N. Chance Cunningham
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N. Chance Cunningham
Life Member - United States Ju-Jitsu Federation (USJJF) ®
Life Member - United States Martial Arts Federation tm
Senior Instructor - Examiner for the USTJ
Alaska Advisor for the USJJF and USTJ
Member - Technical Committee USJJF & USTJ
Since the age of three, Chance has been learning the way of Alaskan Kempo – Stone Dragon House from his father, Ty Cunningham. Karate has been a family endeavor since the 1950’s when Chance’s grandfather, Dennis Cunningham, began learning and developing the Cunningham style of the arts. Chance grew up in a family culture centered around the tenants of karate; discipline, honor, courage, continual improvement, integrity, compassion, respect, honesty, and duty were always subjects of dojo discussion and improvement while learning from the masters of the arts. While in his formative years, Alaskan Kempo was at the forefront, then in 2010, when Chance began his law enforcement career, the Cunningham style of Kempo evolved into learning the arts of Gendai Keisatsu Jujitsu (Modern Police Jujitsu).
Since 2010, Chance has learned to harness the arts of Modern Police Jujitsu taught to him by his father and through the sheer experience of applying the tactics learned in the dojo on the street – street proven tactics that have been utilized in real-time engagements of control. Throughout Chance’s law enforcement career, these strategic maneuvers were implemented across the country, from Caldwell County, Missouri to the Nez Perce Indian Reservation, Idaho; from the Bureau of Indian Affairs Academy (Warrior College) in Artesia, New Mexico to Akiak, Sitka, Seward, Kenai, and Soldotna, Alaska. While the venue changed vastly over the course of 15 years, the way of Modern Police Jujitsu stayed sure and true as it was taught.
Along with the law enforcement career, Chance has had the unique opportunity to serve alongside some of America’s finest law enforcement officers; he too taught many of these men and women the arts of Modern Police Jujitsu. While serving in the capacity as a police officer, Chance has also encountered many opportunities to teach Kempo to youth and children of all ages. Chance opened his first dojo in Akiak, Alaska – called: Yamadori Dojo. To date, Yamadori Dojo has moved from the Village of Akiak to Soldotna, Alaska where Chance teaches the arts in a home-centered environment in a traditional Japanese style home dojo.
Yamadori Dojo’s principles continue to pursue and uphold the teachings of Stone Dragon House, Alaskan Kempo, and Modern Police Jujitsu while also fusing the principles of Yamadori bonsai. Yamadori in Japanese means: mountain dug, or mountain collected. Often these trees are collected from mountains, forests, and from areas of extreme weather. Many times, Yamadori bonsai specimens are naturally stunted by the harsh climates, soil, drought, or wind. The bonsai master seeks out these bonsai to give the specimen a new perspective; to breathe life into and develop the specimen into a masterful work of art. Yamadori Dojo remains central in the preservation of human life while also ensuring each student is growing and developing into their relative existence. In the Yamadori Dojo there is no room for competition, just pure interest in developing oneself (kaizen: continual improvement).
Currently, Chance is working for the State of Alaska as a Juvenile Probation Officer. He not only works full-time serving Alaska’s youth, but he too helps his wife raise five beautiful children. Chance continues to seek out new specimen (students) to teach a new way of self-development this is Yamadori-Do (The Way of Yamadori).
Contact info for Sensei N. Chance Cunningham -
Email: [email protected]
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/clan.cunningham2010
Life Member - United States Ju-Jitsu Federation (USJJF) ®
Life Member - United States Martial Arts Federation tm
Senior Instructor - Examiner for the USTJ
Alaska Advisor for the USJJF and USTJ
Member - Technical Committee USJJF & USTJ
Since the age of three, Chance has been learning the way of Alaskan Kempo – Stone Dragon House from his father, Ty Cunningham. Karate has been a family endeavor since the 1950’s when Chance’s grandfather, Dennis Cunningham, began learning and developing the Cunningham style of the arts. Chance grew up in a family culture centered around the tenants of karate; discipline, honor, courage, continual improvement, integrity, compassion, respect, honesty, and duty were always subjects of dojo discussion and improvement while learning from the masters of the arts. While in his formative years, Alaskan Kempo was at the forefront, then in 2010, when Chance began his law enforcement career, the Cunningham style of Kempo evolved into learning the arts of Gendai Keisatsu Jujitsu (Modern Police Jujitsu).
Since 2010, Chance has learned to harness the arts of Modern Police Jujitsu taught to him by his father and through the sheer experience of applying the tactics learned in the dojo on the street – street proven tactics that have been utilized in real-time engagements of control. Throughout Chance’s law enforcement career, these strategic maneuvers were implemented across the country, from Caldwell County, Missouri to the Nez Perce Indian Reservation, Idaho; from the Bureau of Indian Affairs Academy (Warrior College) in Artesia, New Mexico to Akiak, Sitka, Seward, Kenai, and Soldotna, Alaska. While the venue changed vastly over the course of 15 years, the way of Modern Police Jujitsu stayed sure and true as it was taught.
Along with the law enforcement career, Chance has had the unique opportunity to serve alongside some of America’s finest law enforcement officers; he too taught many of these men and women the arts of Modern Police Jujitsu. While serving in the capacity as a police officer, Chance has also encountered many opportunities to teach Kempo to youth and children of all ages. Chance opened his first dojo in Akiak, Alaska – called: Yamadori Dojo. To date, Yamadori Dojo has moved from the Village of Akiak to Soldotna, Alaska where Chance teaches the arts in a home-centered environment in a traditional Japanese style home dojo.
Yamadori Dojo’s principles continue to pursue and uphold the teachings of Stone Dragon House, Alaskan Kempo, and Modern Police Jujitsu while also fusing the principles of Yamadori bonsai. Yamadori in Japanese means: mountain dug, or mountain collected. Often these trees are collected from mountains, forests, and from areas of extreme weather. Many times, Yamadori bonsai specimens are naturally stunted by the harsh climates, soil, drought, or wind. The bonsai master seeks out these bonsai to give the specimen a new perspective; to breathe life into and develop the specimen into a masterful work of art. Yamadori Dojo remains central in the preservation of human life while also ensuring each student is growing and developing into their relative existence. In the Yamadori Dojo there is no room for competition, just pure interest in developing oneself (kaizen: continual improvement).
Currently, Chance is working for the State of Alaska as a Juvenile Probation Officer. He not only works full-time serving Alaska’s youth, but he too helps his wife raise five beautiful children. Chance continues to seek out new specimen (students) to teach a new way of self-development this is Yamadori-Do (The Way of Yamadori).
Contact info for Sensei N. Chance Cunningham -
Email: [email protected]
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/clan.cunningham2010
