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Korean Jujitsu is Self-Defense
Korean Jujitsu is Self-Defense
With convenient classes at West Philly's historic Calvary Center at 48th St & Baltimore Ave, Philadelphia Korean Jujitsu teaches martial arts for self-defense. Our primary goal is to prepare our students to face, and hopefully avoid, a wide-range of threats to their personal safety. We offer a progressive curriculum blending strikes, kicks, throws, grappling, joint-locks, and weapons to provide our students with multiple responses across a broad range of self-defense situations. Students learn to combine different types of techniques while adjusting to the fast-changing circumstances of an altercation.
Our classes are open to all adult members of our community.
Korean Jujitsu was developed at Yongin University in the 1950s and 1960s as a blend of judo, jujitsu, hapkido, wrestling, taekwondo, and hoshinsul (self-defense techniques), and formally established as Yongmudo in 1998. Dr. Ken (Kyung Ho) Min (9th dan hapkido/yongmudo, 9th dan judo, 9th dan taekwondo) was instrumental to the development of Yongmudo in the United States with a principle of "flexibility of response," blending the most practical techniques from various martial arts to provide a comprehensive self-defense system.
Class Schedule
Class Schedule
Tuesdays 7p-8:30p
Fundamentals
Tuesdays 7p-8:30p
Fundamentals
Perfect for Beginners!
Thursdays 7p-8:30p
No-Gi
Thursdays 7p-8:30p
No-Gi
All Levels Welcome
Sundays 4p-5:45p
All-Levels
Sundays 4p-5:45p
All-Levels
All Levels Welcome
Drop in to try a free class! We’re open to all adult members of our West Philly community, a convenient walking distance from the University of Pennsylvania, Drexel University, Clark Park, and Cedar Park.
Calvary Center: 801 S 48th St., Philadelphia, PA 19143 (Enter using grey door on 48th St.)
Email: PhillyKoreanJujitsu@yahoo.com | Phone: 267-225-1167
Follow us on Instagram: @phillyyongmudo
Our Instructors
Our Instructors
Rob Brown is a 7th dan black belt under Ken (Kyung Ho) Min and Norman Link. He began in 1991 at U.C. Berkeley, opened schools at George Washington University (closed) and UC San Diego (now under Stephanie Siu and Steve Carter), before taking over Temple University Police Hapkido Club. He has also trained in judo, BJJ, taekwondo, and kick boxing. He is a retired professor (PhD, Political Science), husband, parent of two semi-adult children. Originally a California native, he has lived in the Philly area since 2008.
Mindy Snitow is a 3rd dan black belt who has been practicing since 2008. She started at Harvard Hapkido under Shuyi Oei before joining Temple Hapkido. Mindy is especially interested in women’s self-defense, supporting women in martial arts, and helping all students learn the technical details and theoretical framework that make techniques effective against a larger and stronger opponent. When not on the mat, Mindy spends her time as a biomedical research scientist and a cat foster parent.
Amanda Montera is a 3rd dan black belt who has been practicing in Philly since 2014. A native of New York, she previously practiced Japanese Ju-Jitsu and Judo. Amanda enjoys the practical self-defense elements of martial arts training as well as the traditional martial elements. Off the mat, Amanda can be found working as a music therapist, or on the disc golf course.
Will Towler is a 2nd dan black belt who began his practice in 2017. He has a doctorate in molecular biology with a specialty in rare bone disease. His foci in martial arts are body-mind awareness, effective mentorship, and throwing people.
Korean Jūjutsu blends judo, jujitsu, bjj, taekwondo, hapkido, and kick boxing for self-defense. Our classes are open to all adult members of our community.
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