{"id":45,"date":"2014-03-29T20:54:26","date_gmt":"2014-03-29T20:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefightersgarage.com\/?page_id=45"},"modified":"2016-05-29T02:05:15","modified_gmt":"2016-05-29T02:05:15","slug":"new-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thefightersgarage.com\/?page_id=45","title":{"rendered":"New Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1>NEW STUDENTS @ THE FIGHTERS GARAGE<\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_divider admin_label=&#8221;Divider&#8221; color=&#8221;#c11b01&#8243; show_divider=&#8221;on&#8221;] [\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1>WHAT TO EXPECT<\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>You will meet people from all walks of life \u2013 undergrad and grad students, teachers, professionals, law enforcement officers, and more \u2013 each committed to training in self-defense, while working on their own fitness goals.\u00a0 You will meet instructors who have a wide range of experience in martial arts. \u00a0Lastly, you will discover a community of committed martial arts practioners who want to learn and practice the best techniques, in the best way possible, while working on their fitness levels and have fun doing it.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_divider admin_label=&#8221;Divider&#8221; 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