This is the website of the FREEDOM SCHOOL of MARTIAL ARTS.  

This site promotes the Freedom School, Freedom Style Martial Art, and the various martial arts that Sensei Hans Menck has practiced over the past three decades. 

Sensei Hans is now in South Africa, Cape province. 

He has recently cancelled his teaching duties to go on a training retreat in the mountains. He will teach while on retreat and can be contacted.

FREEDOM STYLE is a new martial art that can serve as an introduction to traditional martial arts, or it can compliment any martial art, or it can be practiced as a complete art by itself. 

Freedom Style combines the most fundamental principals of the traditional martial arts. Emphasis is placed on principals and not on techniques. The principals are conveyed through specific exercises and partner training methods. Once the principals are understood, techniques can be developed intuitively and spontaneously. The student can respond instinctively to any situation, without being hampered by the mind and pre-determined techniques. 

More info under FREEDOM STYLE

FREEDOM SCHOOL is the organization through which Sensei Hans teaches martial arts. If you want to train, CONTACT. 

Please note that the Freedom School needs students who commit to training regularly. The school also needs students who want to start or join study groups, or who want to become teachers themselves. The school teaches martial arts for fighting skill, health, enjoyment and self-improvement. These benefits only manifest when a student trains regularly.

CLASSES gives info on current study groups that you can join. They are at present: 

a  Stellenbosch MMA class (Technopark), 

a Freedom Style study group in Somerset West, 

and a Stellenbosch Swimming Dragon Taiji study group. 

TRAINING explains the conditions under which people can train with Sensei Hans. He will be teaching during his retreat, and after his retreat. If you want to train, read the conditions.

DISCIPLINES lists the martial arts that have had the greatest influence on Freedom Style Martial Art. Many of these arts are unknown in South Africa. Sensei Hans has permission to teach most of these disciplines.

UP COMING EVENTS: If you would like Sensei Hans to host or join any events after his retreat, you can contact him. 

PHILOSOPHY deals with the philosophical underpinnings of freedom and martial arts.

ARTICLES conveys thoughts on various martial art issues

May this website be of use to you and good luck on your path.

With respect

Hans Menck