Kajukenbo was founded in 1947 in the Palama Settlement on Oahu, Hawaii by 5 martial artists with different backgrounds who met to train and learn from each other. It is considered America’s first mixed martial art and is a combination of Karate, Judo and Jujitsu, Kenpo, and Boxing. This unique style covers all ranges of self-defense (standing, clinch, and ground) by incorporating strikes, takedowns, joint-locks and weapons disarming to form a practical and efficient self-defense system that anyone can learn.
Submission grappling encompasses arts such as Judo, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ), and Wrestling. All are complimentary grappling arts that teach that a smaller person can successfully defend themselves against a stronger, heavier opponent by using leverage and gaining control of the other person with the use of take-downs, pins, joint locks, and chokes.
Instructors
Eric Rosky
Eric has been training in martial arts since the age of 9, training in Tae Kwon Do, Muay Tai, boxing, and Jiu Jitsu, earning his blue belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in 2005. He moved to Arizona in 2006 and attended the Arizona Law Enforcement Academy. He continued training on and off in law enforcement defensive tactics and grappling until 2011 when he started training Kajukenbo under Sigung Greg Hoyt. In 2018, Eric received his 3rd degree black belt and the title of Sifu in Kajukenbo
Outside of Kajukenbo, Eric is an active law enforcement defensive tactics/use of force instructor. He has also attended several combative courses to include a level 1 instructorship in Gracie survival tactics for law enforcement and ASP impact weapons and restraint instructor course.
Eric has been an active teacher in martial arts since 2015. He continues to cross train in Judo and grappling.
Britney Walsh
Britney has been studying martial arts for a total of 10 years. She has earned the rank of 1st degree black belt in Judo, 1st degree brown belt in Kajukenbo, and blue belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. She has participated in several tournaments across the Southwest, often competing in multiple divisions to gain more experience, and has won or placed in every tournament entered.
She has also spent the past 4 years working as a teacher of martial arts, focusing most of her work in Judo and kids submission grappling classes. She is excited to share her passion with those who are willing to learn.