TANTO Martial Arts School - Poznań - Section Tai-Jutsu


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Tai-jutsu section

The name tai-jutsu means the art (jitsu) of the body (tai). This is how the Japanese named a set of skills including active self-defense techniques. This art is also practiced in many countries outside Japan. This section has been operating since 1990, classes are held at ul. Gnieźnieńska 2 in Poznań.

The section operates in four age groups:
  • The children's group (4-6 years old) practices twice a week. In this age group, children develop motor coordination and learn how to fall safely. They increase self-confidence and learn to work in a group.
  • The children's group (7-12 years old) exercises twice a week. Exercises in this group are intended to develop general physical fitness and teach mutual respect and cooperation. Experience shows that children attending these classes cope better in difficult life situations. They can help themselves and others.
  • Youth group (13-18 years old) classes take place 3 times a week.
  • A group of adults (18-100 years old) can practice up to 6 days a week.
Such a large number of classes is intended to make it easier for adepts to fit classes into their individual daily schedule. However, the primary goal is to enable the intensification of exercises. Experience shows that better results are achieved only this way. Individual talent and even current physical fitness are not so important factors here. Beginners start by learning how to break falls, which is more extensive here. Tai-jitsu is a martial art, not a sport, so we place greater emphasis on those elements that may be useful in everyday life. There is no one who would not trip and fall. However, the art of falling is not taught in schools during any gymnastics classes. Physical training at the tai-jitsu school refers both to the old methods of Japanese masters and to the principles developed by modern research. The difference between what you can see here and sports training lies in greater versatility, in the focus on the even development of the entire body. This is the overall meaning of tai-jitsu - a body art as opposed to various other skills that overdevelop certain muscles to the ultimate detriment of the whole. Next, we have a whole set of self-defense techniques, the main task of which is to force the opponent to give up the attack, and in extreme cases, disarm and incapacitate him. The aim of learning in this class is to develop active self-defense skills, i.e. ones that would not only allow you to repel an opponent's attack, but also allow you to incapacitate him so that he cannot continue aggressive behavior elsewhere. In the tai-jitsu school, apart from hand-to-hand combat skills, we learn techniques of using several other types of traditional Japanese weapons. However, what we draw from tradition is not just a game of old Japanese warriors. We use the same techniques in self-defense against an attack with a baseball bat, a baton or a chain.

Such an extensive program places considerable demands on the school's participants. But even more awaits the instructors and the master himself - sensei Zbigniew Karalus (Vader). However, the thirty-two-year history of the school shows that even people who are not physically fit can achieve a surprising heights under the supervision of a master. The only thing needed at the beginning is personal commitment, the rest will be taken care of by others.
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