Our style of Ju-Jitsu dates back to the time of the Samurai, the warrior class in Japan. Ju-Jitsu is the father of many styles of martial arts. Judo and Aikido developed specifically from Ju-Jitsu. read more…
O' Sensei in Deep Thought
We teach the traditional combination of Karate, Judo and Aikido techniques. Karate focuses on strong punches and kicks, and coordination of attack. Judo teaches you to fall, roll, and use leverage to your advantage. Aikido emphasizes redirection of attack, joint locks, and pressure point control.
Grand Master Claude Woodson, who came to the Black Hills through the military, began teaching Ju-Jitsu here in the late 1960′s at the YMCA. Through his dedication to the art he learned while growing up in Chicago, he passed his skills along to a few dedicated students. read more…
Hanshi Al Salazar remembers his first experience with Judo. As a teenager, he worked at the Houston Chronicle. There was a young man working there who was kind of a bully. This young man was always hitting and hurting others. One day Al was eating a sandwich for lunch. The bully grabbed him from behind in kind of a chokehold … [Read more]
Hanshi Doug Langworthy is a 5th generation Black Belt as a result of Sensei Woodson’s teaching, and has actively studied and taught the martial arts for the last 25 years. Rushmore Ju-Jitsu has been successfully operating for the last 4 years, and now has approximately 75 students between the children and adult classes. [Read more]