I have had the good fortune to study under Dave Durch. He teaches students far more than the basic techniques, bringing out a student’s attributes. He also broadens your understanding of range and timing, enabling a student to perform the moves under actual combat conditions. He takes the training to close, real-world conditions while maintaining a safe training environment.

I can speak from personal experience that, through his teaching of the art, that it has not only better prepared me to protect myself in the real world, but increased my self-confidence and improved my athleticism. His training has Improved my understand of timing and my ability to have explosive, ballistic reactions not only in training situations but also in everyday situations like when out playing basketball with friends.

Training under Dave Durch means you will be working with a world class martial artist of high integrity who can be trusted with the development of a budding martial artist or a seasoned pro.

I have been training with Dave Durch for the last seven years. The prior twenty-two years I had trained in Brazilian Jujitsu, Kenpo Karate, Shotakan Karate, Aikido, and Krav Maga. I have learned more in the last seven years than the prior twenty-two. Dave Durch understands the street fight. We do not work on “techniques” or "kata's". We focus on attributes, range, and feel. Dave teaches you to fight standing up, with weapons, and on the ground. He is a true Jeet Kune Do practitioner. Anyone that wants to truly learn to defend themselves should talk with Dave Durch.

At first I was skeptical, doubting - and that was before the first day of class. After the first class, I asked myself was this even legal? I was just glad that I had never in life been in a fight.

Dave's training was so intense, detailed, and brilliantly put together that I didn't even know what I had become.

I started training with Dave so that, if something happened to my family while I was with them, they would be able to get away. Seriously, I just want to take a feeding to 30 seconds give my family enough time to run. It became a whole lot more. Dave I had the ability and confidence to defend against an attack physically and mentally and be victorious. I am not just talking. I have been in many situations over the years, 20 years as a correctional officer. I've been able to hold my ground and protect others as well as myself.

I'm the first one to admit I'm not an easy student to teach. I've always had problems catching Aaron doing it right but Dave never stops. He never ran out of time for me 24/7, 365 days a week - whatever I need, he has been there