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Welcome!! John Geyston’s Premier Martial Arts began serving the Springfield Illinois community in quality martial arts in 1982. We provide Mixed Martial Arts, Kickboxing, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Fitness, Karate and self-defense classes for children, teens and adults. John Geyston’s vision with his schools was and still is to build a community by helping people get in shape, be safe and at the same time instill the life skills and character of a true martial artist. Upholding important values like courtesy, patience, respect, self control and integrity.John Geyston will also help you achieve self discipline, high self esteem, a positive out look, a spirit of constant improvement, and an attitude that refuses to give up. These values and life skills will lead to remarkable improvements in academics, careers, and relationships, literally making a better community one black belt at a time.We hope you enjoy our website and will stop by and visit us if you are in the area. This site is designed to give you information about our facility, our style of martial arts, our staff and provide you with information on how to contact us as well.We are experts in Modern World Self-Protection John Geyston has over 30 years experience and holds black belts in multiple styles and has traveled the world literally as one of the top instructors in the nation. John Geyston's Premier Martial Arts in Springfield, Illinois incorporates a combination of techniques found in his 30 year plus training and broken into 7 ranges and his unique pyramid of teaching. The primary disciplines include Karate, Kickboxing, Ju Jitsu, Submission grappling and Kali to provide students with a challenging curriculum and a realistic personal protection system for a modern world.
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John Geyston's newest DVD Elite Striking trailer
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This is the trailer from John Geyston's newest 3 set DVD series titled Elite Striking and Locks. www.johngeyston.com www.jgpma.com

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Adult Programming Summary

The Basic Training Course is a designed to introduce the adult student to our school and our exciting and diverse program. This 6 month program is one of the most physically diverse martial art based ...
Posted by on Sun, 26 Apr 2009 01:55:00 GMT

Craig Henningsen at JGPMA

Proud to announce a Special Appearence and Seminar at John Geyston's Premier Martial Arts in Springfield. The exciting and talented Craig Henningsen from Team SideSwipe will be at JGPMA 3251 West Iles...
Posted by on Sun, 26 Apr 2009 01:46:00 GMT

Success Talk 12/08/08

Success is when your performance meets your potential. So what are you doing today to increase your performance level?
Posted by on Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:47:00 GMT

Fight Team Saturday Night Results

This past Saturday our John Geyston's Premier Martial Arts (JGPMA) Adult Fight Team made their Fall return to the ring at Round 1 Fight Night in Decatur Illinois.  JGPMA was represented by fight ...
Posted by on Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:05:00 GMT

The Gathering of the Masters

I can not even begin to express the feelings and emotions I possess about this past weekend and event here at JGPMA.  It was inspiring, motivating and simply amazing!  As a host it was exhau...
Posted by on Tue, 14 Oct 2008 07:44:00 GMT

Congrats

Good Morning I wanted to send a quick note to thank you all for supporting our fight team last night In Decatur Round 1 Fight Night.  Shihan DeVore and Mr. Finney put on a first class show. Every...
Posted by on Sun, 17 Aug 2008 07:58:00 GMT

Here it comes!!!

Hello,  I am extremely excited to bring back to Springfield for the first time since 1999 a very special event.    On October 10th and 11th I will host a very special event right h...
Posted by on Fri, 15 Aug 2008 05:57:00 GMT

Kara te

History of Karate - Kara Te ..TR> Japan annexed the nominally independent In 1806, Tode Sakukawa (1782-1838), who Ryukyu island group in 1874 after had studied pugilism and staff (bo) c...
Posted by on Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:28:00 GMT

Check out this video: John Geystons Elite Martial Arts Concept

We are excited to announce the release of Shihan John Geyston's new instructional series "Elite Striking and Locks" and his supplemental online based program coming June of 2008. Wacth for the re-rele...
Posted by on Wed, 07 May 2008 20:15:00 GMT

New DVD series and Summer Tour 2008

Hello everyone  Last week we began production on my new 3 set DVD series titled "John Geyston's Premier Striking and Locks". Tomorrow we begin the filming of  DVD 2 as we head into...
Posted by on Sun, 13 Apr 2008 16:00:00 GMT