VEA Martial Arts Academy

01/18/2025

Students, class tomorrow (Sunday) at the VEA Martial Arts Academy. 9am to 10:30am.

10/23/2024

This Sunday! VEA Martial Arts Cross Sharing Seminar. Confirmed vendors are FMA Supply and Wolf Den Armory! Open to all martial art stylists and practitioners. Great way to spend your Sunday morning. Thanks you Master Rudy for stepping in for Tommy.

09/10/2024

Saturday, November 9th 2025! The Collaborative returns.

03/10/2024

12/24/2023

From my archives, beginning lesson from the late GM Art Gonzalez on "bad boy". Bad boy is the name of the persona and style of attacks one might face from someone who has some sense of how to surprise attack with a knife or prison type shank. A key aspect of these lessons were to outflank and get out of the line of the attack or as GM Art would say out of the way of the horns.

10/24/2023

Meet your instructors sharing their time and skill with you at the November 4th, VEA Martial Arts Collaborative! Details about the event can be obtained by visiting www.veamartialarts dot com

Meet your instructors for the VEA Winter Martial Arts Collaborative to be held at the VEA Martial Arts Collaborative in Manteca California on Saturday Novemb...

10/05/2023

His teachings and memory will live on, rest in power GM Art Gonzalez, we thank you for the knowledge and wisdom you passed down to us.

September 12th, 2014
To my students:
The Ruffian and the Gentleman
The Ruffian, be it by drink, ego or just trying to impress a girl or friends, will put you in harm􏰀s way. The Gentleman controls his drink, ego, and the temptation to impress. Also never assume that your martial art skill will guarantee a victory over an unskilled ruffian. Dangerous is the mindset that assumes he can outclass any unskilled opponent. The advantage of skill that you possess must be kept quiet and to yourself. Correct training for such a fight must be done without laziness. Laziness and complacency kills. You must come to school and train for this day! Be relentless. These are the factors that dictate the success over an unannounced encounter.
The Ruffian fighter will use a tactical advantage of first attempting to cause fear and second throw as many blows into the shortest possible time without any warning. Then again, the Ruffian might skip phase one and just attack. The Gentleman must have proven Courage, timing and experience of knowing the street ways. Learn what a predator is and how to spot him. This is the warning I give you. Laziness can cause you to lose the fight. Remember as you play or sleep your opponent trains. Train and use the full power of calculated cunning. This can overwhelm the Ruffian􏰀s intentions. The Ruffian can use strong emotion as the driving force behind his intensity. Unrestrained emotion is a dangerous force when uncorked. Wait for it, use it against him or stop him before he gets started or reverse the roll. Focus on this discipline. This is the primary advantage a martial artist has over the intensity of a street fighter. Any serious study of the martial arts will yield a series of techniques or bag of tricks. Focus on applying them in real time and against a determined opponent. Sparring discipline is the real source of a martial artist's power. Keep in mind that simply being aware of technique does not really constitute it as part of the martial artist's arsenal. As always, the best defense is not to fight at all.

09/11/2023

We must never forget this terrible day or the face of evil behind it.

08/27/2023

Working some empty drills this morning.

08/20/2023

Congratulations to our newest purple belts, Joe Arrivas, Gregory Collins and Tammie Quinn. I am very proud of their hardwork and preparation leading up to this day. They made it through the exercise requirements, knowledge requirements and sparring. Great job