What are the opening hours?

Monday 5pm - 9pm Tuesday 4:30pm - 9pm Wednesday 4:30pm - 7pm Thursday 4:30pm - 8pm Friday 4:30pm - 8pm Saturday 8am - 9am

Excel Martial Arts

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Excel Lifeforce Martial Arts is a local martial arts school that has been serving clients in the Woodbury area since 1987. We offer professional martial arts instruction by fully-certified instructors in one of America's premier training facilities. Licensed and certified by two of America's largest martial arts organizations, the American Taekwondo Association and Gracie Jiu Jitsu Academies, our

06/16/2024

Happy Father’s Day to all our Excel dads! We appreciate all you do for our students!

05/25/2024

Reminder that we are closed on Monday for Memorial Day! We will see you back on Tuesday when classes resume!

05/15/2024

Reminder that testing is this Saturday! If you or your child have three stripes on your belt, register for testing using the member app!

05/15/2024

Congratulations to the following Excel students who are eligible to compete for the title of District Champion next month!

05/15/2024

After a year of competition, we are proud to recognize our Excel Minnesota State Champions! Huge congratulations to these folks and the hard work they’ve put in over the last year 💪

05/12/2024

Happy Mother’s Day to all of the Excel moms! Thank you for all that you do for our students!

04/30/2024

Stripe alert!! Congrats to the folks who have earned stripes in the past few weeks!

04/22/2024

We’re excited to say that we’re doing a food drive! Now through May 18th we will be accepting donations for Open Cupboard in Oakdale. Below is a list of the most needed items in addition to non-perishable food items!

Please take some time to go through your cupboards and see what food you can bring in!

04/02/2024

Promotion alert‼️

Congrats to Daniel R, Daniel H, Makai, Sarah, and Owen for earning their next rank in Bullyproof last night!

04/01/2024

Awesome job to Chase, Will and Shayla at Spring Nationals in Dallas this past weekend! Not only did they take home 3rd in team sparring, they also did a great job individually!! Way to represent Excel!

03/25/2024

Reminder that we will be closed on Friday! Enjoy the long weekend!

03/16/2024

Special congratulations go out to Ms. Lexi for earning her 4th degree black belt! Ms. Lexi tested down at black belt camp in front of a panel of high ranks and was awarded the rank of 4th degree at our testing on Wednesday! Great job Ms. Lexi!!

03/15/2024

So proud of all of our testers from Wednesday! Especially proud of Davis, Michael, and Shreeya for earning their first degree black belts! Help me in congratulating all of these folks!

03/09/2024

The tournament is one week away! See below for the tournament schedule.

Registration for the tournament can be completed at:

https://www.ataezsignup.com

03/06/2024

Testing is one short week away! Make sure if you have 3 stripes on your belt you are registering for testing in the student app!

02/21/2024

It’s almost March, which means it’s almost time for our next tournament! Mark your calendars for March 15th and 16th in Eagan!

Registration can be found at:

https://www.fusionminnesota.com/tournament

01/27/2024

Awesome job to all our teams in the Team Sparring competition! In the rookie division, in both combat weapons and traditional team sparring, it was the team Excel face off!

Great job rookies: Chase, Will, Shayla, Jaymison, Toren, and Anna!

Not pictured: Braeden and Connor

01/21/2024

01/20/2024

Shoutout to Chase for an awesome tournament last weekend!

1st place Forms
2nd place Sparring
3rd place Weapons
2nd place Creative Forms
3rd place XMA Forms
2nd place Creative Weapons
3rd place XMA Weapons

01/20/2024

Please help me in congratulating Chris on earning his Combatives belt!! Definition of determination 💪

01/17/2024

Don’t forget about the tournament prep class this weekend! We will cover both how the tournament is run and associated rules for the parents. Student will work on forms, weapons, and sparring concepts they can use at the tournament! Students please wear your uniforms and bring your gear to the session!

01/16/2024

Only 10 short days away! Sign up for the tournament now!

It’s tournament time! End of this month in Eagan will be the first regional tournament of 2024. Sign up using the link below!

https://sparkpages.io/cart/2/?i=_lTab&c=&ocu=

01/16/2024

Don’t forget to sign up for the tournament preparation class!

01/14/2024

Take a moment today to experience, appreciate and love yourself. 🫶✨

01/06/2024

Who is excited for the first tournament of the year?! If you are on the fence about signing up because it’s your first time, take the leap! We will be hosting a tournament preparation class for first time tournament goers on January 20th from 9-11AM. Sign up in the app if you are interested!

01/04/2024

It’s tournament time! End of this month in Eagan will be the first regional tournament of 2024. Sign up using the link below!

https://sparkpages.io/cart/2/?i=_lTab&c=&ocu=

12/24/2023

Happy Holidays from all of us at Excel! We hope you take this time to relax and spend time with family. We will see you back in action January 2nd!

12/21/2023

Congratulations to all our testers this evening! Everyone did a fantastic job. Special congratulations to Liam for earning his 1 degree black belt!

Comment below your photo from testing!