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For information on Manabi-Masho Ju-Jitsu at Southern School of Martial Art in McGee's Crossroads, NC. please click the Southern School of Martial Arts home page. For information on Ninjutsu at Rivers Edge Bujinkan Dojo please click on the Rivers Edge Bujinkan Dojo page. For Southern School of Martial Arts and Rivers Edge Bujinkan Dojo class calendar, schedule and pricing please click SSMA/REBD Monthly Schedule and News page.

For information on class dates and times at the Tri-City School of Martial Arts in Chesapeake, Ohio please click on the Tri-City School of Martial Arts Home page.

Welcome to the Manabi-Masho Ju-Jitsu Federation Homepage.  This website reresents the Manabi-Masho Ju-Jitsu Federation, Soke Casarez's Tri-City School of Martial Arts, Shihan Mark Murdock's Southern School of Martial Arts and Rivers Edge Bujinkan Dojo.(please see the links at top of the page).  We appreciate your interest in our martial art system.  Manabi-Masho Ju-Jitsu was created by Grandmaster John H. Casarez in 1968. It was internationally recognized by the WHFSC in 1993, Manabi-Masho Ju-Jitsu is currently taught in Ohio, North Carolina, Kentucky and West Virginia.  Manabi-Masho Ju-Jitsu is as truly dynamic as is the founder, Grandmaster John H. Casarez.  He has over 60 years in martial arts.  He's a living legend that is admired and respected by all.   Shihan Mark Murdock (7th Dan), Grandmaster Casarez's higest ranking Master has nearly 30 years in martial arts. He founded both North Carolina Manabi-Masho Ju-Jitsu and the Southern School of Martial Arts in North Carolina in early 1994 and brought Manabi-Masho to North Carolina. SSMA is the only official school of Manabi-Masho Ju-Jitsu in North Carolina, located between Angier and Smithfield in the McGee's Crossroads (I-40/Exit 319) area.

Manabi-Masho has a heavy Ju-Jitsu base with the best techniques of Aikido, Judo, Karate, Eskrima, Ninjutsu and weapons blended to create a specialized reality based mixed martial art, (this is not the typical MMA). You will learn a harmony of technique and flow that is unique and effective.  In our art we teach both standing and ground grappling, various arm bar and wrist locking techniques, close quarter striking, kicking and combative techniques, weapon disarms from standing and from the ground, various throwing and take down techniques. Manabi-Masho is not a sport martial art. It's a realistic self defense art. However, many of the techniques can be use in sport if modified.

As Grandmaster Casarez says, "We don’t win trophies, we win lives!"  We teach realistic and practical life saving self-defense from a blend of real martial arts; most anyone, regardless of age or physical condition, can learn to defend themselves through Manabi-Masho Ju-Jitsu.  We offer a modified approach to those with limitations, so please contact us for more information.  When you choose to train in Manabi-Masho, you will become a respected part of our martial arts family and will also enjoy improvements in coordination, self-confidence, self discipline, physical fitness level and endurance.  We welcome you to come try a week for free with no obligations!

For training in Southern Ohio, please call Grandmaster Casarez at 740-867-8000.  He also offers private sessions and seminars, but due to his demanding schedule, you must book early!

For training in East Central North Carolina, please call Shihan Mark Murdock at 919-753-7964.  Shihan Mark Murdock also offers private sessions and seminars, at your location or at our dojo. 

Grandmaster John Casarez and Shihan Mark Murdock are both members of the World Head of Family Sokeship Council. The worlds most prestigious Grandmaster and Master council. For a direct link to the website please click on the banner below.