Why Master Jake Ogden created Jado Kuin Do

Find out why Master Jake Ogden created Jado Kuin Do on his personal blog page at : jakeogden.blogspot.com

Master Ogden's 4th book

A quarter of the way through writing my four book and seems like its taking forever. Well, Rome was not built in a day so I endeavor to persevere and focus on the end result; not what it takes to get there!
I love writing books that i know will be able to help a wider audience that i cannot presently reach. 

Uss

Master Jake Ogden 

TMAS Live 2

Had an excellent weekend at TMAS Live 2 in Nottingham. I managed to catch up with some old friends and meet new ones; its great to get such respect from other fellow martial artists and be able to bounce ideas around. Also had some very productive meetings for some exciting future developments.

This weekend

Master Jake Ogden has got a busy but exciting weekend; Saturday he will be a guest and judging at a full contact Kickboxing show; and on Sunday he is appearing and officiating at TMAS LIVE T2 at the Wild Cats Arena in Nottingham.

Uss Everthing and yet Nothing

Uss

Everything and yet Nothing

The word Uss in Jado Kuin Do implies to push ones self to the limit of one’s ability and to endure. Uss can be used as a respectful greeting and/or acknowledgement to the instructor, senior grade, other student or the dojo itself. A student is not expected to ‘yes’ to a senior but to use the word Uss instead.

The word Uss is of ten thousand meanings expressing the willingness to strive against and overcome all obstacles and to preserve on the courteous road to physical, mental and spiritual strength.

Uss at its simplest means perseverance under pressure. At its most profound, it assumes a Zen like spiritual ambiguity (everything and yet nothing), a plea to the soul itself to overcome the frailties of the human condition. This single word expresses the true meaning of JADO.

For a good student is expected to have both strength of SPIRIT with the under lying force of attitude, commitment, honesty, loyalty and etiquette; which affects Jado practitioners’ execution of duties, physical training and human interaction.

MASTER JAKE D. OGDEN.

Gradings

The gradings over the past two weekends have been exceptional. Standards were very good across the board and it was plain to see how passionate the instructors are about their students and Jado Kuin Do. All instructors truly instilled confidence and competence in their students and that has been demonstrated. This drives our beautiful art-form forward to new levels. Also a huge thank you to all that helped over the past couple of weeks, your time is very much appreciated. well done to all, Uss!

Master Jake Ogden