What is your specific discipline?

Ninjutsu- mine is based on the bujinkan system taught by 34th grandmaster hatsumi. ninjutsu, is the art of the ninja, basically, ninjutsu is a sponge, it is comprised of many martial arts. because ninjutsu is a survival/warfare art its core is taught to solders, and has even influenced our own cia. i teach it as a modern day art, it includes old and new weapons (sword/gun), a good ninjutsu class should include things like survival, health and fitness, human anatomy, basic psychology, and some like mine basic theology. ninjutsu is a total art which trains mind, body and soul, its not for everybody. its a non-competitive art. we don't water down our teachings for competition, its the real deal. we train in life and death situations, real Life scenarios, for this reason real ninjutsu schools don't allow kids or real young teens, my age limit is 15. ninjutsu is battlefield tested and has changed to keep up with the times, but its core has remained intact and is considered by some experts to be the deadliest art of all. we don't teach speed and muscle, we teach timing, stealth, and anatomy so when we attack we know how and where to be most affective. unlike some arts that take little time to master and has 10 yr old blackbelts, ninjutsu usually takes 5 yrs to obtain a blackbelt. ninjutsu includes standing and ground skills.

Taekwondo - A full contact, upright art that uses kicks, blocks, punches and other strikes. It can be used for competition but we focus on self defense.

Hapkido - A stand up art that focuses on joint locks for self defense.

We also throw in techniques from:

Judo - We use techniques mainly to get out of holds to throw your opponent to the ground. Again, can be used for competition but we focus on self defense.

BJJ - Once the fight is on the ground from the Judo throw, we use arm bars and other submissions for self defense.

Muay Thai - It's a full contact, stand up style that employs the use of the "8 limbs," punches, kicks, elbows and knees. We employ the use of clinches. It can be used for both self-defense as well as competition.

Japanese Jujutsu - Ground based style, that has been modernized to look like BJJ. We learn various submissions, like arm bars, rear naked chokes, kimora's, etc...Can be used for self defense and competition, though some of our moves we can use, because they are illegal in competition.

Judo- Clinch based style, involved in throwing or taking opponents to the ground. We work on balancing, and throwing others off balance. Many consider it just competition base because of our over reliance on gi's but can very well be used in self-defense, if you know what your doing.

Kali - the original and most complete mixed martial art, also known as Eskrima, Escrima, Arnis, Arnis de Mano amongst other things. We train in weapons, such as knife, sword, stick, staff, palm stick, flexible weapons, firearms (not personally, but there are Fillipino Martial Arts that do train in this) and everyday objects as weapons. We also train in all ranges in empty hand - kicking, boxing, trapping, clinch and ground fighting. Kali did this before it became popular - there are references to martial arts in the Phillipines that pre dates the Shaolin Temple! You'll find that other arts like Krav Maga and Jeet Kune Do Concepts adopt a lot of Fillipino Martial Arts techniques because of their effectiveness.

It isn't a sport art it is a street art, a combat art. Unlike any of the other more common martial arts out there, weapons are trained first because it came from the battlefield. Other martial arts train empty hand first, because it came from civilians.

I also train in Capoeira - descended from African slaves in Brazil. As mentioned above it is an art about deception, that hides its style within rhythm and dance. Such a great martial art, however I'm not very good at this one yet!

aikido: get out of the way of whatever the opponent throws at you and handle it from a safe distance.

Capoeira: mislead the opponent at every time, dodge his attacks and reply with a swift kick or leg sweep.