Cocoa Beach Ueshiro Shorin-Ryu Karate Dojo

 

Assault Prevention and Self Defense Seminars

In addition to the karate classes, the Cocoa beach Shorin-Ryu Karate Dojo also offers Assault Prevention seminars to the general public. The seminars can also be booked for local community groups, businesses, etc. Contact Sensei Des Chaskelson for more info at 321.693.7831 or via email at des_chas@scri.com.

The seminars are conducted by Hanshi Robert Scaglione, 10th degree black belt. Scaglione began his karate training 38 years ago in 1967 while working as a NYC Police Officer. During his entire 20 year tenure with the NYPD, he served in many assignments in all five boroughs of New York City including uniformed street cop, undercover officer and as a Detective in the elite Special Investigating Unit featured in the film "The French Connection." He retired from police service in 1981 in order to devote himself full time to the art of karate. Today Scaglione presides over eighteen Shorin-Ryu karate schools throughout the US and the world (www.shorinryu.com)

Seminar Objectives:

  • to make you more aware of your environment
  • how to spot and avoid potentially dangerous situations
  • and if you cannot avoid them, how to deal with them

  • The seminar is NOT designed to make you paranoid or to make you feel vulnerable

  • Think positive – everything we say you should know that you CAN do it – Yes I CAN!

    Assault Prevention:

  • There are a host of potentially dangerous assault prevention situations and scenarios – this seminar will focus on these. We have put together a handout from our own experience and research relating to specific situations which we use in the seminar. The handout is yours to keep.

    Self-Defense:

  • We will also touch on some methods of self-defense. Naturally to be proficient one needs to practice. Our Shorin-Ryu Okinawan style of karate incorporates the use of traditional karate in real life self defense situations – which specific techniques to use, when.

  • The best thing to do is to avoid the dangerous situation at all costs if you can. If you are attacked and have to defend yourself there is no more effective way to respond than traditional Okinawan karate. That is what it was designed to be used for – to handle life and death situations. It has nothing to do with tournaments or sports – it is the most effective form of self-defense – that is what we teach here.

    Seminar Format -- 2 parts:

  • Hanshi Robert Scaglione will impart some basic information from his experience
  • We ask the seminar participants to use the handouts and to provide examples, ask questions and share experiences so that we can all learn from it.

    Naturally we can’t cover everything in one relatively short seminar. We do cover the self-defense aspects in detail in our karate classes and you are all welcome to come and train karate with us – anyone can learn karate!

    For more info on these Assault Prevention seminars or the regular karate classes, contact Des Chaskelson (321.693.7831 or des_chas@scri.com)

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