Upcoming Dojo Events

June 22, 2008

Japanese Jujutsu Workshop in Muhlenberg KY

We had a great time in Muhlenberg KY this past weekend! Saturday morning was started off with Mr. Noel Flores treating everyone with some fundamental and tactical shooting classes on the WHFRTC military base. Several hours were dedicated to making everyones basics stronger and reinforcing proper technique and it sounded like everyone that attended had a great time. Sunday morning started with some private training of the Kukishin Ryu Hanbo jutsu techniques. We worked on the Chuden (middle level) material as well as the Okuden (deepest level) techniques. We then did 6 tests for the students of the Muhlenberg dojo. Everyone is really coming along down there and the group is continuing to expand. Congrats to everyone that tested! Please train hard to earn what you have. The workshop later that afternoon went really well and everyone was tired toward the end. We worked on some very specific techniques, focusing on the basic points of each and then explored the counters to the techniques we learned. We also worked a variety of shime waza (choking techniques) and the finer points on how to make them work. I want to personally thank everyone that attended and I hope everyone learned something from the training. As usual, Mr. Daniel and Vanessa Rolley were great hosts and the event was ran smoothly. Looking forward to training with everyone again soon!

June 28, 2008

Outdoor Dojo Party

It looks as if we will be having an outdoor dojo celebration on Saturday evening at the Payne family household. The event will start around 6pm and will be filled with good times for everyone. If you have been to one of these parties then you know what to expect and if you haven't you don't want to miss them. Everyone will be asked to bring a food dish for 20 people and your own beverage. We may also have a testing session for current dojo members so be prepared. If you have any questions or need a map please email us at the Yoshin Dojo. Hope to see everyone there!

August 02, 2008

Grappling Workshop with Luiz Palhares

A one day workshop with Rickson Gracie 6th degree blackbelt Luiz Palhares. Our workshops with Mr. Palhares are always great. I am sure this one will be the same. This will be a Saturday evening workshop from 6pm-8pm for 65.00. Don't miss a chance to train with one of the greatest grapplers!

August 8-10, 2008

Midwest Taikai in Dayton Ohio

This is going to be a great event. Everyone should attempt to attend this historic training event. I for one feel honored to be attending this event with so many great people. For more information on the event please visit www.midwesttaikai.org or wwwdaytonbujinkan.com.

Past Events

April 19, 2008

Grappling Workshop with World Champion

The one day workshop with Mr. Luiz Palhares went great. We had a good turnout and the training lasted about 3 hours. Congratulations to everyone that tested and we should be proud to have yet another Blue Belt training with us! Barry Boggs passed his Blue Belt test and will now have to train even harder! The workshop found us defending an attacking from the half guard. Many sweeps and reversals were covered. We enjoyed dinner afterward with Luiz Palhares and some of the participants. Special thanks to the Kentucky Army Guard for providing the facility for us to train.

April 18, 2008

UFC Grappling Night with Youth

Our school was asked to participate in a very unique event. There were approximately 150 young men attending an overnight health event at the local school. The event went smoothly and everyone enjoyed themselves. We were provided a large matted training area and around 150 energetic bodies. We grappled with everyone for about 2 hours. The event lasted from 7:30pm until about 10:30 on Friday April 18th. No need to mention that after the event we were as tired as the young guys! Special thanks to Mr. Todd Erwin from Western Kentucky for assisting me in the event.

March 02, 2008

Jujutsu Workshop in Western Kentucky

The workshop on Sunday March 2 from 1-4pm went well. We had a good warm up session, worked on some basics and then worked on some of the kata of Shinden Fudo Ryu Dakentaijutsu. The theme of the weekend workshop was kaeshi waza (countering techniques). Thanks to everyone that showed up and shared their lives with us. Also thanks to everyones hospitality while in Western Kentucky.

January 11, 2008

Grappling Workshop with Luiz Palhares

Another great workshop was taught by Luiz Palhares. He covered many subtle points about newaza in general as well as some nice nage waza (throwing techniques). Congratulations to everyone that tested. We had dinner afterward at the Cardinal Inn. Everyone that tested looked very good and our dojo can be proud of you guys. Special thanks to the Chuck Shuff, Mike Abell and the US Army for helping us in many ways with our event.

September 15, 2007

Grappling Workshop with Luiz Palhares

Another good workshop taught by Mr. Luiz Palhares. He flew in late Friday night and then we trained on Saturday morning from 11-2 with some additional training before the event. We covered a variety of guard passes and the small details that make them work. We also worked on a variety of throwing and takedown techniques as well. Afterward the group had lunch together and then off to the MMA event in Etown where Mr. Palhares was the guest. The seats in front of the cage were great, thanks Josh! Thanks to everyone for attending the event and congrats to all those that tested.

September 7-9, 2007

Wisconsin Seminars for Hochunk Indian Reservation

Everyone had a great time and we had a good turnout to all 3 seminars in the beautiful state of Wisconsin, Black River Falls. We travelled to the Hochunk Indian Reservation for a series of workshops. We worked on a variety of topics on unarmed martial arts during the training and everyone seemed to have a great time. Mr. Pettibone and Mr. Whiteagle were very kind to us as were many others during our travels with the Hochunk people. Sharing some of the culture with them was great for all of us. The weather was beautiful, campfire and ranch awesome, the night skies and Indian history stories were cool, the buffalo meat and white corn was a delicious treat and the friendship shared was the best part of the trip. Thanks to Daniel Rolley and Ricky Blanton for assisting in the instruction and a special thanks to Dave "Benkei" Payne for handling the logistics and helping out with teaching as well. Thanks again to the families of the Hochunk reservation. I am looking forward to visiting again in November!

August 18, 2007

July 29, 2007

Togakure Ryu Kenjutsu

We had a great turnout and some good training! Thanks to everyone for coming and it appeared that everyone had a good time exploring the sword kata from Togakure Ryu. I am looking forward to training with everyone again soon.

June 16, 2007

Shooting Class with Special Forces

The workshop this past Saturday was great fun and packed with information. I would like to thank Noel Flores and Chuck Shuff for sharing a bunch of material and equipment with us. We started with some warm up drills and basic shooting theories. Afterward we did a number of conceal and carry draws and shooting while in motion. We did some accuracy drills as well as some long range shooting. We then shot some steel targets for speed and timing. The most interesting part of the session was doing car jacking defense and shooting from within and behind a vehicle as well as how to exit in a team while still returning fire. Thanks to Noel Flores for providing/risking his own vehicle for the exercises. Luckily no one shot it up! Overall a great learning experience for everyone involved and I for one am looking forward for the next one. Please check back here for some pics/videos of the event! This is another workshop that really makes our school stand above all the rest! You just can't get this type of training anywhere else.

June 10, 2007

Level 1 Certification Workshop

Well, we made it through 7 hours of training. It was an incredibly long day for everyone. We made it through all of the material from Mukyu to Rokkyu and I am sure everyone slept well that night. We had three new people certify on this first level so congrats to them and thanks to everyone who participated!

May 11, 2007

Luiz Palhares Grappling Workshop

We had another great workshop and covered some interesting material. Everyone seemed to enjoy the training and got a lot out of it. Mr. Palhares has been coming to our school about every 3 months and everyone is benefiting from it greatly. Thanks to everyone for coming!

April 15, 2007

Shinden Fudo Ryu Jutaijutsu Workshop

On Sunday April the 15th from 11-2pm we will be worked on various kata from the samurai school of Shinden Fudo Ryu. We had a good workshop and covered a lot of material from this school. I think everyone liked the advanced throws that we worked on as well. Thanks to everyone for coming!

March 4, 2007

Kukishin Ryu Sojutsu Workshop

The workshop went really well. The techniques were very eye opening for everyone and a new respect was gained for the Yari (spear). Thanks to everyone for participating and I hope that we can do some more spear work in the near future.

February 24, 2007

Grappling workshop with Mr. Luiz Palhares

We would like to thank Mr. Palhares for another great workshop! This was one of the best ones yet! We had a small turnout but some great material was taught. The small details really made the difference. I think everyone got choked enough to feel it the next day. We shouldn't forget the chokes now! Afterward we took Luiz out for dinner at the local Beef O'Brady's. We look forward to our next training session soon.

January 12, 2007

Annual Dojo Christmas/New Years Party

In the words of one of our guests...."Sweet Party"! A great time was had and it was all possible by the people that attended. Special awards went out to Noel Flores, Chuck Shuff, Vince Weis, George Jetter and Daniel Rolley. Thanks to every student and their families for attending and making this another great party! Good training to everyone in the New Year!

January 2, 2007

Traditional 1000 reps training

Another year was celebrated with a training purification. We did a 1000 reps (and some) for our first class of the new year and it felt great. We did bojutsu, kenjutsu, Dakentaijutsu and Jujutsu. A very demanding session but everyone did well. Hopefully everyone that attended is ready to train hard during this new year and that the 1000 repititions has everyone prepared. Ganbatte Kudasai!

December 2, 2006

Grappling workshop with Mr. Luiz Palhares

Well, it was interesting trying to plan this one with the weather and other factors. We ended up having an evening workshop and still had a good turnout. Thanks to everyone for coming on short notice. Mr. Palhares showed a variety of grappling concepts and gave insightful points on the techniques. The participants enjoyed dinner with Mr. Palhares afterward at our local Beef O'Brady's. Sunday was another interesting day of training in E-town at Josh Johnson's school. As always we appreciate Mr. Palhares' time and instruction and look forward to his return.

November 11, 2006

Fundamental Shooting Workshop

Thanks to everyone that attended our fundamental Teppojutsu course. A special thanks to Chuck Shuff and Noel Flores for doing most of the instruction! This was essentially our level one course that we will be adding to our dojo as a more formal shooting curriculum. The session ran about 5 hours so plenty of material was covered. We started with basic safety, shooting positions, grip and other fundamentals which everyone enjoyed. We then covered some other topics such as drawing from holster, conceal and carry draw, 4 directional draw and shoot as well as a variety of other shooting drills. We then worked on advanced accuracy for those ready and the goal was to get 3 shots in an inch pattern in the occular window. Very challenging. We then did scenario based shooting such as having mulitiple targets to address, shooting from a table and a variety of other timed drills. The day of training went very well and everyone learned a great deal about shooting and firearms self defense. We will be looking forward to doing another workshop in the near future. Special thanks to the staff of Knob Creek Gun Range for providing us the private range for our group training!

October 15, 2006

KUKISHINDEN RYU KENJUTSU

We had a great turnout for the sword workshop. We worked through several of the Kukishinden Happo Biken sword kata and their applications. Good training overall and even after over 4 hours of training everyone was surprized that this much time had passed! All participants were given a Japanese certificate of attendance. Looking forward to the next one.

September 22, 2006

Formal Testing and Dojo Party

A great evening and some really good tests! I was very pleased to see everyone at the party. A nice surprize to see some old and new faces show up and celebrate with us. Congratulations to everyone who received promotions. As always some great stories were told and more added to them as well. The Kevlar and Redman suit training after the party was very interesting! Another great Natsu Maturi (Summer Party)!

August 12, 2006

Grappling Workshop with Mr. Luiz Palhares

Thanks to everyone for attending and a special thanks to Mr. Palhares for coming out to our school! We started the weekend Friday evening with Mr. Palhares flying into Louisville. Then early Saturday morning we had some private training and a special testing session for members of our school. The workshop was from 12-2 and we covered a lot of material. Afterward, it was lunch, drinks and a night on the town. The next morning we went to E-Town where Mr. Palhares taught another workshop at Josh Johnson's school. Another great day of training and testing there as well! I got Mr. Palhares to the airport just in time for his flight from E-Town. Thanks to everyone for making this another great event! Don't miss the next one!

June 24, 2006

SPECIAL TAKI GYO TRAINING

A good size group all met at the dojo early and did a short 30 minute sword basics training session. We then traveled to a nearby waterfall where we first did 1000 cuts and then challenged the cold waterfall. Everyone did well during the intense training. Afterward we had lunch together and then did about an hour of heavy endurance grappling at the dojo. Later that evening some of us met up again for the season finale of The Ultimate Fighter TV show. Good training everyone! Ganbatte Kudasai!

March 20, 2006

Special demonstration for Asian Cultural Day

Thanks to everyone that attended our demonstration at the JB Speed Art Museum for Asian Cultural Day. The event hosted a variety of demonstrations which were very interesting to watch. The University of Louisville Tae Kwon Do team performed as well as the Greater Louisville Japanese Society Sunday school Children. They performed some traditional Japanese song and dance. Our demonstration went well and I would like to thank all the students for performing.

February 06, 2006

Special training session with Dayton Ohio Blackbelt Jeff Fuller

Everyone really missed out on some good training with Mr. Jeff Fuller. Jeff is a black belt from the Dayton Bujinkan Dojo and had just returned from Japan training with Hatsumi sensei and others. We had a good time exploring the kata of Shinden Fudo Ryu. We hope that we can get Mr. Fuller down again in the future. Thanks Jeff!

February 04, 2006

GRACIE JIUJITSU WORKSHOP WITH MASTER LUIZ PALHARES

The focus on the training was escaping from an opponents dominat position. Some great insight into the nuances of escaping without using strength. Thanks to Mr. Palhares for taking the time out of his busy schedule to teach at our dojo. We look forward to his next trip.

January 2, 2006

TAKI GYO, "The Waterfall Challenge"!

Several members of the dojo took the trek to Tioga Falls in Jefferson County Kentucky for a traditional Japanese empowerment. The members stood boldly under the waterfall to challenge themselves to the frigid water. An interesting event to say the least with some good stories!

December 17, 2005

The morning after workshop!

After scraping ourselves up off of the mat the training started. We did some interesting drills with the hanbo working with striking methods as well as a variety of grappling skills. A special thanks to our long time friend and guest instructor Vince Weis! We hope that he will be down with us a whole lot more in the future. Thanks to everyone that made it the next day!

December 16, 2005

The Annual Dojo Christmas Party!

An overall great time! The tests were good and the company even better. Only a few injuries at the end of the night doing dive rolls over tables and wrestling sheep but other than that a good time. It is always nice to share the quality time with friends and family. Lets everyone know what we are really all about!

October 24, 2005

Special Gracie Jujutsu Workshop with 6th degree black belt Luiz Palhares!

Our dojo is hosting a special event with Master Luiz Palhares in Gracie Jujutsu. Mr. Palhares is a 6th degree blackbelt under Rickson Gracie and will share with us some techniques from his system. The event will run from 7pm until 9pm and is limited in number of participants. The cost for the event is only 30.00!!! We hope to see everyone there.

September 21, 2005

PRIVATE TRAINING WITH MASTER MANAKA FROM JAPAN

The private training with Manaka sensei was great! It was a one of a kind opportunity to learn the basics of Takagi Yoshin Ryu Jujutsu from a very experienced teacher for the members of our dojo.

September 21, 2005

Grappling workshop with Mr. Renato Tavares

Thanks to everyone for attending the no Gi workshop! We had a great time and Mr. Renato Tavares was very kind to everyone. Mr. Tavares is a long time student and competitor of jujutsu from Brazil.

September 17, 2005

DOJO TESTING AND PARTY

Everyone did great at the last testing. This is one of the best testing nights we have had in some time now. Everyone is doing great and it showed in the demonstrations. Thanks to everyone for coming and keep in mind we will be doing it again soon with our annual Christmas party!

September 10, 2005

GRACIE JIUJITSU WORKSHOP WITH MASTER LUIZ PALHARES

This was a great workshop put on by Mr. Palhares. We did a variety of takedowns along with techniques once we were on the ground. The simplicity of Mr. Palhares technique is what makes it so effective! I would like to personally think Mr. Palhares and everyone that attended. We hope to have many of these workshops in the future. Looking forward to working with everyone again soon!

June 25, 2005

MOVIE NIGHT AT THE DOJO

This is a special event for all dojo members and friends. Dave "Inflicts" Payne is organizing a movie night at the dojo this Saturday. We will be watching older Japanese Samurai or Ninja movies. The choices at this point are Shinobi No Mono or the Seven Samurai. Feel free to dress casual and bring your own snacks and beverages! The event is FREE and will start around 7pm. Please join us for some relaxed fun and a good movie. Hope to see everyone there!

June 18, 2005

Thanks to everyone for attending our workshop. It was a nice turnout and a good training session. We discussed the history of the school, explored kihon and kata from the various levels as well as some of their applications. We hope that everyone has a better understanding of this Ryu after the workshop.

June 8, 2005

GRACIE JIUJITSU CLASSES

We will now be adding formal Gracie Jujutsu classes at our school. The classes will start Wednesday June 8th from 7 until 9pm. Under the authority of Mr. Luiz Palhares, Mr. Josh Johnson will be leading the classes at Achieve! Martial Arts. This is a great opportunity for anyone to get in early for some great training. Mr. Johnson has a vast amount of experience with the Gracie family and is now a brown belt in the system. If you enjoy grappling now is the chance to experience great training in a professional atmosphere! We will also continue having Master Luiz Palhares (6th degree black belt) in every 3 months to monitor our group. Classes will fill up quickly so please register soon! If you haven't been in to visit with us please do so as it costs you nothing..

June 4, 2005

Once again a small turnout so private lessons for all. I think everyone grew a couple of inches after being choked so many times but the training was great. Some really interesting material was covered including the essence of some basics along with some very advanced techniques. We would like to thank Mr. Palhares for his excellent instruction once again!

March 12, 2005

We would like to thank everyone for attending the workshop. The turnout was small so it was like private lessons for the group there. The material and teaching method of Mr. Palhares was awesome as always. A lot of great information about the nuances of the techniques was shared. Thanks to Mr. Palhares for his kindness and insight. We will be adding some photos soon.

February 18, 2005

The original Christmas Party was cancelled due to snow and ice storms. We delayed it until Friday, February 18th. We had a great turnout to the event with some old faces from the past. Our good friend Vince Weis made it down from Dayton Ohio for the event and sat on the testing panel for the students performing. We had an excellent night with many wonderful demonstrations. Several people tested and several people doing embu were awarded due to the exceptional performance they presented. A special thanks to everyone that doesn't train for attending. I hope everyone had a great time and congratulations to everyone who tested!

January 4, 2005

We had our traditional 1000 reps for the first class of the New Year. We focused on Hanbo this year and I am sure everyone went away with a great experience in addition to some sore muscles. Hopefully everyone in attendance enjoyed the purification training.

NOVEMBER 13, 2004

The workshop went really well for everyone. It was a long day of good training. A variety of throws were covered as well as the general concepts that it takes to disrupt the opponent's balance. Thanks to everyone for attending.

August 28, 2004

On this Saturday from 10:30am until 3pm we will review various kata from the Takagi Yoshin Ryu Jujutsu. We will also have a short session dedicated to the history of this ryu and its relationship to other ryu. A wide variety of material will be covered in this special workshop but it will be presented so that everyone, regardless of background will benefit. Please contact us for more details by clicking on the above link or emailing us at dojocho@yoshindojo.com. We hope to see you there!

July 10, 2004

On this Saturday from 10 am to 2pm we will be holding a special workshop at our school. We will explore the first three formal license levels of our system (Mukyu, 9th kyu, 8th kyu). The workshop is for anyone wanting to better understand martial training while creating a foundation of self protection skills. A wide variety of material will be covered in this special workshop but it will be presented so that everyone, regardless of background will benefit. Please contact us for more details at dojocho@yoshindojo.com. We hope to see you there!

June 23, 2004

We would like to invite everyone out to our dojo for a FREE Yoga class offered by Yoga East. We will be having a FREE one hour session on Wednesday starting at 9:30am. We will also soon be offering weekly classes at our school. If you are interested please contact our martial arts school or go to www.yogaeast.org and check out their website. You can contact their Holiday Manor branch for more details about the upcoming classes that will be offered.

April 24, 2004

We will be holding a Women's self protection/awareness workshop on Saturday, April 24 from 10am until 1pm. The focus of the workshop will cover how to deal with standing attacks. We will also be discussing how to keep yourself safe by staying aware of your surroundings and knowing what to watch for in the streets. Completion of the course will include applying the attacks against an opponent in a special protective suit so that the participants may better understand what happens while under stress. This training opportunity is limited to 30 participants. We hope that you will join us for this special event. Contact us for more details.

March 24-29, 2004

We all had a great time in the islands both training and relaxing. We met some very nice people from around the world during our stay and hope that the ties continue to grow with all of them. The training workshop with the Cayman police and their special response unit went really well and we would like to thank them for their kindness. I, for one, am looking forward to seeing everyone again real soon! For more information about training opportunities in the Cayman Islands check out the link for the Cayman Budo Club.

March 20, 2004

Annual Dojo Party! The party went quite well with a good showing of some old and new faces. We did some skill review demonstrations along with some great food and fun contributed by all. I am sure everyone is looking forward to doing it all again! Congratulations to all of those that passed their test!

February 22, 2004

We had our first dojo birthday party for some of the younger kids in the community. The event went really well with an all around martial arts theme. Some of our dojo members also did a short demo which everyone really liked. Special thanks to Pizza Magia for thier help and to everyone for attending! Happy Birthday to Tavian Dones!!!

February 1, 2004

Our new training location is open. Surf this website to find out the address and class times. We hope you will be joining us for some training soon!

August 9, 2003

Kukishin Ryu Jojutsu was taught by guest instructor Paul Richardson from England. We covered Kamae, kihon and kata during the workshop. Thanks to all for attending!

May 31, 2003