The focus of the seminar is AIKIJO kata and application to taijutsu.

Ellis Amdur has been training in martial arts for over fifty-five years thirteen years in Japan. He is a shihan (licensed instructor) in two tradition Japanese martial arts: Araki-ryû & Tenshin Bukô-ryû. He also trained, for various periods of time, in: Judo, Muay Thai, BJJ and xingyiquan. In the last decade, he has focused on Arrestling, a mixed martial art for law enforcement, as well as a focus on principle-based training regarding coordination of the body, often referred to as internal strength.

He began training aikido in 1973, with Terry Dobson, Yoshio Kuroiwa and Yasunori Kuwamori, and to this day, he works with various aikido dojo, offering a unique take on the art.

He has specialized in the integration of classical martial traditions into modern life, particularly in the field of crisis intervention, publishing three books on Japanese martial arts, as well as nineteen books, some written with subject-matter-expert co-authors, concerning communication with individuals struggling with serious mental illness and verbal de-escalation of aggression. He has also published four works of fiction, two novels and one graphic novel, within all of which martial arts themes play a major part.

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