This group is the result of my decade-plus journey through the world of martial arts - from boxing, to Jeet Kune Do, to Muay Thai, to Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, to MMA, to various hand-to-hand combat systems.  It's also a product of my general dissatisfaction with the way martial arts is taught at most commercial schools:  they're overpriced, their contracts keep you paying even if you want to leave, many of their techniques are unrealistic, their classes are seldom separated by skill level, their cur …