Breaking Silos, Bridging Gaps
About SeTs Ryu
About SeTs: Pioneering Cross-functional Education
SeTs provides innovative cross-functional education solutions, integrating street arts, sports, and vocational education for a holistic learning experience. Our programmes blend practical training in self-defense, physical fitness, and personal growth with academic insights, offering a tailored approach to meet diverse needs.
SeTs fosters a community that supports investigative and experiential learning, ensuring participants gain valuable skills for the 21st century applicable across various disciplines. Join SeTs today to experience the benefits of interdisciplinary education and achieve personal and professional growth.
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Your Ferry Across the Sound
SeTs is...
Teaching, security management, and criminology are by definition, multi-disciplinary studies as well illustrated by the Periodic Table of Security created by IFSEC Global. This broad work experience and extensive education and training provide a useful cross-fertilization of skills and knowledge with many insights that cannot be gained from expertise in any one discipline alone.
However, we do not stop with academic theory, but, combine it with practical and functional education and training in personal protection (self-defence, personal security & risk management) skills, physical fitness, strength, and mobility (Parkour) training. These are, or can be integrated to create truly innovative and Dynamic Education and Physical Training programmes.
The world is full of bunjkered silos of knowledge, professions/people and culture. There are numerous fractures, walls and bodies of water horizontally and vertically between and within professions and work areas that are a constant barrier to efficient and effective collaboration and solution development. Science discplines and technological development are no less in need of the cross-functional fertilization needed to break the silos and bridge the gaps for further development and progress. SeTs Ryu seeks to facilitate this process and is thereby "A Ferry Across the Sound."
As it is below, so it is above
Cross-disciplinary study has both horizontal and vertical dimensions. The ability to link and present the various skills and disciplines within a coherent framework guided by consistent principles and concepts at all levels of application, no matter the context, is an invaluable skill that enhances non-linear (out of the box) thinking. Good critical thinking is more than just criticising or trying to disprove a hypothesis. It is about reflective, analytical, diagnostic and synergistic mind skills and tools.
The training provides benefits far beyond the traditional borders of basic physical education or security provision, such as staff morale and effectiveness (i.e. savings in operating costs and labour turnover), customer satisfaction and third-party security / public relations, where customers and other associates or affected persons are concerned.
Backed by a philosophy of continuous learning, research, and development, this holistic approach allows us to bridge the gap between knowledge silos for a truly borderless learning experience, yet ease and speed your learning with experiential learning programmes tailored to your needs.
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Cross-functional & Inter-disciplinary Education,
Qualifications & Work Experience
Our Instructor qualifications include vocational teacher (Lecturer) in higher-education for security and, business organization topics, based on an M.Sc. in Security and Risk Management, the IFPO Certified Protection Officer certificate, NLP Master Practitioner certificate, and for many years the local Finnish state qualifications and work experience as public order/door supervisors (Järjestyksenvalvoja/portsari) and security guard/retail (vartija/vahtimestari), with use of force rights. We are also qualified Parkour instructors and Authorised Personal Trainers (APT) for physical fitness, strength and mobility.
Our self-defence training and personal security teaching experience is extensive, since 1982. That's over 35 years of training and 30 years of teaching experience with the foundation and teaching of 5 clubs since 1987, the latest one being the Espoon Lii-Kan Jitsu Club Ry, founded in 2018. We are as accustomed to teaching children as we are adults, and have conducted many successful demos, courses and dynamic physical education classes for schools.
ASSOCIATES
Partners, Collaborators & Sponsors
LII-KAN JITSU CLUB RY
Self-defense &
Personal Security System
Liikan Jitsu is a self-defense, conflict intervention, and management for an all-around personal protection and security system.
Lii-Kan Jitsu is based on Shorinjitsu ((Jiu Jitsu + Shorinji Kempo) augmented with knowledge and skills from other martial arts, Parkour, NLP, security, and risk management.
The Lii-Kan Jitsu club is based in the Greater Helsinki area of Finland.
Lii-Kan Jitsu was founded by Chris Spencer in 1996 after moving to Finland.
SDI RY
Style Dance Industry
Style Dance Industry (SDI)
is a creative dance association that specializes in street dance / hip hop and Irish dance, and producing dance films.
SDI is a non-profit association that aims to promote good health and purposeful life through cultural arts.
SDI also holds dance classes in lower schools and reaches out more to the local youth through dance.
Chris Spencer is a member of the Governing Advisory Board.
KEG OY
Klikkaus Entertainment Group
Klikkaus Entertainment Group (KEG) is a Helsinki-based, customized digital entertainment company.
KEG provides creative content development services spanning film production, digital education, technology and support. Their networks cover EU, Americas, Asia, and Australia.
Projects include an innovative and revolutionary online platform for the film industry, film and dance festivals.
Chris Spencer is a member of the KEG Oy management team.
ECC OY
Espoo Creative Centre
The Espoo Creative Centre (ECC) is a 700m² "broadcast-ready" innovation hub and cultural venue that serves as a global launchpad for local creativity. Located in the heart of Olari, the ECC is more than a facility; it is a "collaborative community" created to provide mutual support and cross-fertilization of ideas and skills, and to package artistic output into high-quality media exports.
Guided by the motto "United in Diversity," the center functions as a living laboratory where street arts,education, filmmaking, and advanced technology converge to create a self-sustaining ecosystem for the modern creator.
Chris Spencer and SeTs Ryu are major collabortors in the ECC project which, is the physical manifestation of the original FilmVIA project.
ASSOCIATES
Partners, Collaborators & Sponsors
FilmVIA
Film Video Intelligent Analyser
FilmVIA is an online web and mobile application for the hosting, screening, support and promotion of independent filmmakers and their films around the world. It includes film festivals and any artisans and craftspeople involved in the film industry from actors and stuntmen to lighting and sound technicians , wardrobe and make-up artists that bring the films to life.
FilmVia works to democratise the film industry, its reviews, ratings and rankings by facilitating the particpation of the audience, film schools, the artisans and craftspeople in ecvery aspect of the film creation.
It further supports the Indie film industry through facilitating networking and education channels.
Chris Spencer is also a stakeholder in this business venture from which, the business concepts for the ECC was derived.
Ridenjoy Oy
Wakeboard Park
RidenJoy is a family run Wake Board Park in the Helsinkin area. They are the riginals in the area situated on a beach front location with beautiful views and a variety of extra curricular activities and events.
They describe themselves aptly as "Purposeful people who are dedicated to our passion. We do what we love and share our happiness of life with world around us. We love freedom, nature, water and snow sports, arts, crafts and doing everything with our own hands. Whatever we do, we strive to pay attention to quality and prefer quality over quantity. And yes, Family is strong to build on."
Some junior members of SeTs Ryu also have a sponsorship deal with RidenJoy to train and be part of a display team and represent RidenJoy at compeitions. SeTs Ryu also collaborates with them when ever possible for special events such as our Summer Action Camp outings for kids aged 10 to 18 years of age.
ASSOCIATIONS
Professional Association Memberships
EREPS
European Register of Exercise Professionals
EREPS is a fully independent register of instructors, trainers and teachers working in the European fitness and physical activity sector.
EREPS recognises the qualifications and skills of fitness professionals, as an important assurance for consumers and employers
SUOMEN PARKOUR RY
Finnish Parkour Association
The Finnish Parkour association consists of personal members and organizational members. They organize various events and instructor training courses, and will be responsible for the national teams going to the Paris Olympics for the first time in 2024. Both SeTs ry and its instructors are members of the association from which they gained their instructor certifications.
SUOMEN Palloliitto RY
Finnish Football Association
The Finnish Football Association that organises the football leagues and clubs and is responsible for the national football team. All club coaches are registered with them and coach training courses are organised. SeTs ry instructors are registered members through coaching work for VJS.
FINNSECURITY RY
Finnish Security Association
Finnsecurity ry is a registered security association in Finland. Finnsecurity's main goal is to raise security field's respect and develop its operation opportunities. Finnsecurity's aim is also to strengthen its members' professional knowledge and make it easier for the members to co-operate with others. Finnsecurity ry has private members, legal members and community members.
