Tiny Tigers - Ages 3-5 years New Students

Juniors - Ages 6 & up New Students

Advanced Training Programs Little Dragons

Advanced Training Programs Black Belt Club

Martial Arts has been proven
to help Students become:

• Happier
• Healthier
• Smarter
• Safer

As parents we all want the best for our children. We know that our karate programs help keep children safer through self-defense training, and physically and mentally stronger, but how do our karate programs help children to achieve improved discipline, focus, and selfconfidence; leading to greater academic achievement, a greater sense of selfworth, and ultimately the courage to be successful in the things they choose to do?

The most significant threat to our children does not come from the neighborhood bully (although we’ve been successful in guiding children when bullied), but from our children’s own internal fears and self-doubts. Our programs challenge children through exciting and fun classes - and through the discipline and focus we teach them - to conquer these internal negative forces and go beyond what they (and you as parents) thought possible. These skills they learn and develop at our center, then become pervasive in all areas of a student’s life. That is why karate is often differentiated from sports and referred to as “a way of life.”

A common question about karate for children...

Does karate encourage children to be more violent?

We know through our experience that exposing children to a well structured karate program that emphasizes discipline, etiquette, and self-control, actually counteracts and harnesses aggressive urges in children.

Through our special karate programs for children, students learn positive social behaviors such as respect for others, empathy, and restraint in the use of force to achieve desired ends. Moreover, through consistent exposure to our karate programs children come to learn that might does not make right, that force is a last resort, and that one who has karate training has a special obligation to exert self-control. Finally, we teach children self-defense and fighting skills which paradoxically gives them the confidence not to fight. This leads to less aggressive behavior and to greater feelings of mastery and self-worth.

”Children have never been any good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.” - James Baldwin