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Martial Arts Master Finds His Missing Piece of Perfection in Dux Ninjitsu

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 16:16:59 +0100

Martial Arts Master Finds His Missing Piece of Perfection in Dux Ninjitsu

(Part 3)

John M. Guerriero

Freelance Writer

In this article Master Cain allowed me to continue to detail his journey in martial arts and the perfection of self defense and martial science techniques and training.

Now you’re involved in a self-defense system called RAVEN.

Q. How did you get involved with RAVEN?

Many years ago Fernan Vargas the chief instructor and founder of RAVEN asked me to attend a SABER knife fighting seminar he was hosting in VA. I went to the seminar and fell in love with the RAVEN Method. I have been with it ever since then. I have always had the philosophy if you want to be the best then train with the best. Fernan Vargas and the RAVEN Method is the best defensive tactics around.

Q. Is RAVEN similar to Dux Ryu Ninjitsu?

In many ways they are, but the focus of RAVEN is different. In RAVEN we have to be aware of the continuum of force and the varying policies of the different law enforcement agencies.

Q. Is RAVEN a mixture of techniques from other styles?

RAVEN is defensive tactics and is unique. That being said I am sure Fernan Vargas draws from martial arts and state defensive tactics systems. RAVEN is not a martial art so it is only concerned with what is the most effective for the law enforcement officer or the Guardian Angel to use in real time.

Q. According to your website RAVEN has become the official self-defense system of the Guardian Angels why RAVEN over Dux Ninjitsu?

Dux Ryu has never been presented to the Angels as far as I know, so it is not an issue of one method over the other. RAVEN was created by a Guardian Angel for the Guardian Angels. The founder Fernan Vargas still patrols with the Chicago chapter. Who better to design a Guardian Angels defensive tactics system then a current active angel? Learning the martial arts takes years. The angels don’t have years to perfect a martial art. They need defensive tactics they can use hours after learning them. What the angels needed is a simple to learn and easy to apply method. Enter RAVEN.

Q. So you actually are the head self defense instructor for the guardian angels.

Well I am one of the head instructors worldwide. In my local chapter I am the lead RAVEN instructor, however I have a Snake Pit brother Tom Kirkland that also teaches our local chapter.

Q. So you use both RAVEN and Dux Ninjitsu in training the Guardian Angels?

I have angels who train Dux Ryu with me. However the official training method of the angels is RAVEN. Most of the guys who patrol with the angels focus on the RAVEN Method. That being said Dux Ryu is the best martial science in the world and can only add to the effectiveness of their training if they would add Dux Ryu to it.

Q. So the Guardian Angel patrols are a good way of actually testing the techniques in “real life scenarios”?

Yeah for sure. I always say if you want to know what works put the theory to the test were bone meets flesh. There is nothing in the world like walking in to a gang war with no weapons. I cannot describe it to you effectively unless you have been in war or something similar.

Q. So do you train just the Richmond Chapter of the Guardian Angels or do you travel to train other chapters as well?

No like I said I am one of the world wide instructors. We have a small team of RAVEN instructors who are certified to teach the Guardian Angels method. I travel to different chapters to teach them the method. I consider it a dream come true to be a part of the team of RAVEN instructors who have the responsibility to train the Guardian Angels.

Q. So how did the RAVEN system come to be the official system of the Angels?

The regional director Third Rail who is the number two man in charge next to the founder Curtis Sliwa had the opportunity to not only train in the RAVEN Method but to also use it on patrol. The RAVEN Method cut its teeth on the streets and subways of Chicago.

Q. Being a globally known organization was there a rigorous testing and/or demonstrations needed?

It was tested on the streets in action with the angels.

Q. I’m sure being named the official system of the Guardian Angels has helped propel RAVEN more into the mainstream with all the exposure?

Well no the Angels are a close net group of people, and the majority of the classes taught are not open to the public. RAVEN has had much success due to Fernan Vargas’s dedicated hard work and the other RAVEN instructors like me who have sacrificed their time blood sweat and tears to the group.

Q. Other than the Guardian Angels organization is there any type underground fighting network that you train people for?

Currently my focus is on reality based training, so I only train people for the harsh reality of the streets.

Q. With the explosion in the world of mixed martial arts is Dux Ninjitsu and RAVEN as effective in the world off MMA as in the streets? Or do the rules and regulations choke out the effectiveness of the styles?

Dux Ryu has a MMA branch as one would guess due to Hanshi Dux’s former Kumite experience. RAVEN is in no way suited to be used in a sports environment. The rules do have a great deal to do with eliminating the tactics one would use in a street fight. That being said I will also say that a MMA fight is as close as we can get to real fighting legally. At this point I do not train MMA fighters just because I have not found the right person to fill this position. If I was to train someone to fight the dedication would have to be there. They would have to live fighting, and frankly I have not found anyone with that kind of drive to be the fighter I would demand they be.

Q. Do you currently have any plans of promoting MMA fighters?

My brother Billy Warlock who is the co/founder of the Snake pit trains fighters and I will lend a hand in his efforts. I have cornered for some of his fighters and will help out with skill sets when I am needed.

Q. Do you currently train any MMA fighters?

Q. You have a private fight club called Snake Pit? Tell me about it?

Snake Pit is a brotherhood of hard core martial artists, and hard core students who dedicate themselves to the philosophy of the Snake pit, Such as the 7 heavenly virtues, and the 7 rules of engagement. The club is operated much like a motorcycle club with a president, vice president, sergeant at arms ect. We use the” Don’t tread on me” as our patch, not as a political statement but rather a statement of martial arts freedom. Give us liberty or give us death. If you see a Snake Pit brother at a seminar you will see him with his colors on and you will know you are seeing an authentic warrior not water down paper tiger. The Snake Pit brothers have each other’s backs till the end. It is a true club and we will fight for each other one for all and all for one.

Q. How does one go about getting an invite to the club?

A Snake Pit brother has to sponsor a new prospect. Once the prospect is tested and determined to be of the highest caliber as far as morality, will, and strength of mind then the Snake Pit brotherhood will vote on the prospect to determine if they will become a full patch member.

Q. Is the club open to all styles or do they have to train specifically in a certain style?

Each member of the Snake Pit is encouraged to seek out the arts or sports that best fit them. However the RAVEN Method is what all Snake Pit brothers have in common. We all train in the method and the rank structure is based on RAVEN courses.

Please stay tuned for further interviews as Master Cain allows me to continue his journey in life and the martial arts and the organizations that he is associated with to help his local community and public in general through his training and seminars.

Martial Arts Master Finds Missing Piece of Perfection in Dux Ninjitsu

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:10:28 +0100

Martial Arts Master Finds Missing Piece of Perfection in Dux Ninjitsu

(part 2)

John M. Guerriero

Freelance Writer

Master Cain and I had a chance to continue our conversation on his life journey in martial arts and continue with his discoveries regarding Dux Ninjitsu

Q. Q. Is Dux Ryu more physical or Mental than other martial arts?

Dux Ryu is both. I have done many styles and I know of no other that teaches in the way Mr. Dux recommends. Dux Ryu is about Spirit Mind and Body in that order. In Ryu we learn about the true secrets of warriorship, and how to apply that in all aspects of ones. Life.

FASST is a process that if followed right can be applied to all things. In fact I carry around what I call my FASST stone. It is a stone with FASST written on it. Everyt8ime I place my hand in my pocket I touch that stone. It reminds me to apply the FASST process to whatever it is I am doing.

So when you ask why is it more physical or mental I would say it is the process of FASST that makes all things amplified.

Q. What is the difference between Dux Ninjitsu and FASST?

Dux Ninjitsu is the classic style with stances, and the use of weapons such as the sword. FASST is not a style of martial arts it is a process that teaches one to become an expert at war tactics. Also FASST comes from Hanshi Dux extensive experience and not from any particular martial art. Dux Ninjitsu has its roots in the Koga Yambushi Tradition.

That being said without Dux Ninjitsu there would more than likely would be no FASST.

Q. My next question is why is Dux FASST only taught to certain groups?

As you stated the concepts can be applied anywhere.

FASST is taught to special operators worldwide. It is a secret technology that Hanshi and Master Sky keep very close to the chest. Not just anyone can become FASST.

However Dux Ninjitsu is taught openly by a very few select instructors.

Q. So Dux FASST is a component of Dux Ninjitsu?

No Dux FASST is not a style but a process that can be applied to any system. Dux Ninjitsu is a style of martial science.

Q. Because of all your other training was Dux Ninjitsu hard to learn?

The physical skills of Dux Ryu are not hard to learn, but the point of Dux Ryu is to become authentically you. That is what is hard. Not to look like Hanshi, or me but to find your own way. Most schools deal with the copy of your teacher method. Not Dux Ryu, Dux Ryu allows you to become you.

Q. Next question is now you created Ninjute Kempo to honor Hanshi Dux Why?

Ninjute is my Zen martial art and it is about enlightenment. I dedicate all my action to Hanshi Dux and my mentor Master Sky.

Q. My last question is regarding the famous Dim Mak Technique. This technique is highly regarded and very well respected in the world of martial arts what is so unique about it?

It is science. It is like the balls that cling together and the last one moves. Let’s say you hit the carotid artery with the right force you can make the interior walls bleed and rupture. Knowing where to hit and hot to hit to create a reaction and possibly death is not unique to Ninjitsu, however with the introduction of the modern day combat sports like MMA many people find it hard to believe that such a thing is real. The athletes in these events have been trained to fight within a set rules structure. The knowledge of hitting pressure, striking ad vital points and applying the proper energy is a lost form in modern day sport fighters. In the days of the Kumite the rules were very limited and knowledge of the Dim Mak could be applied as it is applied within many military units and Dux Ryu. Like I said once before Dux Ryu is war tactics amplified by FASST. We believe in keeping it real and that means studying the human body as well as the effects on it. Dux Ryu is a military arts science, we rely on the empirical. If Dim Mak was just some traditional technique with no base in fact then I have no doubt that Hanshi would throw it out of the system as unpractical and baseless.

Q. IS there an actual record that is held of whom broke the bottom brick with most bricks on top?

Not that I know of. I think Master Sky can stack 7. I know that Hanshi used to place an egg in between the bricks. I also know that recently a Dux Ryu black belt in honor of Hanshi placed glass between the bricks.

Hanshi demonstrating the dim mak is well documented on many TV shows and magazine articles. Despite the detractors and haters of Dux Ryu we are showing everyday on YouTube, live demonstrations, seminars and our schools the effectiveness of dux ryu?

Each instructor has to decide if he/she will choose to teach the tradional breaks. Dim Mak is the one thing that is unique to Dux Ryu Schools. Personally I teach Dim Mak breaks and stay from power breaks, but that’s just me.

Q. Is there a vast difference e in the two forms of breaking?

Yes. In Dim Mak strength is not used but rather energy. Power breaks are just that, the use of strength and speed to create enough force to break the target. When a man is hit with power he feels it in that area. When a man is hit with Dim Mak he feels it straight through his body.

Q. With all your advanced training you had said in your first interview that earning your black belt in Dux Ryu was your greatest accomplishment, explain this for me?

One big difference in Dux Ryu and other art forms is that we do not tech a martial art we create martial artists. That is very different then just knowing kata or how to break bricks. It is what is missing in modern martial arts. It is what Musashi speaks of in the book of five rings. Even in high levels of other arts one still learns how to copy their teacher. Not in Dux Ryu in Dux Ryu you become authentically you. A black belt in Dux Ryu is like having a black in you. What I mean buy that is that you are able to exist in a state of mushin. No techniques only options, no guess work only spontaneous problem solving trickery skills.

Or you could say it this way. I have earned a black belt and I am a member of the Dux Family, through the Dux way of doing things I have learned how to manipulate options therefore I am able to problem solve spontaneously without thought using the trickery skills I learned from the family of Dux.

Q. Is Musashi similar to Sun Tzu?

Well yes they were both geniuses in military and war tactics. Musashi was the greatest swords man and one of the greatest military strategists who have ever lived.

Q. So Hanshi Dux is a student o his theories?

I can only guess that he is a student of his writings. I recommend the book of five rings to all my students.

Q. Same time period?

I highly recommend both the art of war and the book of five rings to all my students. No not the same time period but both brilliant none the less.

Q. Since we are talking about military I know from research that Hanshi Dux has trained military worldwide have you ever helped him train military units?

No I have not. I have trained units on my own but I have not had the honor to train them with Hanshi.

Q. Was your training exclusive to martial arts or military or combo of both?

I taught Navy Operators how to take over a vessel at sea, clear the rooms and defensive tactics.

Q. Do you still train in any other styles other than Dux Ryu?

No. I spent over 30 years researching the best arts in the world. Finally I can say that Dux Ryu is the martial science for me. I have no desire to learn another system. I do train and promote the RAVEN Method, it is a defensive tactics method as well a weapons method for law enforcement, it is also the official defensive tactics program for the world famous Guardian Angels.

Q. So now you train and teach strictly Dux Ryu? Or your version called Ninjute Kempo?

Well Ninjute is now strictly a spiritual art; I do Dux Ryu my version on the spontaneous problem solving trickery skills that I learned from the family of Dux.

Q. Will Dux FASST concepts ever be made available to the public for self defense purposes?

FASST will go public but I can’t say it will be for everyone.

Martial Arts Master Finds His Missing Piece of Perfection in Dux Ninjitsu

Sun, 13 Nov 2011 03:48:07 +0100

Martial Arts Master Finds His Missing Piece of Perfection in Dux Ninjitsu

(a series of articles)

John M. Guerriero

Freelance Writer

Everyone who is a fan of action films especially martial arts action films may be familiar with the martial arts style called Dux Ninjitsu. Named after its creator and martial arts legend Frank W. Dux of “Bloodsport” fame due to it being based on a period in his life, I recently had the opportunity to sit down and talk to one of Hanshi Dux personal students Master Kevin Cain of Richmond, VA. This is what he had to say.

Q. How did you first hear about Hanshi Frank Dux?

Like most young martial artists I was fascinated by the movie “Bloodsport” and real life hero Frank Dux. Me and my brother used to dream about fighting in the Kumite and wanted nothing more than to be just like Frank Dux. Back then I would have never dreamed that someday I would be his student and friend.

Q. Well I have to ask you after studying so many different martial arts styles and earning black belts in them what made you decide to train in Dux Ninjitsu?

In 1996, I was in a brutal street fight that left me questioning my martial arts skills. The training worked but it was more animal killer instinct that enabled me to win the fight, not the hundreds of techniques I knew. I started searching for the real deal. I bar bounced, I fought in street fights, and I also fought in No Holds Barred Fights, Judo fights, even sport karate fights. Yet none of them were right. Something was missing.

Q. So even though you had all these years of training you still felt you were missing something in the science of fighting?

Yes, and that search led me to forming Cain Family Martial Science. CFMS was missing a vital ingredient. A true empirical science it was not until I began studying with Hanshi Dux that I realized what the missing ingredient was. The technology of Dux Ryu, like Musashi, Hanshi Dux is a combat genius. His high concepts are without a doubt the most complete form of warriorship I have ever studied.

Q. So being a “living” legend in the world of martial arts and your personal idol how were you able to contact Hanshi Dux?

I was able to get in contact with Hanshi through his email address that was passed on to me through one of his former students. After much searching I found someone who knew how to contact him. I emailed him and he responded and without hesitation gave me his phone number. I immediately called him. I was so nervous talking to him he must have thought I was some punk kid who was just a fan of “Bloodsport”.

Q. So how did you go about asking him to train you?

To tell you the truth I was very shy with him and politely asked if I could learn Dux Ninjitsu. That’s when he brought up FASST and suggested that I should train with him.

Q. So how did your training commence?

To my surprise we hit off famously. Next thing I knew he offered to fly to Virginia to teach me FASST and Dux Ryu. I was stunned; here is my hero who I had always looked up to offering to come to my house. It was a dream comes true. I didn’t know what I was getting myself into. He then offered to come live with me and for me to be an apprentice of his.

Q. So what was the training like?

Hanshi was always teaching me no matter if it was how to make an escape route or preparations for an event. Everything that comes out of his mouth is a lesson. The problem was I did not understand that at the time. Reflecting back on some of those lessons makes me realize how lucky I am to have been given the opportunity to work with a true genius.

Q. So this training was very different from all the other styles you knew?

Yes, the training at my house lasted quite sometime, the training methods were unbelievable to me, in fact most of the concepts he taught me I did not understand until years later.

Q. Now you say most of the concepts you didn’t understand until years later is that because Dux Ninjitsu isn’t your typical traditional martial art?

Yes, very much so. Dux Ninjitsu is truly meant for combat and real life situations and is by my knowledge the best there is in the world at achieving success in both of those scenarios.

Q. So would you say Dux Ninjitsu is much more about the science of fighting rather than sport and the belt system used in Dux Ninjitsu is different as well?

Yes absolutely, anyone can pass a commercial black belt test with a little sweat and a few hours. But try a week long test that attacks your mind as well as your body. After a few days without sleep your mind starts playing tricks on you. Try sleeping standing up, try performing self defense, and try anything effectively under these conditions. A rites of passage is pain. It is a life changing event.

Q. You mentioned a rites of passage, what exactly do you mean by that?

All my black belts have been through the rites of passage. A hard core all day test until they almost break, then they are pushed to the breaking point and then totally off the cliff. When are done with the test you realize that you can accomplish anything.

Q. Sounds like Hanshi Dux is an incredibly creative teacher and mentor?

Yes he is. I needed a mentor. I needed Dux. When it comes to earning belts and titles in martial arts that a 3^rd degree in Dux Ryu is like being a Green Beret of the martial arts world. Not many people can survive hell week and few martial artists have been through a rites of passage. Although it is my lowest rank it is my greatest achievement as a martial artist. I would go further to say that a 1^st degree in Dux Ryu is like a 5^th degree in other arts.

As a final comment for this part of the series Master Cain stated “I would like to say that if I had the wisdom to take Hanshi Dux’s lessons to heart years ago I would not have made some of the mistakes that I have made. Now that I am older I realize how much he taught me”.

This is the first in a series of articles that will be written featuring Master Cain and his unique journey in in learning and training under Hanshi Frank Dux and Master Sky Benson. More to follow.

RAVEN is now official Guardian Angels system

Sun, 03 Jul 2011 17:07:50 +0100

"Tonight was a fabulous night. Aside from being with my brother angels I was honored to receive two honors that were both a professional and personal dream come true. 1st I received the "Trainer of the year award" 1st place. And as if that were not gratifying enough, the alliance of guardian angels has officially adopted the Raven Method close quarter defensive tactics system which I developed as the official defensive tactics program of the organization!!!!!!!!

Thank to my chapter brothers, my national director third rail, our founder Curtis Sliwa and most importantly my wife who supported me as I worked long hours into the night developing curriculum, writing manuals, as well as patrolling and training with the Angels!!

I love all of you and I will continue to be here to humbly serve the community and our great organization".

Fernan Vargas

Count Dante

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 21:13:42 +0100

About John Keehan (aka Count Dante)

John Keehan was born in Beverly on February 2, 1939, to an affluent family: his father, Jack, was a physician and director of the Ashland State Bank, and his mother, Dorothy, occasionally appeared on the Tribune’s society pages. He also had an older sister, Diane. They’re all dead too, according to a cousin of Keehan’s contacted by Webb. (The cousin did not respond to requests to be interviewed for this story.) In his teens Keehan attended Mount Carmel High School and boxed at Johnny Coulon’s 63rd Street gym, and after graduating from high school he joined the marine reserves and later the army, where he learned hand-to-hand combat and jujitsu techniques.

By 1962, after the service, Keehan was teaching at Gene Wyka’s Judo and Karate Center in Brighton Park and made occasional trips to Phoenix, Arizona, to study under Robert Trias, who had opened the first karate school in the U.S. and was head of the United States Karate Association. Training full-time, Keehan quickly earned his second-degree black belt and was appointed the USKA’s midwest representative. In the early 60s dojos were rough, bare-bones joints largely inhabited by cops, ex-soldiers, and assorted other tough guys. (Trias, who died in 1989, was an Arizona highway patrolman who’d studied karate while stationed in the Pacific during World War II.) But Keehan, wanting a bigger audience, began to organize tournaments that emphasized the flashier aspects of the martial arts; he appears on the cover of one tournament program smashing eight rows of bricks with his elbow. He was a savvy publicist, making sure the first event he organized, at the University of Chicago field house on July 28, 1963, got mentioned in the Tribune’s “In the Wake of the News” column.

Keehan’s early tournaments attracted a host of martial-arts luminaries—like Ed Parker, Jhoon Rhee, and a pre-Enter the Dragon Bruce Lee—as well as new students. James Jones, a 66-year-old retiree now living in Hazel Crest, signed on at Keehan’s Rush Street school the day after he attended the U. of C. event. He studied with Keehan for three years and remembers him as an ideal instructor. “John was a person who focused on basics and fundamentals,” he says. “He had excellent form and techniques.” He also says that Keehan was one of the few men who could side kick or punch a brick in half, though at one event it took three strikes and Keehan wound up breaking five bones in his hand. Still, he showed up at the dojo the next day, his hand in a cast.

But Keehan also had an arrogant streak. “John was the type of person who enjoyed attention and being in the limelight,” Jones says. “‘If you’re talking about me, then you know about me.’ I thought that was a weakness: ‘What can I do for myself instead of the art?’” Arthur D. Rapkin, a Milwaukee-area acupuncturist who studied under Keehan from 1965 to 1971, recalls Keehan’s “chronic” arguing with other karate schools. His ideas for tournaments were the biggest problem. Unlike most other teachers, Keehan advocated full-contact matches—no safety equipment, no pulled punches.

“John was six-foot, well built, and looked like a bodybuilder,” says Michael Felkoff, a friend of Keehan’s now living in Las Vegas. “If you messed with him, he was liable to hurt you.”

Introduction to Ninjute Kempo

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 10:19:47 +0100

Introduction to Ninjute Kempo

John M. Guerriero

Back in April 2011 I had spent much of the past 15 years of my life with ever increasing disability. I had tried to train in karate with different style and different instructors in the past. Now fast forward to present day I have now had 2 major surgeries to correct this disability (my left foot) After all these years of trying different martial arts and not being able to really do them well and being very frustrated with what little progress I was making in the overall scheme of things because of the foot issue. Now that the foot was repaired it was time to seek the style I had been interested in all along but coming from a small town I was never able to train in it because no one taught it. Everywhere I looked it was Tae Kwon Do or Tang Soo Do both styles are great for physical conditioning and sport competition however, I was looking for something that due to my foot and the inability to run away from trouble if I got into that type of situation I needed a style that whether if the fight was stand up or on the ground I would be competent in defending myself.

Ironically I moved out of my small town and moved to Richmond, VA and since one of my favorite movies of all time was Bloodsport and the style that used in that movie was Ninjitsu. I decided to Google Richmond, VA Ninjitsu and sure enough I found a dojo and specifically an instructor that taught this style and in fact had created his own style called Ninjute Kempo.

Having trained at several dojos over the years I was very skeptical at first, the typical dojo you simply go about repeating the same movements and move up and down the mat. Like I said its great for conditioning and for competitive sports but I needed something that I could count on if I ever got into a situation where I needed to be able to fight standing up or on the ground. I took part in my first class and was introduced to Grandmaster Kevin Cain. Needless to say, Ive never been the same since. You learn techniques right from the start that the very first class no matter what your physical conditioning is, you learn to use what you have at that moment to defend yourself. Each and every class your presented with real life scenerios and trained on how to use what you have learned and your own attributes to defend yourself.

One of the most privileged parts of this short story is this. Grandmaster Kevin Cain is a personal student of Hanshi Frank W. Dux. That’s right! The man for whom the film “Bloodsport” was based on. Grandmaster Kevin Cain has been personally trained and certified by 10^Th Great Grandmaster Frank W. Dux in Dux Ninjitsu, a style that many professionals the world over consider the best self defense system in the world. So it’s a true honor to be able to train with someone who has trained with Hanshi Dux. I will continue to blog regarding my Ninjute Kempo experience as I’m an avid support of Grandmaster Kevin Cain.

Grandmaster Cain is perhaps the best instructor in the martial arts that I have ever had as well. He takes the time and has incredible patience and makes sure that you have fun in the class as well as absorb the enormous amount of knowledge that he possesses. If you want to learn to learn self-defense at its best and feel part of a family check out rvaninja.com Stay tuned more on the way.

Formula 7

Thu, 28 Apr 2011 15:48:03 +0100

Formula 7

In the 21^st century, one must be able to rapidly and proficiently pull from a matrix of styles to be an effective fighter. To say that one is only a practitioner of jiu-jitsu alone would be to limit ones insight into the kickboxing range. To say that one is only a practitioner of kick boxing, is to ignore the grappling range. Thus, one has created the mixed martial arts game to fill that void. However, to say that one practices mixed martial arts alone is to ignore the weapons range and worse yet, the violence of the street fight. Dux Ryu Cain Family Martial Science (CFMS) or Ninjute Kempo is a matrix of all ranges based off concepts and strategies and the fighting methods of Dux Ryu ninjutsu, jiu-jitsu, empty hand and kempo. This system forms what I consider the void-filling and complete system of defensive and offensive survival skills.

What makes Dux Ryu/CFMS different from other forms of reality based martial arts? Integration makes it different! The integration concept is what creates freedom in Dux Ryu/ CFMS. Integration is built on the concept of matrix travel. It is the quantum leap of techniques. As we travel the matrix from one stratagy and tactic to another, we formulate the correct answer to the problem at hand. Instead of expecting a certain outcome, the Dux Ryu/CFMS practitioner, adapts to the circumstances at hand. Anything other than matrix travel and quantum leaping of the matrix is what I call fight assumptions. Fight assumptions are set techniques or attacks that create set responses. The fight assumptions are nothing more than an illusion. However, if you tap into a limitless combination of basic principles, you are free to actively counter attacks. Much like a boxer or a wrestler, Dux Ryu/CFMS drills the basics of the system. The formulation of success is seven steps in thinking in 3’s. Without this formulation, we would merely have a self defense system, not a martial science. Formula seven is broken down in the following manner:

1. create the unguarded moment

2. attack, attack, attack

3. take down your opponent

4. finish your opponent

5. attack, attack, attack

6. finish your opponent again

7. escape

When performing formula seven, we must also think in combinations of three attacks at a time. It is the chaos principle of continuous movement that executes formula seven while quantum leaping within the matrix. This is a high concept of Dux Ryu/ CFMS. All this must work in conjunction with the OODA loop; otherwise it is a wasteful movement and violates the concept of simple, direct and vicious. The primary axiom is to capture the opponents triangle of force, by using MESH and the angles of evasion, while protecting your own six gates from any one of the twelve angels of attack, thus creating openings in one or more of the opponents gates. When one adheres to this axiom, with the formula seven, matrix travel and the quantum leaping theory one will overwhelm their opponent.

Power Equation

Weight X Mass X Speed = Power. This equation is the basics of all Dux Ryu/CFMS striking principles. This can be explored by looking at the round house kick versus the Muay Thai kick. In the basic round kick, one has no mass behind the kick. It applies the principle of centrifugal force to create speed and a piercing impact. A Muay Thai kick swings with the whole body with weight X mass X speed to create a powerful kick. Keep this in mind when practicing striking or kicking, having the proper body alignment to create this equation is crucial. If one wants a devastating attack while using the basic axiom, formula 7 and the matrix quantum leap principle, then following the power equation only makes sense. Take a look at the power stance and you will see the alignment of the body. The power stance facilitates the structure to apply this equation. In conclusion, in order to call Dux Ryu/CFMS science, we must always build on the empirical, not assumptions. When a theory is disproved, it is disregarded. Only facts are allowed in science and one must always strive to understand the truth and the truth will always be based in function not fashion.

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Mon, 11 Apr 2011 01:42:49 +0100

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Don’t Swat at Flies

Thu, 17 Mar 2011 18:22:28 +0100

Don’t Swat at Flies

The phrase, “Don’t Swat at Flies,” is a mantra I often repeat to my students who make attempts to reach out and block or jam a blow. Reaching out for every blow to try and block it, does nothing more than allow the attacker to gain time and space, thus; closing the reactionary gap. In the end, reaching for the block or jam will inevitably end with you getting hit by your attackers blow. However, if you enter with the iron guard, putting the attacker in close quarters, you will be able to attack the opponent instead of reacting to him. Reaction is always slower than action, thus it is imperative that you deploy the correct strategy and tactics in order to win the engagement. We should expect to take some blows in order to capture the opponent’s triangle of force, but to be disillusioned and believe that we should be able to stop a blow by reaching in and/or blocking and jamming and opponent is a losing proposition. We want to utilize strategies that stack the deck in our favor. This is a stark difference between a genuine and a” mcdojo” ninja gym.

Iron Guard

I recently read an article by a ninja gym representative about jamming. To jam or not to jam, that is the question. The author of the article on jamming states, “to move towards your attacker when he attacks,” at first glance, this seems like a logical counter attack. If one were to use the iron guard then I would be inclined to agree. However, the author leaves himself open for an upper cut. Due to the extended time and space via the laws of physics, when you create distance, as shown by the author, you automatically put space and time between you and the attacker. In doing this, you create a more direct path to an open gate.

The iron guard on the other hand, takes away space, thus closing a wide and direct path to any open gates. The author goes into the center of the body, thus putting himself into the attacker’s triangle of force. When this happens, you must dominate the center line of the attacker. It is much more advantageous to enter with the iron guard, thus naturally jamming the attacker due to elimination of space and time. When utilizing the iron guard, what appears to be a jam or block is really an attack. Shooting the correct angle of evasion which depends on the placement of the outside gate, and using MESH (Mirror, Evasion, Stop, Hit), one will be able to not only jam but also be able to intercept the opponent. When using the iron guard, as opposed to the jam, one covers the missing elements in the techniques presented by the author. Lest we forget that the proper technique for the jam motion is a stunning strike to the neck. If for some reason you encounter a “mcdojo” ninja gym instructor/trainer, who tries the jam on you, remember the upper cut and cut them down to size. Always seek the real deal and not a “mcdojo” ninja gym, where one waters down the authentic teaching of the masters.

DUX Ryu Cain Family NinJuTe Kempo

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My opinion

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 19:24:57 +0100

It is my opinion without having ever met the man, Rick Tew is a modern day snake oil salesman, a common charlatan otherwise he wouldn't be so bold as to be calling others with credentials and verifiable history frauds, said in order to hawk his DVD's and services in magazines, online and anywhere he can make a buck... especially, when he has no legitimate teaching credentials to speak of that I am aware of.

Here is the truth of the matter and what generally goes unsaid. Rick Tew lashes out against Frank Dux because he turned down Tew's bribe of $50,000 to sell Tew an instructor certificate promoting himself above all others. Tew has no instructor certificate in Dux ryu where I earned mine through hard work! His jealousy I was picked over him to enter an instructor course is why he lashes out against me.

That bad behavior and other unethical acts resulted in RICK TEW being thrown out of our system in disgrace and that is why his name doesn't appear in our online registry. He is persona non gratis.

But that doesn't stop TEW from profiting himself by stealing and teaching Frank Dux curriculum, taking credit for hanshi Dux proprietary teachings. Tew claiming a water down version of them as his own. In my opinion, given what I saw in Black belt and Tews DVD's, the teachings are executed with a very poor understanding which is understandable as he failed to complete his training.

If you are parent like me then you recognize lashing out is what anyone can expect from a spoiled child who feels entitled, who doesn't get their way. Well Rick Tew has shown himself to be that kind of child in terms of Martial Arts, while an adult in age in terms of martial arts maturity anyone speaking ill of others as he does is juvenile. It does not reflect the actions of a true Martial Art master, and I might ad that are truly hard to come by. Which Rick claims he is but is not... since humility and respect for others is what true martial art teachers teach AND LEAD OTHERS BY EXAMPLE... Rick Tew talks of this but does he live it... NO... because he really doesn't understand what he is teaching because he never completed his training in Dux ryu,

It is common knowledge for the right price most anyone can buy a black belt and certificate online and teach. If you have the money to advertise you can even manage to get featured in Black Belt magazine... its why you don't see most of the great masters in that rag, except on a rare occasion, since most want nothing to do with the commercialization of martial arts and of course, lend credibility to and support Black Belt magazines racism… Thats right they are selective in who they feature. This was made known by the Amsterdam News, in 2010. Just do a google image search and ask yourself how come there doesn't exist a single Black Man or Woman on the cover after what ...the magazine being fifty years in business.

In my opinion and many others really familiar with ongoing corruption in martial arts this why you wont see articles on people like Hanshi Frank Dux or myself for the same reasons I mentioned.

Think about it, Hanshi Dux sets 16 world records, retires undefeated and has a movie made on his life that is 20 years later still being shown on TV, a cult classic, Bloodsport, that motivates millions to try martial arts but not a single mention appears of him after 1980 with his winning the Kumite, NOT a positive word after the magazine decided to back his business competitor who claims to be solely legitimate when a simple fact check reveals those claims are fraudulent. Fraudulent claims Black belt uses to sell their stars books/DVDS that are contrary to historical fact and the government authorities that can confirm or deny the claims. Consumer fraud that is taking place facilitated by the magazine and people like Tew calling legitimate competitors to them frauds and denying the accused equal opportunity to respond.

My best guess we can expect to see more of TEW of being promoted as some kind of expert…with the sales of more of his DVD's profiting Black Belts owners whether through sales or ads. A magazine the Amsterdam News dare expose as corrupt, whose owners publish the magazine stars DVD's, Books, etc, under different publishing names to conceal their magazines conflict of interest. Again I am no attorney but this what some of us might call a racket or consumer fraud.

Don't look to the federal trade commission to straighten this mess out they don't have the budget or inclination I am told… so its buyer beware and up to us as martial artists to pass the word along. Who knows it might shame them into changing their ways if enough of us stop buying the magazine or DVDs and books of those engaging in trade libel, like Rick Tew.

TEW and others falsely accuse Frank Dux of getting rich off his claims. Here are the real facts you dont hear about!

To learn Dux Ryu you cant go out and buy a DVD you have to prove your character and worthiness, first... just like it was with the Shaolin Temple before communism, who didn't just take anyone... like with the ancient Shaolin this is the same reason why there are so few of us but the whole martial art world knows our name... Dux Ryu... and it certainly isn't from being featured in magazines like Black Belt.

Our name is made known by having real world accomplishments... like Frank Dux teachings becoming a cornerstone in military and police tactics... named a contributing author for US Navy SEAL Specwar manual K431-0097 as listed in US Navy College library as google search reveals and is also made available online as part of court proceedings in the libel and slander case of frank dux vs soldier of fortune magazine. SOF magazine and their swift boat pals from the pownetwork.org, another scam, these valor vultures as they are called by ripoffreport and scamsham, libeled and slandered Frank Dux when Dux was their business competitor and just like Rick TEW does me.

But when you can't compete fairly with others what choice is left him must be his thinking, otherwise he wouldn't be spreading lies and inventing things that didn't happen, with Hanshi Dux or me.

The trade libel TEW carries out against Frank Dux and myself betrays these are the acts of a desperate person who doesn't have the real stuff to back up their claims. Certainly, not when compared to Frank Dux or myself...

In my opinion Rick Tew did this because he is a coward, made confident by the fact he knows from being around Hanshi Dux, Tew knows he doesn't believe in talking ill of others even in his own defense and we follow his example. We who are Dux Ryu have traditionally turned the other cheek and that is why we have kept silent for so long.

But in light of new developments we will no longer be silent. Brought to Hanshi Dux attention a person actually lost their life due to allegedly being mis-trained and misled by RICK TEW... A LIFE LOST!

Think about that... is that reason good enough for us to come forward to answer the false allegations... call Rick Tew out on the carpet as a fraud and intellectually property thief? I happen to think so... and we know you do too, as every martial art teacher has experienced a bad apple who when held accountable doesn't correct the wrong but lashes out and dishonors their teacher trying to sprout seeds that will bare rotten fruit... if it bares fruit at all.

So who is the real Fraud here... not Dux, Not me, but Rick Tew who tried to bribe his way to be properly credentialed?

The reason I believe this is true is because I personal saw the emails Rick Tew sent Hanshi Frank Dux and Hanshi Dux response and was changed by it. Here he is, Hanshi Dux turned $50,000 bribe down to fly across the country and live on my couch in a trailer that had no heat and he asked nothing in return knowing I had nothing to give but my eagerness and hard work, a young man living in a trailer and a baby on the way.

Frank Dux is not some independently wealthy man but he is richer than anyone I met in his martial spirit. Someone who risked our relationship to show me right from wrong, who put me on the path to having a self-fulfilled, loving happy life. Giving of himself, always selflessly, so that I and others may have a skillful livelihood and legacy we can be proud of. A legacy people like Rick Tew would like to tarnish out of spite and jealousy.

I witnessed firsthand Frank Dux is a man of actions not words... it is why I feel inspired to act now to speak out... so please, pass my message along as it is made in the spirit and study of true martial arts, righting injustices that includes erasing harmful lies invented by others trying to climb over others to get ahead, like Rick Tew.

Thank You, This is Kevin Cain.