 About Sensei Lance:Sensei Lance Adams is the head instructor and founder of Fudo Shin Jujitsu and Combat Arts School. He started his school in December 2007. Sensei Adams started his martial arts training in 1993 in the art of TAI Karate in Aiken, SC. He then went on to study Zen Shoto Kai Karate, Motobu-Ha Shito Ryu Karate, Katsu Ryu Kempo and Kobudu under Renshi Barbara Pleasent and Soke Joseph Ruiz. Here he recieved senior rankings. After training extensively in these arts, Sensei Adams went on to study Danzan Ryu Jujitsu under Professor Tom Ryan of Palmetto Jujitsu Academy where he obtained his other black belts. Over the years Sensei Adams has studied Goju Ryu Karate, Hakko Ryu Jujitsu, Goshin Budo Jujitsu, Ryukyu Kempo, Brazilian Jujitsu, Boxing, Police PPCT and other forms of the combat arts. Sensei Adams is a 13 year law enforcement veteran. He is currently employed as a deputy sheriff with the Richland County Sheriff's Department where he serves on the elite CAT Team unit. Before that he was a State Trooper with the South Carolina Highway Patrol. On the Highway Patrol he served on the state Civil Emergency Response Team(CERT) which was a riot control and criminal eradication unit. He also served as a correctional officer with the S.C. Department of Corrections. While there he served on the SCDC Rapid Response Team(RRT) which guarded and deployed against inmate riots in a maximum security setting. He worked in the prison Special Management Unit(SMU) which housed some of the states most violent felons. Sensei Adams teaches and instructs many of the self defense and personal safety classes for the sheriff department and has taught countless numbers of women self defense classes to empower women to properly defend themselves. Through his martial arts training and law enforcement training over the years, Sensei Adams have developed a no nonsense approach to his martial arts training and teaching. With Jujitsu being the staple art at his school, he believes that students should train for realism and ultimate street effectiveness. He feels that many schools today lack realstic training and place more emphasis on "looking good" rather than being street worthy. He adds everything he has learned from his martial arts training along with his Jujitsu training to give his students the best in combat preparation and effectiveness. Seeing real fights on the street, he knows that no fight is prearranged or choreagraphed. One must train with the utmost mental and physical intensity to survive a real life and brutal attack. Fudo Shin Jujitsu and Combat Arts School is not based on sport application or the ring. Sensei Adams teaches according to a single motto: "If your basics are right, you will look right. Teach your students to be effective, not pretty." "Sensei Lance Adam's Police Combat Ready Training" Click here to see a video. What is Danzan Ryu Jujitsu:  Jujitsu was created by the Samurai many centuries ago as their primary unarmed combat fighting style. When they lost their sword in combat, they had to continue to fight and persevere despite being unarmed and without a weapon on the battlefield. Danzan Ryu Jujitsu was created by Master Seishiro Okazaki. He took the combat essence of Jujitsu and combined them with other martial arts to make it a more complete and combat effective system. Danzan Ryu Jujitsu emcompasses throws, strikes, chokes, joint locks, ground defense and come alongs. Danzan Ryu enables a smaller person to overcome a larger attacker using principles of leverage, off balancing and momentum. Danzan Ryu Jujitsu is not intended for sport of competition. It is a system taught solely as a means of self protection. |
