Why should my children train with you?

Our Youth Program is a combination of exercise and child focused self defense training.

The exercise part is obvious. Your kids will punch and kick in the air and on hand held targets.

The self defense aspect is a bit unique.

Children often have to defend themselves against other children. In our Youth Program, we regularly rehearse responses against a bully. The son of one of our instructors acts out the role of the bully. Naturally, the "bully's" behavior is appropriate to your child's age and training experience. And this isn't an excuse for the instructor to take a break. This training is fully supervised by an adult instructor who helps your child analyze what worked, what didn't and what they could have done differently.

The bully scenario training also includes situations where a physical response is NOT needed. We feel this can be even more important than knowing how to defend against a bully.

Children also have to protect themselves against pedophiles who would abduct them.

We felt we couldn't give self defense training to kids and ignore this threat. We rehearse responses with your child to being approached or grabbed by a stranger. The instructor plays the stranger role and, just as with the bullying situations, helps your child anaylze what worked and what could have been done differently.

Finally, just as the adult training is customized for each particpant, so is the youth training is customized for each child. If there is something you are trying to teach your child at home (like listening skills, responsibility or self control) we will gladly work these lessons into your child's training.

Call and we can explain how.