So...what's this all about?
A name defines an object and let's you know what you're dealing with. Ours is no different.
Tumfo tu means "Power Movement" in the Akan language. This discipline allows us to move through like with power - mentally, emotionally, and physically.
We don’t believe it’s a coincidence that you found us!
Everyone is searching for something to make their lives better, easier or more fulfilling…
Tumfo Tu will definitely help you find your answers.
Whether you are looking for:
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more confidence;
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a better understanding of yourself,
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techniques to feel powerful and capable of protecting yourself,
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to manage your emotions/feelings and respond in situations with ease
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Better management of yourself in relationships (and communication)
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or maybe you just want to be physically stronger and more balanced…
these are just a few of the benefits that tumfo tu provides.
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What do we do?
Movement is the touchstone of life.
Tumfo tu is the application of movement for a holistic re-centering of the core.
Services we offer:
Management of Feelings and Emotions: Feelings and emotions are the baselines of what makes us “do”, or don’t do, e.g., you feel hungry, you eat. Where we are unable to express emotions, we may display irrational behavior. The tumfo tu discipline allows us to bring feelings and emotions under our control and use them, instead of being used by them.
Increased Confidence: As a result of managing mental and emotional reality, confidence increases with this experience. Tricks
won’t do: experience at achieving provides sustained confidence. Tumfo tu addresses this by working with students to create a “can-do attitude” through reflective action and a clear mind.
Depression and Anxiety Relief: "Anxiety disorders affects 40 million adults in the United States age 18 and older, or 18.1% of the population every year." - adaa.org Tumfo tu applies a simple methodology that naturally remedy anxiety with a very high degree of success.
Increased Focus and Awareness: No one is born focused. Through the rigorous spontaneous application, tumfo tu is engineered to instill a greater focus on awareness. Through this process, we find success with many learning and behavioral disorders.
Poor Social Skills/Misconceptions of Healthy Relationships: We provide a holistic, yet realistic environment for students to thrive in.
Bullying/Conflict solutions: Bullying is defined as repeated aggression and intimidation. Tumfo tu students learn to reduce exposure to such repeated aggression with exceptional mental and physical skillsets and harmonious methods.
Self-protection: With tumfo tu, we train for only one blow. This is not a sport or competition styled discipline. It is designed to eliminate the threat as quickly as possible.
These common issues challenge
even the healthiest and
happiest people.
We maintain that
tumfo tu can better help
you handle these life
changing circumstances.
What is Self-Protection?
Self-protection is as simple as right thought,
or a kind hello,
or a warm smile in passing,
from being “fight ready”
to a soft utterance very tastefully seasoned with quiet Wisdom,
or to applying a bandage to a gaping wound.
It’s everything you do! From keeping your job to ridding yourself of stress or to standing up in a fight.
Self-protection is so vital to our existence and well-being that the moment we stop protecting, we immediately put our life in jeopardy – it doesn’t get any more visceral than that. Mastering movement in self-protection is critical. It is neither recreational nor optional, like dance, because it is so vital to life – and right movement is so critical to sustaining that life: this brings with it the skill to master your life. Self-protection is at the core of our well-being.
Self- Protection is not an option; it is your responsibility.
Martial Application
Integrity is everything when you’re sitting in front of a client doing your best to support them through the highs and lows of life. We strive to treat our clients the way we want to be treated. And integrity is everything. So here’s who we are and what we stand for:
Philosophic Application
Integrity is everything when you’re sitting in front of a client doing your best to support them through the highs and lows of life. We strive to treat our clients the way we want to be treated. And integrity is everything. So here’s who we are and what we stand for:
Self-Protection
The Self-protection application that we offer not only provides physical protection but internal protection as well.
This Self-Protection concept is merely an expression of the genius of movement mastered. It is the outgrowth of the discipline of simple movement (so-called due to it's simple yet, powerful application). Why a self-protection conduit to illustrate the mastery of movement - as opposed to dance, for example? Self-protection is vital to all living things. Dance does not offer this vital life quality. Self-Protection is everywhere all the time.

Mst. K. Cetshwayo
-- Chief Instructor
tumfo tu master, historian
The Introduction
The Training
Post Vietnam
Remembering
Mstr. Jawwaad A. Muhammad...
1958-2016

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Who Should Train Tumfo Tu?
Whether you’re looking to improve yourself physically or just curious about some of your habitual “quirks”, Tumfo tu can be a beneficial discipline for everyone.
It can increase your agility, focus, drive and determination and so much more. These increases are just some of the benefits practitioners report experiencing within the first few classes.
To get a better understanding of Tumfo tu and how it can benefit you, you may want to visit a live non-obligatory “Tumfo tu Discovery” session in your local Tumfo tu Ebanmu (training facility). This 1-on-1 session will help you to better understand Tumfo tu by allowing you to “feel” the discipline and gratifications that comes with the simple movement.
What Are We Training For?
It is not the things you do that leads to mastery.
Often we erroneously link practice to perfection. You can experience repetition and not achieve mastery. There is a greater element in this marriage that is frequently overlooked.
Many ask, “What are you training for?” After all, there aren’t medals to be won; no races or competitions to speak of, and the Self-Protection skills can be reasonably applied within the first few months of training. Yet, insistently, with focused discipline, we train regularly.
The value of C-KS is not in awesome skill sets acclaimed and witnessed by all, but in the experiences received. On this site, you may see many videos, but you won’t get it watching a video, you’ve got to feel it. This is not a habitual part of an elaborate fitness routine. Or a “workout high” we simply like repeating. Most certainly not! Although without disregard, we greatly appreciate the inherent physical perks.
The benefits of C-KS extend far beyond the physical. You won’t always see the changes happening in you, but you will almost immediately feel them. At C-KS, change (growth) happens within out.
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