Modern American Martial Arts Curriculum

We now have our full curriculum through the first two ranks here on our website available to view for free! Just check out the toolbar along the side of the page and follow the links to see the 32 Class Yellow Belt Curriculum and the 32 Class Orange Belt Curriculum. Our method covers everything you need to learn to defend yourself against modern violence, and it all begins with your first class! Check out the curricula, instructors feel free to use whatever drills or activities you like, and students try some of those activities out with your training partners! Always make sure you have competent instruction and train safely.

Enjoy this sneak peak at what we do here at Modern American Martial Arts, and never forget that the real answers won't be found on the internet. The real answers are all on the training floor!

Kenpo Class an International Phenomenon!

Kenpo Class now has readers in the United States, the Netherlands, Australia, Singapore, Denmark, Kuwait, the United Kingdom, Russia, Guam, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Georgia, Colombia, Dominica, Spain, Germany, India, Latvia, Finland, Pakistan, Sweden, Ireland, Mexico, Canada, Brazil, Jordan, Belgium, Sri Lanka, Slovakia, the Ukraine, the Philippines, Venezuela, Romania, Argentina, China, Slovenia, Israel, France, Poland, and Iran!

We'd like to thank our readers all over the world for making us a part of their journey. We appreciate all your support in making this site a valuable source of information for martial artists of all styles and methods. We will continue to provide you with the kind of historical, philosophical, and instructional material which has kept you coming back for the last six months.

Thanks for helping us grow, and for recommending our site to your friends and fellow practitioners. We are all training in the Way together, and as the instructor learns from the student so too do we learn from all of you. Feel free to leave comments or feedback on our articles, we always love to hear from our readers!

Thanks again world. Thanks for coming into our school and being a part of what we're building here. Our head instructor believes we can work together to improve the future of martial arts. Thanks for being a part of that effort!

Drills -
Beginner: Practice the arts of your homeland. In North America, we have Western Boxing, Western Wrestling, several forms of Native American arts, and a variety of forms of folk wrestling and traditional fisticuffs. Look around at your local schools and gyms for ideas from local practitioners.

Intermediate: Practice the arts of other lands. Explore the Capoeria of Brasil, and the Chuan'Fa of China, and the Karate of Okinawa, and the Kendo of Japan and the Systema of Russia. Study how the techniques and methods of each style were influenced by the cultural and historical context of the time in which those arts were developed. Learn why each art is practiced the way it is, and how the same contributing influences affect the style that you practice.

Advanced: Practice the dead arts of antiquity. Ninjutsu as it is practiced in the Bujinkan is a recreation of Nine dead ryu. The Association for Renaissance Martial Arts is an organization devoted to recreating the European medieval and renaissance styles of armed and unarmed combat. Seek out these practices which have faded from common practice. Even some arts like Muay Boran and Limalama which are not truly dead, but are less commonly practiced, have a wealth of techniques to learn and study. In many cases these arts died because peace broke out across the land and a combat art like Sumai became a sport art like Sumo. In other cases, invasion from a foreign culture or an evolutionary shift in weapons and tactics made warrior arts, such as the practice of European Longsword techniques, obsolete to the professional soldier. In those cases, the practice of one art was replaced by the practice of another. Seek out these lost arts and learn from their methods.

Fall and Winter Break

I wanted to remind everybody that the school will be closed for our Fall Break the week of November 22 to November 26. We will also be closed for Winter Break from December 20 to January 1. 

We hope that all of our students and instructors enjoy a safe and happy break and return ready to train hard.

Make sure to take time while the school is closed to continue practicing your material. We don't want anyone to regret spending their time away eating too much turkey and doing too little kenpo! So call your friends and make the time!

Stay safe!