Great Fighters: The Muay Thai Legend Apidei, Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris, Muhammad Ali…All the greats had a common trait. They developed their own individual style. A style which complimented their strengths and protected against their weaknesses.

Most people think of Martial Arts like a sport. But Martial Arts and Self-Defense are completely different from a sport.

In sports there’s clear expectations, fair rules and both sides getting an equal turn. With sports there’s a proper way to do almost everything. There’s a correct swing and correct play. Everyone learns the same and everything is standardized.
The best athletes and most polished players rise to the top, but everyone gets to ‘Play’.

You ‘Play’ sports. You don’t PLAY fighting.

Self-defense and Martial Arts are different. Real self-defense situations aren’t fair. They’re never predictable and don’t happen on a schedule.
Your opponents may be much bigger, armed, or you could face multiple opponents. And you may have to defend someone else while also defending yourself.

In fighting there’s a pressure and stress that normal sports don’t have. Nobody’s kicking the basketball player while he shoots a 3 pointer. And no one blocks the hole from a golfer while he putts.

Fighting is about performing under pressure and stress. So how do you teach students this?

The better question is….how do you develop real skills… WITHOUT students getting hurt?

In the old days, and it’s still like this in most places… Right from the beginning students start beating on one another. The strong ones survive and the weak get beat on until they quit.

That atmosphere is the perfect for the ‘bully’ to inhabit. They target the newer, weaker and inexperienced guys.

Most of this type put new students directly into ‘sparring’ without time to develop. Some claim you don’t HAVE to participate, but you can be sure you’ll get called out.

That never made sense to me.

The people who quit were THE ones who needed self-defense skills the most!

I’ve studied Martial Arts since I was 5 years old and I too, had to endure that approach. I was lucky and didn’t quit.

But the question I always asked was… is there a better way?

Yes, there is.

The approach we use in our school today is safer and highly efficient. It helps students learn without the unnecessary risks.

It took many years (decades) of experimentation and trial and error to develop the proprietary methods we use in our school today.

We’ve tested and retested these methods and continue to evolve and improve them.

I am astounded by how effective these methods are and I kick myself for not of developing them sooner.

But that’s always the way it seems once you know better, things seem simple and clear.

Without giving away my secrets, I gained a deeper knowledge of Psychology, Neurology, Kinesiology and modern learning theory.

I had to discover how they intersect with one another and how to apply these techniques to Martial Arts. This study led me to develop the methods which have now proven so successful.

A part of this success is ensuring students develop their own unique style and what works for them.

This requires a lot of personal attention, a systematic approach and experienced Instructors with a broad depth of knowledge who are also great communicators.

Proper technique should never be neglected but how the individual student applies their skills must be stressed. And those skills are and should be, different for each individual.

But personal attention is much more than just the hows and whys of fighting. Students learn differently. Some need more encouragement. Some need more motivation. Others need deeper explanations. Each student is unique.

A properly trained Instructor can work with everyone.

Personal Attention is so vital I’d say if you don’t have an Experienced Professional instructor giving lots of personal attention helping you learn what works for you… you’re not really learning Martial Arts at all.

It would be easier (and more profitable) to treat Martial Arts like a sport. Have everyone do the same thing, the same way. Have only one big group, without multiple levels to teach and allow the blind to lead the blind.

That approach doesn’t require good instruction, experience, communication skills or leadership. When the student fails…and training that way they will, you could just blame them.

In our school we take the time to teach correctly. We know doing so demands more commitment, time and patience.

We teach real Martial Arts not sports and not aerobics. We believe, if you’re going to teach Martial Arts the training should (at least) be Martial.

Punching and Kicking the air or hitting a bag isn’t even close to fighting someone who hits back!

A person practicing ‘kicks and punches’ without learning proper applications, is only doing aerobics.

If our students need self-defense in real life we want the training to work!

In addition, we’re also focused on helping students learn the essence of Martial Arts. That essence is respect, discipline and confidence. These qualities aren’t old fashioned. They enrich lives.

We start with private lessons. We separate classes according to skill level and ages. We control class sizes to ensure personal attention.

We care about every student. We’re totally different from any other school. No one can match our quality.

And we’re affordable.

We’re probably the ONLY school that consistently, year after year and decade after decade, can help the ‘average’ person gain usable high-level skills and positively impact their lives.

We accept those with the right attitude and the right motivation. We control the atmosphere to ensure positivity.

We attract the best people. We get those who took their time choosing and who wanted real value and an atmosphere of friendship and camaraderie.
Our people want to be part of a TEAM.

The meat-heads and punks would pay us too. But they’d create a reckless, ‘Street’ atmosphere. They belong at the ‘other’ gyms.

If your ready to change your life and surround yourself with positivity, high energy and a fun atmosphere call us today.

No Compromises – No Judgment – No Worries