Would you’d rather look fashionable than keep your earlobe attached? It never fails to amaze me. After years of teaching martial arts I still encounter people who step into class with jewelry on. Rings. Necklaces. Earrings. Belly-button studs. Toe rings. I don’t know if it’s stubbornness, laziness, or just not giving a fuck about the […]
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People love to talk about their why — their reason, their motivation, their driving force. That’s fine, but here’s the problem: reasons without a method don’t get results. You can have the most powerful why in the world, but if you don’t know how to make it happen, you’ll just spin your wheels. I’ve seen it countless times in […]
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July 2023 we celebrated our….
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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 […]
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January 2023, Cass Bowers, a sports and recreation reporter for Western Washington University’s student newspaper, The Front, interviewed WWU NTT instructor Rob Eis. She was interested in knowing what women can do to feel safe while solo hiking and what self-defense education is available for Western students. Here is the result of that interview. […]
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This month Rob Eis celebrates 40 years of training in the Martial Arts.
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UMA blackbelt Noel Abbott working out with his Mook Jong trainer (sold as the “Attachmate”). Notice how he has modified, improved, and enhanced its set-up so it better works for his training needs.
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For any and all who have been an active UMA student in the last 12 months. Join us Monday, September 14 at 6pm. Message in the comments if you’d like to attend and I’ll send you the Zoom invite early that day. No equipment needed. Invite your quarantine fam’ or housemates to join in with […]
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PolyformUS.com has been manufacturing marine buoys in Kent, WA for over 50 years. I saw a few DIY videos showing that these can function as high-quality aqua bags / teardrop bags. With all the “at-home” training, a 120 lb bag would not cost much from Amazon.
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