"Pa" Rich Carter

Professional Objective:

The development of awareness, skills, and talents of the participants under my tutorship; from the beginning our training approaches the spiritual, psychological and physical dimensions which are one with the course of instruction.

Professional Experience:

Head Instructor /Director of the Martial Arts Discovery Academy 1998 - Present
Instructor/ Director of the Shimpo Dojo, Sunnyvale, Ca 1987 – Present
Tournament Coordinator of the Destin Florida Open International Karate Championships 1996
Head Instructor for the Applied Materials Corporation Wellness & self-defense, 1990 –1994
AAU/WKA kickboxing coordinator Vandenburg Ca 1992
Northern California Representative for the Nisei BuJutsu Federation of America, Present
Northern California Representative for the Hakkoryu Jujitsu Federation of Japan, 1984 - 1996
Federation of Practicing Jujutsuans Representative 1986 – Present
Northern Regional Representative for the Taizan Ryu /Taiho Jutsu, Present
Tournament Coordinator of the Central Coast Karate Championships, 1984 –1986
Assistant Director for the Central Coast Karate Championships, 1986 – 1987
Hakkoryu Head Jujitsu Instructor under the supervision of Hall of Fame Master Instructor Harris Warren, 1982 – 1986
Senior Instructor of the Year Award 1984
Most Outstanding Instuctor Award 1985

Coordinator/Participant in numerous Marital Arts shows such as:
New York’s SOHO theater (or little Broadway), New York’s Indonesian Consulate, San Francisco’s Union Square, and Golden Gate Academy Science.
Also student of various Martial arts systems, to include: Judo, Shotokan, Golden Dragon Kung- Fu, Arnis and Jo – Jutsu (stick combat) Imperial finger pressure therapy.

Qualifications:

Sandansha Hakkoryu Jujitsu
Silat Instructor

INTRODUCTION
The aim of this training is to give you an in-depth look at one of the outstanding Martial Arts programs of its kind. I will attempt to show its origin, its fundamentals and the elements from which they derive.

It is my objective to explain that there is more to the Martial arts then simple self-defense techniques and violence.

I will set down the basic principles of Hakko-ryu Jujitsu (secret of the eighth light system) and the art of Penjek Silat, with the course of actions to be followed if one is to attain proficiency in them.

To all new students,

Thank you for considering the Martial Arts Discovery course as your path in Martial arts training and personal development.

This course is developed on the founding elements of Jujitsu and Silat. On this path one will encounter receiving
Discipline in receiving training (Etiquette)
Break falls and Rolls
Throws, Escapes, and Controls
Kicking, Punching, Blocking
Pivots, Angles, and Position training
For those receiving proficiency in these areas of study, black belts can be attained.

We have developed a Phase I, Phase II course that allows the beginner and novice practitioner, to receive expert self-defense applications, which fit the needs associated with the 21st century.
Advanced training of principles and concepts in a 4-6 week course, developed for effectiveness in today’s society.

The art of Silat is offered to those accepted, either during or ending the formal course of training at the Martial arts discovery academy.

The word Silat comes from the combining of two words; first (Sifat) which means characteristic or attribute, the second (Kilat), which means lighting. The term therefore implies a state or condition that one reaches because they have received instructions. To understand the nature of this type of instruction is to realize what the focus is; that is to say, that Silat is a course in awareness, which binds that quality to the knowledge of what needs to be done, to the talent of doing it. Of the many countless ways in which to receive Silat, the following are but four ways that Silat may be understood. The first is “dasar” which means, elements. The second is called “pencak” which means binding the elements into various actions. The third is called Bunga bunga or Kembangan which means flowers. This actually implies improvisation freedom, and the fourth is the “filling”, where two people encounter themselves as well as each other, without this stage Silat would not be Silat, during this stage one has gained in substantiality; one has more than the appearance of Silat – the two aspects of form and content are becoming one.

This particular course in Silat is not therefore just physical exercise. From the beginning, Silat training approaches the spiritual, psychological and physical dimensions, which are one with the course of instruction.