Members Area:
- Jiu-Jitsu
- Children's Programs
- Summer Camp
- Team Ascension BJJ
- MMA Program
- Competition Team
- Vision Fight Videos
- Thai Kickboxing
- Facility
- Instructors
- MMA Fighters
- Fitness Classes
Information:
VIP/MMA Member Schedule
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Children's Schedule
Hours of Operation
Monday - Thursday 9am to 10:30pm
Friday 10AM to 9PM
Saturday 10am-5pm
Sunday Closed
Modern Vision Mixed Martial Arts
Seaway Mall
800 Niagara Street,
Welland, ON L3C 5Z4?
Fax: 289.820.8207
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How To Choose - 2009-06-15
Beware of attaining your information on schools quality by Internet blogging. Internet blogging provides the "road rage" type of protection for the individual who chooses to name call, bash and demean those who they generally wouldn't in a face-to-face setting. What I mean by this is that with road rage people behave more aggressively since they feel protected by the car. It provides a boarder between themselves and whomever they are attacking. Similar to a blog as a screen name allows an individual to step out of his or her individual self and become an "alter-ego."
In the new age of martilal arts a very negative line has been taken especiallly when it comes to MMA and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. What people need to realize is that the only way to discover the quality of a school is to go and try it out. Belt rank doesn't mean everything, fighting experience doesn't mean everything and fight record doesn't mean everything. Some of the world's greatest athletes and scientists most often turn out to be the worst instructors.
So to revert to the original question of this article: how to choose a martial arts school, you should look for the following:
1. See for yourself. Not everyplace is for everyone. You should definately try the school out before you make any decision.
2. Do you have a rapport with the instructors. This is very important as you will be spending a considerable amount of time with these people. If you truly wish to make martial arts a lifetime hobby you want to ensure the people you are learning from share similar values to yours.
3. Openly ask your potential instructor who teaches them and who they earned their ranks from. In the case of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu ask which affiliation they belong to and research bjjcanada.com. Check your instructors lineage there: if their lineage is not there inquire why ... (in our case look for Omar Salvosa). Remember there is also more than one way to skin a cat ... their are many styles of Jiu-Jitsu, Karate, Muay Thai etc ... For example we are Certified BJJ instructors through Professor Salvosa and are Combined Jiu-Jitsu Black Belts through Dave Dayboll and recognized by Robert Krantz.
4. Ask your potential instructor if he or she is receiving regular training for themselves. We are all students for our entire lives, it is not healthy for a teacher to not continue his or her education.
5. Is the school a full-time school. If your instructors are only part-time instructors you will not have a totally commited teacher.
6. Is the school clean, bright and positive. Positive energy is infectious. Negative people and places should be removed quickly from your life.
7. Location, if the school is too inconvenient to get to, you will likely find reasons to not go to that school.
8. Are the classes at a convenient time for you. Like location if you can't attend what's the point of the membership.
9 Is the school invovled in the Martial Arts community. Do they participate in competition. Competition tests the system.
10. Do not rely on Internet bloggers, rumours or third party information. CHECK THE SCHOOL OUT FOR YOURSELF, it is the only way for you to truly find out if you like it.
The important thing is always to remember you are who you are and only you can affect your learning and experiences. Be positive, avoid the negative and always see it for yourself. We stand behind our results in tournaments as we are the winning-most team in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in Ontario so far in 2009 (Ascension). But it is more than that. The true victory is how respected our students are in tournaments not only for results but in sportsmanship and conduct ...
Chris Bonfoco
Sensei, Certified Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Instructor (Salvosa)
Shodan Combined Jiu-Jitsu (2006, Dayboll, 2009 Krantz)
Blue Belt Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (2005, Royler Gracie)
Level III NCCP Certified Coach
Owner Modern Vision Mixed Martial Arts
Ascesion BJJ Open 2009 TEAM CHAMPIONS
Ontario BJJ Open 2009 TEAM CHAMPIONS
How To Choose a Martial Arts School
It's been 18 months since we opened the doors of our school, Modern Vision Mixed Martial Arts & Fitness in Welland (Niagara), Ontario. We have experienced dealing with an array of individuals who have been searching for a variety of needs in Martial Arts. These days you hear all the great things people say about you but also the negative as Internet blogging creates a mask for those who wish to speak their mind in regard to different schools and styles.Beware of attaining your information on schools quality by Internet blogging. Internet blogging provides the "road rage" type of protection for the individual who chooses to name call, bash and demean those who they generally wouldn't in a face-to-face setting. What I mean by this is that with road rage people behave more aggressively since they feel protected by the car. It provides a boarder between themselves and whomever they are attacking. Similar to a blog as a screen name allows an individual to step out of his or her individual self and become an "alter-ego."
In the new age of martilal arts a very negative line has been taken especiallly when it comes to MMA and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. What people need to realize is that the only way to discover the quality of a school is to go and try it out. Belt rank doesn't mean everything, fighting experience doesn't mean everything and fight record doesn't mean everything. Some of the world's greatest athletes and scientists most often turn out to be the worst instructors.
So to revert to the original question of this article: how to choose a martial arts school, you should look for the following:
1. See for yourself. Not everyplace is for everyone. You should definately try the school out before you make any decision.
2. Do you have a rapport with the instructors. This is very important as you will be spending a considerable amount of time with these people. If you truly wish to make martial arts a lifetime hobby you want to ensure the people you are learning from share similar values to yours.
3. Openly ask your potential instructor who teaches them and who they earned their ranks from. In the case of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu ask which affiliation they belong to and research bjjcanada.com. Check your instructors lineage there: if their lineage is not there inquire why ... (in our case look for Omar Salvosa). Remember there is also more than one way to skin a cat ... their are many styles of Jiu-Jitsu, Karate, Muay Thai etc ... For example we are Certified BJJ instructors through Professor Salvosa and are Combined Jiu-Jitsu Black Belts through Dave Dayboll and recognized by Robert Krantz.
4. Ask your potential instructor if he or she is receiving regular training for themselves. We are all students for our entire lives, it is not healthy for a teacher to not continue his or her education.
5. Is the school a full-time school. If your instructors are only part-time instructors you will not have a totally commited teacher.
6. Is the school clean, bright and positive. Positive energy is infectious. Negative people and places should be removed quickly from your life.
7. Location, if the school is too inconvenient to get to, you will likely find reasons to not go to that school.
8. Are the classes at a convenient time for you. Like location if you can't attend what's the point of the membership.
9 Is the school invovled in the Martial Arts community. Do they participate in competition. Competition tests the system.
10. Do not rely on Internet bloggers, rumours or third party information. CHECK THE SCHOOL OUT FOR YOURSELF, it is the only way for you to truly find out if you like it.
The important thing is always to remember you are who you are and only you can affect your learning and experiences. Be positive, avoid the negative and always see it for yourself. We stand behind our results in tournaments as we are the winning-most team in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in Ontario so far in 2009 (Ascension). But it is more than that. The true victory is how respected our students are in tournaments not only for results but in sportsmanship and conduct ...
Chris Bonfoco
Sensei, Certified Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Instructor (Salvosa)
Shodan Combined Jiu-Jitsu (2006, Dayboll, 2009 Krantz)
Blue Belt Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (2005, Royler Gracie)
Level III NCCP Certified Coach
Owner Modern Vision Mixed Martial Arts
Ascesion BJJ Open 2009 TEAM CHAMPIONS
Ontario BJJ Open 2009 TEAM CHAMPIONS