Date: Thursday, March 15th, 2012
Time: 5:15pm
Location: Unbridled Martial Arts
Free for all UMA students & their family & friends

Summer Huntington works in New York City as a personal trainer and is the owner of Fit Body Wellness. She is a Health & Fitness Specialist, Wellness Coach, and Yoga Instructor, and she holds certifications from the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Council on Exercise.

In addition to her yoga credentials, Summer is a certified instructor in Circular Strength Training (CST), which incorporates the use of Clubbells™. Many accomplished MMA fighters such as Alberto Crane, Jorge Rivera, Andrei Arlovski, and Elvis Sinosic swear by Clubbells™ in improving their fitness and conditioning. As a clear testiment of Clubbells’™ effectiveness, the CST fitness system has been adopted by the U.S. Army.

Summer Huntington is featured in the best-selling “Clubbell™ Encyclopedia” DVD series and is certified directly under Scott Sonnon, the inventor of this method.

Friends of students wishing to participate should email or call to get on the guest list.
Deadline to reserve a spot is March 11^th at noon.

Date: March 3rd, 2012
Time: 11am-1pm
Location: Universal Solutions Martial Arts Academy
$35 per person

Saohin Srisuk is a two time former S-1 Muay Thai Champion and four time Pan Asian Boxing Association (PABA) boxing champion. He has fought over 80 fights in both international boxing and Muay Thai.

Saohin is from the Tiger Muay Thai gym in Phuket, Thailand where he trained MMA fighters and Thai boxers. He now lives and trains students in Vancouver, Washington.

Topics will cover:  Shadow boxing solo combinations, partner & thai pad drills, punching, elbows, knees, kicks, clinch, and sparring drills.

Universal Solutions Martial Arts Academy
2101 Grant Street
Bellingham, WA 98225
360-738-3448
Contact martin@usmaa.us for more information.

UMA takes pride in our no contracts policy. However, martial artists who train regularly make progress faster and contribute more to the club. For that reason, beginning in March 2012 we are changing our fee structure.

We are encouraging regular participation by rewarding dedicated students: for students who train twice a week, your fee will not change!

Beginning March 2012 the minimum donation will be $50/ month.

For every week a student attends at least 2 of 3 evening classes, they get $5 back, as long as they attend a class during the last week of the month.

This rewards students who train regularly and asks more of students whose sporadic attendance requires more attention when they do come.

Same flat rate policy. Members pay $50 the first class of each month they attend. If a student starts midmonth they pay more per class than they would if they came to the first class. The member still gets $5 back for every week they train 2 of 3 classes.

Months that end midweek, club members get their money back the last class of the month, but their credit for THAT week will apply to the next month.

*does not apply to gift certificates.

Escrima gear required: Stick, Headgear, Hand protection

Beginning January 2012, the weapons class will focus on all-stick-sparring.

To participate, a student must own one 28-inch “ActionFlex” escrima stick to spar with.

Actionflex sticks duplicate the sensation of rattan sticks.  They allow us full-contact sparring with a rigid weapon at combative speeds.  Actionflex is a brand used and endorsed by many escrima educators in the world today.

Students who wish to participate in the weapons class must also own and use headgear and hand protection.  This requires headgear with a facemask and some type of right-handed glove (suggested: hockey-style).

Our club account affords students to get Actionflex sticks and headgear at 25% – 50% off regular price.  If you do not have the required equipment, you will need to wait on the sideline so that those who are sparring have adequate room to move.  Or if you are sharing a stick, the same thing applies.  If you are not sparring, you are off the floor.

Summer 2012 Unbridled Martial Arts will host a spectacular 2-week martial arts and sightseeing odyssey through Thailand, where the national sport is kickboxing.

Click here to see the amazing itinerary.

For more information and to register contact via email ThailandExcursion@UnbridledMartialArts.com
or phone (360) 676-9909.

Date: March 3rd & 4th, 2012

My teacher Tom Weismuller’s teacher is Christopher Petrilli.  Chris Petrilli is a former U.S. Army Ranger, and for years Chris trained in the Philippines directly under one of the founding members of the Doce Pares Eskrima system, Cacoy Cañete.

Petrilli is now one of the highest ranked students of Cañete’s, holding the esteemed rank of 10th degree black belt in Doce Pares.

Do you ever shop on Amazon.com and discover you spent more than you intended just to save on shipping?

Ever go shopping and find out you missed a sale? Or to get a good deal you need to put your purchase on hold and wait for the upcoming sale? Or worst of all, you don’t have that measly slip of paper (coupon) that entitles you to a discount?

Follow that up with a feeling like you’re getting screwed because you aren’t a student so you don’t receive the best rate possible? Are other people getting a discounted group rate just because a relative or a spouse is included? Personally, I hate that shit.

Well, you needn’t be in the military, a college student, or married with offspring to qualify for the best deal possible.

I will always give the benefits of martial arts training equally across the board no matter who you are or what your status is. I find it unfair and a tedious trick to have gimmicky sales and limited time offers or special rates that make you spend more just to save a little, or favors one group over another.

Drive safe!

Unbridled Martial Arts will be closed the first week of January.

Closed: Tuesday 1/3/2012 to Tuesday 1/10/2011