Youn Wha Ryu Martial Arts is a traditional and complex self-defense system based in Taekwondo that goes beyond “kicking and punching.” Youn Wha Ryu Martial Arts Students learn practical self-defense concepts that focus on increasing reaction, timing, speed, and full-body power.The dynamic classes combine both aerobic and anaerobic training and encourage the development of self-discipline, perseverance, balance, agility, coordination, flexibility, and total-body...

Gracie Jiu Jitsu practitioners established the first Federation of Jiu-Jitsu in Brazil to host recreational competitions in which they could test their self-defense skills in a safe setting. We are very excited to announce that Farmington Martial Arts has joined the Royce Gracie Network and we would like you and/or your students to join us in this new adventure. Farmington Martial Arts is the only school in Missouri certified to teach the Royce Gracie Jiu-Jitsu...

Yoga is an ancient physical and spiritual discipline and branch of philosophy that originated in India reportedly more than 5,000 years ago. In recent years, it has become a popular form of exercise taught in many studios throughout the world. Practicing yoga provides health and mental well-being. We strongly believe that it can ease many of our society’s ills including crime, anxiety, depression, addiction, among others. Yoga has something for everyone and can...

The Youn Wha Ryu Martial Arts Association has martial arts academy locations in Missouri, Alabama, Illinois, Kansas, Tennessee, and Hong Kong China. Farmington Martial Arts Academy is the largest academy in the Youn Wha Ryu Martial Arts Association and the headquarters. Our other academies are located in the Missouri towns of Lesterville, Jackson, Frederictown, Perryville, Bismarck, and West Plains, the Alabama town of Fairhope, the Illinois towns of Chester and...

Our live feed channel, also known as FMA-TV, is from a stationary mounted camera located in Farmington Martial Arts. The feed is live 24/7 and you will be able to watch regularly scheduled classes, testing, seminars, and special events. The feed is live even when the dojang is empty. Visit the Farmington Martial Arts page for a schedule of classes. The live feed can be played from any Windows based desktop or notebook computer, Android, and Apple iOS devices....

The Youn Wha Ryu Martial Arts Association e-Dojang is an electronic academy for paid members of our website. This area of the website was created to help Youn Wha Ryu practitioners better understand and systematize the knowledge obtained during training. This area of the website contains a lot of training videos, training documents / manuals, and pod casts. Here You can see Youn Wha Ryu system techniques on videos presented by the leading instructors of The Youn...

Stop by one of our Youn Wha Ryu Martial Arts Academies to view a class and begin your journey in the Youn Wha Ryu Martial Arts System. Like most styles of martial arts in existence today, Youn Wha Ryu is an  art that has many facets! Primarily a stand up striking art incorporating techniques from taekwondo, karate and kung fu, Youn Wha Ryu stylists are also adept at the grappling and throwing range as well as on the ground. The system develops to to the strengths...