If you want to develop a deeper understanding of the application of your techniques and take your fighting skills to the next level, check out our MMA Fundamentals class. Combining striking, kicking, grappling, and offensive and defensive movements, fight theory and strategy, students can put their skills to use in a practical context. Open to all karate students, ages 13 and up, and adult students with no striking experience. Coach Hank Hoffmann teaches our MMA Fundamentals classes.

Hank Hoffmann is a 3rd Degree Black Belt in Tang Soo Do, earned through Master Joe Fitzgerald of Fitzgerald’s Martial Arts.  He continues to train Tang Soo Do with Master Kathleen Degnan of 606 Karate, MMA with Coach LaQuinn Swift, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu with Coach Justin Metcalfe. He is also an engineer and views martial arts as adversarial engineering applied in real-time.