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Todd Durgan

With nearly 35 years in the Arts, Mr. Durgan has dedicated the better part of his life to the Martial Arts. In 1989 he met Mr. Rainey and re-focused his training on the American Kenpo system. Mr. Durgan has remained loyal to and held Mr. AC Rainey as his teacher in the arts since that time; all ranks from brown belt to current have been from his teacher only. Mr. Durgan's focus in teaching the art has always been on quality rather than quantity. He currently teaches out of a small school located in the Puget Sound Region of Washington.

Mr. Durgan has a unique perspective of the principles and motion within the arts and has applied this perspective to contact manipulation and its application within the system of Kenpo. Mr. Durgan's view of contact manipulation is that while many Martial artists cross train in different systems they fail to recognize the similarities in motion and in principle. He teaches contact manipulation as an extrapolated element of the Kenpo system, principles, and motion taught typically as a striking system. Mr. Durgan also has particularly interesting views and uses of the Universal pattern as an educational tool for the students that goes beyond the basic geometrical shapes and patterns. After twenty five years of teaching and owning or running a dojo, Mr. Durgan is still very focused on the quality of the students journey through this great Art. Mr. Durgan offers seminars in many areas.