Mixed Martial Arts
Sterling, Va

One Spirit Martial Arts
295 Sunset Park Drive
Herndon, VA 20170
703-796-5508

If you live in Sterling Virginia (Va) and are looking to train in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) then you will need the best training available. You can find that instruction at One Spirit Martial Arts. We offer our Mixed Martial Arts training to anyone who is interested. Our Mixed Martial Arts students are all top quality individuals that believe in team work and help each other reach their personal goals.

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History of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)

Mixed Martial Arts or MMA as it is better known was brought to the mainstream international public when Royce Gracie became the first UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) champion. MMA fighting has gone on for centuries but has carried various names along the way.

In 1920 in Brazil the Gracie family held Vale Tudo tournaments known as the “Gracie Challenge.” This Gracie Challenge or Vale Tudo tournament which was issued by Carlos Gracie and his father the Grand Master of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Helio Gracie, inspired the Japanese to create a shoot-style called Japanese professional wrestling and that eventually formed into the first Mixed Martial Art (MMA) that was made popular by the crowd pleasing Bruce Lee in the late 1960's or early 1970's.

Bruce Lee is considered to be the first MMA star because he knew that to beat an opponent you must be able to adapt to every style. In fact the current President of the UFC (Dana White), refers to Bruce Lee as the “Father of Mixed Martial Arts or MMA.

While the UFC started in the early 1990's, MMA didn’t get started in Japan until 1997 when the Pride Fighting Championships were created. MMA has quickly become a huge world wide money making sport.

When MMA first started, little was known about the sport so there were no sanctions. This meant that virtually anything goes inside the MMA eight -sided-cage tournaments. It wasn’t until 2005 when the US Army held it’s first full contact combative tournament.

MMA went through various stages which allowed certain martial art styles to stand out amongst them all. In the beginning we saw Sumo wrestlers, Ninjas and many other styles have their weaknesses exposed. It was the Gracie family style of Gracie Jiu Jitsu that has stood out as a must have style to survive in MMA. The Gracie Brazilian Jiu Jitsu style is primarily a ground fighting system that allows a smaller individual to dominate a larger opponent.

Even the Gracie Jiu Jitsu practitioners know that you need a good stand up game for the cage. This has opened the door for people like Chuck Liddell with a Kempo style, wrestling background and extensive boxing training. This combination has been a winning combination for Chuck and given him an international MMA following.

The great thing about MMA is that it’s all about training and finding that right combination for each fighter to be at their personal best. While MMA is a very competitive sport, you won’t find a better group of human beings that understand it’s a sport and are usually very humble individuals with families and often jobs or businesses on the side.

MMA is now a common style taught in the better martial art schools around the world. If you live in Washington DC or in Northern Virginia you have the areas best MMA combat traing center in your own backyard.

One Spirit Martial Arts combat gym has the best of every martial arts styles. It includes Gracie Style Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and a world renowned Professor of Gracie Jiu Jitsu as the instructor. His name is Pedro Sauer and he grew up with the Gracie’s and started training with them when he was only 15 years old. His knowledge of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is only proceeded by his ability to teach the Brazilian martial art to anyone with an open-mind and a willingness to learn. Professor Pedro Sauer is only one of our extremely qualified instructors. We also train in Judo, Krav Maga, Kali, and of course Muay Thai kickboxing which has proven itself as an invaluable MMA style in the cage. In fact our Muay Thai instructor (master Danny) has 350 professional Muay Thai fights to his credit. No other martial arts training academy in the Northern Virginia (Va) area can say that.

So if your looking to train in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) in Va then you should definitely come to One Spirit Martial Arts in Herndon Virginia to train both your mind and body. We proudly offer our MMA training to people from the entire Washington Metropolitan area, including, Fairfax, Reston, Arlington, Alexandria, Springfield, Centreville Virginia, Gainesville, Vienna, Oakton, Leesburg, Sterling, Ashburn, Burke, Woodbridge, Dale City, Nokesville, Manassas, Merrifield, Great Falls, Herndon, Chantilly, Haymarket, Clifton, Fairfax Station, Lorton, Annandale and Falls Church Va. But of course we welcome people from anywhere in the world to train with us.

Come take a free no-obligation course of any or all of the styles of Mixed Martial Arts we offer.

You’ll be glad you did!

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