Wasenshido Ryu LLC Women’s Self Defense

WasenshiDo Ryu LLC
“The Way of the Peaceful Warrior”
Martial Arts & Ninjutsu Training &
Women’s Self Defense

“White Belt represents pure potential”

People might not want to start as a white Belt or any belt because then they’ll be a “white Belt forever.” Well, put it this way, right now you’re a NO Belt forever, so might as well be a white Belt forever!

At least you’ll have the opportunity to become a higher rank. People tend NOT to want to feel the obligation once you start. What if I said this, “feeling an obligation” is a natural born right to have in this life. It’s better to feel something than to feel nothing at all….

In WasenshiDo Ryu LLC Martial arts & Ninjutsu, each belt level represents a stage of personal growth and mastery, integrating body, mind, and spirit. The progression through the belts is not just about physical ability, but also about developing deeper self-awareness, discipline, and understanding of the art. Each level builds on the previous one, encouraging students to become more skilled and insightful as they advance on their path.

What you’re discovering here has been twenty-five years in the making. Wasenshido Ryu draws not only on traditional martial arts like Sport Karate, Tae Kwon Do (in which I earned my black belt within four years). Next route I took was Ninjutsu, American Ninjitsu, Jiu Jitsu, Boxing, Kickboxing, Muay Thai, Krav Maga, Kung Fu, and Judo, but also on hard-earned experience with Special Forces techniques and personal security training—including insights from former CIA officers Andrew Bustamante, Jason Hanson, and Evy Poumpouras.

Alongside the physical disciplines, my journey has embraced the mind–body arts: fifteen years of Yoga practice (including a 200-hour teacher certification from HIBS in Las Vegas), Reiki Master training, foundational study in Tai Chi, Qigong and Medical Qigong practitioner through Master JC Cox, learned to make and play the Didgeridoo at an advanced level helping empower other through sound healing. Nutrition science and functional medicine have been a constant focus since 2004, and I’ve devoted hundreds of hours to Chinese medicine, NLP, cognitive-behavioral therapy, became a traditional style Thai massage practitioner and Western psychology to round out a holistic approach to self-mastery and healing.

My mission has always been simple: to walk the path of the warrior-scholar and share those lessons with others. One result is “From Panic to Potential,” a 320-page guide created for anyone and everyone, but especially for anyone struggling with PTSD, anxiety, or chronic illness—offering practical tools to reclaim health, confidence, and fulfillment. You’ll find snippets of the book here on the site, but very outdated, soon the full work will be available.

Scroll down to explore the outline of your Self-Defense techniques before diving into the complete White-to-Black Belt course.

Martial Arts Self Defense

WasenshiDo Ryu LLC
“The Way of the Peaceful Warrior”
Martial Arts & Ninjutsu Training

Women’s Self Defense

“Our intention is to train you, help you build unshakable confidence, and increase your ability to survive real-world threats.”

Stances

Horse
Defensive
Combat
Boxing
Knife Defense Stance

Offensive:

Eyes, throat, groin, knees
Palm heel, Elbow, knee, forearm, finger flick, hammer fist
Restraining fingers/Bouncer handshake
Open hands to face
Pepper spray mace
Keychain spike
Shoulder restraint shoot through under arm knee to face takedown
Pull hair
Hold someone down from behind with jacket – Pinning to the ground
Kenpo face combo, hammer-fist across nose each way, palm heel to nose or face

Defensive:

Run
Blocking, parry and movement
Being choked
Stepping/ stances
Defend being tackled
Grabbed by Wrists, throat
From sitting prop up with hands behind, kick to shins groin body chin, then takedown with one foot around foot and press on the inner knee
Using Elbows to block and check hand next to elbow
Environmental defense – Falling – Objects, Peripheral Vision
Spatial awareness
Center of gravity
Falling forward/ walls/ ground
Falling back/side/ground/wall
Back against wall clasp neck drop your body
Pretend/act that you lost something on you go back in store etc
Restraints
Wrists
Elbows
Headlock
Grappling basics
Choking
Mounting positions

Taijutsu – Taihenjutsu

Efficiency of body movement and fast twitch striking exercises
Taichi Push hands
Falling & Rolling

Basic Weaponry

Know how to use your own self defense weapons and speed draws
Know some Environmental weapons

Intuition – Awareness

Know your environment, look around you where your going, know the exits, what kind of obstacles use to your advantage, slippery surfaces etc. Fight dirty
Don’t be waking spin MD strange areas or much of anywhere with ear buds and headphones in (distracted sound impaired hearing)

Basic grabs and Defenses/kumi-uchi
Basic Choking offensive and defensive
How to choke
Defend from choke

Mindset

Your eyes
Body Language/ posture
Mindset – Cooperative “I’m ok, you’re ok?” Always try to come back to this
Never react emotionally. Use logic and humor
Grow alliances and friendships
Keep your skills sharp everyday, verbal with strategic thinking
Your sharpest sword is silence, it’s your matter, your protector and charisma

Mindset – Awareness – Confidence – Walking – Focus – Not distracted

Talk about how criminal offenders were interviewed and talked about how they would only go after victims
Observation training
Partner training – NLP Exercise – Close eyes – Change appearance on each person and or in the room

Shinobi/ Ninja/ Ninjutsu/ Psychological Warfare

Disguise – If you are being followed, change your look
Distraction – Distract the enemy with blinding effects or cause a scene
Misdirection – grab your phone look like your talking to someone important, look upset but in control, Act tough, look at people straight in the eyes but not to long just confident, remember you don’t want to try and intimidate but look confident, don’t stare down, think James bond
Confusion – walk up to them and grab the groin and act tough, (last resort) perpetrators like victims and weakness
Sabotage – Metsubishi,
Deception – Position your body so that you can reach for your weapon or text someone while they can’t tell what you’re doing. Use acting.” Look, What is that! ” “My husband is right around the corner on his way”
Blindfolded training
Being followed or not
Don’t be predictable, use alternative routes, take different routes than usual, different stop offs, cafe, bathroom etc
Double back and see if anything changed, cars etc, go back around the same route twice to see what changed
If in real danger, steal a bike or similar. Ditch it and wipe it down of prints etc
Getting of public transport plane etc, so for a rest abs drink, observing surroundings, use subtle body language “look like you lost or missed something and go back to the café etc, observe if there’s any thing out of place, followers

$40 Private lessons)
20+ hour Womens Self Defense Course – Belt System
Become a Black Belt in Wasenshido Ryu Self Defense

You were never meant to live in fear.
There is a warrior inside every woman—waiting, watching, ready. Wasenshido Ryu – Women’s Self Defense White-to-Black Belt Course, designed by Farren Segura, is the bridge between that inner power and the skills to express it. This course can be for ANYONE, we just adjusted it slightly to be the most efficient for the average woman. Drawing from the ancient art of Ninjutsu and a combination of many Martial arts and Psychology techniques, this program leads you on a journey of discipline, transformation, and self-trust. Every movement you learn is a step toward reclaiming your space in the world—not with aggression, but with presence, wisdom, and the calm strength of a warrior who knows her worth.

White Belt – “Hajime – 初め”
“Begin” “Start”
“White light is pure potential”
The Boring Belt
Foundation & Balance
(2 hours and complete these Techniques)

Combat stance Elbow and check hand
Palm heel – Perform and why is important
Straight tall Walking posture
Know how to use 1 Self Defense weapon(taser/spray/pen)
Pushups – Squats
Handshake trick with thumb attack
2 Wrist grabs