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OVERVIEW: There is a fair degree of crossover when it comes to martial arts systems and styles, and most contain some elements of other forms of combat. Different martial arts styles require varying degrees of physical fitness, strength and flexibility. Some are more sport-oriented, while others include a greater spiritual component. Nevertheless, all can provide a wealth of personal rewards.

Unbridled Martial Arts’ instruction will help students develop proper form and, although the training sessions will have some physically demanding components, the instruction will always provide the opportunity to work up to an acceptable level of participation. Students are encouraged to strive to improve the quality of their movement while safely and gradually increase the number of repetitions they can complete.

Martial arts systems have a country of origin and a cultural identity. Some systems focus on kicking, some on striking, some on grappling. These areas of focus are a product of the range at which the fighters begin practice. Rob Eis, the UMA head instructor, is knowledgeable of and experienced in fighting systems that address all of the varied ranges of unarmed combat. As a result, the Unbridled Martial Arts program is multicultural in nature and does not tie itself to one identity. Since no country has a monopoly on knowledge, UMA is not bound by the cultural restraints of ONE particular art. It is strongly recognized that no one single system has all the answers. And no one single system is better than all others. Conversely, our curriculum is not the result of sampling various combative art forms and then producing some hybrid mixture. We don’t propose the notion of, “let’s use only Tae Kwon Do spin kicks, only Muay Thai blocking, only Kempo Karate strikes, only Aikido joint locks, and only Judo throws and takedowns…” and the end product we’ll call, “TaeThaiKempKiDo”. We are not reinventing the wheel and we are not trying to create some new concoction. Easily stated, UMA aims to develop martial arts skills in its students that are established on what the situation is and the spatial relation between the defender and an impending threat.

Some schools (or should I say some programs) are characterized by a litany of techniques. These techniques are introduced to the student at progressive levels, except these levels may have no real connection or relation.
Perhaps they are categorized by level of difficulty.
For example, “At this level, you will learn these 5 blocks, and these 2 kicks, and this fighting pattern.”
"At this level, you will learn these 2 blocks, these 3 strikes, this fighting pattern, and this partner drill...etc."
Instead of taking the totality of a system and dividing it into equal slices to serve the student over an imposed time-period, UMA prefers to teach based on the orientation of situations. That way the student isn't having to digest what is equivalent to "combo-platter" meals from a "menu-style" checklist.

Allow me to clarify. How many different ways do you think an unarmed assailant can attack you? You might think, “There are thousands of different ways someone can attack.” If that were the case, by listing some common ones we should come up with a hundred pretty quick, right? Well, let’s see… a two-hand shove, a round kick, a haymaker, a straight punch, a front kick, a tackle, a choke, an uppercut, a heel stomp, an elbow strike…. And after a few minutes more we will start running low on different methods someone can INITIATE an attack. Within these examples you might see several shared commonalities. That is to say, that some elbow strikes and hook punches and round kicks all travel in the same "line of fire". Therefore, we don’t have to spend time segregating which defensive maneuver should be applied to each individual type of attack. There are simple options that can take care of a majority of beginning attacks without devising levels of intricate step-by-step procedures for the student to memorize. This is a reality that is incorporated in to the UMA curriculum.

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“If you face just one opponent and you doubt yourself –you’re outnumbered” –Dan Millman