Just because it's focused on the basics, doesn't mean it won't be awesome. Students in our Juniors program learn the building blocks of blocking, striking and moving. Each class is designed to help them improve in each of those areas. From punching and kicking to jumping and tackling, it won't take long before they're moving like ninjas!

Learning awesome moves isn't all that's important, we also help students develop skills they need in their lives. We talk about understanding conflict and managing emotion, we promote values including integrity and respect, and we help our students build the qualities of confidence and determination. 

Martial arts isn't just about hard work and serious discussions, it's also about having fun! We believe that people learn best when playing games. That's why games are an important part of the curriculum. These games are centered around developing the students' skills while also teaching them that it's good to relax and have fun.

Everybody needs a place to learn the basics and improve on them. Each class has dedicated time to focus on learning the three pillars of martial arts: striking, blocking and movement. This will include a mix of traditional karate line drilling, physical conditioning and partner work.

Learning self defense is all about preparing for the worst case scenario. What happens when someone grabs you? What do you do if you fall down or get tackled? How do you make the best of a bad situation? 

This portion of the class addresses those questions with learning grappling techniques including:

• How to fall and get up
• Grab defenses
• Takedowns
• Jiu Jitsu ground work techniques.

Traditional training works well to learn the basics, but how do you learn to apply it in a self defense situation? This portion of the class is all about learning and playing a higher difficulty game of tag: sparring. 

Sparring is not to be confused with fighting, although it may look similar to an observer. Sparring is a tool that martial artists use to test out the tools they have in their self defense toolbox. It involves two people, dressed in protective equipment, testing each other's defenses and trying to land strikes.

We teach safety, control and respect in order to prepare students to participate in sparring. When done properly, a student can learn how to give and receive strikes, read and answer an opponent's movements, and develop the physical endurance that may be required in a self defense situation.

Some moves are harder and require some base knowledge to train safely, but are essential to complete defense strategies. These include:

• Combination finishers
• Advanced takedowns
• Chokes and joint manipulation

This class covers how to train them safely and how to defend against them.

This is also where we learn jumping and spinning kicks, along with some other fun moves that require a base level of skill. 

It's easy to do one punch or kick at a time, but how do you put them together? A form is a sequence that helps students learn how to combine blocking, striking and moving. While this is not meant to be directly applied to a self defense situation, it is a useful tool to help students improve their physical conditioning, technical prowess and confidence in their moves. 

Mastery requires a lot of training and correction. This class provides students with the time they need to work with the instructor and make improvements.