Universal Martial Arts Center Palm Desert

Step Toward Prevention

In the United States April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM). The goal of SAAM is to raise public awareness about sexual violence and to educate communities on how to prevent it.

Universal Martial Arts Center will be hosting 2 self-defense workshops during the month of April, free and open to the public.
Please register as space is limited.

April 23rd (10am - 12pm)
Womens Self Defense workshop
*participation must be approved by parents if under the age of 18

April 30 (10am - 12pm)
Co-ed, workshop for Survivors of sexual assault, human trafficking, bullying, and domestic violence.

Register via email space is limited
[email protected]

Join us for an empowering morning packed with combatives, self-defense techniques, mental and physical challenging drills, and true training for fighting back to the the outcome!

Free and open to the public

Hey UMAC Family,

Today marked 28 days since the state of California shut down. It has been difficult to not teach, to not guide, to not talk, to not share, and to not see the smiles of each and every one of you when you walk through our doors. Let us stay hopeful that the light will not run-out among the darkness and if it darkness surrounds us may we look up and see the stars shining bright.

We are hopeful that this shut-down is not extended past 4/30/2020 and we can go back to work come 5/1/2020. But until then don't forget you can join our classes on zoom or view training videos on the members only section of our website. For zoom you will just need the meeting ID and password emailed to you. If you need the info send us an email [email protected]

Thank you for your continued support UMAC Family. Together we will overcome.

Take care, be safe, stay strong!

Hey UMAC Family,

We hope that you are all staying safe and healthy. Even if we can't share Easter with your entire family and friends this year, we sincerely hope that it is a great day filled with happy moments with your family.

Reminder zoom class links were emailed to all active members. We miss you all very much and look forward to training online with us.

PeeWee Mon & Wed 3pm
Basic karate Mon & Wed 330pm
Intesity Karate Mon & Wed 4pm
Krav Maga Tues. & Thurs. 530pm
Fitness Conditioning Mon-Fri 6pm

Hey UMAC Family,

Hope you are all staying healthy and safe. The determination to overcome difficulty stays strong. No matter how scared, frustrated, stressed, upset, anxious, and lost you may feel, never forget why we wake up each day, and try our hardest, no just for ourselves but for everyone around us.

All Active members please make sure to login to our online training section in our website universalmartialartspd.com and use your access code. If you have not received code please email us [email protected]

UMAC Family,

As of this morning all active members have been sent access codes for our online training videos. If for some reason you did not receive yours please respond to this email so we can get a code out to you right away. There are home workouts available, and techniques for krav maga students, katas and sparring drills for the karate kids. If you have any questions about the techniques send us an email we will gladly go over all questions.

We appreciate your patience and understanding as we all navigate through these difficult times. We are a strong family we will get through this together!


We will keep you updated as new changes occur. As of today class curriculum will be available online until city, county, and state of California officials remove restrictions on non-essential businesses. Videos will be uploaded daily.

UMAC Team
Miriam & Mark

We are open regular hours today. If you are healthy come train. If you are sick stay home and recover.

Members please request your access code via email from newsletter sent.

UMAC Team
Mark & Miriam

UMAC Family,

Home Training videos will now be available through our members only section in our website. You will no longer be able to view on the youtube channel. Please email us to get your member access code so you can train at home during this time.

Stay Safe.

PS: We are open, super clean, and eager to train!

We are open as of today. Regular class times. The city of palm desert has not set any shelter-in-place order as of yet. They do have a meeting scheduled on the 20tu and we should know more from there. UMAC will continue to stay open and follow restrictions as specified by the CDC of no more than 10 people to a space and 6 feet distance from each individual. If you are healthy cone and train. If you are sick stay home and recover. Videos are being uploaded to our youtube channel with katas, fitness, and krav maga until they are moved to our website.

UMAC Team
Mark & Miriam

We are open as of today regular schedule and will remain open until city officials ask to close.

You can also visit our youtibe channel for kata, fitness, and krav maga curriculum to practice at home.

UMAC Team
Miriam & Mark

UMAC Family

Please visit our youtube channel for kata, fitness, and krav maga videos. Karate kids are currently working on Kihon Kata for Basic class and Jiin Kata for Intensity class.

**Krav Maga videos will be uploaded starting tomorrow.

https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCADwehBaGhcCuQ8nWCEsYHQ/videos

In addition, per current regulation only 10 people can be in a room at one time. We ask that parents wait in vehicle or outside until their child's class ends.

Kickboxing Fitness and Krav Maga students will alternate between outside exercises and inside drills according to attendance numbers.

We appreciate your understanding and patience during these times.

UMAC Team
Miriam & Mark

Universal Martial Arts Center

Hey UMAC family! Classes are still on as of today. If you are healthy come and train. Mats and equipment have and will always be disinfected daily. If you are sick stay home and recover.

UMAC Team
Mark & Miriam

UMAC Family

We are open and will continue to stay open. If you are healthy come train we are here. If you are sick stay home, recover, and return when you get better.

UMAC has always maintained a clean and safe training environment to prevent spread of bacteria, because corona virus is not the only thing to worry about in gyms. This is why we take necessary precautions daily to ensure our students are protected. Mats have and always will be disinfected daily, just as training equipment is disinfected after each use.

We wish everyone to stay safe and healthy and hope to see you all training back at UMAC.

UMAC Team
Mark & Miriam