Two new books are now available

The New and official Anjing Banfa syllabus is now available. It isn't a "how to" manual but rather it's annotated with my notes to help the student capture the essence of each technique. It also has a large section on "culture" topics, weapons, and necessary gear. It is a must for every student of Anjing Banfa to keep us all on the same page. I am selling each level individually to save the students money, as they only need to purchase the level they are studying at the time. There is space in the manual to draw and make your own study notes. I have left out some details for the students to fill out with their instructor. For official Anjing Banfa practitioners only. The link to purchase the White Belt Syllabus is :http://www.cafepress.com/shopbrusso.205801861 Or you can find it at http://www.anjingbanfa.com/The_Anjing_Banfa_Syllabus.html

The Mental Warrior is now also available for purchase.

It is a must have for a serious warrior. It describes how a warrior can use their mind to "win" a battle, tell what the other warrior is thinking, and more. It also comes with exercises that will develop these skills. It can be found at: http://www.cafepress.com/shopbrusso.202379690 or on our website at: http://www.anjingbanfa.com/The_Mental_Warrior.html

I hope you enjoy these two new additions to Anjing Banfa! Master Peter Brusso.

Our poll

Alright.. we only had 8 entries on the poll.. 1 for Run, 1 for close the distance, and 6 for Remove their oneness.. which is correct. The first rule in a fight is to remove their oneness with you. This can be achieved by various methods... all you are doing is steering their focus off or you and onto something else.

For example you could use anticipatory techniques to move them into thinking something is going to happen, an attack is short in coming, or the like.. you can use sensory methods, like slapping your leg... and making a move like your are going to attack, thus setting up false timing in the fight... odd hand motions or movements can work well. What you are doing is not allowing them to "feel" you or see inside your head.

On http://www.awarriorsway.com site we will have on the members only page a document called "Mental Warrior", for download.. check that out in due time to discuss the actual scientific aspects of this question..

A new poll will be up shortly...

Sensei
Master Peter Brusso

Virtual Dojo!

Students... check out the asksensei blog for our stats on our weekly lessons.

We have been putting up our weekly lessons and I have been floored by the response. I think that we now have a medium to show our art, to train people in our art, and to help artists become better warriors.

Warriorhood isn't a right, it isn't something you are born into, its something that you are taught to be, to encompass and to embrace; if you have the right teachers. I think that this new medium, podcasting, will allow us to push our ways out to others to work with. If they are good, they will continue and if they are poor.. they will die out.

Just like Ninjutsu, a very old art, a practical art, one born from war... if the techniques taught to the ninja were poor, they didn't come back. They couldn't propagate the poor techniques so the art cleansed itself via combat.

This is like our blogging and podcasting now as its a social medium, just like war. If the techniques and the teachings are good, people will comment, come back, and continue to learn. If they are bad.. they just won't return to it at all... so this is the face of social media and how it will play with the arts.

On another note: we or I am teaching again on Sunday mornings at 10 AM sharp. Its open to all so if you are interesting, come on by, sign a waiver.. and start learning to defend yourself. We are enjoying some very high level training lately, but will return to basics every Sunday so that belts can continue to be earned....

If you have a topic you would like to see me discuss or show techniques on that Sunday, for the weekly lessons show on http://Asksensei.blip.tv please email them to me... sensei@anjingbanfa.com

Master Peter Brusso

Sunday Classes

Yes.. I have started to teach again.. Sunday mornings at 10AM sharp. I will have a list of what my students need for class up on the site. We generally will cover 1/3, 1/3, 1/3: belt level material, sparing, and martial arts culture topics. Please email before you decide to join the class, especially if you are a new student. Sensei

Test Complete

Congratulations to Santino Batista, Mike Miller, and TK Porter, as they passed their blackbelt test! Here is a quick view of the days:

Friday day 3: They arrived at my location at 7:30 PM.. got their tents set up and we had the "Bipolar day". Ultimately we watched the Alex Wetherbee memorial DVD which is a difficult thing to watch. We watched it all the way through. It was important for me to show them others have lost students and friends from their Dojo but one must remember how they lived, not how they died. Then we watched the up lifting movie "The Secret". We finally hit the bed at 2:34 AM for only a four hour sleep. Their tents got wet too, so it was good test to see about water proofing.

Saturday day 4: They started at 6:30 AM pulling down the wire fencing on the main fence around the house. We had some other cleaning jobs until our dignitary arrived at 10:30 AM. This gentleman took the class until 3 PM... then I took back over and taught a defender class. Then the ICE night... which one person wasn't allowed in the ICE due to a medical condition. We made it difficult for that one too... ended the ICE night around 10PM. In the sack for a good nights sleep.. then 6:30 Toes on the line...

Sunday day 5: I moved the Testies out to the front and had a very long talk about the arts, our art, and how to teach. We did mostly all mental stuff... until Master Mel LaGasca showed up. He actually flanked out position and listened and took pictures of us from the hill side.. we didn't know he was there.. we are now dead.. smile. He took the class and worked with them... until graduation... where a black belt for their fallen student was received by his widow.

I will have some podcasts from the testies in a few weeks.. after they get over the test!

Master Brusso

New equipment list up for the test people

Here is a new equipment list for the test:

http://www.anjingbanfa.com/Equipment.html

Interview with Master Mel LaGasca

Master Mel and I go back in time to 1980-1982 and the formation of Anjing Banfa. In this interview you will hear about some famous episodes of Anjing Banfa history, some really funny stories, and how we honor as our dead. Learn about Cal Feamster and how he studied with us and our early times at LLNL.

http://asksensei.blip.tv/file/415456/

Also remember we have a test coming up and we need to get all things focused on the event!

Sensei

New Trailer

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New stuff on the site

I put up a new download certificate for all the other teachings sensei's.... It's on the download page and is secure so you have to email me for the code. mailto:sensei@anjingbanfa.com

Even more new shirts and stuff

Cafepress loves us! I put up more shirt designs yesterday: http://www.cafepress.com/shopbrusso

I won't say that "Dick Sensei" didn't like our traditional dragon on the designs, but that is what we have had for over 35 years. The artist was Bennie Barasa from LLNL. He died early in life, and so I want to keep the memory and his work with us.

I have been looking at the shooting schedule for video next year and we are going to try to do a video syllabus. Along with several other projects... I also think we will be documenting our sword work and provide video feeds for our classes.

I have been working on the "Sensei's Field Manual" which is now grown to over 50 pages.. so I might need to cut it back as it was intended to be a "Field Manual" something you can take with you into the field.. at this rate you will be the size of a phone books.. I have sampled out the outline for some to comment on... the lucky ones... so far I appear to be on track with everything.

Master Brusso

More designs up on cafepress

We have more designs in the defenders section and the Anjing Banfa section.. check them out.. Sensei

Our new Cafepress gear is ready for your purchase

I have been meaning to do this for some time; that is go learn about cafepress and all the cool things you can do with it... we have shirts, mugs and clocks for anjing banfaests.. and more to come. I am going to work on a 2006 black belt test shirt... and more. So take a look:

http://www.cafepress.com/shopbrusso/3629356

Ps.. .if there is a design or shirt or something you want.. let me know.. I am working on an apron... as we love to cook...

Sensei

A new video is up!

I just put up one of our lessons from the black belt test of 2006. Its on the movie page and its our combat machete class with disarms.. and of course, Matt Camber ... our star of all videos on Anjing Banfa... he really is a funny guy! I started to edit the verbiage from Matt but it turned out ... if I did, it would just be a silent movie, and so I chose to have a viewer discretion notice instead.

I was working on some of the forums over the past few weeks and re-learned how stupid people really are! So I will stop trying to educate the stupid. It is amazing to me how many peoples cups are so full they can't add another drop! They need to read "Zen and the Martial Arts", then they can start to improve who and what they are. I guess what bothered me the most was the negativity of all its members, just cutting things down and making fun at everything. They welcome new members then yell at them for posting things in the wrong place, like they know that... not very friendly at all. I suspect they are very junior to the arts and don't understand the true nature of warriorhood. Oh, well, the world is just where it always has been in those places, anyway....

On a more positive note, the site is coming along nicely. I will be helping Master Ed Martin in developing his new site too, which will be patterned after what we are doing on the web. SEO, downloads, and more... should be fun and I will let everyone know when and where. I also know that Ed Sensei is coming out here at the end of Sept.. I can't hook up with him, I think as I'm working a show.. but well see about him visiting some of you.. if you are interested....

Sensei

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Two new posts to the site!

The future has been shown to us! I put up some video of our future Grand Master of Anjing Banfa... Take a peek!
http://www.anjingbanfa.com/FutureOfAnjingBanfa.html


and I put up my "How to choose a blade" presentation that is on the knife-on-knife 3 DVD set. My marketing director thought I was nuts to do this as this is for purchase in the 3 DVD knife set, but I won out over the argument. I think it is important that the consumer can see some of what they are purchasing.
http://www.anjingbanfa.com/KnifeTalkPresentation.html

As you can see, there are also 2 other techniques from the 3 DVD knife on knife set, these can be found at:

http://www.anjingbanfa.com/KnifeTech7Demo.html
http://www.anjingbanfa.com/KnifeTech16Demo.html

I was having a discussion yesterday with a martial artist back East, and we were discussing knife blocks. I feel that Gliding X blocks with a turn out of the way of the attack are always best. I reminded them to look at the four weapons laws:

1) Clear the angle of the attack of the weapon
2) Control the weapon
3) Neutralize the weapon
4) Neutralize the attacker

Look at all knife defensive moves with these in mind. For example, a knife defense that you attack the upper arm of the attacking arm, and then pass this arm/blade across you to gain access to the flank side of the attacker violates rule 1. Think of a knife as a gun: would you flag yourself with a gun? I think not, so why put yourself in harms way with a blade; as to pass it in front of you regardless if you think you have it controlled or not, just to risky. On the other hand, if you had attacked the lower arm with your blade, during the block, you now have attacked the muscles that allow the blade to be held in the hand. 99.99% of the time the attacker can not hold onto the weapon at all, now that one attack spot has moved you to step 4 immediately.

I encourage all of us to look at technique with an eye to see if it "Passes the idiot test or not".


Enjoy!

New stuff

Well.. its not that much but the members only page works now. Also, I would like to provide contact information for the black belts, so those that can provide me some.. please do so. I would like each one of you to have a bio page that his contact info goes on. Just last night on a interactive podcast I needed for this group to come over and find Greg McFall's contact info for his surfing connection...but we didn't have it... so, hey guys.. lets get emails to me...

Also we got a great review of the defenders from Allen of Gallowglass Academy... check it out:
http://www.gallowglassacademy.blogspot.com/

Sensei

New Video Posts

OK.. here are some really cool video links:

The crazy rulers of the world: http://www.anjingbanfa.com/Crazy_Rulers.html
Kerry Sensei's teaching of the Defender: http://www.anjingbanfa.com/ChicagoDefenderDemo.html

See the black belt test high lights: http://www.anjingbanfa.com/BB%20Test%20Flash.html

And Sensei with the Marines: http://www.anjingbanfa.com/MCMAPDiskDemo.html

Also check out the Trailer page:
http://www.anjingbanfa.com/TrailerPage.html

As you can see I have been very busy putting up video! I want to make this site what it was once; a learning center for martial artists. Not only us Anjing Banfaests, but all those who have the warrior inside them. We are going to be bringing on other site connections like http://asksensei.blip.tv where we can use their band width for serving video, as I do with the Crazy Rulers video. I am really pushing video these days but martial arts school owners can use PDFs to communicate with their students, too. I also think a site like anjingbanfa.com can help school owners get more clients who are outside their "5 mile" radius! It can be used to expand your sales and profits, your teachings, and support of the giving the bad guys the bad day!

As some of you know I was an integral part of Martial Arts America, as a contributor in several of the teaching manuals. Especially on the "How to teach Children" in martial arts. I was also the first dean of the first martial arts university... although it closed its doors.. it was fun to be the first there and really open the students eyes to teaching the arts.

I have been in the arts for over 48 years now and have see the old school, the commercial school, and the ugly school! I know how to teach the arts... to any person, any age, any where, and under any conditions. That I know how to do because teaching needs to have only two things connected.. fun and learning. You do that, the rest is easy!

More on that later.. I am also adding individual master pages to those who want them... and teaching black belts, so watch for those. I am also converting all our stuff for ipod use, as well.

Anyway more later.. Master Brusso

Our new url: http://www.anjingbanfa.com

Yes.. I finally did it! I got our art names URL.. http://www.anjingbanfa.com and wow, is it structuring up nice. I am uploading everyday to it and will be adding new content every week that I can! This week alone we got up full video on the black belt test 2006, a 54 minute highlight of the event, the brotherhood of the blade (defenders video) where Kerry Sensei was teaching the defenders at the event, and I added downloads of many of my popular DVDs plus programs. We even have warrior music and our famous senseihood CD ROM disk for download. We are moving on to women's self defense topics, knife throwing, axe throwing, and home made martial arts training equipment. I will use this blog to update the uses of the site, as to what is new.. so will link over to it... I am very excited about the new site as it allows me to really teach from long distance via the streaming video, download PDF's with security, and the paypal system for sales. Hey, everyone, this site costs me money so purchase or donate to the site to help offset the costs, ok! I will be putting a "donate" button on the site so if you like the free content.. want to keep that going, then donate... It's simple and goes to a good cause.

Also we are going to be working a "kit" plans for knife throwing targets, you purchase the kit and we ship to you, you construct your knife target.. but I will have more details on the site.

Master Brusso