Direct, effective, and proven over time, we strive to produce a learned skill-set that provides individuals with valid forms of self-defense, whether it be an attacker or illness. With this following excerpt, we bring to you the foundation for Banyan Tree Martial Arts & Qigong.

“Across the centuries, the martial arts were taught in two forms. One was a watered-down and marginally effective version to be shared openly with (and sold freely to) outsiders, children, and foreigners. The other was a profoundly effective method kept as a closely guarded secret to be passed only to an inner circle of trusted students and family members. Even when martial arts began to be taught freely around the world, those secrets were withheld. The result was that dedicated practitioners of watered-down arts became sincere teachers of useless information that they shared with misplaced confidence in martial arts schools and self-defense classes across the country. However, the sincerity of those teachers means less than nothing when a student tries to defend themselves with tools that simply do not work. I consider myself very lucky; I was able to learn from people who were willing to share the true secrets of the martial arts – old masters who believed that the old ways were in danger of being lost in a tsunami of useless storefront martial arts. When they shared with me the things they knew, it transformed my martial arts forever. Every aspect of what I did changed, became better, easier, more effective.” -Professor George A. Dillman Foreword from the book Effortless Self Defense for Women by Kimberly Dillman-Foreman & Chris Thomas Used with the express persmission of George A. Dillman & Kimberly Dillman-Foreman.