About Us
The Health and Martial Arts Center is a program of training the body and the mind. We strive to be vibrant and engaging, and truthfully, we hope often exciting and enthralling.
The program is guided by Renshi Rod Brayfindley, a fifth-degree black belt in Shorin-Ryu. Sensei Rod also holds a third-degree black belt in Okinawan Kobudo.
Shorin-Ryu is something of a combination martial art, having elements often associated with three backgrounds:
-Something English speakers might call Kung Fu;
-Something we can call Jiu-jitsu;
-And an ancient Okinawan art called “Te”, a boxing and wrestling system.
These three systems combine in a brilliant and dynamic physical and mental art that is associated with excellent physical training and self-defense.
But there is more to martial arts training that physical excellence and self-defense.
-There is the joy of training in a community.
-There is the achievement of self-control.
-And there is the wonder of accomplishing great things.
Training is not aimed only at people who come in in excellent health. We hope to add health to anyone who enters, to take you from wherever you are to a better, stronger, safer, and happier place.
The program is guided by Renshi Rod Brayfindley, a fifth-degree black belt in Shorin-Ryu. Sensei Rod also holds a third-degree black belt in Okinawan Kobudo.
Shorin-Ryu is something of a combination martial art, having elements often associated with three backgrounds:
-Something English speakers might call Kung Fu;
-Something we can call Jiu-jitsu;
-And an ancient Okinawan art called “Te”, a boxing and wrestling system.
These three systems combine in a brilliant and dynamic physical and mental art that is associated with excellent physical training and self-defense.
But there is more to martial arts training that physical excellence and self-defense.
-There is the joy of training in a community.
-There is the achievement of self-control.
-And there is the wonder of accomplishing great things.
Training is not aimed only at people who come in in excellent health. We hope to add health to anyone who enters, to take you from wherever you are to a better, stronger, safer, and happier place.