"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat."
-- Theodore Roosevelt
We here at KMAA believe that competition is beneficial for our students, however we understand that not everyone who takes up the martial arts has it in their mind to become a competitor - our classes are full of people who have no intention of ever setting their foot inside the cage or on the mat competitively.
For those that are willing to step inside the arena and test themselves we have a competition team that all of us are very proud to call our own. This part of our website is dedicated to our compeition team. Please click on the names to the left to find out more about our competitors.
KMAA's proud competition sponsors: