Here is the nerdy/simplest version. Primarily, Lab Rats Martial Arts is a training group/collective. We are a community of people from different martial disciplines that have been training together since 2000. Several of us are instructors/coaches (the latter preferred, if any titles at all), and several styles are represented; Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Jeet Kune Do (whatever that is), Kali/Escrima/Arnis (Filipino combative methods), boxing, Muay Thai, judo, western wrestling. Some of our folk do self-defense or martial arts related work – law enforcement, executive protection, bodyguard work, instruction, military, most are “civvies”. We train and/or teach (take a deep breath for nerdy, but simple) fighting at all ranges; “standup”, clinch, and ground, with and without tools (weapons), in uncontrolled environments/circumstances, with non-cooperative/resisting “opponents”.
Longer, more detailed version below. Really, really long version can be found here: FAQs
Here is who is appropriate to train with us:
Adult males and females looking to train and/or learn the “functional” aspects of self defense/martial arts.
Here’s what’s appropriate to train with us:
People looking for training partners to “experiment” with material.
People looking to cross-train from different “disciplines”. Note: only true of “functional” methods.
People looking for additional training partners to train for competition.
People looking for private instruction of “functional” combative methods.
People looking to tap a group/individual for seminar-style instruction.
Here’s what is probably not appropriate to train with us:
“Traditional” martial artists that want to see if their material “works” against other methods.
