24 December 2015

Merry Christmas to all of you!

Master Horst leading a public meditation in the former school of art / Symondsbury / UK

29 November 2015

Martial arts experts offer their skills in Dorset


For all martial artists in the South West, Bridport, Weymouth, Dorchester, Taunton, and Yeovil area: On Sunday the 13th of December 2015 there is a special knife seminar hosted by the Bridport martial art school Ichinen Bridport. Master Horst Lindenau (Jiu-Jitsu) teaches the very best of self defence in this tuition.
The seminar starts at 1 pm at the Dojo Loders village hall (Loders, Dorset) and the training is suitable for all martial artists from the region. Seminar will be four hours training and every participant will receive a certificate. Please book through this pages contact form.

19 November 2015

Weapon training for self defence at Bridport martial arts club


"Self defence training without weapon training is like swimming without water"!

Since we started out training, we always included the weapon training. As the knife and a short short stick been chosen first, today the weapon training includes gunpoint skills, defence against chemical and tear gas sprays, base bats and broken bottles too.

You better train yourself today, because the muggers to that already!!

Join Ichinen Bridport, the no.1 martial arts school in Dorset. Jiu-Jitsu, BlackCombat and special self defence seminars - all in one hand - all professional and education you can rely on.



11 November 2015

Children train martial art and self defence in Bridport


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Master Horst Lindenau offers a new class for children in the Bridport area. The group is designed for kids from 6 - 14 years. Master Horst has got more than 25 years of experience as a black belt teacher for the martial arts. Since than Ichinen Bridport martial art school has taught already 2 generations of students.

Your child will learn and improve valuable skills for life. We teach the children force and energy, elasticity, respect, patience, humbleness, discipline, stamina, skill, self control, friendship and there will be lots of fun too!!

Places are limited to 15 children. Who comes first, learns first!

The teaching will be in the Dojo at the British Legion Hall, Bridport, Victoria Grove, DT6 5AD. Lesson starts at 5.30 pm. Please come early enough to register. 

First lesson is £ 10 and the second one is free! To join the group the monthly fee is only £ 30 and we keep on with training during half terms. Any questions left for you you are welcome to contact the school on 07968-235486


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06 November 2015

No 1: The pusher striking first to the head!


Here at Ichinen Bridport martial arts school we have chosen to train the most common situations we could come across according to Law Enforcement. The agency monitors the public and releases lists of the most likely attacks they can happen to you.

The list reads like a “who's who” of hurting and injure someone. And if this someone doesn’t want to be yourself, you better do something now to prevent it.

Join one of our martial art sessions either in Bridport or Loders. Five time a week we train. You can choose from three different styles and our black belt masters are all 100% professional, very skilled, fully DBS checked and of course first aiders too.

Don’t want to become a victim of this? ...

1. One person pushes, hands to chest, which is normally followed by the pusher striking first, to the head.
2. A swinging punch to the head.
3. A front clothing grab, one handed, followed by punch to the head.
4. A front clothing grab, two hands, followed by a head butt.
5. A front clothing grab, two hands, followed by a knee to the groin.
6. A bottle, glass, or ashtray to the head.
7. A lashing kick to the groin or lower legs.
8. A broken bottle or glass jabbed to face.
9. A slash with knife, most commonly a 3 to 4" lock blade knife or kitchen utility knife.
10. A grappling style head lock.

(10 most common attack according to Law Enforcement)

... do something now! Come and join us.

Thursday at 7.00 pm martial arts for adults from the age of 15 in Bridport, Dojo British Legion Hall, Victoria Grove.

01 October 2015

Come and join our friendly and professional martial arts school


You are looking for martial arts training? Why not join our school Ichinen Bridport? You can train at different venues each week. Some students do once a week training, some attend to all three. Choose what suits you best.

Training is Thursdays in the Bridport Dojo at the British Legion Hall, Victoria Grove and Tuesdays in the Loders Dojo at Loders Village Hall. Starts at 7.00 pm for 1 1/2 hours training.

We look forward to see you soon :)


13 September 2015

Over 3000 people visited this Jiu-Jitsu platform with over 20.000 page views

America is catching up with Germany soon. 662 unique visitors came so far from Germany and now the US are close to overtake them. Welcome all visitors world wide!

31 August 2015

Strong and confident


You like to be stronger and gain more confidence? Come and join us at our local Bridport martial art school. You can train from one to four times a week whatever suits you. Ichinen Bridport is run by sensei Horst Lindenau with over 25 years of experience as a professional teacher for martial arts.

Trainings are on Tuesdays at 7 pm at Dojo Loders village hall, Loders and Thursdays at 7 pm at Dojo Bridport, Victoria Grove.

23 August 2015

Very good progress at Ichinen Bridport Jiu-Jitsu blog

Master Horst Lindenau from Ichinen Bridport / UK

This blog about our Jiu-Jitsu training got started in January 2012. Since then a lot happened. Students have learned good skills with Master Horst Lindenau an expert in self defence in Bridport.

And the blog does really well. We approach soon 20.000 page views. And unique single visitors were 1580 from Great Britain followed by 658 from Germany and unique visitors from the United States of America were third with 631. Thank you all and keep on coming and share the great martial art of Jiu-Jitsu with us.

14 August 2015

4th Kyu Jiu-Jitsu for Andy Loudon from Ichinen Bridport martial arts school


Big day for Andy Loudon and Ichinen Bridport. Thursday the 13th of August 2015 Andy Loudon took another step into the martial arts. He successfully passed his second grading at our local martial arts school and was awarded the orange belt (4th Kyu) in the traditional Japanese Budo discipline Jiu-Jitsu.

Andy was a bit nervous before his grading, but Master Horst Lindenau guided him through the test and finally Andy passed with a respectable mark 2. Well done and congratulations to Andy from the whole team at Ichinen Bridport.

The grading consists of classic Jiu-Jitsu techniques as throws, arm locks, kicks, hold downs and transport grips. Followed by seven various defences against the most common attacks in real life situations. Rolls and falls and a test in theory completes this martial arts grading.

From his last examination to yellow belt Andy had to train a minimum of 4 months to be excepted for his next step.

Well done Andy Loudon!

Here are some images to give you an idea how it's like.


Andy Loudon executes an attack technique


Andy Loudon receives his official AMA Jiu-Jitsu certificate and the black Ichinen Bridport school T-shirt
from Master Horst Lindenau


03 August 2015

A little bit of history about Ichinen Bridport martial arts school

Ichinen Bridport martial arts school in Bridport, West Dorset, Great Britain, was formed by master Horst Lindenau 25 years ago in 1990. When the local Jiu-Jitsu club stopped training, that was about the time, master Horst came to the area and started teaching the art of Jiu-Jitsu.

Today at Ichinen Bridport you still can learn Jiu-Jitsu, a traditional Japanese martial art.

Master Horst Lindenau visited first time Bridport to teach at the local Jiu-Jitsu club (Bridport Leisure Centre)

28 July 2015

I am going to share it with you


Zen in the martial arts is my favourite (martial art) book. By Joe Hyams 1979, New York, USA.
143 pages full of wisdom, with lovely photos and many quotes from other masters and martial artists.

I found this book first in a shop in Aberdeen (Scotland) in 1982. since than I have bought myself the 6th copy as I gave all other five away to people in need of some mental support. It definitely has saved two life's so far and helped so many.

ISBN 0-87477-101-3, you probably get it on Amazon. Or pop into your local book shop.

... Seize the moment... you must learn to live in the present, he said. Not in the future or past...

18 July 2015

Join Ichinen Bridport now and get your first grading free

Ichinen Bridport membership card is in great demand  

Everybody who joins our Bridport martial arts school by the end of July 2015 will get the first grading for free. Training is four times the week. You can choose your own times. Suitable for all men and women over 16 years.

09 June 2015

Good self defence session in the Loders Dojo

Tonight we had another good session of self defence training in our Loders Dojo. The task was a defence against a hand gun, a knife and a broken bottle. All from the front. We looked at the psychological aspects of these threats as the counter against the hand gun and the knife been the same, the attacker with the broken bottle was defended with leg kicks.

Very important tonight, what to do with the opponent after the attack and a successful defence?

24 May 2015

Would you guess? ### updated ###

When I found this statistic I must admit I was very surprised. What is the most common weapon victims get killed in the USA today? I thought immediately, of course a hand gun.

But no! This deadly weapon is a HAMMER !

And as many things we have got here come from America, there was an incident with a hammer involved in Crewkerne / Dorset. Only a short drive away from Bridport at our nearest train station.

The local paper says: Dorset police are investigating at present after a man was assaulted with a hammer at Crewkerne train station last week. The incident occurred at around 7.00 pm and left the victim with a head injury."

We at Ichinen Bridport will now add a hammer to our "toolbox" and exercise how to defend oneself against hammer attacks. Real street self defence, that's what we teach at our martial arts school. We always keep an eye on the evolution what's going on out there. If you like to learn how to defend yourself and your family, come and visit us at our Dojo and learn street self defence. Our fighting system is Jiu-Jitsu.

06 May 2015

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30 April 2015

Martial Art Master Horst Lindenau from Ichinen Bridport with his Grand-Master Horst Weiland


A little bit of history of our Ichinen Bridport martial arts school. This is one of the very rare photos showing Master Horst Lindenau (Bridport/Dorset) with his Grand-Master Horst Weiland  (Germany).
Photo was taken 1991 in the HQ of the Budo Academy Europe, where Master Horst Lindenau studied and graduated as a professional sports teacher for  Martial Arts, Yoga and Fitness.

23 March 2015

Tuesday 7.00 pm where Bridport martial artists meet

Are you studying Martial Arts in Bridport or anywhere nearby in Dorset? Why not come and train something new with our friendly and serious hard training group on Tuesday nights at the Loders Village Hall ? Loders, Dorset.

First session is only £ 10 (roughly 2 1/2 pints in real currency), your second session is free!
We do traditional Jiu-Jitsu, so whatever style you are practicing will fit in nicely. And we like to be influenced too by your way on the path of Budo, fine Martial Art.

Bridport Martial Arts Master Horst Lindenau demonstrates the claw. A very fine weapon when it comes to fighting.

05 March 2015

Do something for yourself. Join in and learn the art of Jiu-Jitsu


Tonight we had two really good sessions of Jiu-Jitsu at Ichinen Bridport in the British Legion Hall in Bridport / Dorset. Thank you all guys for training so hard tonight.

New members are always very welcome here. Please come and find out if this martial Art suits you. You will find a very pleasant and serious bunch of people. a good way to spend a Thursday night.

03 March 2015

New venue for Martial Arts in Bridport

Tonight we had the first Jiu-Jitsu session at the Loders Village Hall in Loders / Dorset. We didn't use any soft mats today and kept shoes on too. The way we train Jiu-Jitsu keeps us flexible and prepares for various different situations, places, times as in day light or without any sight at pitch black nights.
You can join in our class at any point as a beginner or any level.

22 February 2015

Body and mind must work together

"Without any philosophy or spirituality the martial art becomes meaningless and just a dangerous sport."                                                                           Bong Soo Han


Rice fields in Vietnam

17 February 2015

More Martial Art in Bridport

Ichinen Bridport offers a new venue for all those they like to learn Martial Arts. On Tuesday the 3rd of March starts a new class for Jiu-Jitsu. The Loders Village Hall will be the Martial Art Dojo on Tuesdays from 07.00 to 08.30 pm.

Beginners are very welcome and the class is suitable for men and women over 16 years of age. First session will be £ 10 and the second is free. See you there!

08 February 2015

Meditation is an act of simplicity

Meditation on a rock visiting Vietnam


Meditation is nothing complicated. A retired fisherman who sits at the harbour with a glass of tea and watches the world goes by or an old lady sitting in front of the fire and knits... they both do a kind of meditation. 

It becomes more complicated if you are not one of both. In our today’s fast paced complicated world, being simple has become a lost art I would say. With Ichinen Bridport and Master Horst you can get assistance to learn for yourself to find the way you always had on mind you should go.



02 February 2015

Meditation can improve your life

Are you happy?
Is your life good?
Do you like yourself?

If not, please remember your happiness and success in life does only come from within yourself.
Stay positive and never allow the negativity to step into your life.
You will be surprised what you are able to achieve, when you only once started.

You can learn and train these skills with master Horst Lindenau.


31 January 2015

Master Horst Lindenau is a trained doorman too


It is already a year ago since I passed my doorman training at the academy in Taunton. To teach Martial Arts  as self defence too as we do at Ichinen Bridport Jiu-Jitsu, it requires a lot of training and several qualifications for the instructors. Next I have to do is the CRB check again. Than soon the 1. aid is due, followed by the renewal seminar as a coach. 

But you as a student don't need to worry about all this. You just concentrate on your path. Growing with Jiu-Jitsu.

28 January 2015

Knifing in a town nearby


Update  >>> 
Anti Terror Combat is now called BlackCombat!

Last Sunday a 28 year old man got stabbed five times in the town nearby during a street fight with a 41 year old man.

It all happened late night at about 2.30 am and the trouble started outside a pub and then continued along through three streets, ending with the stabbing.

Again that reminds me to a comment of the local police here, that our town doesn't need seminars,
teaching knife defence. Then I was holding a special knife defence seminar for Bridport door staff.

The younger man has been seriously injured, as to read in the daily paper. Of course, knifes can injure very badly. Interesting what a local councillor commented. He said:” We do have trouble in town centre on different occasions, that’s true. Our biggest problem is the lack of police in the town at night.

My answer to that, better safe than sorry. Get prepared. Times are not getting better unfortunately and the evil crime swoops over from big towns. Learn the art of self defence here at Ichinen Bridport Jiu-Jitsu with Master Horst Lindenau. Former Anti-Terror-Kampf Master (from Germany) and Anti Terror Combat chief instructor. Every Thursday in Bridport. Martial Arts for you! Starts 7.00 pm.

This is a selection of nasty weapons you can get confronted with nowadays in a street fight

24 January 2015

What drives someone to commit a violent act?

I have found this in a magazine and think it is quite informative about our stressful, violent or just out of order behavior. Looks like that some of the usual suspects don't have some kind of responsibility, as it is in their genes. Please click on the picture and enlarge it for easy reading.

Very often I am asked, why do you train these techniques to pupils? Doesn't it make people even more aggressive or violent? And my answer is, no it is the opposite. Someone who has got an aggressive touch in himself, can either be retrained on this matter. And if not, believe me, these kind of people don't stay long. Because they haven't got the stamina to keep on going on top of their other bad behavior. So here at Ichinen Bridport you are safe.

Next Jiu-Jitsu session in Bridport will be on Thursday the 29th at 7 pm. See you there!

16 January 2015

Good Jiu-Jitsu session last night at Ichinen Bridport

Last night we trained the fortress. It was inspired by Carl Cooper a former Krav Maga instructor and inventor of the Toxic fighting system. Carl run a class in Exeter and one of his students, Lewis Harris, joined the Bridport based self defense class at Ichinen Bridport with Master Horst Lindenau.

Horst:" Lewis is a great added value to our school and I appreciate his knowledge in real self defense." We all enjoyed a good session of martial Arts and learned a lot.