Please visit our Facebook page to keep up to date on our activities !
Fuson's Eclectic Martial Arts & Jeet Kune Do Academy
Home of the Rarest Combative Martial Arts in Michiana
South Bend Indiana's Leading Academy for Progressive Martial Arts Training
Fuson's Eclectic Martial Arts & Jeet Kune Do Academy can offer the training and first-hand experience you can't get anywhere else; we specialize in real world self-defense and not tournament or sport fighting. We have been serving the Michiana community since 1997.
Guro/Sifu Russell Fuson began his martial arts training in 1976 and holds a number of Black Belts and Instructor credentials in several systems and still continues to cross train in numerous arts.
Sifu Fuson has worked in law enforcement and is an active trainer for both Military and Law Enforcement Personal.
He has taught Local and State Police Defensive Tactics Officers, Federal Air Marshall's, Gaming Police, as well as other Local, State, and Federal Officers his methods of defense to enhance their skills and even made a Defensive Tactics Training Video for Law Enforcement.
Sifu Fuson has also been a bodyguard for both Professional Athletes and Hollywood Actors as well as a Stunt and Weapons Supervisor for movies, including teaching Hollywood actors how to use a Balisong knife.
Fuson's Eclectic Martial Arts offers not just the experience and training from one of the best instructors in their field, but the first-hand experience of someone who knows what will and will not work in many hostile situations.
Having been involved with some of the top martial artists in the World, and working in hot spots around the world, has given Sifu Fuson the unique understanding of effective methods of defense not seen or experienced first-hand by many other instructors.
Guro/Sifu Fuson is a military veteran who has used life and death techniques in the real world and knows what does and does not work. He is a second-generation student of Bruce Lee, (the founder of Jeet Kune Do), and was personally trained & tested in person from beginner through full instructor rank in Jun Fan Gung Fu & Jeet Kune Do Concepts by one of Bruce Lee's top students, JKD Grappling Legend, Sifu Larry Hartsell, (Sifu Fuson trained with Sifu Hartsell until his passing).
Sifu Fuson also holds JKD instructor ranks under other instructors, including Sifu Mark Stewart (Founder of the Boxer Rebellion International Martial Arts) whom Sifu Fuson is a Midwest Representative for and an instructor in all of the arts in the B.R.I. curriculum.
Sifu Fuson has also been ranked by several Kenpo Karate black belts and was fortunate to work with Senior Grand Master Ed Parker (Founder of American Kenpo and the man who not only started the 1st official commercial Karate school in the U.S. but also created the 1st International tournaments in the U.S. bringing the arts to the public through TV, Movies and Hollywood actors). During Guro/Sifu Fuson's decades of training and teaching, he has had the privilege to work with many Masters & Grandmasters of several styles and systems of the martial arts.
If you are willing to put in the time and work, we are here to help you along your path. We Do Not hand out rank for paying fees, you must show up to class and actively participate, learn the techniques and syllabus, put in your required hours of training and demonstrate your skills in the art before you are promoted in rank.