Master Pablo J. Zamora

Master Zamora has been teaching and leading in the martial arts in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas since 1983. He opened the first Kung-Fu school in the valley when all the other schools were either Karate or Tae Kwon Do. His school was the first full-time professional facility in the valley. His schools are known nationwide as some of the most successful martial art schools in the country. Master Zamora realizes that once a student, always a student. With this philosophy in mind he continues to train in other arts and is the first to bring them to the valley. Master Zamora is well versed in not only traditional Kung-Fu, Kenpo and Karate. But also in Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do and the Israeli System of Self-Defense known as Krav Maga. Master Zamora continues his education in such systems as Thai Kickboxing and Mixed Martial Arts (MMA). No one can say he hasn't worked hard to become one of the best in this field. He was honoured by the leading martial arts industry magazine, "Martial Arts Professional" as the cover story for his successful schools. More on Master Zamora

Mastery Martial Arts Instructors

Master Zamora's Mastery Martial Arts instructors are hand selected and must go through a rigorous Instructors training program. This program includes teaching, motivating, personal development, fitness/ nutrition, and the business procedures. Many of his senior instructors have been with him from 7-10 years. The development of an instructor is what sets us apart from other schools. We realize that home-growing our staff is the best and only approach to getting the best available. Knowing a person as a student first gives us the edge on other industries. We know the character, work-ethic and even families of these students. This sure helps us to decide who to invite into our Certified Instructors Training Program (CIT).

Mastery Martial Arts Programs

Our academies are proud of their staff, and also proud of the programs that we offer. We make sure we think of the students wants and needs first. By this I mean, we bring forth the best martial arts programs available. We realize that we live in violent times and must address this with the most effective and quickest way to prepare our students. For this we use the Israeli Self-Defense systems. Krav Maga and Haganah offer some of the best techniques and training systems to prepare anyone for violent attacks. Also we take pride in the fitness aspects of our programs. We travel to seminars and bring in consultants in every area of running our programs more efficiently. We train our staff in all areas of safety and in assisting students to reach their fitness and martial arts goals.

In giving the students the best in fitness, we teach what we call Mastery Kickboxing. This is Thai Kickboxing program that is ran different than most kickboxing programs. This class burns up to 900 calories and shapes your body like no other. It is not your grandmothers cardio kickboxing class. This is a totally new approach to teaching Thai Kickboxing that is becoming one of the most popular fitness and martial arts programs in the nation.

We also keep in mind the traditional aspects of the martial arts and offer training in traditional Chinese Shaolin Kung-Fu. Training in the ancient empty hand and weapon forms allows us to travel on the footsteps of the ancient masters. Instruction in over 18 classical weapons as well as training in authentic Shaolin Kung-Fu forms. These forms cover the animal forms such as the Tiger, leopard, Snake, Crane, Dragon, and the Praying Mantis insect.

The life skills training is another area that we are second to none. We have mastered the area of teaching life skills. We include these life skills in every class and they are taught in such a way that even our 4 year old students can stand-up in front of a large group and recite them like a confident leader.

The Future of Mastery Martial Arts

We have a vision to spread our academies all over the Rio Grande Valley. Our professionalism and success has sparked an incline in more schools opening up in our area attempting to emulate us. This we take as a good thing. There is no better compliment than to attempt to emulate. But it is a fact, Master Zamora's Mastery Martial Arts is unique, and has always stood out and always will.