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SOUSEIKI RYU SEKKINSEN SHIGAISEN

Souseiki Ryu Sekkinsen Shigaisen in translation means: Souseiki- Time of creation, Ryu -School Sekkinsen- Close combat; close (-quarter) fighting; in-fighting Shigaisen- Street fighting. Souseiki Ryu Sekkinsen is a non-classical American martial art focusing on self-defense and realistic Street situational training. Its technical foundation is derived from different martial arts disciplines: Kung Fu, Wrestling, Jiu-Jitsu, Muay Thai, Street Fighting, Kyokushinkai Karate, Shotokan Karate, Judo, and Boxing. Souseiki Ryu Sekkinsen utilizes fast and powerful hand strikes, low level kicks, and grappling skills such as: throws joint locks, chokes, and pressure points.

SRSS focuses on the practical use of street weapons such as wood staffs of different sizes and edged weapons (knives). Martial arts breathing techniques are taught and enhanced with the development of internal energy. The art emphasizes the use of the “hard and soft” concepts of the martial arts in order to achieve maximum efficiency in reality situations

The awesome effectiveness of the system is how it employs simple and direct execution of techniques designed to inflict maximum damage to the opponent. There are no fancy acrobatics, or wasted movements to inhibit practical real life street situations. The focus is on the realistic application of Gross Motor Skill movements that can be performed when one is in a high stress environment, i.e., home invasion, street confrontation or the battlefield. The conjoining of martial arts styles makes it optimum for the systems primary focus, which is, preparing the student for real life confrontations where there are no referees, judges, or rules, only an instant to react and decide to respond to an apparent threat in a life or death situation.

Souseiki Ryu Sekkinsen Shigaisen was founded by Grandmaster Leon D. Wright, a retired USMC Gunnery Sergeant. Grandmaster Wright has more than 40 years of experience in the Martial Arts and 27 of those years have been dedicated to teaching military personnel. Hanshi Wright was selected as the Chief Instructor of the first Marine Corps Martial Arts School in Okinawa, Japan. He has been designated a Subject Matter expert (SME), 5th Degree Black Belt in the Marine Corps Martial Arts, which has six degrees of the black belt level, and is a 5th level in Urban Fighting Systems. While in Japan, he directed the first ISKA Oriental Rules Kickboxing Championships in Okinawa, Japan.

Grandmaster Wright’s system has been proven, perfected, and tested under actual combat situations against many diverse opponents, and many different fighting skill sets. His students defeated very experienced fighters in Okinawa, astonishing the Okinawan Masters. When it was revealed that most had only limited training by Hanshi Wright, the Masters were even more impressed. Grandmaster Wright has unprecedented access to the inner circle of the Elite Japanese Masters and is well respected by them for his development of such an incredible fighting system.

Currently, the only people that are able to receive the training directly from Hanshi Wright are: US Special Forces, US Coalition Forces, and a select number of civilians in Afghanistan. Hanshi Wright is very selective about the people he trains; he demands that all students be respectful, honorable, and have the “warrior spirit”. The training is harder than that of most traditional martial arts schools. There are no gloves used to cover the hands or other protective padding during training. The emphasis is on training for the real life confrontation; in the real life confrontation you will not have pads, so why develop a false sense of security in training. The philosophy of Souseiki Ryu is: ‘Expect the unexpected, by expecting the unexpected, the unexpected is expected”.

To truly understand the benefit of Souseiki Ryu one needs only to look at some of the comments from students of Hanshi Wright, both past and present. You will immediately notice that each student has a different perspective of what they take away from the training.