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We Teach The Root Principles Behind Traditional Chinese Martial Arts.

Qur modern training system helps you build real structure, movement, and mindset — all cultivated from traditional martial wisdom.

Unified Combat Principles and Practice Curriculum

Our combat training courses aim to help practitioners grasp the essence of martial arts through hands-on experience, putting theory into real-world practice

  • Learn to move with purpose — reading the opponent, managing space, and mastering timing before contact. Build clarity, structure, and adaptability in motion.

  • After contact is made, train close-range offense and defense through pressure sensitivity, sticking, redirection, and force manipulation.

  • Go beyond styles. Learn the shared mechanics behind all forms — uncovering structure, timing, and intent as universal principles. Explore traditional styles as living expressions of what you’ve internalized.

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Attack & Defense in Motion

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It Goes Beyond A Class

  • People practicing martial arts outdoors in a shaded area with martial arts equipment, including wooden and padded striking posts, surrounded by green foliage and a concrete wall.

    🌱 Train with Purpose

    Every movement is rooted in principle. We don’t just teach what to do — we teach why and how.

  • People practicing martial arts in an outdoor training area, with punching bags and a stone wall, surrounded by greenery.

    🧬 Connect to Culture, Not Just Style

    Our system draws from deep traditional roots, but isn’t bound by any single form. It’s a path to understanding, not imitation.

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    🧘 Develop Inner Strength

    Discipline, calm, awareness — these aren’t side effects, they’re part of the training. Martial arts here builds the whole person.

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    🤝 A Community for Growth

    Whether you're reconnecting with heritage or starting from scratch, you’ll train with others who are on the same journey — focused, humble, and curious.

About Us

Union Martial Art Association (UMA) was founded with the goal of uncovering the root principles behind traditional Chinese martial arts — across styles, lineages, and regions. Our system was developed over 60 years through research, refinement, and real-world practice.

Headquartered in Zhongshan, China with active schools in Hong Kong and Sydney, UMA is more than a school — it’s a living academy dedicated to preserving wisdom, training the body and mind, and exploring martial arts as a path of lifelong growth

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Book A Free Trial Class

No commitment. Just step in, feel the energy, and experience it for yourself.

Train with us every Monday evening in Sydney.

Class Time: Mondays Evening (contact us for exact class time!)
📍 Location: The Connection, Meeting Space, 30 Shoreline Dr. Rhodes 2138
👕 Wear: Comfortable clothing, water bottle

🧘 Who Can Join: Beginners welcome. No experience needed.
💡 First class is completely free — just pre-book and come with an open mind and willingness to move.