Lineage

My two most influential teachers are Tom Weissmuller and Frank Shamrock.

   

      

     

One of Tom’s teachers was Matt Hume. Hume founded United Full Contact Federation in order to sanction amateur pankration events that Tom competed in.
Hume is the co-founder and head trainer at AMC Pankration in Kirkland and he’s trained several champions and world-class fighters.

   

One of Frank’s teachers was Javier Mendez who founded the MMA Gym American Kickboxing Academy.
Mendez became the only trainer to have three concurrent UFC Champions; Cain Velasquez at heavyweight, Daniel Cormier at light heavyweight and Luke Rockhold at middleweight. In January 2023, MMAjunkie.com awarded Mendez and Khabib Nurmagomedov as 2022 Coaches of the Year.

 

Testimonial

I have been training at UMA for about four months now and it has become very important part of my weekly routine. The first thing that struck me about UMA is the low cost. Being a college student I am unable to afford the high prices and contracts that are required at other schools. At thirty dollars a month there is not much to lose when you enroll in the class. When I began attending UMA I found that the program and the instruction far exceeded my expectations. Rob is a very competent instructor in everything he teaches his students. Rob is proficient in boxing, kickboxing, grappling as well as stick and knife fighting. After the short time I have trained at UMA I have found myself stronger, quicker, more flexible and more self-confident. My technique in the arts taught at UMA has greatly improved as well.
Rob has designed a program that uses the most effective techniques in a very pragmatically structured atmosphere. I would highly recommend this program to anyone who would like to increase their self defense abilities or if you would just like to get a good workout that is also fun, rather than the monotony of running on a treadmill. The only thing I would like to see happen is an increase in class time; I would gladly pay more money to train at UMA for additional days or hours.

~ Kyle Koger, WWU Student

View all Testimonials