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 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

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