The value of tradition...
Hsin Lu Tao™ Academy of Martial Arts is a training facility for students interested in learning the traditional martial arts. We are formed of an ever-growing fellowship of well-rounded, well-trained martial arts instructors devoted to teaching the skills, the traditions, the history, the physics and the philosophy of the Arts in a straightforward and practicable manner. Tradition is of vital importance in our training, exercise and mastery of the Arts. To us, to subtract the tradition is to compromise the vast amounts of wisdom it imparts to the practitioner, and thus, in essence, to cripple the art.
Please feel free to come in to visit us, browse through our web site, or to email us with any questions or comments. Our on-line calendars and class schedules (HQ calendar here; Northeast calendar here) provides you with a schedule of our regular classes, or you can register and join our martial arts forum. Do one or do them all. We appreciate your contact.
(915) 856-6560
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To start with, click here to visit our membership page and pay your tuition or yearly membership fees. Click here to visit our private lessons page and pay for private training. Click here to visit our workshops page and pay for one or more of our upcoming workshops you may be interested in attending.
Instructor Training Camp ...
The first of this series for 2010 focuses on all levels of training for advancement purposes, as lined up specifically for instructors and developed to equally benefit law enforcement officers, in accordance with the Evolutions of Martial Arts Development. Training highlights include:
- Joint Manipulation Series - Lock-flow training
- Self Defense Sequences
- Weapons training to include impact & edged weapons
- Weapon disarms and defense
- Ground tactics
The class is scheduled for Saturday, September 18th, 2010, from 9 a.m.—12 p.m. at our training faclity, 10931 Pellicano Dr. Click here for a map to the location. Click here for futher details, to register and pay online.
Ft. Bliss Bulldog Brigade & Hsin Lu Tao...
celebrated Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month Thursday, May 13th, 2010. View the short news clip from KTSM News Channel 9.
View more video clips of the event here.
Sifu Boyer guest speaker at...
Ft. Bliss celebration and observation of Women's History Month, April 2010. Click on the thumbnails below for more information.
Sifu Boyer & Commander,
Col. Christopher G. Cavoli
YOU should CARE about PERSONAL-DEFENSE...
SOLD OUT Our next Level I Women's Personal Defense Workshop is scheduled for September 25th, 2010, 1—5 p.m. at our facility here at 10931 Pellicano Dr. Click here for a map to our location. Click here to register and pay online for the workshop.
Women's Personal Defense
(WPD) Workshop,
Level 2
Prerequisite: Women's Personal Defense Workshop Level 1
As a vital follow-up to the basic Women’s Personal Defense Workshop Level 1, the WPD Workshop Level 2 underscores the awareness platform and infuses real-life scenarios and critical threat assessment into the practice of personal defense. For example:
You are leaving the grocery store with a bag of groceries and are attacked from behind. What do you do? What resources are immediately available to you that you can (and should) use?
Or, as another example:
You are in your home when an assault occurs, perpetrated by either your significant other or an unknown assailant. You have two children asleep in their room. What do you do? Are you making use of what is in your environment? Do you leave and call for help, or do you stay with your children?
Registration for the WPD Workshop Level 2 is $50.00 per person. There is a 10% discount for a group of 10, with the total cost (for 10) of $450.00. Fee is non-refundable but attendance may be rescheduled for the next available workshop provided we are notified at least 24 hours BEFORE the scheduled day of the workshop. All workshops must be prepaid at least 5 days in advance of the event date.
The next WPD Workshop Level 2 is scheduled for Saturday, November 6th, 2010, 1—5 p.m. at the Women’s Personal Defense Center, 10931 Pellicano Dr. Click here for a map to the location. Click here to register and pay online for yourself and any others' attendance for whom you wish to pay.
Intimate Enemies – Surviving Domestic Violence Workshop...
Intimate Enemies, A Special Program on Domestic Violence & Defense. Our next Surviving Domestic Violence Workshop is scheduled for Saturday, January 15th, 2011, from 2—5 p.m. at the Women’s Personal Defense Center, 10931 Pellicano Dr. Click here for a map to the location. For information call 915-532-3726. Click here to register and pay online for the workshop.
Teens Against Dating Violence...
Our next Teens Against Dating Violence Workshop is scheduled for Saturday, April 16th, 2011, 6—8 p.m. at our facility here at 10931 Pellicano Dr. Click here for a map to our location. Click here to register for the workshop.
View a short KVIA ABC-7 News El Paso clip from June 26th, 2009 on Teen Dating Violence
After clip begins playing, click on the video to go to the larger version at YouTube.
Launch of New Web Site...
Soke Sal Moralez, soke of the Hsin Lu Chuan Shu Tong, and grand master of Hsin Lu International, is preparing the launch of a new web site dedicated to law enforcement use of force issues.
Check the site, LEO Force Options, frequently as it receives original content and updates.
Ysleta Independent School District of El Paso Desert View Middle School Contracts Sifu Boyer & WPD...
Desert View Middle School, a member school of the Ysleta Independent School District public school system in El Paso, contracted Ms. Myrna Boyer and the Women’s Personal Defense Center for mother/daughter Personal Defense Workshops. The events were held April 25th, 2009.
Click here for more ....
Sifu Myrna Boyer Addresses The 3rd Annual Women's Conference...
Sifu Myrna Boyer was invited to speak at the League of United Latin American Citizens’ Annual Women’s Conference as one of its six guest panelists.
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Sifu Myrna Boyer on KAMA Radio...
Sifu Boyer accepted an invitation from Radio KAMA (97.5 AM) talk show host, Israel (Gallo) Tenna to speak on issues of violence against women and the work of the Women’s Personal Defense Center.
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Order Master Renshi Richard Brown's book, Karate-Do Living Basics...
Throughout history, there have always been wars and conflicts that put people’s lives in danger. This is why since the beginning of time people have been developing ways of defending themselves. The histories of the martial arts are filled with many legends and colorful stories, which help to show us where our arts originate. This history also shows us how these arts developed into effective ways of killing and winning battles and then developed through political and spiritual ways into an artistic form of sport.
Available in 8.5"x11" 81pg's, perfect binding ($26.73) or as a downloadable e-book ($5.00)
Order here, http://www.lulu.com/content/757557
We are proud to announce our affiliate academy in Northeast El Paso...
Formerly known as the Butokan Karate-Do School of Combat Arts, Master Richard Brown has brought his school into the Hsin Lu Tao Academy of Martial Arts family fold. Read more about Renshi Brown and Hsin Lu Tao Academy of Martial Arts (Northeast).
Visit and join our forum...
Click here for the Hsin Lu Tao Academy of Martial Arts forum.
Black Belt Promotions...
Congratulations to our quad Sept rank promotions!
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Signature Kata
Please take a moment to view these short clips of inspiring Kata from four of our academy instructors, of whom we are extremely proud. Best viewed full screen and "Watch in high quality" from the YouTube video controls.
View the Hsin Lu Tao YouTube Channel here.
SPECIAL FEATURE!
August 19th, 2008 NDBC4 News Sunrise El Paso, TX, featured a segment of its program on Women's Personal Defense with Myrna Boyer. (once the clip starts playing, click on the videos to view larger version in a new window)
KDBC4 News Sunrise (opens in a new window)
Sifu Myrna Boyer
Myrna Boyer is a 4th Degree Black Belt who began her martial arts career in 1972. Her interest in the Arts became a passion when she returned to her studies and training after a hiatus during the 1990’s. In 2004, Myrna opened the doors to Hsin Lu Tao Academy of Martial Arts... Read more...
Renshi Richard Brown
Richard Brown began his training in the martial arts in 1988 with American Kenpo under Sensei Robert Edwards. In 1991, he was introduced to the Shinjimasu International Martial Arts Association and the Hsin Lu Chuan Shu Tong Association... Read more...
Sensei Jorge Dieppa
Sensei Jorge Dieppa began his martial arts training in 2004 under (then-Sensei) Renshi Richard Brown at the Butokan Karate-Do school in Northeast El Paso. Under his leadership and training, and with the help of Renshi Rodrigo Vega, Mr. Dieppa began to internalize the foundations of the traditional arts.... Read more...
Our pledge...
We, the family of instructors of Hsin Lu Tao Academy of Martial Arts, do hereby pledge that • you will receive thorough, uncompromised training—physical, mental and spiritual—in the field of the martial arts for as long as you shall seek to learn • you will be taught to fight wisely—aggressively when called for—conserving your energy and mental clarity, when all other recourses have been exhausted and you must thus face down an aggressor • you will be taught to temper your fighting ability with knowledge and compassion • you will never train solely for the purposes of competition • you will receive training that will effectively arm you against a vast number of possible attacks or assaults.
