Tactical Kung Fu and MMA - Durham, NC

Privacy Policy

What information do we collect?

When ordering or registering on our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your: name, e-mail address, mailing address or phone number. You may, however, visit our site anonymously.

What do we use your information for?

Any of the information we collect from you may be used in one of the following ways:

• To personalize your experience

(your information helps us to better respond to your individual needs)

• To improve our website

(we continually strive to improve our website offerings based on the information and feedback we receive from you)

• To improve customer service

(your information helps us to more effectively respond to your customer service requests and support needs)

• To process transactions

Your information, whether public or private, will not be sold, exchanged, transferred, or given to any other company for any reason whatsoever, without your consent, other than for the express purpose of delivering the purchased product or service requested.

• To administer a contest, promotion, survey or other site feature

• To send periodic emails

The email address you provide for order processing, will only be used to send you information and updates pertaining to your order.

How do we protect your information?

We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you place an order or enter, submit, or access your personal information.

Do we use cookies?

Yes (Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computers hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the sites or service providers systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information

We use cookies to understand and save your preferences for future visits and compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future. We may contract with third-party service providers to assist us in better understanding our site visitors. These service providers are not permitted to use the information collected on our behalf except to help us conduct and improve our business.

If you prefer, you can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies via your browser settings. Like most websites, if you turn your cookies off, some of our services may not function properly. However, you can still place orders over the telephone.

Cookies & Advertising

We use various third party vendors, including Google, to show advertisements on various sites on the internet. These vendors may use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to this website.

You may opt out of Google’s use of cookies for advertising at http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html. To opt-out of many advertisers’ programs at once, visit http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp.

Do we disclose any information to outside parties?

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others rights, property, or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.

Third party links

Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third party products or services on our website. These third party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.

 California Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance

Because we value your privacy we have taken the necessary precautions to be in compliance with the California Online Privacy Protection Act. We therefore will not distribute your personal information to outside parties without your consent.

Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance

We are in compliance with the requirements of COPPA (Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act), we do not collect any information from anyone under 13 years of age. Our website, products and services are all directed to people who are at least 13 years old or older.

Terms and Conditions

 Please also visit our Terms and Conditions section establishing the use, disclaimers, and limitations of liability governing the use of our website at our pricing page, http://www.tkfmma.com/index.php/pricing.  

Your Consent

By using our site, you consent to our privacy policy.

Changes to our Privacy Policy

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page, and/or update the Privacy Policy modification date below.

This policy was last modified on Oct 14, 2013

Contacting Us

Please call us at 919-213-1705, or email us here.

Instructors

 Sifu Michael Dana

Primary Instructor

 
Michael is a full time professional mixed martial artist. He has been training at TKFMMA since 2009 and is a 6th Degree Black Belt (Lakan Anim/ Rokudan) in the Independent Escrima-Kenpo-Arnis Associates under Dr. Jerome Barber and a 2nd Degree Black Belt in Kajukenbo - Wun Hop Kuen Do under Professor Larry Carter Phd. He is also a Black Sash in Xiao Zhang Kung Fu and a Shodan in Kempo - Jutsu. Michael studied martial arts for almost two decades and learned many techniques from many instructors in many arts. He was diagnosed with a rare brain cancer (medulloblastoma) on March 28, 2008 and more info about that story can be found at his GoFundMe page where you can also give him money, www.gofundme.com/a-year-of-life. The school also has a separate GoFundMe page if you wish to donate to that. At TKFMMA, he primarily focuses on giving people the best service possible as the principal instructor, business manager, and  sole owner. He has been teaching martial arts since 2010, has taught over 10,800 hours, and is currently teaching 35 - 40 hours each week. He also has a degree in Economics from UNC, which was earned while fighting his 1 in a 1,000,000 cancer which basically occurs once every 40 years.

 

Dr. Jerome Barber

Filipino Sticks Instructor

 

Dr. Jerome Barber is the most decorated and accomplished martial artist to instruct at tkfmma. He earned a Doctorate of Education from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1985. He is responsible for creating the first college accredited martial arts course. His martial arts resume is very extensive and includes a 10th Degree Black Belt in Tracy Kenpo and a Pinakamataas na Guro 10th Degree Black Belt (Datu & Grand Master) in Kali Arnis. Click here for a more detailed list of ranks, recognitions, and publications. Click here to read his contribution to the 2006 Special Issue of FMA Digest.

 

Professor Larry Lee Carter, PhD

(Not teaching here because he moved but you can learn about him. I think he's cool. - Sifu Mike)

 

 

Dr. Carter started his martial arts journey in 1978, initially training in Muay Thai and eventually gravitating towards Kempo Karate and Kajukenbo. He is committed to a life-long study of the martial arts and currently holds an 9th Degree Black Belt in Kajukenbo – Wun Hop Kuen Do, 4th Degree Black Belt in Tang Soo Do, 2nd Degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do, and an instructor certification in Kali Silat. With regards to his Kajukenbo roots, they can be traced back to three black belt students from the original Palama Settlement school in Hawaii - Walter Godin, James Roberts, and Sid Asuncion.

Since the early 1990s, Dr. Carter has taught martial arts to thousands of students ranging from toddlers to senior citizens. He owned and operated his first martial arts studio in Roanoke, Virginia after graduating from Virginia Tech with a Marketing Management degree. While pursuing his Ph.D. at Old Dominion University, he served as the senior instructor at the Norfolk Karate Academy/Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Norfolk from 2003 to 2009. His second commercial martial arts studio was established in Draper, Utah where he employed several instructors to teach a variety of martial arts and yoga styles under one roof. As an academic, Dr. Carter has developed collegiate martial arts programs for Tidewater Community College, Idaho State University, Utah Valley University, and High Point University. He currently teaches as a professor at Clemson University. In 2013, he was inducted into the Martial Arts Masters Hall of Fame in recognition of his lifelong contributions within the martial arts. In 2014, he founded Kajukenbo United, an organization whose primary goal is to help spread martial arts knowledge among like-minded practitioners. Dr. Carter is currently serving as the President of KOA (Kajukenbo Ohana Association), a martial arts organization comprised of thousands of martial arts instructors and students from all over the world. 

You can check out his Kajukenbo United organization on Facebook and YouTube. Be sure to Like and Subscribe. Below is a video of him being interviewed on Dragon Yawn.

Contact Information:

Tactical Kung Fu and Mixed Martial Arts 4228C Garrett Road Durham, NC 27707 phone: 919-213-1705

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