Instructor Gabriella Roberts has been studying self defense since 1994 and attained in 1997 the level of black belt second degree, registered with the International Ju-Jitsu Federation. Along with Mushin Budo, Ju-Jitsu, she has studied other disciplines including Aikido, Kenpo Jutsu and is certified in Accupressure. 

Ju-jitsu (or Yawara) is an ancient Japanese Martial Art. Its origins date back to the sixteenth century when legend narrates that its founding father, a young Japanese man called Shirobei Akiyama who was studying medicine in China, witnessed a heavy blizzard. He was able to appreciate how branches of most trees broke while the elastic branches of the Willow tree bent and efficiently freed themselves from the snow. Although the martial arts originated with eastern philosophies and religions, Roberts teaches from a Christian prospective and weaves encouraging scripture from the Bible throughout the DVD.