Training Body and Mind

Martial Arts training is diverse enough to offer a wide range of activities to people of all ages. Results ranging from self-defense skills, improved physical fitness, weight control, increased self-confidence and strengthened self-discipline are products of martial arts that men, women and children enjoy.

Here at Impact Martial Arts Systems we will assist you with developing skills that will be beneficial to your mind, spirit and body. It is important for you to realize that the martial arts are a non-violent activity. Consequently, its practitioners must demonstrate patience and restraint when involved in daily affairs. Each has to be developed like a moving machine the body needs exercise and lubrication to keep it running smoothly. Martial arts provide the stimulus, the exercise and the discipline for a lifetime of healthy activity.

Jumpkick Martial Arts plans to use martial arts training as a catalyst for uniting, preserving and tending to some of the needs of the community. This is done by fostering goal-oriented thinking, respect for self and others as well as making educational requirements a prerequisite for rank advancement for school age youth.

Jumpkick Martial Arts will give you a firm foundation in martial arts training with exercise and an overall positive feeling for about yourself. While we can’t give you the ability to become “super beings” in the purely physical sense, we will provide you with the means to handle very stressful and often threatening mental and physical situations with a smooth, clear and rational consciousness.

Eugene Plowden’s JumpKick Martial Arts Club offers the very best in professional martial arts instruction, fitness and group exercise classes. With over 30 years of martial arts experience, Eugene Plowden has a love for martial arts teaching, motivation and helping individuals reach their goals.

Mr. Plowden received his first degree black belt in 1991 at the age of fourteen under the instruction of his uncle five time world champion Master Richard Plowden. Since that time Mr. Plowden has taught martial arts classes in the Detroit Public Schools, Private Schools, Charter Schools, Churches, Gyms, and Health Clubs and also inside the Jewish Community Center. In 1993, Mr. Plowden received his 2nd degree black belt. In 1995 he attended Ferris State University and started a martial arts program named Super Star Karate Academy. This program was not only teaching college student’s martial arts but children as well.

In 1998 Mr. Plowden represented the United States as a member of the WKA National Karate Team. In 1999 Mr. Plowden journeyed into the health and fitness world and becomes a sales associate and a certified personal trainer at CMI Health Club and then Bally Total Fitness. At these locations he began teaching martial arts to the health club members and their children. Eventually Mr. Plowden moved on and worked inside the Jewish Community Center and worked as a personal trainer, group exercise instructor and had a very successful martial arts program. In 2014 Mr. Plowden received his 4th degree black belt. Mr. Plowden now holds classes inside of the Rosedale Park Community House in Detroit, Mi.