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Renwaku Bujutsu is a combined martial arts / self defence system. It
takes its blocks, kicks, punches, and immobilisation principles from various martial arts styles and methods including Classical
Karate, Wing Chun Gung Fu, Aikido, and adopts the personal philosophy, principles and techniques of
DAVE
JONES
Specific technique from the combined styles has been combined, new movements and technique added from the personal
self defence principles of Dave Jones, and new system created....
Renwaku Bujutsu as a self defence system is not designed to be of a competitive nature, and therefore
not specifically designed for tournament. I do not issue certificates for anyone I teach nor hold any for myself, this
is my system after all.
It is a close quarters self defence system, based on the principles of the Acceptance and diversion of the attack,
the immobilisation of the attackers defence capabilities, and then the counter attack.
The
Renwaku Bujutsu Principle is called
A.C.A
(
Accept - Control - Attack )
It relates
itself to the centre line principle
Although the movements may seem simple and direct, if performed correctly they do possess considerable power and effectiveness.
Within the curriculum, many of the traditional names of the movements that would normally be in either Chinese or Japanese,
have been replaced by a simple and practical name.
For example within classical Wing Chun Gung Fu, a slapping
block or slapping hand is ' Pak sao' however we simply call it the 'downward pushing block ‘ a guarding hand
is ' Wu sau ' we simply refer to it as the 'guarding hand ' and a grabbing hand is ' Lap sau ' we
refer to this as the 'grabbing or trapping hand '
Other descriptive names for technique are simplified from
other styles of martial arts, not only Wing Chun Gung Fu.
The reason for this is so that the student can recall these
movements with ease, without having to focus on translation. Renwaku Bujutsu contains little 'Kata' to speak of
as in traditional martial arts.
TRAINING:
Renwaku Bujutsu training consists of
a lot of free style movement in relation to punching, kicking, blocking, and other exercises to become familiar with the technique
and build general fitness and stamina. It is designed to strengthen the hands, wrists and arms, legs, waist, back, and
hips.
This isnot however performed from within a ' Kata ' but from the ' On guard '
positions number one, two, or three, from the front position or the static positions.
PARTNER PRACTICE
Partner practice is an intregal part of
any training.
Here two students practice the movements and technique together, one being the attacker and one the defender. From within
this type of practice each student obtains a good knowledge and judgement of distance, and ' body feel ' as opposed to the
strength and conditioning training or shadow boxing type exercises.
Renwaku Bujutsu is an expressive free-style system, meaning it uses the body
freely. It takes what is good, what is practical, what works. We do not stop trying and thinking about new ways to move, adapt,
develop. Much like life itself.
Although we acknowledge tradition exists and respect aspects of it,
we are not heavily focused or held in any specific way by it as far as our individual expression.
A STATEMENT FROM SIFU....
My influence to create the Renwaku Bujutsu system was
the simple effectiveness and fluid movement that is obtained from combining different techniques from within the existing
individual styles with my own principles of self defence.
Over the years I have spent a great deal of my time thinking
and conceptualising a self defence system, that takes the best and most effective technique from various styles, adds
my own personal theory and technique, and combines this all together in one style or system.
I needed to find a martial
system or systems that would compliment my existing previous knowledge in Karate, and that I could base the new system on.
I had before me a monumentally huge challenge, for which martial arts or self defence system indeed was the best, the most
effective?
In fact is any system the best and should I even be looking at it in this way ?
Chinese Gung Fu, Shaolin Gung Fu, Northern or Southern
Style, Praying Mantis, 5 animals, Japanese Karate, Pencak Silat, Filipino Kali, Thai Kick Boxing, Aikido, Jujitsu, Judo, Kenpo
Karate, Ninjitsu, the list goes on indefinitely, and so does the literally hundreds apon hundreds of individual styles and
schools from within just these few I have mentioned.
So in some way I just had to let go of classical style, go back
to the drawing board, back to basics. I had to choose just a few of what could be considered strong, practical, and effective
techniques from a few existing styles, add my own techniques, and go from there.
When developing the system,
I began to realise that sticking to the classical way is not always the most effective way possible for every situation, and
one must be able to adapt when necessary.
In this respect I began to think more 'outside the square' and think more
in depth about the way the body moves, how it reacts once struck in a certain way or from within certain combinations, and
in which way the body turns and falls.
I started to think
about implementing new movements and technique that may not have been considered as yet, also combined existing technique
from differing styles that may not have been considered.
I started with Karate
being strong and powerful, and having a previous grounding this seemed the sensible place to begin. It was a great basis
to develop from. I then looked for other styles that were more fluid and circular, flowing, not so stop/start and straight
lined as Karate.
I decided to base further development on Chinese Wing Chun Gung Fu. Wing Chun being one of the most
popular styles being practised today, but that was not the reason.
I was simply impressed
with its simplicity yet complexity, it's endless potential to develop further. It was totally defensive, and was able to deliver
a crashing and fluid set of technique from within a small centre line with what seemed to be almost minimal effort.
I
was impressed with its blocking and striking, its arm, hand, elbow, and foot technique, its defensive evasiveness. I added
Wing Chung to Karate, and went forward from there.....
I arrived at Aikido for immobilisation technique of the wrist,
hand, elbow and joint locks, methods to place and attacker off balance and immobilise them. This assisted in the overall systems
development. I did not take large throwing movements and technique from Aikido, as it wouldn't be needed. I went back
to my father and we spent a great deal of time on Judo and Aikido of which he held high rankings in both. At 73 he can still
throw me to the floor and control me with ease and is a great teacher and exponent of the arts, although retired.
So what I had, was a combination
of existing styles that worked well together, and I went to work creating and conceptualising sets of movements, and how I
could add my own technique to compliment the existing styles and create an over-all new system.
I studied also the
theory as well as the physical technique of the styles I had chosen, and continued working tirelessly on my own person style
and technique.
After several years of practice and development and guidance from some great martial artists, finally
I felt ready to bring this all-together and fine tune it into one system.
I considered carefully
what I would call this system of self-defence. For it was not strictly what people would associate with being Karate as portrayed
in movies and demonstrations as being very hard and straight lined, One two punch,turn,three four kick,turn etc.
Although karate means 'Empty Hand' I could have called it 'Something Karate 'but this did not seem to be what I was looking
for.
It was not strictly traditional Gung Fu, it certainly was not 5 animals or Shaolin, and certainly not a complete
system of Aikido either. After much deliberation and consideration I decided on the name:
RENWAKU BUJUTSU
Combination of Martial Arts Techniques
So effectively
what I had ended up with was a system that is tight, close quarters, based on the centre line principle, contains straight
punching, knife hand chops, knife hand jabs, low kicking, elbow strikes, hand wrist and arm immobilisation.
" To feel no fear... is to be free from oneself "
Sifu Dave C Jones
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