Specialties
Our Chief Instructor has 40 years of martial arts experience with an excellent safety record. You don't need to join one dojo for striking, another for grappling and another for throwing. We've got it all right here. Shoshin Ryu Jujitsu is a complete, well rounded martial art with emphasis on personal development and devastatingly effective self-defense. You will learn forms, throws, chokes, strikes & kicks, ground defense joint locks and more. Discipline. Confidence. Self-Defense!
We also offer SwordFit, a unique martial fitness class based on Japanese Swordsmanship. Students progress from basic movements and handling skills to
advanced multi-person drills. Students have an opportunity to apply their skills solo, in pairs and on battle teams with safe padded weapons and protective headgear all in a safe controlled environment. It's a serious work out, but most of all, it's Fun!
History
Established in 2020.
I started teaching martial arts in 1986 in Belchertown MA. I began offering lessons in Anthem AZ in 2020 during the onset of the Covid-19 epidemic as Anshin Martial Arts, now Jujitsu For Life. We offer Shoshin Ryu martial arts for self-defense and SwordFit.
Meet the Business Owner: Mike L.
I grew up in a small town and was bullied a lot when I was younger. I was lost, and had no idea how to handle it. Then, I started taking martial arts lessons and my life began to change. I discovered a power within me. It taught me focus, discipline and self-confidence.
Eventually my bully problem went away, but not by fighting. Instead, it ended because I was no longer a target or a victim. My martial arts training literally changed who I was. I carried myself differently, with confidence and pride in myself and the bullies just left me alone.
I am passionate about passing the many life lessons and self-defense skills I have learned on to others. As a result, I do not train people to be "fighters", but rather I train them to be good , honest, compassionate people, who, if they need to fight, will do extremely well defending themselves in nearly any situation.