Martial arts training that helps kids build focus, confidence, patience, and respect, while teens and adults develop practical self-defense skills, awareness, physical capability, and discipline.
Serving Mobile since 1980 · Beginners welcome
The right martial arts school should give you more than something to do twice a week.
For kids, it’s a place to learn how to listen, focus, stay patient, respect others, and keep working when something gets difficult.
For teens and adults, it’s a place to develop practical skills, physical capability, awareness, confidence, and discipline.
The goal isn’t simply to attend class. It’s to become better because you came.
Real growth takes real work.
The uniforms change. The students change. The years pass.
The commitment to helping people grow through martial arts remains.
For more than four decades, generations of students have walked through these doors to train, learn, improve, and challenge themselves. Today, that same standard continues.
Build discipline early.
Tiger Kung Fu gives children a structured environment where they can build focus, confidence, patience, respect, enthusiasm, and physical ability. It’s about helping kids learn to listen, participate, work through challenges, and recognize what they’re capable of accomplishing.
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Build real capability.
Fujikan is designed for teens and adults who want more from martial arts than exercise alone. Develop practical self-defense skills, awareness, physical capability, confidence, and discipline through consistent training.
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Build real-world skills.
Train stand-up striking, kickboxing, jujitsu, judo, ground work, and practical self-defense in a hands-on program with no belt system.
Come in. Train. Build real capability.
Explore Mixed Martial ArtsProgress should be something you can see in yourself.
You become more focused. More capable. More confident. More disciplined. And as your skills develop, you have opportunities to demonstrate what you’ve learned.
Start where you belong.
Every new student is evaluated honestly and placed appropriately for their training.
Put in the work.
Train consistently. Develop your skills. Work toward the next level.
Show what you’ve learned.
Demonstrate your development through testing and practical application.
Progress isn’t just something you’re told. It’s something you demonstrate.
Every 8 weeks
Students test for a stripe
2 stripes
Before a new belt is earned
3.5–4 years
Typical program duration
6 months
Probation before the Shodan test
Individual progress varies.
The next level comes with development.
Dr. Jimmy Steger, Soke has spent decades training, competing, teaching, and developing his own understanding of martial arts. His story started long before the school opened in Mobile.
At 15, a serious knee injury and surgery changed the direction of his athletic life. Instead of walking away, he became determined to understand the body, training, and what it takes to rebuild capability. That commitment became a lifetime on the mat.
In 1980, he opened the doors to his martial arts school in Mobile. Today, he continues to teach the same principles that shaped his own journey: train consistently, develop your ability, and keep working to become better.
“Great with my child, he loves kids and knows how to get down on their level and not intimidate them. He has fun but strict at the very same time. Love the Christian environment which is really important for my family and my son loves the Chinese language he teaches all the kids.”
J. Smith
“Love the different styles he teaches. His Fujikan system teaches all this and much more. Very well rounded and thorough. He loves teaching with a passion and you can see it every class.”
Josh G.
“I’ve been with Dr. Steger’s Ultimate Martial Arts for over 23 years as a student and Sr Instructor. Great Instructor and overall leader. Love it here!”
Shihan Johnston
“Dr. Steger is a World Champion many times over and a National Kung Fu Champion. I wanted to compete and that is why I am here. Great Instructor. Thanks for the competition wins and support.”
Mark C.
Ultimate Martial Arts offers Tiger Kung Fu for children ages 4–12 and Fujikan for teens and adults ages 12+.
No. Beginners are welcome.
Tiger Kung Fu and Fujikan are each structured around two classes per week.
The program focuses on discipline, focus, confidence, patience, respect, enthusiasm, and physical ability.
Fujikan focuses on practical self-defense, awareness, physical capability, confidence, discipline, and martial arts skill.
Students train and develop their skills before demonstrating what they have learned through testing.
Students test every 8 weeks for a stripe, with a new belt earned after every two stripes.
The typical program duration is approximately 3.5–4 years, including a 6-month probation period before the Shodan black belt test. Individual progress varies.
Competition is an option, particularly for students who want to pursue it. It is not the sole purpose of the training.
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