The Northern Crane Martial Arts Association has been specializing since 1986 in teaching non-competitive, authentic, pragmatic, down to earth survival skills that have been handed down for centuries from teacher to student and that can be utilized by anyone at any time, in any self defense situation. We teach these skills in an intellectually stimulating, pleasant and friendly environment.

NORTHERN CRANE DOES NOT ACCEPT STUDENTS UNDER THE AGE OF 12 UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES OTHER THAN WITH THE ACTIVE PARTICIPATION OF A PARENT OR ADULT GUARDIAN OF THE STUDENT. THE CURRICULUM OF THIS ASSOCIATION IS NOT SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN YOUNGER THAN ADOLESCENCE! WE ALSO RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REJECT ANY APPLICANT WE CONSIDER TO BE UNSUITABLE OF RECEIVING THE INFORMATION TAUGHT BY THE ASSOCIATION.

The Northern Crane Martial Arts Association is not run as a "business" it is an association of like minded individuals united for the purpose of exploring, researching and training in the old ways of combat, a martial path of enlightenment taught by ancient sages of the Orient. Our training space is private and candidates will not be given directions to it until after an initial qualifying interview. 

We do not advertise and prefer to keep a low media profile because we are interested in only those potential students that are so highly motivated to study an authentic battlefield martial art that they go the 'extra mile' in their research to find the right school. We are not interested in teaching "watered down" sports martial arts or in teaching young children that have no valid reason to be practicing a potentially deadly art form. The reasons for not allowing small children to participate in true martial arts training are so many that we do not wish to go into them here.  If you would like more information regarding this, please refer to the 'Frequently Asked Questions' portion of this website.

Students primarily interested in cost or shopping for the "best" price, keep looking, this association is not for you. This association is certainly not overpriced but we are definitely not interested in considering such students. 

The curriculum of this association predates the advent of "sport" martial arts. This means that the concept of "mixed" martial arts is meaningless to us since ignorance of  any combat skill, whether it be weapons (ancient or modern), striking, kicking, grappling or ground-fighting could result in death or worse in any real life or death encounter. "Mixed" martial arts is to us just the newest marketing reincarnation of sport martial arts, albeit one that has recently become very popular. It does have much more validity when compared to all its precedents except of course the age old duel or death match but it still should never be confused with real survival skills. It does have rules and because it does, it is not truly applicable for survival. So if an applicant is interested in this sport, this is not the curriculum you seek.

The curriculum of the Northern Crane Martial Arts Association is primarily comprised of two Oriental Martial Arts: 1. Okinawan Matsumura Seito Shorinryu Hakutsuru Karatejutsu & Kobujutsu and  2. Chinese Yang Style T'ai Chi Ch'uan & Jian

TO CONTACT US:

Northern Crane Martial Arts Association

senseiphil@northerncrane.net

207.985.8582