"Make your practice a friend in the morning,
and your discipline a pillow at night."
Our teacher, Ellis Amdur, describes Taikyoku Araki-ryū as "rooted in an old koryū, but done in a non-traditional manner." Our study allows exploration of diverse practice methodologies, hearkening back to an earlier era, before these arts were "traditional." Practice is centered in katageiko , or pattern-training, but includes elements of opposition to properly prepare for violent encounters. Done this way, c lassical pattern-practice can embody principles while embracing adaptability, where t raining that does not include opposed work has been appropriately decried as “empty forms” and "mere choreography" for hundreds of years. Instructors: Brandon Uttech in Seattle and Chris Leblanc in Portland, OR are both certified by Ellis Amdur as Taikyoku Araki-ryū instructors. Brandon has studied striking, grappling, and weapons-based martial arts over the last 4 decades and holds black belt ranks in T...