Body Mind Systems

Body Mind Systems teaches traditional martial arts in Stoneham, with a curriculum rooted in the Bagua Zhang lineage and in Korean “Mu Do,” the martial path. The school treats training as both self-defense and healing, using form and movement grounded in Eastern medicine principles. Rather than a sport model built on winners and losers, its approach centers on overcoming one’s own weaknesses, with eight arts taught together as a single system for adults and children.

The Stoneham school is one of several Body Mind Systems locations, with others in Colorado and Texas, and the same system is taught at each. Classes run throughout the week for every age group. Students are often doctors, nurses, attorneys, engineers, entrepreneurs, scientists, managers, business owners and parents, drawn by the idea that to better lead others, they must first lead themselves.

What to Know

• Training includes weapons work for students.
• The school draws on martial knowledge said to be 1,700 years old and medicinal traditions far older.
• Trial classes are open to beginners at any scheduled class time, with no experience needed.
• The school is a member of several chambers, including Stoneham, Woburn, Melrose, Reading-North Reading and Burlington.