{"id":125288,"date":"2025-02-24T08:00:35","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T13:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/?p=125288"},"modified":"2025-02-24T08:03:58","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T13:03:58","slug":"learn-authentic-gracie-jiujitsu-okinawa-karate-kobudo-tkd-self-defense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/learn-authentic-gracie-jiujitsu-okinawa-karate-kobudo-tkd-self-defense\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn Authentic Gracie Jiujitsu, Okinawa Karate &amp; Kobudo, TKD, Self-Defense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Okinawan Karate\/Kobudo TKD PE301: From Okinawa, Japan, home to the oldest and healthiest people on earth, Karate has a deep cultural history developed over centuries; it is one of the oldest and most effective self-defense systems ever created. You do not need to have prior experience to take this course &#8211; beginners are welcome! Our internationally certified instructors teach the complete Okinawan Karate system in a safe, positive environment.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Skills include kicking, striking, blocking, footwork, traditional weapons, defending, and escaping. Training is always a great workout as well as a stress reducer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Gracie Jiujitsu PE341: You will learn the complete system of Gracie\/Pedro Sauer Brazilian Jiujitsu, designed to let the weak be able to defend against a bigger attacker. Jiujitsu is taught in an enjoyable, safe, fully matted, positive environment, taught by internationally certified instructors. No former experience required!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Skills include throws, takedowns, grappling, joint locks, escapes, and ground fighting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Safety is our No. 1 concern in our classes. We emphasize discipline, respect, and self-control. We believe in partners, not opponents &#8211; we are not a sport or MMA-type school, but a place where you can develop confidence, technique, and real-life self-defense skills. Our facility is clean and professional, and classes will help improve your health, strength, confidence, and self-discipline as well as lower stress.<\/p>\n<p>Contact your adviser or look for classes on Self-Service online if you\u2019re interested! Training with us counts toward your required Activity Courses.<\/p>\n<p>For more info, contact Sensei Riedmiller at 740-362-2222 or <a href=\"mailto:summitmartialarts@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">summitmartialarts@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>OWU Sponsoring Organization\/Office: Health and Human Kinesiology<br \/>\nContact: Charles Riedmiller at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:ccreidmi@owu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ccreidmi@owu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okinawan Karate\/Kobudo TKD PE301: From Okinawa, Japan, home to the oldest and healthiest people on earth, Karate has a deep cultural history developed over centuries; it is one of the oldest and most effective self-defense systems ever created. You do not need to have prior experience to take this course &#8211; beginners are welcome! Our [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2057,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-student-news-events"],"blocksy_meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2057"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125288"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":125303,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125288\/revisions\/125303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}