The Benefits for adults when training in martial arts at our school

by:Kevin Kawada

Question: Will kung fu training benefit me in the way that I want it to?

Answer: Everyone joins a martial arts school with different expectations and reasons for wanting to learn. The many benefits that are associated with recieving instruction in martial arts, are availible to every student. All of our students have seen improvement some improvemnt as the result of taking martial arts. Some students want to gain the benefit of stress relief, while others want to lose weight, or gain agility and coordination. All of these students are in the same martial arts classes. It is up to the student to extract the benefits they are looking for from the instruction provided. The first area of your life that you can see an improvement in, is in your physical self.

"Everyone comes to martial arts training for different reasons. Some want the benefit of stress relief, while other want to lose weight, or gain agility and coordination."

Martial arts training at our Las Vegas school will teach you one of the most efficient way to get in and stay in shape. It is a fun, fulfilling, motivating, workout, where everyone walks away with something new each day. The best thing about our workouts are that you accomplish two things at once. You develop your body and health while you learn self defense. A martial artist’s body is unlike the body of any other athlete. This is because there is a huge difference in the way a martial artist works out and the standard day at the fitness center. We differ by focusing on teaching you specific methods of gaining strength, speed, flexibility, and endurance. Workouts are never boring because you are constantly interacting with other students. Also, the martial arts workout is not like a typical aerobics class because each movement is taught in detail and therefore you will never feel "lost" or out of place. We know that you may have never taken martial arts before. We are always patient, professional and totally committed to making you progress. You take training at your own pace and you are never too old or too out of shape to start.

Xoli Velasquez from the Adult Kung Fu Class

"Dear Sifu Kevin and Simu Renee,

Thank you for being there for me and helping me with my efforts at self improvement. After college graduation, I found myself with a lingering ankle injury and adjusting poorly to a sedentary lifestyle. Years passed where I gained weight and was unhappy with how I looked and felt. During this time, I was interested in kung fu but did not feel physically fit enough to participate and unmotivated to do anything about it. Finally, last spring after recently losing 30 lbs. I was presented the opportunity, time and motivation to join.

Since last spring the most enjoyable improvement for me has been actually felling my age rather than older. Having the stamina and drive to go out and do what I want. I finally feel I have shaken that old ankle injury with improvement in balance and strengthening. So thank you again, for helping me feel better about myself, who I am and what I have become.

Thank you for teaching me Kung Fu!

Sincerely,

Sara Matton

Some of the things you will learn in class are:

What type of breathing techniques you should use to double or triple your flexibility in a short period of time
The certain type of “running” that can boost your energy levels
How you can use "bouncing" when stretching? Does this help or hurt? You’ll be surprised.
How long you should hold each stretch position
What is the one key thing you can do to get deeper into each stretch
How you can develop a powerful and flexible spine while eliminating back pain
Exercises that decreases the chance that you may injure yourself doing everyday
Activities and also greatly enhances blood circulation
How you can develop the ligaments and connective tissue between joints.
What type of exercises to do to make your bones dense and strong for old age

You will enjoy the workout, as well as the your friendships that come along with training with others that share the same interests. You will find that training and exercising with people who have similar goals and objectives will build friendships that last a lifetime.

Martial arts will give you the benefit of stress relief

Question: How does training in the martial arts relieve stress?

Answer: The next area of your life that will develop from martial arts training is your state of mind. The martial arts classes at our school will relieve your stress. When your body is working to its fullest potential your mind becomes sharper and more focused. Life seems less overwhelming and you feel a sense of “groundedness”. Martial arts training gives you new insights in ways of dealing with others and offers unique solutions to everyday problems. Students at our school compare the training with a mini vacation twice a week. When walking through the front door of our school all of your problems are left outside and when you leave class you are much more productive within your life.

Martial arts classes will give you confidence

Question: How does training in the martial arts build up confidence?

Answer: Confidence comes from competence. The sense of accomplishment you gain from learning and improving in something of a physical nature leads to a great feeling of confidence. Confidence also comes from knowing that you can defend yourself if you had to, but to a greater extent it is the confidence of knowing that you can control yourself, in many different circumstances. This leads to being able to take control of your life. The true essence of martial arts are about knowing yourself and becoming and meeting your fullest potential. The confidence building component of our adult program is the benefit that students appreciate the most. It is one of the first benefits that you begin to see when training in martial arts. You will feel an improvement in your overall spirit and mood. When you feel good you project a higher level of confidence and that's key to effective self-protection. There is no feeling that can compare to the security in knowing that you have the tools necessary to defend yourself or loved ones should the need arise. Younger people today face much more challenging environments and pressures than in the past. The classes at our school teach them to relieve those pressures and gives them the confidence to avoid and, if necessary, handle a confrontation. For the younger students, just knowing they they can handle themselves in a rough situation can greatly increase their chances of becoming successful academically.

Real Self Defense instruction that could save your life

Question: Will kung fu work in a real fight?

Answer: The biggest misconception about martial arts is that knowing techniques will somehow give you mystical powers where you can guarantee that you are bullet-proof, knife-proof and hit-proof.

Our martial arts school will teach you to recognize situations in which physical self-defense may be necessary, and we also teach you how to control such situations to your advantage. The most important skills you will learn at our school, are strategies to avoid confrontations. However, should you need to protect yourself, you will have the tools to survive. Realistically, martial arts can give you the principles behind real self defense. Concepts such as hitting to the vulnerable areas of the human body, Using 100% of one's body to issue strikes, and developing fluidity of movements are taught.

Instruction for adults at our school consist mostly techniques found in Kung fu but yet incorporate a combination of techniques and principles from a variety of Martial Arts schools or styles including Tai Chi, Boxing, Wing Chun, Pentjak-Silat, Thai Fighting and Ninjutsu and weapons. at our Las Vegas school, we believe in providing classes for our students that are well-balanced. Our school's philosophy is to have a core system then add into it to be well rounded. Every school or style has strengths and every school or style has weaknesses. Combining the best and most efficient techniques of many styles into a blended system gives our students the advantage they need to protect themselves in virtually any situation.

Some of the thing you will learn are

How to use body mechanics and leverage to maximize any strike
How the human body responds to trauma and how to take advantage of these reactions
What are the three primary targets to attack and why
Exercises that give you the ability to have complete balance when moving with speed.
How to use your opponents own body weight against them
How to eliminate"thinking" from self defense and instead use reaction
How you can develop not just muscle mass but also speed conditioned muscles

Everything you learn in our school is based on reality. The ideas you will learn will overturn all of your preconceived notions about self defense, martial arts, and combat sports. There is no way a class can teach every single situation you may encounter. Therefore classes instead focus on principles of fighting. Efficiency and power. Principles are based in science, They are simple, easy to learn and are instantly available for you to use. They are not a set of useless fixed techniques. Principles require no memorization and allow you to flow, adapt and handle any potential situation that may arise, even situations you never thought you would encounter. Principles are things that work regardless of your experience, training or athletic ability. Once you learn these ideas you no longer fear being a victim because you understand the how and why behind the way the human body works. This gives you the freedom to be confident in your own skills and lets you lead a more peaceful life.

You will have a lot of fun

The reason for our success is simple. We make classes both fun and exciting. You will learn much faster in an environment that is not military like in nature. When you are having fun you are progressing at your fastest rate.

The real benefits of martial arts

All of our students at our school eventually come to realize that kung fu is much more than just punching and kicking. At our Las Vegas Martial Arts School, we believe that truly enjoying all that life has to offer, means you need a balance of a healthy body and a strong mind. Our adult martial arts program will help you develop and maintain a sound body and mind, while giving you the ability to defend yourself. Now you can learn proven self-defense in a safe, encouraging learning environment with other adults just like you - adults who are looking to improve themselves through learning the martial arts.

How You Can Get Involved With Our School

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