Ages 12+
Yudansha MMA Okinawa is a registered training location under the United States Sports Jiu-jitsu organization, and is a registered MMA school under the World Kickboxing Association.
Enrollment Types
Our 6-Week Intro course is designed to give you a chance to experience training in a mixed martial arts class. Training is not for everyone, but it may be for you, and this 6-week course will definitely let you know.
Students who have successfully finished the 6-Week intro course will be inducted into the Yudansha Fighting Association here in Okinawa, Japan. As a regular team member you will have the opportunity to continue developing your self defense skills, and if you desire, to even participate in official, sanctioned Judo, Jiu-jitsu, Kickboxing or MMA matches around Japan.
Yudansha Fighting System is exactly that; a fighting system. It is primarily based around the ideas and techniques of traditional Jiu-jitsu, but has modernized into today’s mixed martial art world. It is used for self defense, and has been trained to use inside the ring. The program combines the world’s best martial arts into one fighting system.
The term Yudansha is Japanese for “ranked” or “holder of 1st degree black belt and above.” Yudansha Fighting System was founded by Sensei Mike Veros in 1988. Mike is a holder of 7th degree black belt under the Danzan Ryu Jujitsu Association, a 2nd degree black belt in Judo, and is also a certified Arnis Instructor, which is Filipino stick and knife fighting. He has studied and trained in Martial Arts for over 30 years and has dedicated 20 years to teaching others.
The training philosophy of Yudansha comes from the 3 parts of a combative engagement. First, is the standing phase, or what can be called the free movement phase. During this phase both combatants are considered equal and the only thing determining dominance is the combatant’s striking skill level. Next, is the clinch phase. This is where both combatants attempt to restrict movement or force the other to the ground. Last is the ground phase. This is the phase that 75 percent of all fights end up. The majority of martial arts disciplines focus on one of the three phases listed above. Yudansha focuses training in all 3 phases of an engagement so we are prepared for every part of the fight or any type of opponent. In Yudansha philosophy it is better to be good at all three phases of combat rather to be good in one phase, and be lacking in the other two. The chances are, where you are lacking in skill is what will defeat you. Do not take any part of training for granite.
In Yudansha we study the best arts for each phase of combat. Our training for standing focuses in Western boxing mixed with Muay Thai (Thailand kickboxing). This gives us a wide variety of tools to use, ranging from upper body strikes with our hands and elbows, to kicks and knee strikes from the lower body. For clinch our training consists of Judo throws, and wrestling takedowns. This develops our skills in balance and base, and gives us the ability to deal with a clothed or unclothed opponent. For ground we train free-style grappling and Ju-Jitsu. This gives us the confidence and skills necessary to dominate our opponent on the ground. The goal of our training is not to master a single phase of combat, but rather develop skills to win at any phase; standing, clinch, or ground. Because of the ever changing and evolving world of hand-to-hand combat and mixed martial arts you always want to be one step ahead.
We train “live” in every class. This means we spar with a resisting opponent in every training session. If we focused our training for that day in standing-we will spar standing. If we focused the class more on clinch work then we will spar from the clinch. If we focused more on the ground for that session then we spar on the ground. Most of the time we put all three together, and we spar from standing to ground. This is the best form of training that you can do. Most martial arts classes do not train in this manner. They will practice what is known as “Kata” or exercises where the student goes through a predetermined series of movements, by themselves or with training partners, that are meant to imitate fighting situations. This is not part of Yudansha training. We train realistically, with resisting opponents while maintaining safety.
