For Sean Robinson, a Global Martial Arts University (GMAU) student leader based in Jamestown, North Carolina, the path to the dojo started with a blade. Robinson grew up in Texas, where he joined a fencing club in high school and spent the next two decades immersed in the sport — first in Olympic-style fencing with …
Two Disciplines, One Journey: How a Former Fencer Found His Footing at the GMAU Read More »
From an original GMAU blog article by Joel Williams; updated and reposted June 2026. You train hard and practice a lot. But are you actually “ready” for a real-life physical confrontation? Maybe yes, maybe no. There’s really only one way to know for sure, right? That’s to be in a situation where you have to actually …
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Revised and Updated on May 26, 2026. Distance learning has gone through many phases: correspondence learning by mail in the 1800s, radio and television formats reaching the masses in the early to mid-1900s, and web-based learning first appearing in the late 1900s. Today, online learning is widely available. You can literally learn anything through the …
5 Online Martial Arts Training Secrets from GMAU Black Belts Read More »
This article is based on an original post by Adam Bein, a student in several Global Martial Arts University (GMAU) programs, including Shotokan Karate. Revised and Updated on May 4, 2026. You’ve signed up to learn a martial art through the Global Martial Arts University. You pay your fee and you’ve started to watch videos …
Is Your Personality Type Holding You Back from Succeeding in Online Martial Arts? Read More »
Revised and Updated on April 4, 2026. If you’re reading this, you probably have the desire to spread the positive benefits of Krav Maga to your local community and help make the world a safer place. Teaching Krav Maga is incredibly rewarding, whether you’re doing so as your full-time profession or just out of passion …
On July 14 I travelled from my home in Vancouver, B.C. to Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan to take part in Sensei Nathan Douglas’ ‘Ultimate Bo Live 2022′ weekend of Ultimate Bo training. I joined two other GMAU students from out of town there, Quinn McCutcheon and Sean Robinson, who both live in North Carolina. Quinn has a brown chevron in Ultimate Bo, and Sean has a 2nd black …
