Kissaki-Kai

At the New Breed Fighter's amateur MMA event on Friday July 23rd 2010, at the Atlantic City Resorts Casino, all three Kissaki fighters won their matches: Jared Morelli, Brian Cowden and Paul Felder.

A brilliant night and congratulations to the fighters and their trainers, Matt Knorr and Dan Shriber!

Sensei Don Came, 6th Dan Kissaki-Kai, the Kissaki head instructor for the UK, has taken the big step, realising every martial artist's deam, and opened a full-time dojo!

The premises are located in Eastbourne with daily classes and many scheduled courses as well as the opportunity for private instruction.

The Karate Academy, Unit 2, 4 – 10 Cornfield Lane, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN21 4NE

Sensei Don Came welcomes all Kissaki members and those interested in the style to train at his new dojo. Please contact him on info@karateacademy.org.uk or phone: 07952 670 349, and you can find his seminar dates here: www.karateacademy.org.uk/seminars.php

We wish Sensei Came good luck with this great venture and hope many of you out there will take up the opportunity to train with this outstanding martial arts instructor!

We are proud to announce Steve Lowe, 5th Dan in Shotokan, as the regional Kissaki-Kai representative for the North West of England!

Sensei Lowe originally started training sport Shotokan in 1980 but changed to more traditional JKA karate in 1986. He further studied Goju Ryu and Aikido and in 2001/02 became the first instructor/club in England to be affiliated to and teach JKS karate under sensei's Asai Kagawa and Scott Langley. However, it was not long after this that he ‘became disillusioned with the way our karate was going’ and felt the need for his karate to go back to be a fighting and self-protection system.
‘During this period of our journey we came across sensei Don and sensei Vince and it was as though we had come home. It was from this training with Kissaki Kai that my karate has enabled me to launch a self protection system that I now teach to various Home Office groups.’
Sensei Steve Lowe is now also the North West CRI (Crime Reducing Initiative) self protection and awareness instructor.

If you are interested in joining or just visiting, please contact Sensei Lowe on:

Kissaki is going digital: Please do not send any more checques along with your licences.

Instead we will send a PayPal invoice to the instructor / club secretary submitting the forms. You can pay that invoice with your own PayPal account or with a credit / debit card.

TEARTIME, Vince Morris' first novel, is an explosive, nail-biting journey of violence and betrayal, which charts the twists and convolutions of fate that force an IRA master-bomber and a British secret agent into a violent confrontation with each other... and the fates that made them. The innocent die. Human life is simply expendable. Who says? British Intelligence forces and the IRA – “The ends justify the means.“


Saturday Aug 15th 2009, Paul Felder (right) won his first MMA fight. Paul, age 25, is now not only at home on the stage, but also in the cage. Working as a professional actor since his graduation from the University of the Arts in 2008 he also has a long history in traditional martial arts including Korean Karate, Tae Kwon Do, Judo, Brazilian Ju Jutsu and Muay Thai. He started his training for this fight at the Kissaki-Kai Martial Arts School
in Marlton just over a year ago. Originally, he had been attracted to Kissaki-Kai because of the school’s unique approach to realistic training, always emphasizing street-effective self-defense. In mid 2008 the Kissaki honbu dojo in New Jersey branched out into MMA under one of its teachers, Matt Knorr. This culminated in the school’s debut fighter, Jeff Calcagno, entering the MMA ring back in October 08. Since then a hard core of MMA enthusiasts meet regularly every Wednesday night for sweaty work-outs which include kicking and punching as well as ground fighting overseen by Dan Schreiber and Pinelands Ju Jutsu’s instructor Bill Troy.
	Then came Paul’s big night: The event was organized by New Breed Fighters at the Resorts Casino in Atlantic City. Paul’s was the 9th fight on the card, by which time the audience had warmed up and the excitement rose to a new level as a riveting match ensued. Both fighters gave their best and demonstrated their excellent skills. After trading some punches and some
close grappling on the ground, Paul received a low kick and a spine crunching throw onto the floor, but showed his indomitable spirit by retaliating with crippling thigh kicks soon after.
The last round ended with Paul on top of his opponent, sinking knee strikes deep into the other fighter’s ribs. After three, three minute rounds, the most exciting fight of the night ended and Paul Felder was deservedly declared the winner of the bout. Asked why he had entered the cage, Paul declared: “*I have always wanted to test my traditional back ground against the new style of MMA and prove that ‘traditional roots’ are the best base for any fighter*.“
Not only as a fighter, but also as an actor, Paul Felder is a man you should watch!
		If you would like to join the Kissaki-Kai Fight Team, or just train MMA with us, come along on a Wednesday night to 55 East Rt 70 in Marlton (856 985 1311)! Look us up under: www.kissaki-usa.com/mma Check out more MMA events on: www.newbreedfighters.tv All photos courtesy of Phil Meighan.

I’m pleased to announce that we have launched our brand new website, which includes exclusive Master Class video tutorials for members.

There has been a very enthusiastic response to the concept of mastering Kissaki-Kai by accessing regular web downloads of instructional videos. We are already building a wide membership, so come and have a look and download some of the
free stuff:

Every month, members can download especially filmed training videos, not available elsewhere, specifically aimed at providing detailed training advice and even lesson plans which will enable the member to really study and master the finer points
of Kissaki-Kai. Membership to the site brings you a wide variety of benefits and amazing content:
• Books and DVDs at a member’s discount
• Downloadable archive material
• Distance learning – creating an opportunity for serious martial artists to follow the course and attend summer camp for assessment
• Opportunity to attend special 2-day courses during the year to ‘fine-tune’ the training
• Regular Kissaki-Kai TV Q&A sessions for members
• Forum to raise technical training issues
• Opportunity to purchase training equipment at discount prices
• And much more!

Each month a new topic will be addressed, and the 12 monthly segments will include:
• Concentration upon specific aspects of Kissaki-Kai and include real-life examples for emphasis.
• How to train for maximum effect.
• Detailed analysis of precisely how a technique should be performed for best results.
• Not just the techniques, but how to incorporate them into dojo partner training.
• A complete blueprint for instructors to serve as a class template.
• Precise help and analysis of tai-sabaki, mawashi-uke, frisbee uke, flinch reflex etc.
• Covers all the essential elements plus the 5 levels of combat.
• Regular Kissaki Kai TV - Send in your questions to be answered on web TV.
The 12 volumes provide an unique reference for instructor and student alike: