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The RAT (Rapid Assult Tactics): The RAT system is the heart of Paul Vunak's Progressive Fighting Systems as well as Rapid Defense Systems, for it wouldn't be "Rapid Defense" without the training of the RAT at our core. Here is an example of the RAT seen through the eyes of someone on the receiving end: imagine for a moment that you (the mugger) are in a street fight, and every kick or punch you through is either intercepted or destroyed. You try to regain your composure only to be pummeled backward with tremendous forward pressure through a flurry of punches straight through your centerline. You stick up your arms with the hope of covering, only to have your arms slammed against your head and body and pinned. You're grabbed around the neck and met with a barrage of of headbutts, knees, and elbows. The RAT was developed by Paul Vunak specifically for the US Navy Seals as a primary combative program taken from Jeet Kune Do. How it differs from any other art or system out there is the Straight Blast concept. This concept deletes base and balance for the assailant. It's an equalizer; you become capable of taking out a larger person than yourself quickly and efficiently with the most barbaric tools: headbutts, knees, elbows, and Kino Mutai (biting, eye gouging, finger breaking, and pinching). Today the RAT system is taught to Special Forces, Military, Marenes, Rangers, F.B.I., D.E.A., C.I.A., S.W.A.T. Teams, and over 50 police departments in the U.S. and other countries. The system covers all ranges of combat, i.e. kickboxing, trapping, grappling, ground fighting, and weapons. Rapid Defense Systems can train and certify (liscence to teach) anyone seeking instruction in 10 hours. This system takes hours to learn and master, while most other systems take decades of stamina, flexibility, and so forth. The RAT system accepts you just as you are.

Jeet Kune Do: Bruce Lee selected elements, concepts, training methods, and mental frameworks from 27 different different arts to give his students an integrated framework that prapared them to fight any opponent at any range. As he said, "There is no superior art," the secret behind Jeet Kune Do is that you can pass from one art to another, from one tecnique to another with flow utilizing what is useful to the fighter at the crucial time, enabling him or her to fight in all ranges: Kicking, Punching, Trapping, Grappling. It is important not to mistake Jeet Kune Do for merely an eclectic art taking the best techniques from some arts. In reality, the Jeet Kune Do practitioner will build his own arsenal of techniques; Jeet Kune Do brovides a base to build from. After Lee's death around 1973 Dan Inosanto, the catelyst behind the development of JKD, addid one more element (Kali) making Jeet Kune Do much more efficient with training drills such as Hubud, Destruction techniques, and use of weapons such as sticks, blades, knifes, etc.

Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do Paradigm:

  1. Wing Chun
  2. Northern Praying Mantis
  3. Southern Praying Mantis
  4. Choy Li Fut
  5. Tai-Chi Chuan (Wu Family style)
  6. Paqua
  7. Hsing-I
  8. Bak-Hoo Pai (White Crane) Bak-Fu Pai (White Tiger)
  9. Eagle Claw
  10. Ng Ga Kue(Five Family System)
  11. Ny Ying Ga (Five Animal System)
  12. Bak Mei Pai (White Eyebrow)
  13. Northern Shaolin
  14. Southern Shaolin
  15. Bok Pai
  16. Law Horn Kuen
  17. Chin Na
  18. Monkey Style
  19. Drunken Style
  20. Western Fencing(Foil)
  21. Western Boxing
  22. Western Wrestling
  23. Jiujitsu
  24. Escrima
  25. Filipino Sikaran
  26. Muay Thai (Thai Boxing)
  27. Savate

    28. *Note: Jeet Kune Do now has the Filipino martial arts collectively (referred
    to as Kali), and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, see below for description.

The Filipino Martial Arts (Kali): A key component of the Filipino Martial Arts is the art of Kali. Kali is an extremely functional, weapons based fighting system. These weapon skills, developed from actual combat in Philippine wars, can be applied to any object found around a practitioner at any time. We also train in Dumog(Filipino wrestling), Suntukan Panantukan(Filipino boxing), and Suntukan Pananjakman(Filipino kicking). The addition of the Filipino Martial Arts into Jeet Kune Do training by Guro Dan Inosanto continues the development and evolution of Jeet Kune Do, he found that the addition of Kali weapons quickly builds critical fighting attributes that can be applied to empty hand combat faster than just empty hand training alone. “Attributes are the inner qualities that shape technique and that provide the ground from which technique springs. The victor in a fight is the fighter who possesses superior attributes. These include the qualities of killer instinct, sensitivity, timing, reflex, power, line familiarization, sense of purpose, and yes technical skill.”-Paul Vunak

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu: The functionality of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu first hit America when 180lb Brazilian named Royce Gracie was submitting(joint locking or choking) opponents in the first Ultimate Fighting Championships. Royce Gracie through Brazilian Jiu Jitsu was able to take down and submit opponents twice his size before they started dividing the weight classes in UFC. Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is a ground fighting system that emphasizes position, control and submissions, using chokes, arm locks, and leg locks. Brazilian Jiu Jitsu will teach you how to takedown and throw an opponent. You will also learn how to dominate and control an opponent positionally as well as all the escapes to these positions. You will then learn how to submit your opponent using a variety of finishing holds such as chokes, arm locks, shoulder locks, leg locks and more. The street side of this art is stressed, you will learn to use Kino Mutai(biting, eye gouging, finger breaking and pinching) to escape someone else’s Jiu Jitsu or wrestling, and get back to standup combat, as it is not smart to be on the ground where there could be pieces of glass and multiple opponents kicking your head and body.

Little Spartans: This class is for students ages 6-12 and is a weekly self
defense class. Students will learn an integrated framework of the martial
arts such as U.S. Boxing, Wing Chun Gung Fu, Samurai/Ninja/Spartan weaponry,
Kali weaponry, Muay Thai (Thailand Kickboxing), Judo, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu,
Savate (French Kickboxing), Northern Shaolin Gung Fu, Capoeira, modified Tai
Chi Chuan, and U.S. Fencing. This class features a ranking system of White,
Orange, Purple, Green, Blue, Red, Gold, Black, Black with Red stripe, and
Black with Red and Gold stripe. These classes are as fun as they are
functional. Call Charlie for details of when and where.