The School of Jan de Jong: February 2016

Saturday, 27 February 2016

The Legacy of Jan de Jong

I have been informed by the editor of the national martial arts magazine, Blitz, that my article on the legacy of Shihan Jan de Jong OAM 9th Dan will be published. Can you conceive what I consider De Jong's legacy to be? It won't be what you imagine but it will be far more influential than simple martial arts. It may even challenge 'professional's' understanding of a philosophy that they hold dear to themselves.

Monday, 22 February 2016

Adrian Dobson Photo

Paul Amyes, a former senior student of the former Jan de Jong Self Defence School, very generously granted me permission of sharing the photograph below of the late Adrian Dobson.

Wednesday, 10 February 2016

Blitz Article on the Legacy of Jan de Jong

I have been informed by the editor of Blitz that my article on the legacy of Shihan Jan de Jong OAM 9th Dan will be published in the March (2016) edition of Blitz. The legacy is something you might not necessarily attribute to De Jong at first glance. It only comes through a deep understanding of his work and the man himself. Either buy the magazine in your local newsagent or purchase it on-line with Blitz.

About This Blog

Jan de Jong is a world renown martial artist who pasted away in 2003. I was a student and instructor of De Jong's, and I am proud and humbled to also say I was a friend of De Jong's.

I wrote a blog titled Kojutsukan that was originally designed to introduce the public to my work associated with the science behind the tactics and techniques taught by the martial arts and used in violence generally. Given my association with De Jong, I received many requests for more information on the man himself. I had drafted a chapter on the 'school of Jan de Jong' in my originally conceived how-to book on the tactics and techniques of the jujutsu taught by Jan de Jong. So I posted the Jan de Jong story.

The Jan de Jong story is not just a story of the man himself. It's a story of his school of thought. Just as the school of Rembrant is a school of thought and does not refer to a physical entity, so the school of Jan de Jong refers to a school of thought that he developed during his life time.

An unintended consequence of posting the Jan de Jong story was (a) the amount of interest it generated, and (b) the information I received from De Jong's past which I had hitherto not been privy to. So I decided to write a blog dedicated to the school of Jan de Jong.

The School of Jan de Jong