For over 40 years, the International Martial Arts and Boxing Academy has served the Southern California martial arts community and played an important role in the personal growth and professional development of thousands of students both locally and worldwide. The IMB Academy offers a non-traditional approach to martial arts with emphasis on application, fitness, and individual adaptation. Students vary greatly in physical ability, stature, experience, and goals, and it is our goal to make sure that training is accessible to as many people as possible. We strive to ensure our facility and training is as safe and practical as it can be while still promoting effective techniques. Martially, we seek to be as efficient, simple, and direct as possible. Students can be exposed to many different styles and ranges, from weapons, to kicking, to punching, to clinch work, to grappling, and we encourage them to seek what is personally functional. The goal is not to perfectly mimic an instructor, fighter, or our founder - the goal is to equip our students with the tools necessary to go home safely, whether their fight was in a ring, a cage, or in self defense. In addition to practicality, we at the IMB Academy heavily emphasize an ohana spirit and family oriented gym mentality. We are happy to instruct children of any age, with some of our students beginning as young as four or five years old and many of our instructors having trained with us since their teenage or even pre-teen years! Parents are very welcome to supervise classes, and students waiting for class are free to use the lounge to study, do homework, or relax. We regularly host picnics, barbecues, parties, and other events to help foster a familial spirit and pride ourselves on our tight knit community.