*FREE* Texas Parkour Workshop @ FMU (Donations Appreciated)
January 16th, 2010 : FREE
FMU is hosting a Texas Parkour Workshop on January 16th, 2010. Texas Parkour is a non-profit organization that exists to spread the word regarding Parkour. The workshop will begin at 11:00am and last 2-4 hours depending everyones ability to continue. First hour will focus on attributes training and following 1-3 hours will be spent on working various drills to improve the ability to move through the environment. Please join us for this *FREE* workshop; however, you must RSVP in order to guarantee your spot as space is limited. Donations would be greatly appreciated.
Texas Parkour Flight or Fight Workshop @ Austin
March 6th, 2010 : Cost TBA
FMU will be participating in the first ever Texas Parkour
Flight or Fight Workshop on March 6th, 2010. It is always better to avoid a confrontation by any means necessary, if that fails, then you need to be prepared for the alternative. The
Flight or Fight workshop will be bringing the two concepts together providing you with information, techniques and training drills that will better prepare you for real world self-defense. Texas Parkour is a non-profit organization that exists to spread the word regarding Parkour. FMU specializes in real-world combatives covering all melee ranges (empty hands, kicking, punching, trapping, grappling, stick fighting and knife fighting). I'll update this with more specific information once it is available.
Catch-As-Catch-Can (No-Gi) Grappling Tournament
March 13th, 2010 : Cost of $60 (weight division or open division, +$30 to enter both)
FMU is hosting a no-gi grappling tournament using the old school catch-as-catch-can rules. This will be a win-lose-draw tournament, no points for second best. There are weight divisions and an open division... $100 cash prize for each winner of every division (where 2 or more competitors are competing) and $100 cash prize and a belt for the open division. Facility is small, so competition will start with the lower weights and move up; finishing the day with the open division. For complete rules, contact FMU by phone at 817.938.8888. NOTE: In order to compete, must be signed up and payment made prior to weigh-ins on January 15th, 2010. Additionally, this is an 18 or older tournament.
We've updated the class schedule!
In order to better serve the student base, we've modified the
schedule. This also serves to clear up some misunderstandings that the prior
schedule caused. To see the new
schedule, click
here.
Congratulations to Marc Ayub!
Marc Ayub, student at Fighting Method University and member of the FMU Fight Team won his recent bout at the Dallas Convention Center on October 17th against Steven Cloud. The match lasted 1:11 and was won via TKO.
Children's Classes
We are forming a class specifically for children ages 10+. The curriculum is trimmed down from the adult program and is targetting to provide a good foundation that will last a lifetime of martial arts growth. At this point, we are discussing with potential students and parents the details of the program and adding people to a waiting list. To get added to the waiting list, there is an interview process that will need to take place. The first class will be limited to 12 students and will begin once we reach that number. As space is limited, it is important to act quickly. There are obviously more details regarding this initial class, so please feel free to contact us directly... it's an amazing opportunity for those that will be selected. This will be
NOTHING like children's programs you've seen at other facilities! (Note, if not selected for the initial class, we will have future classes forming after these students pass their initial tests.)
New Site!
We've been working hard to bring you a new and improved website. As you probably can see, not much has "changed". ;-) The major changes are the underlying systems in place that allow us to bring you more content in a much more improved manner. To showcase this, we've added the
Videos section that you can access on the left hand menu. Please feel free to browse through these and we will continue to add videos over time. If you come across any videos that you feel should be added, please send us a note containing a link and we'll consider it. So grab some popcorn and enjoy the show(s).
New floor!!!
We are now fortunate to have the best mats in the industry to train on.
Dollamur Sport Surfaces provided a substantial discount on our new mats and we really appreciate their working within our budget to make this happen. Because of this, the school is now outfitted with wall to wall mats and even have some mats on the walls to work various techniques and excercises.
TAMMA Fight Fest 12
Sam Bowman will be fighting for the amateur middleweight
TAMMA title on May 23rd at Cowboys Dance Hall in Arlington, TX. We have some tickets for sale at the school or you can purchase them at the Cowboys Dance Hall ticket office (as well as Ticketmaster).
*FREE* Texas Parkour Workshop @ FMU
FMU is hosting a
Texas Parkour Workshop on May 9th, 2009. The workshop will begin at 11:00am and last 2-4 hours depending everyones ability to continue. The primary focus will be the attribute training that Parkour practioners use to prepare for the feats they are able to accomplish. Please join us for this
*FREE* workshop; however, you must RSVP in order to guarantee your spot as space is limited.
Catch Wrestling Seminar featuring ISG/Tim McFatridge
FMU is hosting a Catch Wrestling seminar on Febuary 7th, 2009 - 10:00am to 3:00pm at the low price of admission of $65! Tim McFatridge, founder of Integrated Submission Grappling and co-founder of the Jeet Kune Do Kali Association, is an excellent source of knowledge and an awesome instructor. He is also a second generation Bruce Lee instructor under the late Larry Hartsell. Price is $65 and you must RSVP in order to guarantee your spot as space is limited.
*FREE* Texas Parkour Workshop @ FMU
FMU is hosting a
Texas Parkour Workshop on January 24th, 2009. The workshop will begin at 11:00am and last 2-4 hours depending everyones ability to continue. The primary focus will be the attribute training that Parkour practioners use to prepare for the feats they are able to accomplish. Please join us for this
*FREE* workshop; however, you must RSVP in order to guarantee your spot as space is limited.
Congratulations to Sam Bowman!
Sam Bowman, assistant coach at Fighting Method University and member of the FMU Fight Team won his recent bout at Cowboys (Arlington) on December 6th against Jason Wilson. The match lasted 1:20 and was won via submission due to repeated strikes.