Specialties
The Defense Training Institute, DTI, is a full fledged martial arts training center located in Batavia, IL. DTI has programs in Jun Sa Kwan (Warrior) Hapkido, Kidkido, Guazabara, MMA, street grappling & general fitness with a martial arts twist.
Jun Sa Kwan Hapkido is a self-defense system that teaches realistic self protection, including a variety of strikes, kicks, joint locks, pressure points, grappling & weapons training. The system combines principles of water, constant foreword momentum, with principles of anatomy, combat tactics & strategy. This system is modified for children called Kidkido.
Guazábara is a 21st century weapons based fighting system developed by DTI's chief instructor, Maestro Edgardo Pérez through the study of the Caribbean Taino Indians & their combat tactics. It combines elements of axe & macana fighting, combat machete, police close quarter battle (CQB) tactics & Hapkido.
DTI's street grappling program brings MMA techniques into a real life street situation
History
Established in 1998.
DTI's chief instructor is Maestro Eddie Perez. Perez began his Hapkido training in 1979 under the Fowler Brothers (Grandmaster K.S. Hyun) in Aurora, Illinois. Perez then took his training to South Korea where he trained under Grandmaster Yu Chong Su (Chong Su Kwan Hapkido) who in turn was trained by Grandmaster Choi.
Meet the Business Owner: Edgardo P.
DTI's Chief Instructor, Edgardo Perez, has more than 30 years of training in Hapkido in both the US & South Korea, a Full Instructor in Filipino Largo Mano Eskrima as well as being the founder & Chief Instructor of The Defense Training Institute & The World Guazábara Federation. Master Perez began his Hapkido training in 1979 under the Fowler Brothers in Aurora, Illinois. Perez then took his training to South Korea where he trained under Grandmaster Yu Chong Su (Chong Su Kwan Hapkido) who in turn was trained by Grandmaster Choi Yong Sool (Founder of Hapkido). Perez is a law enforcement veteran of more than twenty years who has also been teaching Police Defensive Tactics to local, state and military personal during that time. Maestro Pérez has reintroduced to the modern era a realistic weapons system that can adapt to any hostile circumstances.