The Founder of the Warrior’s Cove Training Centers is Master Instructor, David W. Arnebeck. He started training at age four, and has cross-trained in numerous martial art disciplines for over 40 years! While most instructors specialize in either striking or grappling, Mr. Arnebeck has won both striking and grappling competitions at the International and National levels. In addition, Arnebeck holds high level Black Belts and Instructor Certifications in both striking and grappling martial arts!Starting in 1980, more than a decade before the first UFC, Arnebeck was teaching reality based MMA to his students! That was long before the term, “mixed martial arts” even existed. Arnebeck just referred to the training as “martial art cross-training’ or the traditional Japanese name, Shinbudo. In 1868 Japan, Shinbudo was a martial art revolution similar to modern mixed martial arts in that the best of various styles were integrated together with a focus on a more realistic approach to training. Arnebeck developed a safe & organized system to teach complete MMA directly to those with no prior martial art knowledge from day one! In contrast to this, some MMA schools still won’t allow their students to train MMA until they complete training in other martial arts! David also created a revolutionary MMA Belt Rank System that awards rank based on actual MMA skill rather than giving rank based on time in training, or simply giving rank because members have superior size, strength or speed! He also created an MMA Instructor Program to help others become qualified teachers of MMA, along with a successful MMA Career Path for those who want to retire from their job to help others learn MMA full time! In fact. many of the MMA & BJJ instructors running the various schools in and around the Minneapolis / Saint Paul area learned under Mr. Arnebeck! Arnebeck received his BJJ Black Belt directly from Champion of the Gracie family, the legendary Rickson Gracie.