Monday, July 22, 2013

Membership Drive

We are halfway toward our initial membership goal of 75 students. Stop by or give us a call for information about our grand opening special. It is the best deal in Hampton Roads!

Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Open

Well, if our last blog post was about it finally sinking in I think it is safe to say that it really has. We had our grand opening celebration on June 29th and have officially been holding classes for 2 days now. Each day sees a few more students that we are thrilled to teach. Here are a few pictures.


Friday, May 17, 2013

It is starting to sink in


Our sign went up today. It felt like a surreal moment when that truck pulled up this morning. I always have that sinking feeling that things aren't going to be how I envision them, but this turned out so well. It was a long first day in the building getting things cleaned up.
We have to really sit back and take our breath sometimes when we realize how far we have come.

Sunday, May 12, 2013

What's In A Name?

What's in a name?
UGMMA is an acronym for the full name of our academy, Universal General Mixed Martial Arts. We decided on our name long before we put our plan into action. Our name has a special meaning to Rob and is a tribute to the karate school he was raised in: Universal Pasha Karate (UPK). He credits this school with saving his life during his youth in Camden, NJ. UPK’s meaning is defined below. 

UNIVERSAL – Including or covering all or a whole without limit or exception.
PASHA– General, or a high-ranking official.
KARATE – “Kara” means empty in Japanese and “Te” means hand, so Karate is defined as an empty handed self-defense system. We use what we are blessed us with, our magnificent body, mind, and spirit.

And so, Universal General Mixed Martial Arts was born. A name designed to honor Rob’s lineage and further define ourselves as a school that honors the traditions of Martial Arts while moving forward by providing innovative Mixed Martial Arts instruction.

Thursday, May 9, 2013

Graphic Design

While we are preparing to get started on all of the physically hard work of getting the building together we also have to remember advertising and the graphic design of our logo's, patches, mascot and so much more. If you happen to know a great graphic designer in the Hampton Roads area we'd like to talk to him/her about our needs. We specifically want to stay local to Hampton Roads so we can support small business in our area as much as possible.

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Logos For The Creatively Challenged

A little humor today. One of Rob's students in Afghanistan decided to "help" us out with our logo design.



Tuesday, April 30, 2013

The Work Continues!




Here is our building to be!! I get the keys May 15th and we are anticipating a July 1st opening. I have so much to do! Just getting social media together is a job. I have now gotten us onto pinterest, twitter, tumblr, facebook, and flickr!!!