“You Can Do Impossible Things, in Simple, Easy to Understand Steps!”

I want you to have a fantastic and rewarding experience free of embarrassment. You will leave with great personal skills.–Master Mikel Steenrod

United States Commerce Association Award for Best Martial Arts School, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009!

Water Mountain Martial Society, and its instructors, has been featured in the following national magazines:

S.W.A.T. Magazine July ’08, Blackbelt Magazine April ’09, Kung Fu Tai Chi Magazine May ’09, My Mad Methods 2012.

Water Mountain has provided fun martial arts training to fine Flagstaff schools and groups like…

BASIS school,
Flagstaff Montessori,
Flagstaff Junior Academy,
PEAKS,
Big Brothers and Big Sisters,
Coconino Community College,
Northern Arizona University.
Coconino County Kids

“Water Mountain… is a very supportive place to train. The instructors really understand how to work with you to achieve success, and to continually build upon and reinforce your successes. Everyone, students and instructors, work together to form an extremely positive environment. When I walked into the studio for the first time, I immediately felt at ease–sometimes I come in early just to relax in the calming environment. I feel sincerely respected by everyone I’ve met here. WMMS is like a supportive family, always encouraging me to new levels….”

–Alan Kaufmann, East Flag

“Water Mountain has improved my health so much-sometimes I can hardly believe it! When I first started coming here I was having so much pain, I was just about disabled. Now I’m energetic, feel younger, and I’m nearly pain free. Water Mountain has changed my life for the better….You can come here to handle stress, have a more balanced life and receive lots of positive support both from the staff and from all the friends you make here.”

–Maureen White, West Flag

“Water Mountain Martial Arts has been a huge asset for my sons now ages 11 and 13. They not only benefit from the strength and skill building, but also are learning self-defense and discipline. They have learned that it takes a lot of hard work to accomplish some goals in life, but also that it is worth it all in the end.”

–Judy Stratton, Upper Greenlaw

“Master Steenrod, I am writing you this letter to thank you and Water Mountain Martial Society for providing martial and lifestyle programs that have been part of my life for several years now. WMMS allowed me to achieve success, and continually build upon my successes, by reinforcing my positive frame of mind, and by cultivating the processes that move students toward imminent objectives using a clear agenda.”

–Josh Edwards, East Flagstaff

“Water Mountain Martial Society is a great place to train. Besides the beautiful facility, every instructor is professional, respectful, easy to get along with, and concerned with your progress. The lessons are always very useful and practical, and techniques are demonstrated in a way that makes them quite easy to learn and do, often with surprising results.

A question I’ve often found myself asking after a class is: “Was I really just able to do that?”

Training at Water Mountain has also improved my health in a long-term and lasting way, both physically and mentally. After training there I find myself with much less stress, as well as an increased drive to do well in life, with the skills and confidence I need to do so.

I would encourage anyone interested in training to try it out. You won’t be sorry!”

–James “Bolt Cutter” Patton, West Flagstaff

Today, You Can Bring Powerful Martial Arts and A Balanced, Stronger Life Into Your Grasp!

Dear Friend,

My name is Master Mikel Steenrod. When I was seven years old, I lived in upstate New York. In a small farm community. One evening a neighborhood friend, Steven, was getting ready to leave my house and walk back up the dirt road to his house for supper.

Steven was 5 and hadn’t yet learned to tie his shoes. He squatted at the door. The laces in his hand. He struggled with them. His face was twisted in frustration.

My mother was getting ready to tie his shoes for him, but I stopped her.

I knew that I could teach him how to tie his shoes. He was blending some of the steps together. Steven was trying to tie his shoes the way his sisters had taught him–the rabbit and hole method. His brain wasn’t learning it that way. It was still caught up in seeing shoe tying as one big lump.

I understood his struggle and knew I could help him. I broke up the shoe tying method in a way that he could wrap his head around. Bam! He had it! From that day forward, he was able to tie his shoes.

A Maniac is Born

At 7, I discovered that I had a knack for taking things that people found very hard and making them doable. I also discovered that when a person latches on to something in a way that his brain can understand, does he ever get good at it.

Steven became a shoe tying maniac! He would even tie other people’s shoes!

Martial arts is vital for safety and fitness, and I have also never seen any physical exercise ever approach qi gong in its ability to heal and calm a person. That’s not why I started a school, though. I teach martial arts and qi gong, because I believe in it. I have not seen anyone that was not bettered as a person when they got the right coaching and had the right experiences. Everyone becomes their own special shoe tying maniac.

Water Mountain is built around the idea of making impossible things doable in easy to understand steps. All the school’s coaches are trained to use this principle.

When you’ve been in a situation like little Steven, where you know that there is a good way, a simple way to do it, but you need the special eye to help get you there. Then you know what Water Mountain can do for you.

Make A Wise Choice

The learning curve is steep if you want to get into training. There a lot of things to know, and a lot of decisions to make.

Let me help you with that. Using my over 30 years of experience, I’ve prepared a special walk-through, email course that explains all the basics to you, so you can make a wise training decision.

“Are You Ready to Choose a Martial Arts or Qi Gong School?”

Let’s look at nine things this Free course does…

Right off the bat, get simple, useable descriptions of the different types of martial arts.
Tells you what qi gong does and why you want its amazing health and emotional benefits in your life.
Demystifies what mental benefits you can reasonably expect from training.
Helps you take vague training feelings and turn them into concrete goals.
Reveals simple tools to determine what type of body and mind you have and why it is vital to your happiness to know that type!
Reveals the things that can cause you serious injury when the art you choose is a poor match for you.
Shows you what will make you happy in your training and what will make you miserable.
Delves into the taboo subject of spirituality in training.
Eliminates confusion over how training in martial arts or qi gong can become a lifelong path to having a strong, fit body and a balanced life.

When I wrote this course, my internet manager, Henry (an old friend), said to me, “You know, this is great, but they might use it to go somewhere else.”

Yes, Henry, they might.

You may well discover that you are suited for training in a program that I don’t offer.

My purpose is to create martial art and qi gong maniacs. If that’s not here then that is just fine as long as you’re on your way to becoming a happy and excited maniac.

I do hope you’ll remember where you got the good advice, though, and recommend others to me.

Let’s Pull Away the Curtain from this Mystery and Get You the Information You Need to Make an Informed Decision!

To the Best You,

P.S. Avoid the potential embarrassment of going to the wrong school or getting in over your head. Why not learn about training in the privacy of your own home, so you can make a decision that will fill you with happiness?

P.P.S. Your personal information is kept private at all times.