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	To pause the background music please click the pause button on the small quicktime box above. www.manabi-masho.com is owned and operated by Master/Shidoshi-Ho Mark Murdock updated on April 18, 2008 If you have an old page please type in www.manabi-masho.com to get most recent page. Please scroll down the page for pictures and general information about Southern School of Martial arts in Angier, NC First Class Free! May Beginner Special: First month $49.00 and a Free uniform! Save up to $70.00, Expires 05/31/08 The videos below are videos of the 2003 and 2002 World Head of Family Sokeship Council Hall of Fame and Seminar event, demonstrating Manabi-Masho and Bujinkan Ninjutsu. In the second set of videos a brief video clip of a multiple attack defense senerio, a knife disarm during the Manabi-Masho class. Thank you for visiting the Southern School of Martial Arts homepage. To contact us please email us @ manabi-masho.nc@embarqmail.com This webpage represents Manabi-Masho Jujitsu, "Shojiki-Ryu" our school's version of Manabi-Masho Jujitsu. It's still technically the same martial art, but with some of our own creations added to it. This includes some technique variations of Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu (Ninjutsu) and several techniques from other styles that I have learned throughout my nearly 23 years in the martial arts. At SSMA/REBD we don't require long and expensive contracts to enroll in Manabi-Masho Jujitsu, Kobushi-Do or Bujinkan Ninjutsu. We happily accept month to month enrollment in all three of our programs. We don't require the usual 1 to 3 year contract that may rob you of your hard earn cash like many other schools require. At SSMA or REBD you only pay by the month. If you're not happy with the training or the school, your not stuck with continuous monthly payments legally due from a contract. At SSMA/REBD we do have a six month special on occassion. It's for beginners and only six months long. It's a very reasonable special. At SSMA/REBD we don't win trophies, we win lives. We teach realistic and practical life saving self defense. There's no hard to learn katas or forms, no kicking above your head or jumping 6 feet in the air to break a board. As always we teach in a natural free flow and free style way. Anyone, regardless of size, age or physical condition can learn to defend themself at SSMA and REBD. Please come with an open mind and leave any ego that may be present at home. "As always, take what you want and leave what you don't want". Thank you, Master/Shidoshi-Ho Mark Murdock Please donate to the American Red Cross or charity of your choice. Thank You, Master/Shidoshi-Ho Mark Murdock I offer various classes for Police Officers, Paramedics, Firefighters and other health care workers. I have several time slots open for private instruction, also I'm available to teach various Self Defense workshop for the general public. I can teach schools, church groups or business groups. My group training rates are very reasonable and I have discounts for Police, Military, Fire and EMS groups. For more information please email manabi-masho.nc@embarqmail.com or call 919-753-7964. I'm always available to teach various companies and the general public, very practical, easy and effective self defense. I will lower the rates per person for larger groups. Please use the email or the phone number above for more information or to schedule a class or private sessions. I'm available to travel to your location, or location of your choice. What does our logo stand for? It stands for the following: Honesty, Respect, Honor and Integrity. These four aspects are the very foundation of our schools, both SSMA and REBD. These four aspects are what our school was founded on. We have always, and we will always continue to follow these important aspects in our schools, our training and our lives. Dishonesty, disrespect, stealing, arogance and aggression are all signs of weakness. We train to better ourselves, our community and the world. In my opinion this is a sign of great strength. This makes a true warrior out of a person, even if they don't train in martial arts. Master/Shidoshi-Ho Mark Murdock Southern School of Martial Arts and Rivers Edge Bujinkan Dojo School Motto: *Honesty* Always be honest to everyone you meet. Children, it's very important to be honest to your parents, teachers and especially yourself. If you're the parent, be honest to your children and your parents too. All students should be honest and respectful to everyone. Always be honest and respectful to your teachers, without them you would have no knowledge. Students always be honest to yourself as well as others. Don't lie or steal. It's much easier to tell the truth once than tell a lie over and over to cover for another lie. Stealing is just as dishonest as telling a lie, don't take what is not offered. Students, don't bad mouth, use foul language or use dishonest words to your parents or your teachers. Be truthful to all people. Do not speak dishonest and disresectful words to others about your Sensei, other students or people outside the dojo for your finacial or selfish gain. Being dishonest and disrespectful will destroy your credibility and eventually your soul. Always tell the truth and never lie. Keep a true heart. *Respect* Always show respect to everyone you meet. Be very respectful to your parents. If your a parent be respectful to your children, and your parents too. Always respect your teacher. This means any teacher. This is the person that gives you your knowledge. Without teachers you wouldn't have the knowledge you need. Respect the people that are your family and friends, they are the people who support and help you. Respect yourself, as you would others. Never be disrespectful to others. Always be willing to appologize if you are disrespectful to someone. Be willing to accept an appology if someone has been disrespectful to you. Always be forgiving and always show respect. "Give respect, earn respect". This will carry over to your everyday life. Be respectful, you'll be well liked and respected by everyone. *Honor* Students always honor your parents, your elders, your children and your teachers. You will be honored by many for these actions. Do not dishonor yourself. Stand tall and stand up for what you believe in. Be committed to everything you do. Honor those who help you, support you and give you knowledge. True honor comes from the heart. This is one aspect that developes a martial artist with strong heart and soul. *IntegrityAlways be comitted to being fair and responsible. Be willing to appologize and forgive. Never hold a grudge or hold onto anger. This is very unhealthy for your spirit, mind and your body. Always keep your word. Have a word of gold. Always follow through and be comitted to what you say. Always be willing to give, share and be kind and understanding to everyone. Never lie, steal, be selfish, boast or hurt others for your personal satisfaction or your finacial gain. This is a sign of pure weakness, evil and negitivity. This will destroy a martial artist or a normal person by making him or her weak and untrustworthy. It will eventually lead to the destruction of everything in your life. Always have a positive attitude and a strong personal integrity. This is an aspect that makes a martial artist strong, trusted and respected. We Teach Specialized Self Defense:* Manabi-Masho Jujitsu "The Working Way" and Shojiki-Ryu "Honest-Intergrity School" our schools version of MMJ and it is also our school motto. In addition to Manabi-Masho Jujitsu we teach Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu "Ninjutsu", Aikido, Judo and Kobushi-Do "The Little Warrior Way" our S.S.M.A. children's art. We also teach selected techniques from Karate, "Eskrima Martial Arts" and JKD "Jeet Kun Do". Our Martial Arts, "Manabi-Masho Jujitsu" and "Shojiki-Ryu" are blended to create a superior and more effective self defense system. The Manabi-Masho Jujitsu system is always evolving with new variations and creations from Soke Casarez, myself and the other master black belts in the Manabi-Masho Jujitsu system. However the basics are always taught over and over so a student can master them. It's important for a martial art to evolve and not become stagnant. The world is ever changing and evolving. It's important for your martial art to keep up with the changes. Some of the old battlefield techniques of ancient Japan that were effective in the past may not be as effective in modern times. I'm currently blending the martial arts styles that I have black belts in, and then adding and mixing many other techniques from many other styles into my "Shojiki-Ryu" Manabi-Masho Jujitsu style. I have "nearly" 23 years in the martial arts and I have a lot of experience and knowledge in several other styles. I'm hoping to make "Shojiki-Ryu" Manabi-Masho Jujitsu into a more dynamic system than it already is with various striking, "standing and ground" grappling, various weapons techniques and disarms, free flowing and free style technique to technique defenses from random and surprise attacks. Techniques taught at our school are practiced at a slow to medium speed and in a light to medium contact for the beginner student. This is due to the realism of the techniques. At full speed many of these techniques can cause serious injury to an untrained and unconditioned beginning student. This is why we practice at a slower speed and at a lighter force for beginners. As the student progresses up in rank they will be using more speed and more contact with their technique. High ranking Brown belts through 1st Degree Black belts "and beyond" will be using more of a moderate to full contact with higher speeds "with control of course" using randori or a "controlled spar" to avoid serious injury to their training partner. As always the student has the choice to do only what they are comfortable with. If the student feels that a specific technique or excercise is too streneous or too difficult they will not be required to do that technique or excercise. They do only what they're comfortable with. The techniques of Manabi-Masho Jujitsu and Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu "Ninjutsu" involve escapes from various grabs and holds, various joint locks, throws and some types of chokes, as well as damaging strikes to the organs and bones. Students will also learn pressure points on the body and the throat. "Leathal or crippling techniques are not taught to children or any adult under brown belt level". Higher-ranking students learn a "flow" of techniques using defensive counters for various attacks, such as punches and grabs, guns and knives, sticks and other types of assaults. *For more information about Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu Ninjutsu please see the Bujinkan page. Manabi-Masho Jujitsu is great for the normal person whether they are male or female, fit or unfit, big or small or at any age. It doesn't matter who you are, you can learn how to effectively defend yourself without all the competition and tounaments and hard to learn forms and katas of other sport oriented arts. Manabi-Masho Jujitsu uses free flow techniques that are realistic and natural to use. This is unlike the rigid katas of other styles. Manabi-Masho is taught in a natural and easy to learn format. This is more interesting and entertaining for the student. Most students learn more when their training is interesting and also when they have fun while they're training. For persons with physical and or mild mental limitations we offer a special approach for their training. We're able to teach in a modified approach and we usally can work around most mild mental and physical limitations and disabilites. We're able to specially modify our training to cater to those persons. Just because you have a limitation doesn't mean you can't earn a belt rank in our system. The following is a quote from Master/Shidoshi-Ho Mark Murdock about training in Manabi-Masho:* The goal of Manabi-Masho is life preservation. Manabi-Masho translates as the "Working Way" - this is because the techniques really work in a real world situation. We do not train to compete in tournaments or do any kind of competition sparring. Manabi-Masho is not a competition sport, it is strictly a specialized self defense style. Our goal is to teach our students to stay alive in a dangerous attack. In our martial arts systems, "Shojiki-Ryu, Manabi-Masho Jujitsu and Bujinkan Ninjutsu" we attempt to place some realism into the training. When someone is trying to hurt or kill you, points do not matter. When you are confronted by an attacker, it's unlikely that you'll be in an air-conditioned building, with protective padding. More likely, you'll be opening the door to your car on a hot day in a parking lot, maybe in shorts and a t-shirt. There may be broken glass or gravel on the ground. Your attacker may have a weapon or may have "his buddies" waiting to jump in. The skills taught in Manabi-Masho are tailored for this kind of self defense. We're not a tournament-style fighting system where your all padded up in an air-conditioned bulding sparring while someone is scoring your performance. We train for the real world. During our training if we do use full contact, we always use mats and protective equipment for saftey. Only highly skilled students with higher ranking belts will permitted to train full contact without protective equipment. When we train outdoors there's usally no padding and usally no protective equipment. This is more of a real life kind of training, which is more realistic. When we have outdoor training sessions safety is the most important aspects during our training. These classes are a big hit with our students, everyone has a lot of fun during the outdoor classes. The styles blended to create Manabi-Masho allow for a dynamic style of defense. There is no counter number three for attack number five. In the real world an attack happends in random and in no pattern. Manabi-Masho Jujitsu trains the student to deal with a random attack while using a random type of defense. The Manabi-Masho Jujitsu style simply provides a real world solution to a real world type of aggression. Training in Manabi-Masho is often conducted in environments outside of the dojo. We train this way in order to increase the realism and to condition a student for these possibilities. Training is conducted indoors, outdoors, in the woods, possibly on concrete or paved areas, and sometimes during the summer months in the water. In the end, the art of Manabi-Masho Jujitsu will always stand by it's motto: *No Tounaments, No Trophies, You Win Your Life!* Southern School of Martial Arts and Rivers Edge Bujinkan Dojo is in the Angier/Mcgee's Crossroads area, NC. Master/Shidoshi-Ho Mark Murdock has 23 years of experience in the martial arts. Master/Shidoshi-Ho Mark Murdock is a 23 year veteran student of Soke John Casarez and a 23 year veteran student of the Manabi-Masho Jujitsu System. Master/Shidoshi-Ho Mark Murdock is also a eleven year veteran student in Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu, Ninjutsu formally under Shihan Richard Van Donk 15th Dan Ninjutsu, ABD Bushindo, now under Ed Martin 15th Dan Ninjutsu. Master/Shidoshi-Ho Mark Murdock is a 7th Degree Black Belt in Manabi-Masho Jujitsu and the founder of North Carolina Manabi-Masho Jujitsu and the Shojiki-Ryu, "Southern School of Martial Arts school's version" of Manabi-Masho Jujitsu. Master/Shidoshi-Ho Mark Murdock has been teaching Manabi-Masho Jujitsu in North Carolina for over 13 years now. Master Mark Murdock is now accepting beginning and experienced students. We welcome students of the past, present, and future. We welcome all martial artist from other styles to come and train with us. We are willing to share our ideals and techinques without any ego, we have nothing to prove, only to share. We are a small group with a small family like atmosphere with a lot of one on one instruction from Master/Shidoshi-Ho Mark Murdock and two other black belt assistant instructors. We're not a commercial martial arts studio. I have the dojo in a large garage at my residence. This keeps the tuition costs down. We may open a commercial school in the Angier, McGee's Crossroads or Cleveland/Exit 312 area in the future. At the present time we are a small school that is located next to my home. Our students have a semi-private like training atmosphere. This is how martial artists train in Japan. They and a few others go to the teachers home "dojo" to train. The more one on one training that you have the better your technique will be and the better your martial arts will be. When we open a commercial school the student will still have the same one on one instruction. We also have two qualified assistant instructors. For more information or to enroll please email manabi-masho.nc@embarqmail.com or call 919-753-7964 We welcome you to join our dojo and our martial arts family. Regular Tuition for new and current students is only $6.87 per hour, totals out at $55.00 paid monthly. Students who enrolled during a 2007 school special will pay that amount until May 08 when all 2007 specials expire. Train in one additional art, Ninjutsu/Jujitsu or Kobushi-Do for only $4.37 per hr. Totals out to $35.00 per month in addition to the regular $55.00. Family Discounts below, Family of two or three take $5.00 per family member. Family of four or more take $10.00 off per family member. Private Tutoring $60.00 per hour. Police, Military, Fire and Paramedic's get a $15.00 discount per hour. *Pictured above: Eskrima techniques at a recent Manabi-Masho class* *A recent class.* Thank you for visiting our website please let us know if it was helpful. I hope you found all the information you were looking for, if not please call 919-753-7964 for more information. If there's anyway we can improve our website please email us with any suggestions you may have. Thank you for your comments and your continued support, Master/Shidoshi-Ho Mark Murdock Private tutoring available, please call for rates. I'll to travel to your location if you request, milage fee's apply. I still have a few private slots available. To enroll and to schedule or for rates please call 919-753-7964 Thanks, Master/Shidoshi-Ho Mark Murdock \| Return Home \| Southern School of Martial Arts - Angier, NC. \| Tri-City School of Martial Arts - Chesapeake, OH. \| Rivers Edge Bujinkan Dojo - Angier, NC. \| S.S.M.A. and R.E.B.D. News and Monthly Schedule \| SSMA's Children's Kobushi-Do, Angier, NC. \| Manabi-Masho Jujitsu Instructors \| Manabi-Masho Memorial Page \| Links Page \| School Contact Page \| Dragons on Fire Vinyl Signs \|