Posts by Finnie McMahon

4/13/2020 THOUGHT OF THE WEEK: Overcoming fear “Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.” – Nelson Mandela Announcements -We’ve made a change to our Facebook live-streaming classes. Check out the new schedule below: Monday Little Champs 4:15 Junior grapplers 5:00 Adult Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu 6:00 Adult Muay Thai Kickboxing 7:00 Thursday…

4/6/2020 THOUGHT OF THE WEEK: Gratitude We as a community have a lot of challenges to deal with right now and things can seem dark, but there is still a lot we have in our lives to be grateful for. When you focus on the things that you do have rather than the things you…

We wanted to reach out and give everyone an update on the weekly classes that we’re doing on Facebook Live. We have had a ton of students watching and have gotten great feedback about these online classes. If you have not yet done so, please join us next week! It’s been very fun for us…

Dear MTC Family, After much deliberation, we have made the very difficult decision to temporarily close McMahon Training Center. We will be closed for 10 days, effective Friday, March 13th. Our current plan is to reopen on Monday, March 23rd. We want to do our part to keep students and their family members safe and…

MTC Family, In light of the growing public-health concern about coronavirus (COVID-19), we want to share what MTC has been doing to prioritize you and your family’s health and wellness. Specifically, what you can do to help prevent illness and stay healthy & what MTC has been doing to help keep us all safe. We’ve…

3/2/2020 THOUGHT OF THE WEEK: Family Friendly Environment Our number one priority at the academy is to make sure we have a place where everyone can feel comfortable to train. Training martial arts is “the great equalizer. Your personal beliefs, your background, job, social standing – all of those are important – but when it…

2/17/2020 THOUGHT OF THE WEEK: You can either be a thermostat or a thermometer in class and life. A thermometer tells the temperature, where a thermostat sets the temperature.  To set the temperature in class do the following. Have a smile on your face Encourage your partner Tell your partner their doing well Count laud…