It's about Effin' time!

It's true.

It's about time MMA got the attention it deserves. It's now part of the mainstream.

Everyone knows about it, even people you wouldn't expect.

Everyone finally gets the point of using what works and mixing the arts.

I can say from experience it wasn't always that way.

Back in the day (20 years ago) when my father used to offer special private training to his advanced students and giving them a chance to taste a variety of arts and concepts, my dad would get angry phone calls from rivaling schools and instructors condemning him from borrowing from their art or instructor.

You can imagine what his answer to them was.

I'm sure Bruce Lee ran into the same kind of issues when he was developing his JKD. I particularly like this quote from him: "To use only that which works, and take it from any place you can find it".

Nobody "owns" a technique.

Today Bruce Lee is a legend and even dubbed "Godfather of MMA".

What if martial art forums and internet in general would have been around in those early days, you think people would have tried to bash him, destroy his reputation and ask the stupidest question of them all: "Are you certified to merge all these arts?"

I think so.

Today it's a different story, at no other time in history have masters and schools been so open to share their knowledge with one another.

My father always says: "What you keep for yourself diminishes and what you share multiplies".

One day we'll rid ourselves of the schools and their students that would rather argue about styles rather than actually train.

Until that day comes, we're doing our part to share our knowledge and our contacts with you.

Bruce Lee's long time friend and student Bob Wall, will be hosting a series of seminars throughout the FSD organization during the month of May.

To register for this event you can visit the appropriate link below.

For FSD members .

For Non-members.

Master Yourself,

Sifu Martin