Established in 1993, it is a place where diverse people and diverse martial arts join together, gathering strength through the joining. Each art is taught separately, to preserve the integrity of each.
Students have the option to study either or both arts.
Both arts are practiced as highly controlled forms of aggression, which allow the practitioners to develop effective self-defense skills safely with one another in class. Control and safety are fundamental to this training. Practitioners strive to make their bodies and minds into strong defensive weapons, while simultaneously training to move gracefully within strict forms that have much in common with dance. New students are initially taught separately, during normal class times. Once basic movements have been learned, new students then join the regular class.