Have a Great Spring Break! (No Classes)
No Classes next week April 2-6! Get Some rest and enjoy your spring break! Classes will resume on the ninth.
Take Your Sparring to the Next Level
Rethink your sparring game: are you predictable in your strikes, footwork, and defense? If so you are a perfect candidate for the next knockout! I learned a lot through my training by bringing a video camera and filming my training sessions. Sobering, yes, but very helpful. While relaxed and watching I began to notice what …
February Champion of the Month
Congratulations to our Champion of the Month: Scott Smith!! If there is one word to describe Scott, it\’s unstoppable. Nothing stops Scott from accomplishing what he sets out to do; he can accomplish anything he puts his mind to. Scott is an incredibly hard worker and pushes himself beyond his limits at every …
Feb. Karate Kid
Congratulations Karate Kid of the Month: Mikayla Mayou!! (clap, clap, clap, whistle, clap) Mikayla has grown tremendously in her training at SwiftKick Martial Arts, starting off in our young Explorer\’s class years ago and now flourishing as a blue belt in our PathFinder Program. What impresses me most about Mikayla is her willingness to learn, …
Street Fighting
Last week the Impact and Champion classes began a new module of training devoted to street fighting. This module is a great example demonstrating what applied, or functional martial arts is all about. I am often asked what \”Applied\” Martial Arts is. The simple answer is that applied martial arts is a combination of fighting …
Champion of the month- Joe Isom
Joe Isom was one of our first Champion Members. Not only is Joe a great client, he has also become a great friend and has shown amazing support to Swiftkick since he began the program. Joe is very committed to his training and rarely misses class. He approaches his training with intelligence and diligence which …
Karate Kid of the Month
We have a fun announcement: in 2012, Swiftkick is going to highlight a student in our program once a month as \”Karate Kid\”. Â (I know, I know, we don\’t do karate but it sounds cool!) We will choose a child/teenager that we feel has exhibited exemplary behavior in our program and also an adult as …
5 Tips to Help Your Resolutions Succeed
Fail…Flop…Kapoof…How many New Year resolutions have you seen fall to the ground? Well, this year really could be different! Â But before you even draft a copy of your New Year resolution for 2012, understand you may need to take a different approach to get different results.Start off by writing this phrase down: Â RESOLVED: Â This year …