Knoxville Martial Arts Academy

Still not convinced that his style was effective, Instructor Turner began competiting in competitions of all sorts in order to test whether his style(s) would hold up.  Some things worked out as expected, some things did not.  With each victory and with each loss, Instructor Turner would go back to the drawing board and revise his ideas with the reality of what was happening.  As time went on, Instructor Turner's students also began competing. With successes of their own, Instructor Turner finally settled on the idea that no one style was effective, unless that one style was all styles.

All of this was done within the confines of a private school, membership was small as only certain people were invited to train and even then membership remained small due to the grueling method of training.  As time went on however, the students began to grow and the relationships developed through training led to new avenues of opportunity.  The greatest opportunity was when Mrs. Lisa Kashif asked Instructor Turner and his students to take over the operation of TTJC Farragut. It was at this time that KMAA went from a small, dingy training room to the public facilities of a major martial arts school.

After a year of being in the same location in Farragut, the lease was up and the Farragut Family YMCA welcomed Instructor Turner and his now large band of students into their facility. We are to this day still happily affiliated with the Farragut YMCA.

In 2009, the Pigeon Forge Community Center extended an invitation to open up a KMAA branch school at their facility and we were happy to oblige them. As of July KMAA will be offering classes in Pigeon Forge, TN!

In January 2010, KMAA moved it's location from the Farragut YMCA to a new 6,000 square foot location next to the Cotton Eye'd Joe's on Outlet drive, it is here that KMAA currently makes it's home.