WHY RTMS?

Total Warrior Power

During training classes you will learn what is needed for your next rank as well as practice the skills previously learned.  Most of your time will be spent in classes. Many times the class will meet outdoors, usually to practice more techniques that require a unique environment. 

Relying on Ninja films, old stories, or the commercial warrior, is not the best way to learn about martial arts. Since the world is full of so many warrior "wannabes" it is easy for someone to become misled. Aside from all that, hundreds of people are still driven towards this unique system. Why? Below are the 10 most popular reasons students are drawn into the science. 

Following are 10 popular reasons students are drawn into the RTMS.

1. Variety

Attention and interest are sparked through the curiosity of a unique and eclectic style. Clothed in a combat uniform from head to toe, moving through the night like darkness itself, and highly trained in dynamic body movement and specialized combat tactics, the warrior stands with confidence. He stalks through nature, climbs like a spider, and is skilled in an array of deadly weapons as he spins a web of mystery at every corner. Does this image of a Total Warrior spark your curiosity? 

2. Realistic Self-defense

Like most beginners of the martial arts, students of RTMS are also interested in self-defense. Fear of pain is the motivation in this case. People are always trying to avoid pain. This pain could be in the form of a school bully, thief, or a mugger. Other fears, like that of being overweight, out of shape, lazy or undeveloped as a whole, are also factors for motivation. However, many martial artists will agree a high percentage of their purpose was to learn to defend oneself. As well as being unique and eclectic, RTMS offers techniques of self-defense that give students a sense of confidence and ability.

3. Mystique

Legendary invisible warriors are cloaked in the shadows of their environment, disguised within a mask of darkness. Total Warriors are masters of disappearance; using the techniques of invisibility, they can remain in plain sight yet go unperceived by the untrained observer. Everyone at one time or another wants to just disappear. The skills of vanishing into thin air or blending in with the surroundings can feed everyone's interest in one way or another.

 4. The Ryu

It is a family, where everyone is part of an elite team. Teamwork is essential for accomplishing our goals. No one wants to be a loner, and those without a place to which they can belong are usually the ones who turn to a family of drugs and crime, or satisfy their loneliness by taking company with food and drink. The group atmosphere of a Ryu is important in the healthy growth of young students. Students of RTMS show pride in belonging to a respected organization. Being part of a family and sharing experiences is something you can't get in the commercial "did you pay your bill, then let me alone" dojo or training hall.

5. Weapons

Not only are people drawn for new tactics, methods, and arts, but also for new weapons. RTMS offers students a vast array of old and modern weapons with an equal level of unique techniques and training skills. Swords, shuriken, blowguns, and knives are just a few on the unlimited list of weapons used in the martial arts, which also includes sticks, canes, umbrellas, chains, and firearms. Most arts might teach a few traditional weapons as forms and katas, yet rarely do they get into the realistic combat skills that RTMS is known for. Where else can you learn to use such items as a pen, jacket, and a piece of paper as tools for self defense?

6. All In One

In judo you can learn to throw, in karate to punch, and in tae kwon do to kick. In RTMS you can learn it all in one place. The RTMS dojo trains every area and aspect of the martial arts. It is known as the most complete art, teaching not only kicking, punching, and throwing, but also skills of survival, first aid, weapons, climbing, teamwork, mind control, and more. This approach offers more selection for the student, but it also takes endurance and more years if the practitioner is to reach a black belt status. A middle level student in RTMS can be compared to a black belt in most other styles of martial arts. It is for this reason that RTMS is seen not as an art but as a science.

7. Action Not Rank

RTMS does not follow the same ranking system as other martial arts. The theory "it is in the doing" is taken very seriously. Everyone is getting tired of the "I'm 8th degree, he is 6th degree black belt" syndrome. A grey belt in RTMS could have as much knowledge if not more than the traditional black belt in karate. In modern society, everybody and his brother is a black belt at something. Yet not everybody and his brother is a black belt in RTMS. Students have learned to compare what they are getting from a fifth degree traditionalist to a black belt in RTMS. The traditionalist loses.

8. Teamwork

Martial arts literally means "military arts," and they were developed for the purpose of survival. RTMS non-sport emphasis focuses instead on self-discipline , personal growth, practicality, and everything today's warrior is looking for. RTMS is based on team effort unlike sport karate competition, which focuses on individual achievement, increasing ego, and segregation, and all the aspects RTMS tries to avoid.

9. If It Works, Use It

The RTMS students use whatever works to get the job done. It's not the origin of the tactic, but more so its usefulness that's important. RTMS students are not limited to labels but simply wish to accomplish the task at hand. For example, a chair is meant to hold the person up while he sits on it; that is its purpose. It does not matter if the chair is blue, green, or yellow or whether it is called a chair or a besodeoak. Its application remains the same. Practitioners use this theory or result-oriented approach in training. Also, the practitioner may choose to follow a five-element approach to any circumstance, which gives him several levels of response to each action, mental or physical.

10. The Great Outdoors

The last, and one of RTMS most attractive aspects, is the use of the environment. When you think of Total Warrior training, you can't help but visualize a shadow warrior running through the trees or scaling cliffs and castles. The Total Warrior takes advantage of the outdoors for a more refreshing and realistic training.

Training in the outdoors is a regular setting for the RTMS practitioner. Parks and woods have more than any training hall could possibly offer. The outdoors has enough room to train the largest of groups in clean air. An outdoor training ground makes every class unique. The natural grass of a park is perfect most training exercises. We spend most of our lives in boxes, from our house to our car, it is nice to spend some of your time training in the great outdoors outside of one.

Most martial artists never leave the training hall to train in a more realistic environment, one closer to the context of where a real situation would occur. RTMS practitioners head outdoors to subject themselves to a variety of environments for personal growth. A uniform of the warrior and solid ground is a much more realistic design than the traditional white pajama soft mat approach.

The majority of the students, however, like the fact that not just anybody can be a Total Warrior. It takes a dedicated individual willing to give his or her all.