Testimonials
I wanted to learn Martial Arts and after checking into many schools stopped into Bruce’s martial arts shop, on a whim, while driving home from work. After talking for 30 minutes or so I asked to have my first lesson, that day, and as a result I have been training with Bruce for the last four years.
Bruce has his own progressive methodology encompassing all of his training and experience to provide the student with a realistic and functional approach to developing their own Martial Arts skills. Bruce’s dedication, energy and intensity really set him apart and drive the level of learning and motivation to a premium. I’ve really enjoyed my training (as hard as it can be sometimes) and look forward to continuing my Martial Arts pursuits with Bruce’s instruction. Marty Phillips
“In my five years of training in Jeet Kune Do Concepts in particular, martial arts in general, and fitness concepts and techniques, I’ve grown physically and more importantly mentally. Coach Bruce Pahl has taught more than physical techniques and concepts; he has taught me and all his students how to look beyond what we are training, in and to learn how to “think outside the box”, and to apply this different thinking to a variety of martial and life situations. I have learned martial principles, that apply well to general life. Bruce has been as much a martial arts/fitness coach and instructor as he has been a life coach, and valuable friend”. Curtis Russ, Wilmington, DE
“It has truly been an honor having Bruce Pahl as my Martial Arts teacher and Christian Consultant. His knowledge on the practical and the theories associated with different styles of martial arts ranging from Jeet Kune Do to Filipino martial arts is outstanding. Bruce is definitely a great martial arts teacher.
Anyone who achieves the skill level to teach a martial art does not necessarily mean that they are capable of doing so. It takes a special person capable of understanding how to teach in a manner that a pupil can comprehend and attain their true potential.
Through the time I have spent with Bruce; he has explicit the right mannerisms needed for me to increase my strengths and reduce my weaknesses to become a martial artist. He creates an encouraging atmosphere that boasts nothing but positive results. Bruce is a remarkable teacher and a spiritual inspiration. Not only, do I presently learn martial arts principles, but values of life associated with Christianity”. Tony Washington, Smyrna, DE – Warrant Officer candidate US Army National Guard
“I trained under Bruce Pahl for nearly seven years, and in my personal opinion, Bruce is one of the top martial arts and fitness instructors working today. I had prior martial arts experience before meeting, and training under Bruce, but never before had I met someone with Bruce’s wealth of knowledge, and his variety of martial arts expertise. My prior martial arts instructors had fitness requirements and expectations, but Bruce’s knowledge of fitness was and remains cutting edge.
Bruce was aware of and highly skilled in the use of kettle bells, club bells, plyometrics, fast-twitch muscle fiber training, resistance bands, body-weight resistance exercises, traditional weight training exercises, muscular endurance training techniques, and many other fitness routines/regimens, which many highly touted gyms/clubs/trainers are only now beginning to implement.
And when it comes to Bruce’s martial arts instruction I feel he is even more ahead of the game. Bruce’s techniques expertise and instruction is second to NONE. In all my time training, both under and with highly regarded instructors, it has been Bruce’s instructions, and techniques training, which took my game to the next level and which still astounds others. I’m always asked where I learned any number of techniques that other’s think are “hidden” martial arts techniques, or secret techniques.
There’s no secret, just phenomenal, and top-notch (and correct) techniques instruction, with an emphasis on perfection of the techniques being taught. In conclusion, as I first stated; my time in training with Bruce has made me the martial artist that I am today. He took what I already knew and refined those techniques, and made sure that all techniques I learned under him were perfected. Bruce’s technical expertise, allows his students to take their martial arts training to the next level, and beyond”. Grant Bacon Full Instructor Truth in Combat Method/Jeet Kune Do Combatives.
