Mixed Martial Arts - The Root to Keeping Fit

If you're considering keeping and taking up a new fitness discipline and you live in Arlington, mixed martial arts or one of the many other disciplines offered here by the world's best trainers could provide you a new path to getting into shape. It can also help rejuvenate your body and boost your self-confidence.

Choosing the right teacher

While there are plenty of clubs and dojos within the area, one of the best things to check out before you join is the actual teacher or master who will be taking the classes. Find out as much as you can about their background, and even speak to past and present students to understand the philosophy behind the club and that the disciplines they seek to teach and advocate are true to your own ethics.

Some high profile clubs have an enviable track record in Arlington; mixed martial arts have a following of young and old, while masters will be only too happy to share their skills and enable you to talk to students to discover how they were able to get fit and stay sharp mentally.

The bonus of such MMA clubs is that they can teach specific techniques catered to your needs and physical make-up. They will often offer instruction to both adults and children across a wide variety of disciplines. They may offer, among others, Jeet Kune Do, Muay Thai, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Filipino Martial Arts and a cross between Jeet Kune Do-Thai Boxing.

Jeet Kune DoJeet Kune Do was founded by martial arts specialist and film star Bruce Lee. He combined the best of other disciplines to create a new system that offers flexibility and a "can do" attitude in everyday life, while bolstering self-confidence and personal ambition. It also offers a unique way to improve strength, fitness and agility.

Muay ThaiKnown as 'the art of eight limbs" or the "science of eight limbs" - Muay Thai is a combative art that embraces the feet, shins, knees, elbows and fists within the discipline. Founded in Thailand in the 12th century, students often speak of how Muay Thai enables them to become fully efficient in defence and equally effective when attack is necessary. It is often a discipline that can help build the body's core strength.

Brazilian Jiu-JitsuWhile Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a new discipline to Arlington, mixed martial arts students are gravitating towards it. It can enable an opponent with a much smaller frame quickly and effectively overcome a much larger one through a number of lightning-fast techniques.

Filipino Martial ArtsWhile emanating from traditions of generation past in the Philippines, this particular discipline will help boost self-confidence and offers a liquid style movement in helping to strike and counter-strike. Masters of this art will be able to give students a whole host of training in weapons to enhance their understanding and take their involvement to a new level.

If you’re looking to learn Martial Arts, Pat Tray is chief instructor at the Trident Academy of Mixed Martial Arts, the premier training and instruction centre in the region. In Arlington, mixed martial arts, BJJ, Jeet Kune Do, Filipino Martial Arts, Combat Submission Wrestling and Karate, can all be studied under the best martial arts instructors from across the NOVA and DC area.

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