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Our Courses:
Building lifetime warrior skills, learn the internal (strategy, mindset, warrior thinking) and external aspects (best ways to block, hit, kick, etc.) Please see our application procedure if you wish to join a class.
Long-Term and Certification Programs
Martial Arts Training for anyone who wants to learn self defense
Silverbacks Training for those with physical limitations due to age or injury
8-Week Female Self Defense
Wolverinz Youth Martial Arts Program
3-Day C.A.S.T. (Confined Area Safety/Survival Training)
One-night classes held on Saturday evenings |
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| Knife Defense Gun Defense Tactical Jaw and Limb Control Tactical Ground Fighting Self Defense Key Chain Cane/Umbrella Steel Fan |
S.P.A.C.E. Program |
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Martial Arts and Civilian Self Defense
"A life in the arena is the only life worth living."
Phil Messina
1. THIS IS YOUR FIRST STEP! Print and fill out this MW Application Form
2. Fax your completed application to 631-226-5454, drop it off or snail mail it to us: 711 North Wellwood Avenue, Lindenhurst, NY 11757. We're just north of Straight Path, next door to CVS and across the street from Gino's pizzeria.
This short application is used for the Martial Arts program for those 18 and up. We will (under certain circumstances and with certain scholastic and parental requirements/permission) take females who are between 14 - 17 and males who are between 15 - 17. Call for more information if applicable.
We're still accepting applications for the new Martial arts group, which runs from 7:15 pm - 8:45 pm on Thursdays and 11 am - 12:30 pm on Saturdays. You can join up through Lesson 8, so get your application in today! Both Civilians and Law Enforcement are welcome.
3. You can download a copy of our student handbook or call us right now at 631-226-8383 and we'll send you a free copy. Plus, you can make an appointment to watch a class! If we're not in the office, leave a voicemail and we'll call you back.
That's it!
You've just taken the three quick and easy steps to starting the training
that will enhance everything you do!
Silverbacks
This ongoing martial arts course follows the philosophy that a student who is prone to injury due to age or physical limitation can still be effectively trained in a realistic, self defense oriented martial arts system.
Lead Instructor Phil Messina emphasizes timing, tactics and tricks to get the job done quickly, efficiently and above all, effectively.
Perfect for those 55 and older or other mature adults with chronic ailments or physical limitations wishing to maintain a high level of combat prowess while sustaining the ability to protect themselves and their loved ones in a life or death situation.
Students will learn:
- Empty handed techniques
- The use of everyday items such as canes, umbrellas and more as effective improvised weapons
- Our solid, research based, energy saving strategies & tactics
- Moderately paced, low impact training
This gives new meaning to the term Baby "Boomer!"
Mixed Martial Arts
At Modern Warrior® if being warrior fit is your goal…
this is the class for you!
Check back or give us a call for dates for our Saturday evening class.
Your lead instructors, Modern Warrior® black belts Mark Jurek and Dariusz Wiszowaty have excelled in both grappling and strike/kick competitions
Call now for more information or to sign up.
8-Week Self Defense Course for Women Only
Don’t wait any longer. NOW is the time to do it. If you or a woman you care about wants to feel safer, this course is a must.
You’ll walk out knowing you can WIN a violent confrontation against a bigger, stronger, faster attacker! Going to work, being out shopping or just taking a walk will feel different when you've completed this course. You’ll carry yourself more confidently and there is no doubt that you’ll project your confidence to all who see you.
This is a course held once a week for an hour and a half. We encourage you to call and make an appointment to watch a class so you can see how practical, fun and realistic what we do is and how it can fit for you.
Learn the following topics & more...
- Strategy – what to do and when to do it
- Blocking – how not to get hit
- Offense – the most effective, economical strikes
- Kicks – best targets for kicking the bad guy
- Groundfighting – just another place to win from!!!
- Breaking Holds & Throws - break out of different types of holds and grasp what makes a throw work
This course features a different topic each week with review along the way. We have a high instructor to student ratio so each student gets the individual attention they deserve.
Hundreds of women have taken this course - now it's YOUR turn.
Sunday evening class is now forming and will be starting on June 22nd. Call us for class times and to set up a tour. We run Monday evening classes as well, usually held from 6:30 - 8 pm.
This course is a life changing experience. Register ASAP to reserve your place! Limited openings!
Change your life! Call NOW!
(631) 226-8383
For More Information:
1. Visit our friends at www.AWSDA.org for more information on Women's Self Defense.
2. A short paper about training for women, written by a Modern Warrior® student who is now a junior instructor.
3. A Sexual Assault Survivor Support Group is available for any current or former Modern Warrior® student. This group will meet once a month, and if you'd like more info, call 631-226-8383 or e-mail: info@modernwarrior.com .
Wolverinz Youth Martial Arts Program
$75 per month for 1 child, $65 for the second child, $55 for additional children!
For more details, go to the Wolverinz page.
3-Day C.A.S.T. (Confined Area Safety/Survival Training)
An intensive three day course with basic or instructor certification at the end. This program is designed for persons working in confined areas such as airplanes, school buses, trains, etc. or for law enforcement officers who may find themselves in common carriers. It is easily adapted to living rooms, kitchens, office environments, courtrooms, etc. The class also includes a "Cockpit Combat Component” which will allow those in control of common carriers to inflict both debilitating and lethal force while being strapped into a safety seat.
This class is highly appropriate for law enforcement officers as it includes such information as: officer as hostage scenarios, citizen as hostage scenarios, dealing with crowds of civilians in high risk confined area scenarios and much more. Upon completion of the three day Instructor course, participants will be able to teach the most critical basic tenets of the program with others who may find themselves in similar situations
For more details, go to the C.A.S.T. page.
Five Day Defensive Tactics Instructor’s Course
Now Held at Modern Warrior® Headquarters! There is no other course offered anywhere that offers this type of instructor training. Specific techniques are chosen for their ability to demonstrate particular concepts - concepts which are vital for the defensive tactics instructor to be completely familiar with in order to be the most effective trainer possible. These concepts include (but are not limited to): Physio-kinetics, Time-framing, multiple assailant confrontation, edged weapons defense, instinctive firearm retention and gun disarming, FAST (Firearm Alternative Survival Tactics), tactical groundfighting and confrontational handcuffing.
Liability protection is discussed throughout different points in the course, with the main emphasis on developing and sharpening the instructor’s various teaching and defensive tactics skills, including the area of adjusting to individual student skill levels and answering “What if?” questions. Course is held Mon-Fri, 8-9 hour training days for five days. This course is being offered again soon.
These courses are 4 hours long and are conducted in an informal atmosphere. Class sizes are small and limited. Instructor-to-student ratios are high.
Knife Defense- A course designed to keep YOU on the attack when confronted with an edged weapon. Defenses to many types of knife attacks are covered. Learn simple concepts that work empty handed or against edged weapons, regardless of attack. Practical, realistic, developed by someone who fought numerous felons armed with bladed weapons, and modified over the past 14 years to be simple to learn, easy to remember and employ under stress.
Gun Defense- This three hour course presents simple, effective techniques for retaining your firearm and disarming an assailant of a handgun, rifle or shotgun. The techniques are street-proven and the concepts are presented in a clear and thorough manner so you will be able to take these skills straight into the real world!
The Modern Warrior® firearm retention and disarming program provides you with the highest possible margin for error, taking into account injuries, multiple assailants and the environment.
You'll walk out of this class feeling confident that you can not only survive against an attacker armed with a gun, but YOU CAN WIN. It’s one of the most heavily researched classes offered at Modern Warrior®. The concepts are simple and effective. Learn to do it instinctively, even blindfolded!
Tactical Jaw and Limb Control- Learn how to influence your opponent's natural balance and motion through physio-kinetics™. This important course greatly enhances your other self defense skills. Especially good for people with previous martial arts or defensive tactics training, it enables you more safely transition to offense OR simply take the opponent down.
Tactical Ground Fighting- Getting knocked to the ground during a confrontation isn't the end of the fight-it's just another place from which to win. Learn to fight and win against multiple attackers from the ground.
Self Defense Key Chain- A Nationally Certified Self Defense Course
- A 4 hour course on selected Saturday evenings from 6-10 p.m.
- Protect yourself with this legal self defense device.
- A practical keychain that you can carry with you at all times.
- Learn dozens of techniques, from passive to aggressive.
- Covers low levels of force to life and death situations.
Cane/Umbrella
Find out how you can use these everyday items as self-defense tools. They are both convenient to carry and easy to employ. We promise that after this class, you’ll never look at a rainy day in quite the same way…
Steel Fan
Back by popular demand! It’s not only great for keeping cool in the hot summer weather, it’s a compact, easy to use weapon.
Free Rape Prevention- Given once every other month, this free community service provided by Modern Warrior® has changed the lives of thousands of women. Learn the concepts and mindset that allows a woman to win a life and death confrontation against a determined attacker who is bigger, stronger and faster.
Confronting Multiple Assailants- At Modern Warrior® this is our specialty! Learn to defend yourself AND WIN against a group of attackers.
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Environmental Simulation- Unique to Modern Warrior®. In both of our Environmental Simulator Rooms, you will learn to fight and be comfortable in unpredictable situations.
Our Outdoor Simulator Room: Equipped with torrential rain, blinding snow, hurricane fans, thunder and lightning. It even has the occasional booby trap to force students to adapt to the unexpected. Fight in settings with uneven and slippery footing, in an elevator, a hallway and a car. An experience not to be missed! See pictures.
The Indoor Simulator Room: The newest addition to the Modern Warrior training facility. This room has several typical rooms filled with foam furniture for safely training against attack that may come at any point in the day. Learn to fight off a home invasion in our bedroom. Fight off a rapist in your living room. Stop an irate client in our foam furniture office.
Breaking Holds and Grappling- Learn to break out of or exploit any kind of grab or hold an attacker can use.
Chi Sao (sticking hands)
"Thanks again for your persistent contribution to saving law enforcement officers' lives!"
- Capt. Michael P. Gardner, Warren Co. Sheriff's Office, Ohio