Seikendo
Seikendo, The Way of the Intercepting Fist (Jap) is the creation of Roy Cullen. Merging over 35 years of martial arts study with his academic training in psychology, the martial art is designed to provide its students with an instantaneous response martial art coupled with psychological self-development techniques. This is provided in a relaxed and non-traditional atmosphere.
After over ten years of teaching a combination of Jeet Kune Do and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (He was one of only three UK JKD instructors invited by Linda Lee to attend the 1997 JKD Nucleus instructors seminar and conference in San Francisco and in the same year, also organized the first ever Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu seminar under Pedro Alberto) he decided to merge the disciplines into a cohesive whole.
The essence of the art is to provide students with a limited set of techniques, which are simple and drill them until they are instinctive and capable of being added to a flow of techniques designed to keep their opponent off balance and unable to strike back. It utilizes numerous drills designed to ensure they are applicable in any situation. It also emphasizes several different 'pressure testing' drills, which aim to provide students with experience of full contact no holds barred fighting. This traditionally includes the Blitz where students fight full contact against a higher number of opponents.