A Martial Arts program for tired, over-stressed, unmotivated business professionals 40 years +
Martial Arts - Movement - Mobility - Medicine
WHAT IS MARTIAL ART THERAPY?
Martial Art Therapy (M.A.T) is a private, martial arts program created specifically for tired, business professionals 40-60+ who feel drained, overworked, stressed and/or stuck in unhealthy routines, living inactive, sedentary lifestyles.
Poor diet, fragmented focus, stale relationships, declining health all leading to a downward spiral of lack and potential sickness. A life that lacks spice.
For years, they’ve sacrificed health for success. But how can one really enjoy wealth with stiff joints, aching back pains, declining health?
Sitting all day under fluorescent lighting in WiFi filled offices wreaks utter havoc on and in your system.
As a 50 year old former Brazilian Jiujitsu competitor, active martial art instructor and therapist, my focus over the years went from punching, kicking and grappling to longevity, well-being, and health.
Combining my 2 loves, martial arts and therapy(self defense and self transformation), the Quantum Shield Martial Therapy was born.
Using martial arts as the primary medium for health and fitness, I’ve infused powerful nervous system regulation tools and subtle therapy processes (i.e. neuroscience, psychotherapy, energy psychology, somatic work) to dissolve toxic habits/patterns while optimizing + amplifying well-being, vitality and longevity.
This isn’t just another martial arts program. It’s Martial Art Therapy.
“Martial Arts Therapy isn’t about fighting—it’s about learning to stop fighting yourself.”
In a nutshell, my program is a blending of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) and Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) training with game-based, neuroscience-backed learning methods, as well as therapeutic tools and protocols—so you don’t just train harder, you learn faster and feel better in minutes, not years.
Professor Marcos Duarte
Shows people how to defend against bad guys like procrastination, laziness, stress eating, lack of exercise etc.
What can you expect from this program ?
✔️ 12-Week Program (3 Months to a New You)
Change comes down to the 4 C’s: Choice. Commitment. Consistency. Creativity.
Choice - Choose to embark on this new, exciting journey
Commitment – Commit for 12 Weeks.
Consistency – Show up for yourself. Train regularly, progress steadily.
Creativity – Create and step into the version of you that you want to become. Stronger, sharper and more confident.
The other option is to keep doing the same things and stay exactly where you are.
“If you want to change things in your life, you have to change things in your life.” — Unknown
✔️ Exclusive, Private Training Class (Max: 12 People) or 1 on 1.
Small groups mean exclusivity, personal attention, and laser focused results. Many 40 + year old professionals prefer not to be on the mats with 25 younger, hungry lions. This small group format is created for you.
✔️ Train 2x Per Week, 60 Minutes Each
You’ve got 168 hours in a week. Can you give yourself just 2 of them? Two hours for your health, strength, confidence, and total well-being. That’s an easy yes.
✔️ Self-Defense + Self-Transformation
Martial arts isn’t only about defending yourself in the street. It’s also defense against procrastination, laziness, and habits that hold you back—while building discipline, confidence, and focus. What if discipline could be easy and effortless rather than painful?
✔️ Customized Instruction, Tailored to You
This is not one-size-fits-all. You progress at your pace, in your way. No harsh drills, no forced competition—just a supportive environment that meets you where you are. The only competition is between your current identity and desired identity.
✔️ Game-Based Training for Faster Learning
Learn through play, experience, and application—not long, boring lectures. You’ll learn faster with step by step instructions broken down into chunks, enjoy more, improve quicker and actually look forward to class.
✔️ Complete Martial Arts Experience
Crazy Monkey Defense: An expression of boxing for the everyday person. Defense-first, highly practical, easy to learn without needing years and you’ll get better every class. Includes elements of Muay Thai, Savate, and more. The CMD program is the Stand up component of the Martial Art Therapy Program.
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: A highly effective grappling art that works in real life. BJJ is the martial art that changed the world during the first UFC’s and is one of the pillars of Mixed Martial Arts. Controlling/subduing an opponent on the ground, creating leverage to escape from under a bigger, stronger opponent, throwing on a submission—very fun!
Mixed Martial Arts (MMA): Blending striking, grappling, and ranges for a complete system. This is a mix of CMD, BJJ and Clinch Work.
✔️ Opportunity to Earn Rank in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Fall in love with Jiu-Jitsu? As a 3rd Degree Black Belt, I can guide your progression and help you climb the ranks.
✔️ Your Self-Care Toolkit
Every week, you’ll walk away with a proven tool or process to help you regulate stress, calm anxiety, mental state, mood and take control of your mind and body.
Imagine having a powerful breath work that reduces anxiety instantly.
✔️ Fun. Fitness. Freedom.
Martial Arts gives you 3 benefits in 1:
Practical self-defense.
Total-body health and fitness.
A fun, engaging experience that you’ll actually enjoy.
This is more than a martial arts class—it’s a path to strength, confidence, and freedom.
Limited Spots Available
Only 12 people are accepted into each 12-week cycle to ensure quality and focus.
👉 First Step: 5 Minute Phone Call
Choose to commit to your transformation.
“Martial arts puts you in a situation where you face yourself”
ABOUT ME
Marcos Duarte is a kind teacher whose journey into the mastery of the Subconscious and Superconscious led him to two double gold medal finishes in the Pan American Jiu Jitsu World Tournament. It was in the morning of the first of these tournaments, in-fact, that he first experienced the power of self-hypnosis, the Subconscious and the Superconscious mind.
A black belt martial arts instructor and co-owner of Muse Coffee Co. Marcos was on a mission to find the therapies that ACTUALLY work.
“Martial Arts provided a wonderful work out, psycho-physical nutrition, but a lot was still missing.”
What began as a tumultuous journey for deep healing became an education into the realms of neuroscience, metaphysics, meditation, breathwork, quantum biology, advanced conversational hypnotherapy etc. Compiling the most effective elements of each modality, Marcos created the Shift Key Method. A method that clears problems, traumas, blockages, beliefs, identities in 1-6 sessions as opposed to years and years of therapy that rarely work.
“I was successful in creating some great career paths but my inner game felt a deep sense of lack, a lack of purpose. There were passions that I put on the back burner for years because I feared judgement, looking dumb and being embarrassed. I grappled with low self worth, a perception of incapability and feeling like I wasn’t enough. I searched for healing all over the internet. I’ve done every healing modality under the sun, moon and stars and all of it worked for some time but I found myself returning to the same stale existance. It wasn’t until I learned that I am not my beliefs, definitions, identities, traumas, patterns. I am not this incapable identity with low self worth. Those were just core beliefs.
Martial Art Backround:
3rd Degree Blackbelt in Brazilian Jiujitsu
4x Pan American Gold Medalist
Crazy Monkey Defense Coach
Savate Red Glove Rank
Jeet Kune Do
Kali / Escrima
Marcos holds certifications in:
Grace Method Hypnotherapy
Magnetic Mind Coach
Energy Codes Coach
Applied Quantum Biology
Neuro-Linguistic Programming
Gamma Breathwork
“It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe.” – Muhammad Ali
TESTIMONIALS
JUST THERAPY
Not ready, or interested in Martial Arts and just want to work on your inner game?
If the physical path isn’t your entry point, you can work with me through powerful, breakthrough therapy sessions.
I created the Shift Key Method — a therapy process that clears problems, traumas, challenges in 1–6 sessions (instead of years and years of traditional therapy that barely even scratch the surface).
We all know someone or even yourself who’ve been in therapy for years. It’s not working. Traditional therapies don’t get to the root cause.
Challenges I Help Professionals Overcome:
Performance anxiety → choking under pressure, missed opportunities, looking dumb, bad etc.
Social anxiety → connections avoided, promotions passed up, income capped, fear of judgement and rejection.
Burnout → feeling like you’re always running on empty
Overwhelm → drowning in responsibilities, no clarity
👉 Notice the oil spill effect: these challenges spread silently, outwardly, blocking your potential, muffling your gifts, and slowly but surely impacting health, wealth, and relationships until you dissolve them at the root.
You just have to CHOOSE to change things.
Choose to improve your health.
Choose to move your body.
Choose to hire a professional or guide to help you Be, Do and Have whatever you want.
Your martial wellness journey starts with a 5 minute phone chat.
