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Zebra Mats was created in 1997 with the objective of bringing world class flooring systems to the striking arts and grappling martial art industries.  Focusing on highest quality, tatami-style mats, Zebra set out to produce thinner and firmer flooring systems.

It’s founder, Chuck Blanski, has been influential and a pioneer with the martial arts flooring industry for over fifteen years. As an executive officer of Federal Sports Technologies, he was instrumental in the acquisition of what is now know as Swain Sports.  By 1997, Federal Sports Technologies had built sales of the Swain Sportsmat into a multi-million dollar business.

Since introducing Zebra Mats, we have become the first flooring company to market premium quality mat systems for all martial art disciplines.  Zebra Mats was also first to market with specialty mat systems for cardio kick boxing and cardio karate programs, adding specially coated vinyl to allow use of shoes without damaging mat finish and performance.

Zebra Mats has been the mat of choice of many major competition tournaments and seminars nationwide such as the ATA National Tournaments, Arnold Martial Arts Festival, Disney Martial Arts, Gracie BJJ World Championships, Aiki Expo, US Open Judo, and USA Judo Junior Olympics. The mats are manufactured in meters to qualify for international competitions. Mats are available in a variety of thicknesses catering to any application.

Jimmy Pedro, Kathy Long, Cung Le, and George Dillman are among many elite martial artists that prefer Zebra Mats. But most of all, thousands of hard-working martial arts school owners find Zebra Mats to be Simply Z-Best in the industry
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To learn more about Zebra Mats, call
1.800.989.8085.



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