Warriors MMA predominately teaches Tang Soo Do which is a traditional Korean martial art similar to Karate.
It is generally believed that the art of Tang Soo Do dates back 2000 years to the ancient art of Soo Bahk. There is evidence of wandering monks from China teaching Korean civilians martial arts, and Tang Soo Do is heavily influenced by different forms of Chinese boxing styles. Most Chinese boxing styles at the time covered techniques such as punches, strikes, kicks, trips, sweeps, throws, grappling and ground fighting. It is only in recent times that the term 'boxing' has been used to define fighting with the fists only. The art of Soo Bahk became the Korean military art of its day.
Over the years Korea has been invaded by China and Japan. When the Japanese invaded in 1909 they banned all Korean martial arts and people were only allowed to practise Japanese systems. The Koreans practised their martial arts secretly and some also learned Japanese styles.
The Korean forms and Okinawan Karate kata are very similar and share the same origins from China and Okinawa. Again, these original techniques include Chinese and Okinawan grappling systems recorded within their forms.
Most forms or Kata were originally whole martial art styles in their own right; or at least a summary of the best moves of the style they represented. The student would only learn one or two forms but would study them for many years to fully understand them. All ranges of fighting were covered, eg. stand up and ground fighting, and the moves were simple and effective with each move having several applications. The forms were designed so that people could practise individually and by learning the forms, the original fighting techniques were recorded so that students could remember what was taught and be able to pass on the information.
At warriors we use pads to develop power and stamina. We also use sparring, either non-contact or light-contact, to improve fighting skill.
We refer to our style as a mixed martial art because it teaches all ranges of fighting, as listed above. Furthermore, mixed martial arts reflects the diversity of the style's origins.