When we use the term hand-to-hand combat skills we are not referring to some mysterious set of skills from some exotic martial art. When we use term we mean realistic and practical techniques that would be recognizable to a U.S. Marine fighting in the jungles of Guadalcanal during World War II or a frontier American fighting in the Ohio River Valley during the French and Indian War.

Marines and "frontier" Americans are and were primarily skilled as expert marksmen with rifles. However, they were also skilled in fighting with whatever weapon was available such as a knife or a club, and they were quite capable when resorting to unarmed combat. They knew how to execute throws, takedowns, locks and chokes, and they knew how to take full advantage of striking with their hands, elbows, knees and feet. The techniques they learned to utilize were a blend of skills from a variety of military and combative disciplines. Those Americans were quite capable of providing for their own personal defense.

Today, very few Americans have any knowledge of hand-to-hand combat skills. It is our contention at Stone Ridge Martial Arts that every citizen has the right to learn combat skills to protect himself or herself against criminals, thugs, or anyone else that wants to do them harm.

The hand-to-hand combat techniques we teach as Stone Ridge Martial Arts are the "street combat" techniques of the KAJUKENBO SELF DEFENSE INSTITUTE, an American self-defense system.