Upcoming Events:

Beach Classes
Saturday, November 14th @ Santa Monica Muscle Beach just south of the Pier

Kids class (5yrs - 15 yrs) 10 am - 10:45 am
A high energy, serious fun class teaching techniques like strikes and kicks and personal skills such as being a good partner, discipline, confidence and concentration.

T'ai Chi class 11 am - 12 noon
A slow-motion, stress relieving, moving meditation class. It is designed to stretch and strengthen the entire body.

Adult Martial Arts class 12 noon - 1 pm
Practice effective self defense -short and long range strikes, kicks, throws, and what to do if someone takes you to the ground, all combined for a great workout. We also practice meditation and mindfulness as the foundation of our practice.

All classes open to the public. Forward this email to a friend!

We endeavor to treat everybody as partners. All of the students in the school are our partners. Everyone in our family are our partners. Our boss is our partner. The insanely slow clerk at the DMV, the IRS and the quarterback of the other football team are our partners.

This isn’t just semantics, however the distinction in language is helpful for us. Calling someone a partner elicits thoughts and feelings of connectedness and comradery, while the word opponent leaves us with a feeling of hostility, aggression and bitterness. For me, the word opponent just feels wrong...