We recognize that in pre-teen years, peers become more and more influential. As a result of our emphasis on character development, parents regularly tell us that the children in our program are the kind of kids they want their kids to have as friends.

In today’s world, with children encountering life’s crossroads daily, it’s vital that they have positive peer relationships and positive role models in addition to you and their classroom teachers.

Some of the benefits your child will receive by joining our classes:

Courage
Our students discover that they’re capable of much more than they thought possible. They develop the courage to take on challenges that might have intimated them before. They learn this in their martial arts training, and they apply it at school and at home.

Perseverance
Students learn not to give up, even when the going gets tough. Even if at first they fail, they learn to persevere. Through regular conditioning, students also increase their physical stamina. They come to realize the physical stamina and mental perseverance go hand in hand. They learn not to let self-doubts get in their way and they strive harder and longer to reach their goals.

Improved Focus
Most children are easily distracted and have relatively short attention spans. Our students learn to "zero in" on critical tasks at hand and develop the ability to stay on task. They learn to make eye contact with classroom teachers and pay full attention to what their teacher says. 

Power Through Self-Control and Self-Discipline
As they develop the ability to maintain focus, our students learn to develop self-control. In learning the precision of our physical skills, children develop a high level of self discipline. These attributes combine to produce very high levels of competence. Students demonstrate high levels of effectiveness on the mat, and in school.

Respect
From the moment you walk into our school, you and your children will be treated with respect. Children quickly learn that for one to get respect, one must first give respect. As our instructors model respect, children quickly learn to emulate this.

GoalSetting
Learning how to set and achieve goals is one of the keys to success in life. Through the belt rank system, our students learn how to set appropriate goals and how to stay focused to achieve their goals. As students earn progressively higher belt ranks, these lessons are reinforced.

Self-Defense
Let there be no doubt – Children in our Junior program learn practical and powerful martial arts skills but safety will be of the utmost importance.