A good martial arts school in the Detroit area?

Question

Preferably it teaches a stand up art and is not overly expensive. No McDojos or schools without adequate sparring please.

And also do not give me answers like "google it" or "look in your local phone book". YahooAnswers would not exist if crappy answers like those were actually the solution. Plus, I've tried those already.

Answer 1

What part of Detroit?

I'm familiar with many places in Greater Detroit through competitions.

Email me and I'll try to help.

James

Answer 2

Try these links:

Michigan Mixed Martial Arts Center

16851 West Warren Avenue

Detroit, MI 48228

Phone: [phone]

Style: Mixed Martial Arts



Capoeira Mandinga

1401 Broadway

detroit, MI 48226

Phone: 734=512-8934

Style: Capoeira



Coopers International Muay Thai and Kickboxing Gym

16849 Warren Avenue

Detroit, MI 48228

Phone: [phone]

Style: Muay Thai

Ultimate Judo

1373 Dix Hwy

Lincoln Park, MI 48146

Tang Soo DO Training Club of Wyandotte

524 Oak St

Wyandotte, MI 48192

Kali Academy (Filipino martial arts)

31171 Stephenson Hwy

Madison Heights, MI 48071

http://www.urbansurvivaldetroit.com/

http://www.shaolintempleus.org/

Answer 3

Actually, the Moy Tung Ving Tsun school of Detroit is a recommendation. While there isn't any "sparring" per se, once you get to chi sao, you can enter some pretty heavy training. Chi sao is fairly similar to sparring for all intents and purposes.

http://www.kungfudetroit.com

Read more about Ving Tsun (Wing Chun) at Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wing_Chun

The Detroit school is pretty heavy duty. The current Grandmaster is Moy Tung, a student of the late Moy Yat, who was one of Yip Man's students in Hong Kong. There aren't any children's classes, so it is mostly adults who are quite serious about the training. There is a lot of interaction with sister schools across the country, so you get to train with a large number of people. I highly recommend giving Sifu Owen a call or shooting him an email. The contact info is on the webpage.