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Broken Wing Kenpo (BWK)
Improvement Starts with you
Here at BWK, we constantly strive to provide our students with the best possible way of reaching their goals. With this philosophy, we have developed a program which incorporates multiple styles of martial arts in one form, called Broken Wing Kenpo. Applying multiple forms of martial arts enables us to adapt BWK to all students regardless of their level of ability.
Benefits Of Martial Arts Traning
Improved Health & Fitness
There are numerous benefits to improved health and fitness which include, greater strength, more flexibility, increased energy, improved appearance, and an increase in your mood and attitude. Regular or scheduled exercise can help improve your heart health, decreasing the possibility of stroke and heart disease by strengthening your heart muscle.
Self Defence Skills
Improving your self-defense skills can help you become more self-aware of your surroundings and can help you defuse situations in the most practical and safe way possible. Self-defense will also impact your self-confidence, safety, reflexes, balance, and overall fitness.
Improved Self Confidence
Martial arts can help increase your self-confidence or self-esteem by building belief in yourself. A healthy self-esteem will help you feel worthy of everything that you are as a person. Those that find value in their life show signs of increased motivation, healthier lifestyles, and generally a more positive outlook on life itself.
Increased Self Disciple
Self-discipline is important to the balance of a healthy lifestyle. Those that master the art of self-discipline generally lead happier and healthier lives by being in control of each and every action within their lives. Overall, you become a more balanced, trustworthy and responsible person by knowing exactly what it takes to be happy and succeed.
Increased Focus & Concentration
Martial arts can help increase your focus and concentration using different forms of mediation or qigong. We teach you how to control your thoughts and learn to harness power by enhanced focus. There are also many health benefits that come with this increased ability, improved mental focus increases your problem-solving ability, allowing you to make decisions faster and more effectively.
Recreation & Social Outlet
Corganized recreational programs such as martial arts can help provide a much needed social outlet.
Programs Offered
Broken Wing Kenpo (BWK)
What is Broken Wing Kenpo?
Broken Wing Kenpo was developed so that people with physical disabilities would have the opportunity to reap many benefits of martial arts. Our mission is to challenge and enhance our student's abilities. Our aim at Broken Wing Kenpo is to help our students body and mind to help overall health and well-being.Broken Wing Kenpo is a style of martial arts based on Kenpo and has been designed specifically with the physically challenged in mind. According to a Shaolin Monk who was also a master of Kenpo, "Kenpo is the power of adaptability and yielding; the harmony of all things working together." It incorporates linear and circular movement to facilitate continuous motion as well as blending the dimensions of height, width, depth and time. It is based on logic; anticipating the moves of the opponent.
What We Aim To Achieve:
This combination of martial arts makes BWK a dynamic style that continually changes and grows with the student and the instructor. As with other styles of martial arts, it aims to challenge and enhance the student and is intended to provide the student with a challenging workout. The practice of this art helps improve both health and well-being. It lets the martial artist focus on their abilities, not their disabilities.Cane Dao
What is Cane Dao?
Our Cane Dao system was developed in hand with BWK. An art form designed specifically around the cane. Individuals who take this course will learn how to properly use the cane for health and defensive purposes.What We Aim To Achieve:
Class time workouts will make you stronger and more focused, enhancing your confidence and self-esteem
Defensive Tactical Strategies (DTS)
What is Defensive Tactical Strategies
The goal of DTS (Defensive Tactical Strategies) is to optimize your ability to defend yourself and those you love. To that end, DTS will provide you with the tools and guidance to effectively and realistically defend yourself when faced with threatening and dangerous situations. Focusing on the basics allows us to apply simple and effective techniques for a high chance of success. Defensive Tactical Strategies will provide you with practical and effective options to deal with them and improve your chance of a positive outcome. Using realistic settings and scenarios and working with our innovative instructors, the DTS system will help you develop simple and effective techniques to optimize your safety and the safety of those around you even in the most intense and difficult situations.What We Aim To Achieve:
Class time workouts will make you stronger and more focused, enhancing your confidence and self-esteem.History:
Defensive Tactical Strategies (DTS) is a system based on Broken Wing Kenpo (BWK), a martial arts style designed for people of any body type and ability... or disability. BWK incorporates elements of Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, and American martial arts.Who are we?
"Over 35 Years of combined experience"
The student does not fit the needs of the martial arts system, the system fits the needs of the student.
For years we have been teaching martial arts to people with physical challenges that range in severity from the deconditioned to brain injuries/stroke survivors. We have used that experience to develop Broken Wing Kenpo which focuses on helping people to achieve their goals and lead happier, healthier lives through martial arts. Each course was designed to help our students reach their full potential by providing them the proper tools to succeed.
We believe that the study of martial arts can bring a new challenge to our lives, strengthening our mind, body, and spirit. Our mission is to provide a high-quality martial arts education designed to maximize each student's abilities and talents. Our system, Broken Wing Kenpo, incorporates traditional values with progressive thinking, leading to a fluid comprehensive curriculum.
Instructors
Consultant & Instructor
My goal has always been to bring martial arts to those with physical disabilities. Because of this dream, I have developed Broken Wing Kenpo which blends many styles of martial arts. This enables me to adapt the martial arts to students of any level of ability.Assosiations
AMOK!, The International CaneMasters Association, the Alliance Martial Arts Hall of FameMembership & Certifications
Certification, C.R.I.T.I.C.A.L. Approach (Natural Motion Martial Arts, Inc )
Member, CaneMaster International (Grand Master Mark Shuey)
Member USA Martial Arts Hall of Fame (Inducted 2005, Inducted 2006, Life member of Alliance)
Member Universal Martial Arts Hall of Fame (Inducted 2007)
Member the United States Martial Arts Hall of Fame (Inducted 2008)
About
Shawn Withers, a certified instructor, holds a 4th-degree black belt in Broken Wing Kenpo and a 2nd-degree black belt in Shaolin Kenpo. He also holds a black belt in O-Ki-Tao and is rank sifu in Taiji Qigong from master Chris Keith. Shawn has also received the rank of canemaster from Grandmaster Mark Shuey.Sensei Withers is a personal safety consultant who has worked with a variety of students, both disabled and non-disabled. He has extensive experience working with all students, making him a pioneer in the field of teaching martial arts to the physically challenged.
Consultant & Instructor
John Pratt is a personal safety consultant who is the originator and creator of DTS, Defensive Tactical Strategy Program. He has a 3rd degree Black Belt in BWK (Broken Wing Kenpo) and a Black Belt in Cane Dao.Assosiations
AMOK!, The International CaneMasters Association, the Alliance Martial Arts Hall of FameMembership & Certifications
Certification, C.R.I.T.I.C.A.L Approach. (Natural Motion Martial Arts, Inc.)
Direct Support Provider/CRMA
Heartsaver, American Heart Association. (First Aid CPR AED)
About
John Pratt, originally from Fairfield Maine, John has studied therapeutic recreation at the University Of Southern Maine. For the last decade, John has been working in healthcare as a direct support professional for individuals who are disabled. Alongside his work as a support professional, John has been teaching martial arts to individuals from all walks of life. He has a passion for teaching not only for self-defense but for the benefits of the pursuit of health and well-being.
Contact us
Where are we?
Broken Wing Kenpo - RisingScarborough, Maine, 04074