Intense Defense Reality Based Martial Arts and self defense offers the best in high quality self defense. Sensei Aaron I Lawrence who holds the rank of Nidan in ShoshinRyu jujutsu has been a martial artist for the past 20 years.

Intense Defense offers ShoshinRyu classes taught by Sensei Lawrence as a very traditional honor based martial art that has its roots and philosophy set in the Japanese warrior code of the Samurai, and Bushido.

ShoshinRyu while being a traditional martial art draws it’s techniques from real world application. Intense Defense gives it’s students the tools to defend themselves in all situations, armed, unarmed, blind, on different terrain, and with multiple attackers armed or not.

ShoshinRyu, and Sensei Aaron Lawrence has spent years of research and training on the tried and true arts, i.e. Brazilian Jujutsu, Kali stick and knife fighting, Muay Tai kick boxing using elbow and knees, all the throws of Judo, and the traditional arts of Bo and Iaido.  Through this research we have included the extreme efficiency and beauty of these arts with ShoshinRyu’s flow and egoless training philosophy to create a system of self defense and self discovery that is easily learned by men and women young and old, police officers, military, Special Forces, house wives and business men alike.

            Intense Defense Self Defense seminars have taught literally hundreds of Wilmington’s women and men the tools that they can use to defend themselves from a violent attack. Our school is not ego driven or looking to just make money by its clients paying out hundreds of dollars for minimal techniques that might look good on the outside but are not built for self defense situations. We offer all level of techniques to any of our clients/students who are ready, No charges for ranking or learning “new stuff”.

When you are ready, you will get a new belt.

When you are ready, you will learn more techniques.

This is provided to you as the client when you accept that self defense is about you and your willingness to train the curriculum and become stronger in your own abilities.

We could hand you a “black belt” after one month of training and charge you $5000.00 for it. But how would that help you on the street or in a real life/death situation? True training, true learning, and true skill is gained through hard work, repetition, training with multiple body types and situations, pain, diligence, and FUN!

ShoshinRyu of North Carolina is young, but it is growing at an incredible rate with elementary school seminars, corporate self defense seminars, and military defense/offense seminars. Please enjoy our website and contact us soon! The time is now to start training your mind and body to be a better person and be capable in all situations you come to see in your life!

Thank you!