ‘water’ principles:

  • that one should respond to an attack in a yielding and enveloping manner.

  • that techniques should develop power in the manner of a mighty ocean wave.

  • that one should train with the realization that as water will overcome rock, given time, the martial path is not short, and that gains are had by relentless effort.

• Spontaneous response.

• Non-resistance to force.

• Seishinkan teaches from core principles to the application of those principles, not in numbered drills.

• Seishinkan is a style that teaches methods for generating an appropriate response to any situation, any circumstance, any opponent.

Technical characteristics of Seishinkan:

• Joint locks based on Daito Ryu Aiki Jujutsu.

• Diagonal and circular footwork.

• Simultaneous action (simultaneous defense and counter-attack).

• Movements are often drawn from sword techniques.

• An emphasis on reading one’s opponent and taking appropriate action.

• An emphasis on getting offline.

• An emphasis on control of distance.

• A broad syllabus with striking, kicking, locking, throwing, pressure point and weapon techniques.

• An awareness of other styles and an emphasis on defense against other stylists.