Private Lessons

Note: All courses at UMA are Vaccination Mandatory (including all current boosters).

Are you looking for private, one-on-one lessons?

I offer services for combat sport-fighting, women’s self-defense education, street self-defense, defensive tactics for law enforcement & civilians, and realistic edged and impact weapons skills. To learn about group lessons, click here.

Perhaps you are a club bouncer and want effective tips and techniques that you aren’t receiving from your employer. Perhaps you are a fighter who needs a sparring partner so you can get in more ring time before a competition. Perhaps you are a woman who lives alone and could use some peace of mind and an alternative to carrying pepper spray. Or you might be a hobby martial artist who would like a few innovative new training tools to add to your arsenal. I can supply all of these and more.

Specialized areas for private lessons

Personal safety & self defense for men, women, teens, and children.
Combat conditioning for MMA
Self-defense against a blade
Stick fighting
Edged weapons
Muay Thai
Jiu-Jitsu (with and without a gi)
Wooden dummy skills with real-life application
Heavy-bag work for sport or self-defense
Double-end bag work
Defensive tactics
Restraint & control
Combative cuffing
Conditioning for combatives using various pieces of exercise equipment that cater to your specific needs

When you study with me, you will work with equipment worth thousands of dollars. Not only that, I will show you how to make your own versions at a fraction of the cost.

I am all for do-it-yourself ways of making equipment that assists in your combat training. You’d be amazed at what $30 and a 15-min trip to the hardware store can get you in terms of quadrupling your workout quotient. I’m devoted to maximizing your results along with minimizing the time it takes to become proficient in whatever arena you choose to focus on. You will be able to maintain your optimum level with functionalized training methods. I take the innovative concepts behind expensive training tools and make them affordable to the average person.

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Specialized training aids (to name a few)

TRX suspension trainer™
TRX Rip trainer™
Indian Clubs
BodyBlade™
Kettlebells
The Bullworker ®
Medicine balls
Shocknives™
Aku Strike training knives
High Gear™ impact reduction suit
The Warrior™ brand mook jong (phase 2 JKD model) – this is now offered in a separate program.
Nexersys – computer assisted pad holding machines.
Liteboxer – music-based striking machine
BOB™ (Body Opponent Bag)
Double-end bag
Punching bags (Aqua bag, Banana bag, Water-filled bag, Uppercut bag, Heavy Bag)
Floorbags
Battle ropes
Anatomical grappling dummies

Most of all, my personalized training is about giving you the ability to do it all on your own so you won’t need me in the future. I will not make you dependent on a trainer. I will motivate you and show you what to do in a refined and organized way.

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Option for specialized training in Okinawan Kobudō

Okinawan Kobudō is the weaponry system of Okinawan martial arts. I began its study at the age of 11.
I have been a nationally ranked champion in weapons kata within USNKF competitions as well as gold medalist in international competition. The United States of America National Karate-do Federation (USANKF) is the U.S. Olympic committee governing body for sport karate in America.

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Tonfa
Nunchaku

While these tools are not pragmatic in day-to-day self-protection, they are incredibly helpful for building dexterity, coordination, timing, and quickening the reflexes of fast-twitch muscle fibers in the body.