Aside from climbing out of rattlesnake-infested quicksand or posing for rattlesnake-infested watercolour portraits, few activities combine the focus and physicality seen in mixed-martial-arts training. Fine-tune your reaction time with today’s Groupon: for $20, you get a 20-class pass for martial-arts instruction at Edmonton Mixed Martial Arts (a $200 value).

Performing martial-arts training since 1989, Edmonton Mixed Martial Arts hones student skills in the dual realms of fitness and self-defense. This package bestows pupils with a 20-class pass, teaching techniques for disciplining Scrabble cheaters in such styles as muay thai, kickboxing, tae kwon do, kung fu, Japanese ju-jitsu, and Brazilian ju-jitsu. Using the mixed-martial-arts philosophy of blending distinct fighting styles—stand-up, clinch, grappling, and full-contact public speaking—students embark on a rigorous schedule to build confidence, self-discipline, coordination, focus, and flexibility. Learn to turn an attacker's own attacks and 10-gallon hat against him with ju-jitsu’s balance-shattering grappling and strikes, or combat using hands, elbows, knees, feet, and physics degree in the full-body muay thai style. Edmonton MMA conducts its power-enhancing programs for both adults and children.