New York’s Top Rated Local® Martial Arts Award Winner: Murray’s Martial Arts Centers

Top Rated Local® is pleased to announce that Murray’s Martial Arts Centers is a two-time 2019 award winner in New York!

If you’re looking for a martial arts center that can help to teach your child self-defense, confidence, discipline and more, look no further than Murray’s Martial Arts Centers.

Murray’s Martial Arts Centers has received hundreds of reviews on five verified sites with an average rating of 4.97 stars, earning them a marvelous Rating Score™ of 99.66 and two 2019 Top Rated Local awards for being ranked among the top 50 businesses and the number one martial arts center in all of New York!

Here’s just one of their many five-star reviews:

“It has been a very positive experience for our child. They are very accommodating, enthusiastic and structured. The instructors are invested in the betterment of their students and are accessible to parents. [It was] a great decision to join this club.” – John S.

Not Your Average Martial Arts Center

We wanted to learn more about this two-time award winner and how they managed to build such an impressive online reputation, so we took a few minutes to talk with Mike, Manager of Murray’s Martial Arts Centers.

The first thing we wanted to know was what makes Murray’s Martial Arts Centers a one-of-a-kind martial arts center in New York. Here’s what Mike had to say:

“We are full-time martial artists. We have a clean, professional environment. This is our career, and we take pride in treating our students like family members. This is our passion, and we want to build a strong relationship, not just in the center but outside of karate. We attend events, performances and sports games — anything we are invited to, we attend.”

Mike went on to say:

“Our clients are multi-tiered. We work with kids, adults and even grandparents. When we see a child who finally has a lightbulb moment, and that is huge for us! We want to help kids become positive influences as adults.”

We also asked Mike what their mission is at Murray’s Martial Arts Centers and how they work to make the world a better place. Here’s his response:

“We transform people’s lives by helping them become a better part of themselves through martial arts, helping them become confident, disciplined, healthier, happier and more successful through life.”

Building Success by Focusing on Individuals

Mike attributes Murray’s Martial Arts Centers’ strong online reputation to their commitment to focusing on individuals as much as possible:

“We call ourselves the karate family… Our students choose to leave reviews because of the way we run our center.”

Outside of building a powerful online reputation, Murray’s Martial Arts Centers has gotten their name out there through Facebook and Google ads, Craigslist, outreach programs, birthday parties, and programs at schools and daycares.

Every business owner wants to build the kind of online reputation Murray’s Martial Arts Centers has. When we asked Mike what advice he has for those business owners, he said:

“Your business is a marathon, not a sprint. It can take up to six months to have a full book and feel like you are ramping up. Stick with your discipline, and keep working at it.”

Mike ended our conversation with this sentiment:

“Thank you to our families and clients — you are the reason we work so hard. Thank you to the owner, Kim Murray; you really built this up and gave me the opportunity to make this my career and paved the way.”


Congratulations to the team at Murray’s Martial Arts Centers for being a 2019 Top Rated Local award winner, and thank you so much, Mike, for taking the time to speak with us!

We highly recommend Murray’s Martial Arts Centers in Rochester. Visit their website today!

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