TAMA is an acronym of Taningco Academy of Martial Arts. A center of high standards of martial arts training both children and adults for the last 38 years. Our mission in helping students develop their self confidence, instill discipline, respect and help develop their life skills through proper guidance and teaching of the martial arts.
An institute for higher learning and tradition of excellence in the martial arts and its ideas, one will find it easy to grow with the highest expectations possible. Our pledge to help one’s discovery is also our passion and commitment in our teachings at TAMA Martial Arts Center. Giving every student attention is one of our priorities. Grandmaster Taningco unique approach in teaching gives more value due to his experience for the last 50 years. He has developed and systemized his teaching methods and went on to sell his four other martial arts studios around the Dayton Metropolitan area. To this day, those four other martial arts studios are thriving due to his creativity in helping others succeed in their martial arts career. His influence in others to be a martial arts professional instructors is second to none.
At TAMA, Martial Arts can be rewarding and challenging through any of the martial arts curriculum we teach. Students at TAMA have the option to cross train in as many other disciplines as they wish-enter mma program. With our pioneering spirit and a quest to be the best that you can be, join us in our adventure together in MARTIAL ARTS training. Give your child or yourself a gift of confidence, join Tama Family Martial Arts Center and be the best you can be. Be a champion from within. Learn from Grandmaster Taningco personally, who has taught Chuck Norris Black Belts 3 years in a row in UFAF conventions, Special Forces, USAF Security Forces, and US Marines.
All our martial arts programs are based on developing the self discipline, self-confidence, respect and self-esteem that better prepares them (and you) for the challenges that lie ahead in life. Positive thinking and coaching is reinforcing in the classroom with great enthusiasm, energy and positive attitude.
Our Shaolin Kempo Karate Jujitsu system came from the late Grandmaster Donald Fong from China handed down to Grandmaster Tim Gasper. Grandmaster Tim Gasper bestowed the rank and certification of Professorship 8th (dan) degree Black Belt on Master Taningco, in person, in 1998 in front of PKC members and Midwest Martial arts Instructors during the TAMA National tournament here in Dayton.
Grandmaster Taningco is committed to his teaching. To this day, he teach, mentor and coach young kids and adults to love martial arts as he did when he was a young child. He continues to hone his skills learning from other great martial arts instructors and regard himself as a student of martial arts lifetime.
Learn from Manuel Taningco, one of Dayton’s gifts in pioneering professional martial arts at its best. Visit our 10,000 square feet of martial arts facilities built from the ground up for the purpose of martial arts training.
–