First Response Protection Training

"The Natural Way of Self Defense": an entirely new approach to personal protection —without competition, without sport.

Self Defense training is the main emphasis in John Ottenberg's classes. But we conduct classes in a very different manner from most schools. The enviornment is non-competitive, relaxed and well-paced.

We use little classical stance work and "posed" postures. But we don't abandon the PRINCIPLES embodied in these moves. We use all the knowledge of classical martial arts to create a fighting art that is complete and alive.

Fighting education focuses on the complete martial artist. We don't engage in tournament or competitive participation. We train each individual from a unique standpoint with concern for his or her understanding of the cultural as well as physical information inherent in martial arts.
CLASS HOURS

Monday: 5:45

Tuesday: 7:30

Wednesday: 8:00

Friday: 7:30

Training starts with our own special approach to natural movement that, in a very short time, expands to highly effective and sophisticated combinations. Size and strength are not important. They CAN'T be important - if we're talking real self defense. Body positioning, mechanics, strategy and experience are what counts in this art.

Our Special Training method will...

Let you find more power in your body than you ever dreamed
Show you the angles and approaches that take even the biggest man down
Inspire a feeling of confidence and safety
Show you the fascinating aspects that make martial arts a life long study.
THE TEACHER:
John Ottenberg holds a fifth degree Black Belt in the art of LimaLama directly from its founder Tino Tuoulesega - one of the most respected martial arts instructors in the Western world. John has spent morethan thirty years in the pursuit of martial excellence and was asked recently to create a series of training DVDs directly from his own experience and theories. The first two of these "Beyond Technique& First Response" have already been produced.