Welcome to the A.C.W.A.

The Academy of Combative Warrior Arts (A.C.W.A.) is a nonsport, reality based, training academy. Our charter is to provide training in advanced instinctual self defense & personal protection concepts. We concern ourselves only with reality and the understanding of what actually happens during a violent encounter (and not just what works in the dojo). Students will explore real life factors such as: fear reactivity, predator vs. prey mindset, situational awareness, improvised weapons, flinch response and multiple attacker situations, etc. We use real resistant opponents to validate our concepts and scenarios.

"Not just reality based training, but training based in reality."

We are not a conglomeration of arts or a collection of techniques, but rather a unification of truths and concepts. As you study various arts, you start to see the common threads that connect seemingly disconnected styles. Understanding of these core concepts allows one to throw off the conventional limitations that can obstruct our understanding. If we have tunnel vision and only work on classical techniques, we stop looking forward, we stop evolving. Techniques are necessary, but are only part of the process, they are only a starting point, not the destination...

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Topics of Study

1) Instinct - Understanding ourselves and our true nature 2) Self Defense - Dealing with armed and unarmed attacks 3) Multiple Attackers - As it's a reality of today's society 4) Counter Grappling - Learn to neutralize gound attacks 5) Striking - Punches, knees, elbows, low line kicks, etc. 6) Weapons - Improvised/Urban and Classical programs 7) Conditioning - Flexibility, cardio and toning drills 8) Disarms - Dealing with a weapon wielding attacker 9) Motion - The study of human biomechanical principles 10) Special Classes - Classes will be offered on a broad range of special interest topics

 

A No Nonsense Approach - Our goal is to equip our students with the tools necessary to allow them to persevere under any circumstances. Under stress, we tend to fall back on our basics, loosing fine motor skills to more gross movements.  We understand this and teach a natural way of moving that does not concentrate on "attributes" (such as how high can I kick), but more on the ability to utilize motion and energy in a way that provides us with solutions to problems that would otherwise not be available. The student will come to understand power doesn't come from the technique, but from the principles and physics that the technique manifests. The consistent creation and application of physics in your movement is what must be learned. The core concept here is the use of power by virtue of position, something that's free for us all to use if we only understand the mechanics to do so.

 

         ADAPT • EVOLVE • TRANSCEND ^TM