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Urban Combat Reality Based Self Defense

Urban Combat Reality Based Self Defense

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409 El Camino Real, Menlo Park, California, 94025, United States
(650) 325-9690 www.urbancombat.us
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Dec 11, 2016
Seriously, ladies, take this class. Brian will teach you the basics that EVERY WOMAN NEEDS TO KNOW. We should have learned this stuff when we were five years old, but it's never too late. I took a class with some girl friends today and it's some of the best $ I've ever spent. Just $45 for two hours. Dirt cheap for the skills you will learn in 2 hours, that could save your life.

Dec 28, 2016
In a typical Urban Combat class, you will warm up for 30 minutes with a tabata or interval training, followed possibly by punching drills with thai pads and/or focus mitts with a partner. You'll then work on other drills such as take downs, ground grappling, grabs/holds with partners. In this respect, about half the class is similar to an MMA class. Where the style differs from boxing, wrestling, BJJ, MMA and other sports is that the techniques and training focus are on the study of real acts of violence- such as through review of security camera footage and law enforcement statistics- and application of practical defenses against those threats. This is why it's called Reality-Based Defense, they care about what really works vs. Hollywood or what traditional martial arts preach as dogma. An MMA gym teaches little about fighting off multiple attackers, knife fighting, gun fighting, club defense, use of pepper spray, fighting off car-jackers inside a vehicle, home invasion defense, combat psychology, legal aspects of use of force, trauma first aid, fighting in low light, and use of verbal commands to control violent accounters. Class size is reliably 7-15 students of varying skill levels, and is often more than 1/3 female. 2-hour women's defense seminars are held on or off-site, by appointment.

Oct 17, 2012
A truely excellent dojo. They were neither to strict nor to loose with just the right amount of discipline. I would reccomend this dojo to anyone over the many other martial arts chioces in the area or any other place in the country for that matter!

Feb 10, 2010
We have looked at several martial arts places and I always thought that I'd choose one of the "nonviolent" ones. However, I brought my 9 year old here and he absolutely swooned. Miss Molly, the instructor, basically kicks butt, too. There's a picture of her, at 11, on the wall. She's been coming here, to this studio, since she was 11! This is a joyous, inclusive, kid-friendly environment that molds your child using tenets like respect, politeness, etc. etc. On the other hand, they teach the kids these karate exercises that start off (juicily) with a "OK, here's a serpent claw to the throat." That twinge of violence sends thrills through my 9 year old's soul and makes him pay WAY more attention than he would to something less exciting.

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