Our Programs
Strength and Conditioning
We have one of the largest Free weights gyms in the local area, we also offer cardio machines and fitness classes. It’s a great place to improve your general fitness, supplement your martial arts regime or even train for body building.
Muay Thai (Thai Boxing)
Muay Thai is referred to as "The Science of Eight Limbs", as the hands, shins, elbows, and knees are all used extensively in this art. A practitioner of Muay Thai ("nak muay") thus has the ability to execute strikes using eight "points of contact," as opposed to "two points" (fists) in Western boxing and "four points" (fists, feet) used in the primarily sport-oriented forms of martial arts.
Our sessions feature technique, pad work and optional sparring which is great for fitness and conditioning. Those who wish to compete we can help take their training to the next level.
Mixed Martial Arts (Ultimate Fighting)
In 648 B.C. the sport of Pankration (Greek meaning "all powers"), a potent mixture of Hellenic boxing and wrestling, was introduced into the Olympic Games. The sport became the most popular event in the Olympic Games and across the Hellenic world. Standing strikes were common, though the overwhelming majority of pankration bouts were settled on the ground, where submission holds and strikes were both accepted practices.
Modern Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) has its origin in the no rules (Vale Tudo) competitions that became popular in Brazil from 1925 and onward. The sport made its international breakthrough in 1993, through the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).
MMA covers all ranges of unarmed combat, and is designed for sparring and competition. The aim is to have as few rules as possible while still ensuring safety against severe injuries. In general, boxing (kickboxing and muay thai included), wrestling (Freestyle, Greco-Roman, and to a lesser extent Judo) and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) are the three styles that comprise the core of nearly all modern MMA. Most MMA fighters fall into one of three general categories/strategies:
The groundfighter, who will force a fight to the ground, where the focus will be on getting a fight-ending submission, "mission submission". The groundfighter is the closest to a pure grappler one finds in MMA nowadays.
The wrestler, who's strength usually is the takedown. A common strategy of the wrestler is known as "ground'n pound". This refers to the method of taking an opponent down, achieving a dominant ground position, and finishing the fight with strikes.
The striker, who's preference is to stay on his/her feet and win with a knockout. The strategy of the striker is sometimes called "sprawl'n brawl". This refers to the focus on counter takedowns in order to stay upright and exchange blows.
We use the Shooters MMA's concept which has equal emphasize on the above mentioned strategies. The training resembles boxing, wrestling and BJJ training, but with a smaller selection of techniques. There is also a focus on "putting it together", using boxing to set up a takedown, how to take someone down while maintaining position for a submission, boxing on the ground, etc.
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ)
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu emphasizes ground fighting techniques and submission holds involving joint-locks and chokeholds also found in numerous other arts with or without ground fighting emphasis. it promotes the principle that smaller, weaker person can successfully defend themselves against a bigger, stronger assailant using leverage and proper technique. BJJ can be trained for self defense, sport grappling tournaments (gi and no-gi) and mixed martial arts (MMA) competition.[3] Sparring (commonly referred to as 'rolling') and live drilling play a major role in training, and a premium is placed on performance, especially in competition.
BJJ is a gi (kimono) based art where its participents can progess through the belt grading system under SHOOTERS MMA’s Chief Instructor BJJ Black Belt August Wallen.