Welcome to Dick Harrell Martial Arts!
No one system, style, or individual possesses all the answers
"It is our vision that each student through our teachings, will learn to appreciate the martial arts of all cultures and value what each has to offer. Further, that the student will learn to adapt and modify to his/her own unique skills, attributes and personality, for no one system, style, or individual possesses all the answers..."
Why Dick Harrell Martial Arts?
Dick Harrell Martial Arts offers martial arts training in:
- Muay Thai (Thai Boxing)
- Filipino Martial Arts (FMA)
- Maphilindo Silat
- Jeet Kune Do (JKD)
- Mixed Martial Arts training (MMA)
- Grappling Arts
- Boxing
While the primary emphasis is on self-defense, martial arts training is also an excellent means of maintaining optimum health and fitness. Martial Arts training provides participants with incredible workouts that will increase muscle strength and flexibility as well as increase your cardiovascular ability and burn fat at an amazing rate. Instruction at Dick Harrell Martial Arts (DHMA) offers a variety of methods to develop your skills in kicking, punching and grappling in a hands on environment. Whether your preference is one-on-one training/instruction or group classes, our goal is for the student to feel confident and proficient in all ranges, standing up, on the ground or with weaponry from qualified instructors. Whether your goal is weight or fat loss, to learn how to defend yourself or to learn how to fight in the ring or in the cage or you just want to learn something new and have fun, these goals are all reasons people come to Dick Harrell Martial Arts, because training is an experience, not just a workout!
We offer a unique and authentic mixed martial arts curriculum!
Dick Harrell is a certified full instructor under Dan Inosanto and Ajarn Chai Sirisute.
Contact us today for a free class to see for yourself! Click here
Dick Harrell Martial Arts is located in Charlotte, NC, but our instructors are more than willing to travel outside Charlotte and outside North Carolina! To schedule a seminar in your area Click here.
For more pictures from the 2010 Ajarn Chai Sirisute Seminar, click here.
NEWS & EVENTS
CONGRATULATIONS
- Congratulations to Khun Khru's Janet Harmon and Noah Zacharko on passing their Apprentice Level Muay Thai Test on August 29, 2010!

