Resource Page

Below are some resources you may find useful:

Equipment

Combat Sports International – Everything you could possibly need for the grappling arts, striking arts, & traditional arts.
Ringside Boxing & Top Contender – boxing wraps, bag gloves, boxing gear, shin guards
Bushido Martial Arts Supplies (Surrey, B.C. Canada) – Excellent “wristwrap” grappling gloves. Great low price w/ Canadian exchange rate.
www.karatemart.com – low low prices on wrap gloves!
Revgear – boxing equipment
Fairtex – muay thai kickboxing equipment
Big 5 Sporting Goods – for local equipment shopping

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Books & Magazines

Recommended Reading list @ Amazon.com
Powell’s Bookstore – Portland, Oregon
BlackBelt Magazine
Classical Fighting Arts Magazine
Bellingham Public Library

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Nutritional Needs

Whatcom Food Co-op
Super Supplements
Supplement Warehouse

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Other local Martial Arts & fitness schools

The Action Pit
Karate Quest
Bellingham Mixed Martial Arts
Bellingham BJJ
Fight Lab
Pure Fitness Martial Arts
Birch Bay Shotokan Karate
Lane’s Tiger Crane Gung Fu Academy
Pacific Northwest Karate Center
Kulshan Aikikai Aikido Club
Whatcom Family YMCA
Cutting Edge Training

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Information about Bellingham

Bellingham Washington Official Website
Bellingham Community Information Website – community events & activities calendar available

How to Wrap Your Hands:

Karate is a form of martial arts in which people who have had years and years of training can, using only their hands and feet, make some of the worst movies in the history of the world.

Dave Barry

Testimonial

I have studied martial arts for several years, under many different instructors in a number of styles. The common threads I’ve found in quality training have always been a focus on progression in a supportive and open atmosphere, not an obsession with egos, domination or ranks. Meaningless goals like belt levels tend to force students to stay fixed on a destination, while missing the journey. Competitiveness usually only alienates people from the true purpose of martial arts – to learn valuable skills and techniques that can protect self and others, while achieving new levels of physical fitness and cultivating higher mental discipline. Rob’s teaching embodies the best philosophies and concepts in a training program that can be beneficial for everyone. UMA‘s curriculum is truly rewarding for those who put their full effort into it. We train hard, sometimes go at it with as much realism as possible (without resulting in serious injury) and keep it all tempered with positive martial philosophy and the freedom to adapt the technique to work for us, instead of following some prescribed regimen in verbatim. UMA is the highest example of a martial arts school where quality training and learning override business and status and I am very lucky to be a student here.

~ Dave Hutchinson

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