Bluegrass Martial Arts

The Joe Lewis Fighting System

In the Mainstream, Bruce Lee is recognized as the ultimate martial arts icon, but within the world of full contact kickboxing, the premier star has been the man twice voted as the Greatest Fighter in Karate History, Joe Lewis. Lewis is unmatched in his accomplishments as a fighter, and instructor. In a career spanning four decades, Lewis has won more titles and set more records than anyone in the history of sport Karate. As friend, training partner, and fellow innovator of Bruce Lee, Lewis has taken much of the theoretical Jeet Kune Do, Bruce Lee was in process of developing and put it to real time use in the ring.

At Bluegrass Martial Arts we offer a class time in the full Kickboxing curriculum outlined by Joe Lewis himself, as well as integrate the Kickboxing material into one of the weekly Karate classes.

All the skill sets and Strategy necessary for Professional Kickboxing, and other methods made popular with the rise of Mixed Martial Arts. Learn the skill sets under close supervision, with interactive drills designed by the late great Joe Lewis, to teach principles of breaking the gap - probing, set point, broken rhythm, the different fighting styles based on personality types, and how to be a true master of the ring!

Learn all the locks, pins, positions, and tricks you see in MMA, without injury!

If you really want to learn all about Ju Jitsu and catch wrestling, you have seen how effective these grappling systems are in mixed martial arts, but you don't want the risk of injury, then this is the class for you. If you can afford to be hurt, and are looking for a place to test your "skills", go somewhere else! Please!

Grappling Science is a class for those who appreciate and respect the risk of injury, and want to learn, but have no desire to "fight" professionally. This is a family friendly place to learn, safety is first, second and third priority!

Jiu-Jitsu translates to mean the gentile way. In these drills more than any other students must stay relaxed and soft. No hard, tense, or fast motions are necessary or to be preferred for two reasons. One reason is practical, there is a danger of injury. These drills involve joint locks and take downs. Partners must be gentile and careful as to not cause injury to each other. Stay gentile and be safe.

The other reason to remain gentile with these drills is that in order to understand how controlling another person’s balance really works, strength must not be a part of the equation. These exercises are about timing and leverage. The objective is to find the most efficient and most effortless way to bring an opponent down and control them. They are designed to enable a weaker opponent to topple a stronger one. If strength is all one relies on with these exercises they can never really learn the actual skill of capturing another person’s balance.

There is a difference between Jiu-Jitsu and wrestling, one is about a gentile skill of leverage, and the other is a skill involving a test of strength as much as leverage. I mean no disrespect toward wrestling, but that is not the purpose of these exercises. Don’t muscle your way through these holds and takedowns.

More emphasis will be on standing takedowns and escape then submission. The goal will be to attempt to capture the balance of the other. Eventually free movement should progress toward culminating all the basics and previous exercises to an environment of controlled fighting. Again there is no point system; it is not a competition between students. It is a competition with oneself.

Controlled free movement is where both partners’ take a pace appropriate for the level of skill they have. Not attempting to create a full speed, real time fight, but to slow things down enough to be safe, and allow time to think through the motions. The attacker can make the engagement shorter or longer by countering the defender’s defenses, but in the end the defender has to win. Once victory has been reached the roles switch and the exercise continues. This is the highest level of training and it must be attempted without ego, without competition, it can only be about personal betterment in martial art skill.

Sticks, long and short, Sword, Tonfa, Nunchaku, and Sai, No weapon forged by man will be beyond your reach and understanding!

Covering a massive study of real time use with the tools of martial arts from the wooden to the bladed

Class times in conjunction with the Jedi academy will utilize the light saber, then show the source material as well

Stick fighting from the Philippines, Samurai Sword, exotic tools such as the Nunchaku, Tonfa, and Sai

Knife use and disarming and even how to Throw....

Even pistol disarms and law enforcement tactics

Be Honest...Are you not a little bit curious??

the opportunity to learn the ways of the Jedi. The most comprehensive, coherent, and classical instruction this side of the outer rim! classes full of fun, character building, and of course Lightsabers!

Cardio Blastin, Calorie Shreddin, fun way to exercise for people who don't like Treadmills or Ellipticals! The Kenpo Fit will get you in shape and keep you there!!!

ATTN- LOUISVILLE, KY- HUGE OPPORTUNITY! We're looking for people to undergo a total body transformation! Our program is designed to change your life, but this is not a "magic pill". Expect to work hard. We don't care where you're starting from, only that you try your hardest, and just don't quit!

Kenpo Fit is a exercise program of high energy, rapid pace assortment of drills designed to kick your heart rate up and keep it there. The Classes will cover the exercise portion of your challenge. This is not some half baked obstacle course, this is Kenpo boot camp! You want the figure of a MMA fighter without the busted nose or cauliflower ear? You wish you could look like Ronda Rousey? Kenpo Fit has what you need!

Just imagine a year of our Kenpo exercises and drills arranged into a month rotation!! All the static basics, timed target heavy bag and boxing mitt drills, and burnout exercises, we use in our karate classes, and set to a bumpin soundtrack, to kick things up a notch! This is 60 minutes of Xtreme Kenpo Karate that will blow away those old Tae Bo tapes!!

The cost of the course is the same as the cost of a regular membership to Bluegrass Martial Arts, and this includes access to the other classes offered at Bluegrass Martial Arts. Kenpo Fit is included with membership to Bluegrass Martial Arts and is thus also available to anyone who is already a member.

Slim down and tone up, Don't wait on your health goals! Kenpo Fit is a jump start to the Best Version of YOU!!!!!