Our Programs will help you reach your goals!
Amazing Classes for All Ages, Experience, & Fitness Levels
Lil Lions' Taekwondo (Korean Karate)
This program is specially designed for ages 3-5 years old. You will be amazed by the level of martial arts ability and confidence your child can achieve at this age. The focus and discipline your child develops now will stick with them for life, and they will become unstoppable in everything they do! Our classes are always fun, safe, & interactive! This program is a wonderful segue into our Children's Taekwondo program, preparing each of our Lil' Lions to eventually become black belt leaders! Our instructors specialize in facilitating the learning process for children of all fitness & attention levels. We will help your kiddos burn off the excess energy, teach them valuable life skills, direct them to be strong listeners, & facilitate their positive decision-making process, all while making them feel like superhero ninjas! Our program makes the job of parenting much easier!
Children's Taekwondo (Korean Karate)
This program is designed for ages 5-10 years old. Our instructors provide the most exciting and innovative program in the area of child development. Your child will have FUN, while learning courtesy, responsibility, integrity, self-control, perseverance, & focus. Our students gain the confidence to stand up to bullies, along with the respect and discipline to not become bullies. We facilitate our students on their journey toward becoming black belt leaders. As students progress in this program, they learn to become part of a team that helps each other in testing, competition, and many other forms of developmental opportunities. Our students go through a Transformational Process into leaders in the community. We work together alongside parents to teach our students to make positive impacts on everyone around them. Our students grow into a group lions as the Pride of Las Cruces!
Mixed Age Taekwondo (Korean Karate)
This program is designed for ages 7-12 years old. Our interactive classes focus on four pillars: physical fitness, martial arts, self-defense, and character development. Our students learn the fundamentals of self-defense, concepts of martial arts competition, and the beautiful intricacies of the artistic nature of Taekwondo. They will learn self-defense concepts and techniques from other arts including: Judo, Kickboxing, Hapkido, and Krav Maga. As students progress in this program, they learn to become part of a team that helps each other in testing, competition, and many other forms of developmental opportunities. Our students go through a Transformational Process into leaders in the community. We work together alongside parents to teach our students to make positive impacts on everyone around them. Our students grow into a group lions as the Pride of Las Cruces!
Maximum Kid's Grappling- Las Cruces
Maximum Kids' Grappling is a supplementary program, meant to help students ages 7-13, who attend our Children's Taekwondo Program with fundamental grappling skills, a super FUN way to learn ground based self-defense. This program incorporates techniques from Jiu-Jitsu, Wrestling, Judo, and Hapkido. Students in this class are not belted in Jiu-Jitsu or other grappling arts, but get to learn new skills and work with partners in a skill drills and sparring based format. This program will greatly increase overall confidence of each student in our Children's Taekwondo program. Our primary focus is self-defense & personal enrichment through martial arts.
Maximum Fitness Kickboxing- Las Cruces
This program is designed for ages 13 years & above. This is a very fun and exciting class for teens and adults looking to get into shape. The fast paced, action-packed fun of the class will be sure to make you sweat! This class is full of energy and enthusiasm. Even with the high-intensity nature of this class, we still foster a SAFE and friendly environment. This is not a run of the mill cardio-kickboxing class, but instead a class truly meant to help you achieve your physical fitness goals, to challenge yourself, and to learn the tried-and-true fundamentals of kickboxing! We teach a mixture of Muay Thai, Taekwondo kicking, and American Boxing, making a very versatile style of kickboxing. No Experience? No Problem! We welcome and actively work with all fitness & experience levels. We will help you every step of the way to learn how to kick and punch your way to a more confident you!
Adult & Teen Taekwondo (Korean Karate)
Maximum Martial Arts University provides the most exciting and innovative program YOU will ever experience. TAEKWONDO, a very dynamic, powerful & beautiful martial art, is the primary focus of our Martial Arts Programs. Our specially designed Self-Defense Curriculum focuses on integrating Krav Maga, an Israeli Self-Defense System, along with elements of other martial arts, including Kickboxing, Judo, and Jiu-Jitsu. You will learn realistic and well- rounded self-defense skills that can be effectively performed by both men and women. As you have lots of FUN taking part in our Martial Arts Program, the exercise you will receive will render tremendous results in your overall health and energy levels. Whether you are a teen or an adult, this class will challenge you with the appropriate amount of intensity, to help you realize your potential, gain more confidence, and find balance in an asymmetric world.
Foundation Hapkido & Self-Defense- Las Cruces
This program is designed for ages 13 year & above. The art of Hapkido, derived from Daito-Ryu Aikijujitsu along with TangSooDo (Korean Karate) is considered a full martial art with all ranges of fighting distance, utilizing kicks, punches, knees, elbows, dynamic joint locks, throws, and grappling techniques. This style of martial art also incorporates many practical weapons, such as knives, short sticks, canes and rope. The technical applications of Hapkido can range from police tactics to effective self-defense for anyone, including those who are small in stature. Our instructors are constantly training to bring new challenges to our students. We are highly focused on presenting a highly effective self-defense system with techniques that meet the needs of today’s world. Students are challenged both mentally and physically in this comprehensive martial arts program, producing well rounded black belts! One keystone of this program is to help students with their specific self-defense learning goals, tailoring the learning experience for each individual. As students work together, helping one another on their martial arts journey, they foster friendships that last a lifetime!
Maximum Teen/Adult Grappling
Maximum Teen/Adult Grappling is a supplementary program, meant to help students ages 13 and above, who attend our Taekwondo, Hapkido, & Kickboxing programs with fundamental grappling skills, a super FUN way to learn ground based self-defense. This program incorporates techniques from Jiu-Jitsu, Wrestling, Judo, and Hapkido. Students in this class are not belted in Jiu-Jitsu or other grappling arts, but get to learn new skills and work with partners in a skill drills and sparring based format. This program provides our students with challenges appropriate to their skill levels. Students work together through cohesive teamwork, & teach students better interpersonal relationship skills. Our primary focus is self-defense & personal enrichment through martial arts development.
Adult Low Impact Taekwondo (Korean Karate)
This program is specifically designed to facilitate age appropriate training for adult students ages 35 yrs and above. The average age for this program is 62 yrs old. This class focuses on a traditional approach to Korean Martial Arts, while largely eliminating most of the heavily ballistic movements, which can be dangerous to practice, as students get up higher in age. The success stories are countless. And, our students rave about this program because it brings people together, working as a cohesive unit to help with balance, flexibility, better overall physical fitness, mental clarity, while giving a solid foundation of self-defense training. Most importantly, the friendships our students gain is priceless!
Maximum Impact Women's Self-Defense- Las Cruces
This program is designed for ages 13 years & above. This class is highly focused on the asymmetric, and many times the harsh realities of true self-defense especially for Women. Most Women’s Self-Defense Classes teach moves which don’t correspond with the realities of truly violent encounters. This class deals with the adrenal response syndrome, helping you to survive an attack under stress. Our program presents real life scenarios and teaches how to deal with them, using verbal de-escalation, situational awareness, and streetwise survival tactics. This program is meant to make you a hard target, a victor instead of a victim… If you are truly serious about learning self-defense, this class is meant for you! You don't have to be an athlete to take this class. In fact, everything you learn in this class can be used by any fitness or experience level. Every woman, who has taken this class leaves not only with more confidence but is eager to come back and learn more. We are ecstatic to build a strong community of women, who advocate for themselves and each other! The positive reinforcement from the instructors and fellow students will help you be well prepared to walk tall everywhere you go!
Don’t Just Take Our Word For It
I highly recommend Maximum Martial Arts! The teachers are kind and truly & about their students. My son's confidence has increased greatly & has learned many life skills as well.
~ Liz W.