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Budoshin Ju-Jitsu Dojo, Santa Clarita, CA - Classes meet on Mondays and Thursdays, 7-9pm, at North Oaks Park, 27824 N. Camp Plenty Rd., Canyon Country. [Cross streets: Nadal and Whites Canyon. entrance is driveway next to Canyon High School on Nadal Rd.] Sensei: George Kirby, 10th dan and Marc Tucker, 5th dan. This is the ONLY DOJO IN THE UNITED STATES where both sensei were taught directly by the late Professor Jack "Sanzo" Seki! 

Please feel free to visit our class as often as you wish, watch it in operation, and feel free to ask any questions! You may also E-mail Prof. Kirby for information. 

On-line registration registration for the  spring 2010 session begins  Tuesday, May 11, at 8am.   Mail-in registration starts May 17, and cannot be postmarked earlier than May 15. Open [walk-in] registration starts May 25 and continues through the second week of class, at the City of Santa Clarita's Park, Recreation & Community Service Dept. Aquatic Center, 20850 Centre Pointe Dr., Santa Clarita, 91350. If you wish to register online get a customer # and password on the City of Santa Clarita's website at www.santa-clarita.com/cityhall/parks/registration/. Students may register up through second week of class.
    The next "official" 9-week session starts the week of June 14.
    Fee: $50* for the Monday OR Thursday 9-week session,  or $90* for Monday AND Thursday  9-week session together [18 classes]. There is also a $20 materials fee payable the first night of class. Minimum age is 10. *Please be aware that once the "official" session is over you may attend intersession classes, usually 1-4 weeks, [same days & time] at no additional charge.  
    Call 661 250-3700 or E-mail Prof. Kirby for info. A fairly accurate map [but not to scale] to the dojo is below.

For new students, the instructional sequence is designed to get you to Shichikyu, 7th kyu [Yellow Belt] or Rokukyu, 6th kyu [Green Belt] by the end of your first training session. By the end of your first training session you will be able to:

 [1] demonstrate the following techniques with reasonable proficiency:

• Basic Hip Throw [koshi nage]
• Basic Drop Throw [tai-otoshi]  
• Basic Hand Throw [te-nage]
• Wristlock Takedown [tekubi shimi waza]
• Left & Right Blocks [te no tatake]
• Cross-blocking    [juji]
• Striking Techniques [te tatake]
• 1-2 Nerve Techniques [shioku waza]

[2] demonstrate self-defense techniques for the following attacks:

• hits
• shirt or lapel grabs
• bodygrabs [waistgrabs & bearhugs]
• headlocks
• front choke

[3] demonstrate the following falls, getting back up into a ready position [tachi waza]:

• Forward Roll Fall [mae ukemi]
• Side Fall [yoko ukemi]
• Backard Roll Fall [ushiro ukemi]

By the end of your first training session you will also learn additional techniques, become acquainted with the philosophy of Ju-Jitsu, the formalities of the art and the dojo, and become more aware of your capabilities as you develop your self-confidence in the art and as an individual.

The first 4-5 weeks of the class are the most challenging because you are learning many different new things. Please be patient with yourself. The class is not physically difficult. It's important that you believe you will succeed. Everyone in the class believes in you and wants you to succeed. Around weeks 5-6 you will see tremendous growth in yourself as many of the techniques you've been taught start to work well. By the end of your first training session you will also have a judo gi [now you look like a real jujitsuka] and you will have joined the American Ju-Jitsu Association [annual fee of $20 for AJA membership], which makes it possible for you to receive promotions and wear your promotional obi [colored belt] in class!

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Budoshin Ju-Jitsu Dojo, Studio City, CA - Mark Jordan , Sensei. Located at the Harvard-Westlake School, Studio City, CA. Click here or contact Mark Jordan for specific dojo location & other information.

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Other Budoshin Sensei or Dojo:

The sensei & dojo listed below are done so as a matter of courtesy. Each of the schools are independently owned and operated and none of these schools or instructors are under the direct or indirect control and/or supervision of either the Budoshin Ju-Jitsu Yudanshakai, Budoshin Ju-Jitsu Dojo, Inc. (BJJD, Inc.), or Professor George Kirby. Therefore neither the Budoshin Ju-Jitsu Yudanshakai, Budoshin Ju-Jitsu Dojo, Inc., or Professor George Kirby can be responsible for any actions that occur in the schools [dojo] or by the instructors [sensei] listed below.

• Budoshin Ju-Jitsu Dojo, 3422 13th Street North, Arlington, Virginia 22201 - Thomas Salander, Sensei 703-525-5420
• Budoshin Ju-Jitsu Dojo, Harrison, AR - Bill Swope, Sensei
• Budoshin Ju-Jitsu Dojo, Reston, VA - Bruce Jones, Sensei
• Budoshin School of Defensive Arts - Tony Damigo, Sensei
• Budoshin Ju-Jitsu Dojo, Studio City, CA - Mark Jordan, Sensei
• Markham Budoshin Jujitsu Dojo, Markville High School, 1000 Carlton Road, Markham, Ontario, Canada, L3P7P5, George Cushinan, Sensei
• American Karate Institute, 3208-C Sam Houston, Victoria, Texas 77904 - Rick Torres, Sensei , 361-575-2467
• Budo Life, 4th. Ehud St., Ramat Gan, Israel, Mati Elyashiv, Sensei, 972-3-676-4545  
• Daitobukan Dojo 600 West Chesapeake Avenue, Towson, MD 21204 - Hanshi John D. McCurdy, Sensei, Dojo: 410 823-8870  
• Earth Dragon Dojo, White Haven, PA - Ed Naumowicz - Sensei
• Harvard-Westlake Budoshin Ju-Jitsu Dojo, Studio City, CA - Mark Jordan, Sensei
• Israeli Ju-Jitsu Assoc. - Uzi Mandel & Mati Elyashiv, Sensei
• Ketto-ryu Ju-Jitsu Dojo - Pierre Lautischer, Sensei
• Northeast Martial Arts Institute, NY - Marty Noel, Sensei
• Robinson's Top Gun Karate Academy at 2536 Highway 41, Greenbrier, TN 37073, - Bob Pruitt, Sensei 
• RoJitsu Dojo, La Canada, CA - Robert Wong, Sensei
• Tri-City Ju-Jitsu, Prescott, AZ - Hannie Blaauw, Sensei H: 520 777-0958
• Universal Ju-Jitsu Dojo, Claremont, CA - Linda DellaPelle, Sensei H: 909 624-0920 

• Vancouver Institute of Self Defense, Vancouver/Camas, WA - Jeff Wynn, Sensei, 360-901-0350

• White Marsh YMCA Dojo, Gribbin Center, 9317 Belair Road, Baltimore MD 21236  - Wade Susie, Sensei 410 335-4819 or 410 661-5600

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