Workouts Schedule: Empower Yourself! Adults, Youths, and Young Dragons Programs to fit your needs!
Seibukan Jujutsu of Salinas offers three programs that cater to different age range students, all taught by our Dojo-Cho (Head Instructor) Marcus Thornton, Menkyo Kaiden Shihan. All coursework for the Seibukan Jujutsu member schools are certified and approved by Julio Toribio, Kancho; founder and Head of the International Seibukan Jujutsu Association (ISJA).
Adult Program (12+) Workouts: Wednesdays 7-9PM & Saturdays & Sundays 3:30-5:30PM
The adult program in Seibukan Jujutsu is geared higher than the Youth or Young Dragons programs, and the minimum age accordingly is 12. The adult program is the full Seibukan Jujutsu curriculum as part of the ISJA. Our curriculum includes empty hand and weapon based self defense as well as drills and exercises designed to develop skill sets for recognizing and responding to various strikes, grabs, locks/holds, and multiple attackers. Students will be introduced to a range of traditional and non traditional weapons as part of our curriculum.
We stress application of techniques progressing from initial learning phase of slow, correct, deliberate actions and increasing the speed and intensity up to as close to street speed as possible once the student develops the requisite skill level. Learning to protect yourself through developing skills to safely fall and roll helps in daily life should you lose your footing – imagine walking down the sidewalk and accidentally tripping over uneven pavement, but being able to simply use the momentum and roll out of the situation instead of impacting the cement!
Youth Program (8-12) Workouts: Saturday & Sunday 1:30-3PM
The youth program is for older children that can handle material delivered at a more advanced pace than the Young Dragons program, for youths 8-12 years old. The curriculum is based on the Adult coursework, with less material per level of study and an age appropriate level breakdown to encourage the student to learn and progress at a pace that rewards their effort and balances the workload with what they are already learning in school and at home.
We focus heavily on helping our youths to learn communication skills and take accountability for their own decisions and behaviors. It is equally important for our young adolescent students to learn responsibility and how to set solid goals in life as it is for them to learn their material for the dojo.
Young Dragons (5-7) Workouts: Saturday & Sunday 12:00-1PM
The Young Dragons are Seibukan Jujutsu black belts of the future. The Young Dragons focus on building positive interaction skills with classmates, listening skills and demonstrating behavioral development to help them become great students in life as well as on the mats. We empower our Young Dragons with a strong grasp of what is appropriate use of their Art in self defense, and the importance of understanding when is the right time to use their skills.
The Young Dragons curriculum is restructured from the Adult curriculum into several more levels with less material per level overall. This gives our Young Dragons age appropriate goals for their Seibukan Jujutsu training and empowers them with rewards for their hard work.