Popham Athletics opened its doors on September 22nd, 2003 with three middle school wrestlers and a twenty by twenty martial arts mat.
 We provided a public USA wrestling program to all elementary, middle, and high school wrestlers looking to advance their 
skills pass the regular high school program.In 2007, we expanded to grappling, a hybrid between wrestling and the Brazilian form
of Jujitsu (BJJ). September 8th, Our students participated in our first mixed martial arts (MMA) event, Extreme Fight Night 5, in
Gainesville Georgia under the team name of Fighters Unlimited (Team FU). Team Hammer, our in house team, was born on January 3rd, 2008 
where we competed in the Battle of Gadsden in Alabama. Team Hammer comes from the two founders last name, Popham and Eller. Take the 
last syllable of both and you end up with Hammer. Flash forward to 2009, we are constantly growing with more students, fighters, as 
well as instructors. We have Karate classes, wrestling, grappling, muay thai, and conditioning programs. Look below to see the gym and detailed
info on our classes, or click on videos to see fights we have participated in.

Kids Karate!!!!	Grappling/Brazilian JuJitsu!!!	Muay Thai/Kickboxing!!!!	Combat Conditiong!!!!
Our kids MMA Classes are unlike most martial arts classes schools offer. We teach the basic fundamentals of kickboxing, grappling, and conditioning with a kids structure to make it fun and interesting for our little sutdents. Most of our kids show very good grades in school and also do well in sports by being in shape and having the coordination of much older kids.Contact us to schedule an appointment to get your kids started in our classes today!	85% of all MMA fights eventually go to the ground which makes fighters like Matt Hughes and BJ Penn very sucessfull in top level competition. As I graduated high school, it was evident I wanted to continue learning the grapple arts since I did not want to go to college for wrestling. I started learning grappling through my martial arts school I attended at the time and eventually started teaching the art to my students at my center who loved it like I did. Presently we have the only grappling school in the Northeast Georgia area. Contact us to schedule an appointment to get started in our classes today!	Striking skill is an important attribute in mixed martial arts. Without accurate kickboxing and muay thai training, Many fighters have to rely on ground work to compete in the MMA world. As Popham Athletics started as a wrestling/grappling school, we have evolved since into a great muay thai clinic thanks to our past and present stand up instructors, Scott Sanders and Erik Kennedy. In my opinion, our muay thai program has grown to be just as effective as our ground program, giving all our students the best of both worlds! .Contact us to schedule an appointment to get yourself started in our classes today!	Combat Conditioning is one of the fastest and affective ways to get into shape. We have a saying that if you can survive one of our conditioning classes the first time you attend, we will give you the whole month for free. I can honestly say no one has ever come in and NOT loss weight. Our classes use innovative workouts to isolate agility, coordination, targeting speed strength and strength edurance. Many students are interested in looking like an ultimate fighter without all the bruises of competition. Whether you decide to fight or just get into shape, combat conditioning will tone your body to look and feel your best!