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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 cant 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.
Our Head instructor, Sifu/Guro Russell 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, founder of Jeet Kune Do, and was personally trained & tested from beginer through full instructor rank in JKD by one of Bruce Lee's top students, JKD Grappling Ledgend, Sifu Larry Hartsell,who he trained with until Sifu Hartsell's passing.
Sifu Fuson also holds JKD instructor ranks under other instructors, including Sifu Mark Stewart (Founder of the Boxer Rebellion International Martial Arts) whom he is a Midwest Representative for.
Sifu 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). During his 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.
Sifu 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 works with Law Enforcement Personal and is an active trainer of both Military and Law Enforcement.
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 has trained Hollywood Actors and worked as a Stunt & Weapons Supervisor for movies.
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.
Whether you are a civilian looking for good functional self-defense, to improve your training, a member of the law enforcement community and are seeking to increase your defensive tactics, a solider to enhance your empty hand, knife, stick or sword survival skills, a bodyguard, bouncer, security officer or just a fan of the martial arts looking to find a practical self defense method, we can help you.
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.