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Our goal is to have a friendly
atmosphere and produce great results. If you don’t think
you would enjoy a friendly atmosphere, a team spirit,
and people that will go out of their way to make you the
best you can be, then this may not be the place for you,
but if you are serious about learning MMA and
getting in shape nothing that should keep you
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Read On To Discover Why So Many People Just Like You Have
Started Training in MMA Classes at Absolute Martial Arts
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So, you think you understand the
excitement and exhilaration of Mixed Martial Arts from
watching shows like ‘The UFC’ or ‘The Ultimate
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Sure, the television had introduced
millions to the exciting world of Mixed Martial Arts
competition but it will never get your blood flowing
or make you “feel alive” like the real thing! |
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Like most of my students who first
walk through the door of Absolute Martial Arts, you
may be thinking that you have to be insane to
seriously train in MMA. |
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Hey, you probably have a family and
a good career or perhaps you just think you’re too old
to experience the thrill and exhilaration of training
in Mixed Martial Arts. |
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And yes, with the right discipline
and determination, the staff at Absolute Martial Arts
can prepare a student to compete and win at the top
levels—but that’s not why most people come through my
door! Most want to get in great shape and learn self
defense. |
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Why do you like watching The
Ultimate Fighting Championship—heck, why do you
like watching a boxing match or a football game?
I’ll tell you why—because it gets
your blood flowing for a change!
We live in a society that
represses people’s natural instinct to physically
compete for their survival. For thousands of
years, people were forced to survive the elements
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Now, we are not really challenged. We live day by day
in quiet desperation for a challenge- a quest, so to
speak. Something that will force us to go confront our
#1 ENEMY – Comfort. |
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Yes, comfort is the culprit of the depression and the
anxiety that most of us feel. We have trouble
believing in our ability to overcome because we don’t
challenge ourselves regularly. Thus, we don’t have the
faith that we will overcome!
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Look, none of us wants to go back to the days when
we had to hunt for our food every night and I sure
as heck don’t want to give up my SUV and start
walking everywhere! But tell me that you don’t feel
like something is missing in your life—can you? Does
watching a football game or a fight on television
fill that void—or does it actually make it worse?
Most of the people coming to Absolute Martial Arts
aren’t looking to become world champion
fighters—they are just looking to reclaim their
birthright and to FEEL
ALIVE AGAIN!!
And hey—I am not even talking to just the men
because a lot of women come through my door looking
for the same excitement and confidence that comes
from Mixed Martial Arts training. Honestly, this
society has forced most of us to become virtual
robots where we have jobs we despise, bills that
never end, and a life that just plain feels empty at
the end of the day—for both men and women!
Let’s face it: people were not meant to be stuck
in office cubicles all day, commute for an hour or
more back and forth to work, and then return home to
sit on a couch to do little more than watch what
life could be—instead of getting out there and
living it!
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Yes,
we are a family and that is precisely why we treat each
and every member with the utmost respect regardless of
their size, skill level, age, or sex. Sure, some of our
members are indeed training to become professional Mixed
Martial Arts Champions like the ones you see on TV.
But for the most part, our family
consists of people just like yourself who simply want to
learn self-defense, get into the best shape of their
lives, and to feel alive again while having some fun in
a place where they feel welcome. |
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| As an active member
in the Absolute Martial Arts family, you can expect
to learn secrets that will help you enjoy your life
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Staying
Motivated and Focused To Attain Your Goals
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Getting in the
Best Shape of Your Life
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Improving
Your Ability to Cooperate and Get Along With
Others
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Reducing
Stress Levels
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Defending Yourself in Any Self-Defense
Situation
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Shedding Any Excess Pounds—and Keeping
Them Off! |
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World Class Striking: Our kickboxing coaches have been coached and trained extensively for years under world renowned Muay Thai trainer Master Toddy from Thailand and arguably one of the best kickboxers of all time Rob Kaman from Holland. Our coaches have learned from the best and have applied it successfully in their instruction of students in both Muay Thai and Dutch Style Kickboxing.
Mediocre Striking: A lot of the so called MMA gyms have decorated point fighters; however, their striking is often mediocre at best. They spend years and years developing their fake tap and run Karate/ Taekwondo skills, but never really learn how to strike in a live situation which makes them a non-qualified coach ... and then they pass it on to you!
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World Class Takedowns: You will find amazing wrestlers and judo practitioners at Absolute Martial Arts. AMA is known for possessing very strong takedowns and our instructors have utilized them against a lot of submission wrestlers! Our AMA staff learned to wrestle from former UFC Champ Pat Miletich, Division I College Wrestlers, Judo Black Belts, and world class wrestlers!
Weak Takedowns: Unfortunately, a lot of grapplers learn their takedowns from Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and any educated grappler can tell you that BJJ has weak takedowns. Their skill starts once the fight hits the ground, not before! Their BJJ advanced students begin all their submission matches from their knees! This is a practice only done by beginners at AMA - all of our students with over Six months of training begin from their feet. And if an MMA school does have strong takedowns - sometimes they end up not having good jiu-jitsu ... or bad striking.
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World Class Ground Grappling: Our head instructor is a certified Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt under Master Ricardo Murgel, an 8th degree black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Master Murgel is one of the highest ranks in the world.
Poor Ground Grappling: There are many so called BJJ schools popping up in St Louis or MMA schools that teach poor ground grappling. Be aware of these schools and realize that many of the other BJJ schools in St Louis have white belts and blue belts as their head instructor. At Absolute Martial Arts we would never let an unqualified person teach at our school. With the popularity of the UFC we can only expect this to get worse. BUYER BEWARE!
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A Structured Beginner's Only Course: When you start out at AMA, you will be going through a special beginner's only course that lasts about three to six months. In this class, you will be learning from an organized curriculum that balances striking, takedowns, and ground grappling. The classes are designed to work at a pace that beginners can absorb. The beginner's class also takes into account that you may be totally out of shape - one of its principal designs is to get you into good shape and allow you to train harder in the next level.
Thrown to the Wolves: Many martial art programs mix you in with the regular class on your first day! Just think about it... how can someone teach a class of people who have been training for two to three years... and then teach you your first class at the same time? That is like getting a calculus and algebra class in one room and trying to teach both at the same time! Either the advanced guys are missing out or the beginners are missing out…
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Student Safety: A common misconception about MMA training is that to learn effective MMA, you have to get into wild and crazy sparring matches. FALSE. At AMA, most of our students have families and jobs and can't afford to leave the gym with black eyes! The grappling and sparring that is done at AMA is done with utmost control and only when you are ready. Your first sparring sessions take place after you graduate from the beginner course and in the beginning you would only be sparring with an instructor or advanced student, so that you can get comfortable. The idea is to train smart and have fun.
Brawling Time!: Many MMA schools have this misconception that the only way to learn how to fight is to put on boxing gloves and swing for the fences! This is not true... and actually can be counter-productive, besides dangerous. Many gyms also lack the technique to spar with control and spar hard to compensate for their lack of technique. Brawling during training proves nothing and only hinders the learning process and injures people. If you really want to brawl, save it for the street or in the cage.
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Great Customer Service: Above anything, this is what we take the most pride in. Our goal is to go above and beyond what you would expect from us. We are constantly trying to find new ways to please our students. It is hard to explain this because it is really the little things that makes our customer service stand out... you will notice it just from the way our staff will greet you when you arrive!
Customer Service?: The question mark is more fitting because most martial arts schools don't seem to even know what customer service is! Most schools have NO customer service. Egos, bad attitudes, and insecurities fuel bad customer service.
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Clean Facility: Absolute Martial Arts is one of a kind. A 3,600 square foot facility with a large mat area. Plus, we are the cleanest school in St Louis- we disinfect our mats everyday with hospital grade disinfectant. We are one of the only gyms in St Louis that takes mat cleaning seriously .
Inadequate or Dirty and small Facility: For striking, wrestling and grappling - you need high QUALITY mats. Most schools have such small mat areas that you can't even start training on your feet, and even with their small mat area they are never clean... most gyms don't clean them! Some gyms that clean their mats only wipe them down with a wet towel, and without disinfectants! The gym needs to be sanitary for your health.
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Personalized Introductory Lesson: At AMA, we initially have you go through a private lesson with one of our certified MMA coaches. They make sure that you have a good understanding of the techniques and moves that are involved in MMA, while going at a comfortable pace for yourself. This also helps you, as a new student, get acclimated into the actual group class.
No Personalized Lesson: Most schools just have you jump into the class and let you fend for yourself in terms of learning the moves. A lot of the MMA gyms and schools out there do not have the patience, nor want to spend the time with new students.
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Let's Talk
About What’s so Different About
Learning Mixed Martial Arts at Absolute Martial Arts in St Louis
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Our Students learn
Techniques and Skills in the most effective
Martial Arts ! Our Mixed Martial Arts
Students learn the arts of Brazilian
Jiu-Jitsu BJJ, Wrestling,
Western Boxing and our core striking art
of Muay Thai Kickboxing.
The synergistic blending of
these fighting methods into one curriculum
is the reason why some students drive up to
4 hours to come to practice every week.
We are not just a Jiu Jitsu
school or a kickboxing gym.
Absolute Martial Arts
instructs students to combine all the best
martial arts styles into their own personal
combat system.
Using this principle, our
highly trained staff will first determine
your current skill level and then develop a
training program that will highlight your
strengths and dramatically improve any weak
areas until you are a well-oiled machine
ready to take on whatever this world throws
at you!
The Absolute Martial Arts
System will teach you to master all three
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Striking and Counter striking
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Ground and Pound Tactics
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Submissions and Escapes
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Takedowns and Defense
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Combat Athletics (Strength
and Conditioning for MMA)
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When you train at our Academy you
can rest assure that the skills
that you are learning are second
to none.
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There
are a few different training
experiences that you may encounter,
according to the feedback of students
that have made Absolute their home for
training. |
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they usually fall into one of four
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A
grappling/wrestling or Jiu jitsu
school that doesn’t have a stand up
program or has an inadequate striking
program |
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A
kickboxing school that doesn’t have a
grappling program or has an inadequate
grappling program. |
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A
school that is flat out lying to
potential students and has no real
credentials to teach either. |
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School with a bunch of super hardcore
fighters who do way too much sparring
and don’t teach new students anything
and push them into sparring before
they are ready and they get hurt. |
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We are
proud of the fact that we offer the
highest level of instruction in both
the grappling and striking arts. |
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We
teach our students to Master all
ranges of combat. You’ll be personally
learning from the best instructors and
competitors in the area. |
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Here are
some Frequently Asked
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When
are classes?
We offer a
wide variety of class times.
Generally, classes are in the
evening Monday through Friday.
We also offer a morning
schedule of classes. In
addition, private lessons with
our instructors are available
by request.
Will I get injured?
A common
misconception about MMA
training is that to learn
effective MMA, you have to get
into wild and crazy sparring
matches. NOTHING IS FARTHER
FROM THE TRUTH. At
Absolute, most of our students
have families and jobs and
can't afford to leave the gym
with black eyes! The grappling
and sparring that is done with
utmost control and only when
you are ready.
You will only
be allowed to spar or “roll
live” in BJJ and Grappling
after an instructor gives you
the “OK". For MMA, you
won’t be allowed to spar until
you are invited into and we
accept you into the
highest-level program (that’s
right, you have to get
invited, fill out an
application and get accepted
before we even consider you
sparring with us on the team).
Acceptance into this more
advanced program is based more
on your attitude than on your
skill level.
The idea is to
train smart and have fun. Only
our amateur and professional
fighters do some hard
sparring– but because they
have to prepare for a cage
fight. Safety is our number
one focus and we want everyone
to experience all the benefits
of training in Mixed Martial
Arts.
Is
there a formal ranking system?
Absolute
provides an organized
curriculum for both the
Muay
Thai Kickboxing
Class (stand-up fighting ) and
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
Class (ground fighting)
programs. Testing is not
mandatory, but recommended.
Testing is a
great way for you to track
your progress and also for our
instructors to see what you
need to work on and what your
strengths are, too (after all
it’s our job to turn you into
the best possible student you
can be).
Our
ranking system is strict and
only people deserving of being
promoted will earn it.
Absolute Martial Arts is all
about setting goals, then
working as hard as possible to
achieve those goals – with no
excuses. We just love to see
our students succeed!
Will I being going directly
into an ongoing class?
When you
start out at Absolute Martial
Arts, you will be going
through a special introductory
course. In this class, you
will be learning
Muay
Thai Kickboxing,
Ground and Pound, and
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
This class is
designed to work at a pace
that beginners can absorb. The
beginner's class also takes
into account that you may be
totally out of shape - one of
its principal designs is to
get you into good shape and
allow you to train harder in
the next level.
We want
you to develop the necessary
fundamental skills and
conditioning in the most
efficient manner possible and
we’ve found that this is the
best and quickest way for our
students to get maximum
results in minimum time.
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