ARC Martial Arts Program

The ARC Martial Arts Room.

The ARC Martial Arts Program is a series of classes in the martial arts offered at the ARC at UC Davis. They currently have a total of five martial arts (total of 15 hours of classes per week) and they continue to add more every quarter. They offer classes in five very diverse martial arts, classes that will fit the needs of any skill level. For $36-48 a quarter, ARC members can buy a membership to take a 9 week course in the Martial Art of their choice. Listed below are all ARC Martial Arts Program class descriptions and some information about the instructors.

If you are unable to make all the classes and want just try out a class, the ARC also offers Drop-in classes. For $3.25 students can try out the class for the day. It's a nice way to take a class whenever you want without having to deal with the big one time fee.

Want to take classes for free?
At the beginning of every quarter the ARC offers "Try Before You Buy Week". You can take any of the Aerobics and Martial Arts classes for free for the entire week. Try out things for free before making a commitment.

Goal Statement of the ARC Martial Arts Program

The ARC Martial Arts Program strives to present an alternative form of recreation to all its patrons. Students from all levels, from beginners to advanced, can study in any of our five classes. Our programs offer everything from fitness, health improvement, self-defense, and sparring. To our patrons we offer alternative forms of recreation combined with the rich tradition of martial arts.

The Hapkido Program at the ARC

Hapkido is reasonably well known system of Korean martial arts. It places more emphasis on weapons, self-defense and joint locks. The strikes are pretty much derived from Tae Kwon Do. It's a nice introductory class to martial arts if you're just looking for something basic to try out. I say this because it places more emphasis on basic self-defense techniques more so than the other classes.

The instructor, Robert Sarason Sabunim has been teaching Hapkido at UC Davis for over 30 years. He is a very friendly guy and you can always recognize him by his long, curly hair.

The Judo Program at the ARC

World renowned system of self- defense, Olympic sport, traditional Japanese Martial Art practiced worldwide by women and men, young and old. A complete Judo program is now available under the expert instruction of Harry Kendall Sensei that begins with the basic techniques of falling, throwing and grappling (which includes arm locks and chokes) and culminates, for those who show the competency, with enrollment in inter-collegiate level, and nationally ranked tournaments. Women and men of all sizes are encouraged to try this dynamic sport and discover the principles, techniques and spirit of this popular Martial Art.

The Sanshou Kickboxing Program at the ARC

Sanshou Kickboxing is Free-Form version of Chinese Kickboxing. It was developed in the 1950's as a way to unify all the Kung Fu schools in China under one set of rules. It comprises of punches, kicks, knees, and throws. There is a lot of freedom to do what you want except that you have gloves on. These classes are the only actual kickboxing school in Davis. Also be aware that this is not merely an aerobics class. Expect to get worked out, hard.

The class is taught by Coach Rawi Nanakul who has trained at both Cung Le's and Rudi Ott's schools in the San Francisco Bay Area.

The Tae Kuk Mu Sul Program at the ARC

This Martial Art is a traditional form of Korean Martial Arts based on a very complex pressure point system. It can be described as a mix of Tae Kwon Do and Hapkido. Although the striking is derived from TKD and some of the pressure points and locks are from Hapkido, it is very much its own unique style. A free uniform is included. This is the only TKMS school in Davis.

The instructor, Grandmaster Suk Ku Kim is the founder and grandmaster of TKMS. You can learn almost anything you ever wanted to learn (except the ability to fly) from Master Kim. You can learn everything from self-defense, weapons, pressure points, TKD Olympic sparring, TKD, forms, just a plethora of knowledge from a Grandmaster. Master Kim is also a ranked Master in Tae Kwon Do (9th), Hapkido (6th), Kuk Sul Won (6th) and an 8th degree in TKMS.

• I've seen him do some crazy stuff like flip someone completely over by using a fan.
  

• This doesn't seem possible - JH
  

• http://www.e-budokai.com/hibuki/tessen.htm also recall the fight scene at the end of Disney's Mulan... - StephanieStudebaker
  

• Fans are actually very common in Japanese and Korean martial arts systems. They were developed for Geisha's to defend themselves. - RN
  

• You can do pretty much anything with the proper force and leverage, and I suspect the body motion of the person being flipped also contributes to the ease or difficulty with which the feat is performed. - TR
  

• It was probably a pressure point demonstration; the right points can cause a spasm which is capable of forcing a reasonably fit person to throw themselves to the ground involuntarily, with very little force applied. It is a Hapkido technique. - gregpera

The Kung Fu (Northern Shaolin) Program at the ARC

Kung fu is a Chinese tradition whose roots reach back thousands of years. Developed as a method of maintaining health and defending the students' selves and country, Kung Fu remains a popular practice today. The Northern Siu Lum (beishaolin in Mandarin) system of kung fu stresses long and short range leg and hand techniques. Takedowns and joint locks are also practiced. This class focuses on basics, coordination, fitness, and techniques for application. Later on, forms are taught as a source of
techniques, concepts, and an expression of the "art" in Kung Fu.

The class is taught by Thomas Renshaw, a student of Grandmaster Wing Lam. While at Lam Kwoon (Lam's Kung Fu school), Thomas instructed beginning to advanced level students, represented Lam Kwoon at tournaments, and was part of the Wing Lam Kung Fu demo team. He also structured and taught a champion-producing children's kung fu program at Lam Kwoon in Sunnyvale, CA.

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