Although there are those that argue that senior citizens should not take martial arts not only as a way to stay physically fit, but to learn how to fight.
....just don't say that to Mr. Bill Doneghy!!!
“If you’re a senior citizen, it gives you confidence,” said Mr. Doneghy. “Every time you go, you’re accomplishing something. Master Liciaga doesn't take it easy on me because I am an old man! He trains me smart and pushes me to my limit. Master Liciaga always reminds me to do my best. I love it!"
Find out about our group classes and private lessons for senior citizens by calling 856-235-0414 or emailing MasterLiciaga@dinotokarate.com
A student (name will remain anonymous) pointed out the other day, that it had been 6 months since he joined the martial arts program ---and, I'm assuming, he was making a statement about what's been learned, not-learned, done or not done, as the comment was said during our short conversation about the Student Creed, Black Belt Excellence and a commitment to black belt training.
What has or has not happened in the last 6 months is already a mute point, as there's no getting time back. What you are capable of doing in the next 6 months (or 3 years) is where the focus MUST be, as it's worth a healthy life-style, confident and peaceful mindset --or so --to you.
Some suggestions:
3 martial arts classes / 1 journal entry or 1 video of you training a week for the next 6 months
= 114 GREAT stories to share with your family, friends and co-workers
= 114 opportunities to talk about how you improved your health, your mind and that so elusive “indomitable spirit” we always talk about in black belt training (you know the one that will give you what you need when you need to get through one of life’s challenging moments!)
= 114 chances to talk about the highly committed people you meet in your black belt training
= 114 things you did to improve your ability to serve your family, friends and your community
= 114 chances to support and help other people, just like you, live the life of a black belt in training, and the 114 things that are important to you and those that love you.
6 months is 114 teaching moments for you and your family, friends and co-workers, using something I/we have discussed, or written via our blogs / newsletters, or seen via our video tutorials/stories, or are currently working on (Kids teaching Kids, Diabetes, Bullying, Verbal Self-Defense, Societal issues, etc...).
6 Months is your chance to share your lessons learned (and taught) on your own page here on the Dream 100. It could be 50 journal entries of you sharing about your training, what you want to achieve, and the posting of questions to make you/us think about challenges and solutions.
6 months is 114 opportunities to focus in on the different aspects of your growth.
6 months is 114 reasons how martial arts has changed your life.
If 10 of our students make 1 post a week, in blog, twitter, or film, that's 360 posts about their journey to black belt and our schools’ value to the community.
6 months is more than enough time to completely master your schedule and time management skills --and to exemplify and motivate everyone in your circle of influence to the same level of commitment.. to life.
6 months is in-depth, open discussions of your ups & downs in your martial arts training to black belt, to really, I mean, REALLY focus on what to do each and every day of your life (different action, different results).
6 Months is time to educate yourself in self-defense, healthy eating, communication skills, healthy learning habits, in bullying issues, and to train yourself to represent ANY material, excellently, in your community.
6 months is time to shed the need to do it all yourself --and learn the power of delegation and people management. It's also time to help 6 other school family members or neighbors to overcome their weaknesses, as they help you overcome yours (reach out).
6 Months is six (at least) invitations to your friends to come and observe and watch you train.
Every single day you have a chance to renew your focus, pay attention to details, and change your course.
The 4 things that can/should occupy your days are:
As a martial arts teacher and a dad, it's only natural that my healthy lifestyle extends beyond the karate school and into my family life.
My wife and my children all have a healthy mindset and a great appreciation for fitness and eating healthy. (watch the video below of my 7 year old son, Christain, having fun exercising at the park)
5 simple suggestions for families who would like to start living a more healthy and fitness life.
1. Make a Game of It
It is important to keep family fitness fun, especially when children are involved. It will then seem less like a chore and the kids may actually look forward to exercise. Go to the park or take a hike. Spend one hour playing games like tag, red light-green light or family tee-ball and touch football. If this doesn't sound fun, stay inside, turn on fun music and dance around for half an hour.
2. Get Creative
Find creative ways to introduce fitness and a healthy lifestyle to your family. Make a rule that if someone watches TV, commercials must be spent doing sit-ups, push ups, jumping jacks or squats. Incorporate chores by turning toy clean-up into a race, or make a basketball game out of throwing dirty clothes in a hamper.
3. Input From Every Family Member
Allow every family member to choose an activity and make a list of possible activities to choose from. This list might include walks, bike rides, dance and fitness videos or martial arts classes. The variety in activities will prevent boredom and will make exercise seem less like a chore.
4. Stay Committed
Set a good example for your kids by staying committed to a healthy lifestyle. Don't allow time-off or breaks in routine unless it can't be helped. If you stay enthusiastic and upbeat about it, your kids will follow suit. Kids will then learn to make fitness a permanent part of their lives.
5. Small Things Matter
If starting a complete family fitness program seems too daunting, start small. Park at the far edge of the mall parking lot in order to walk farther. Take the stairs instead of the elevator or escalator. When picking up or dropping off at school, don't pull up all the way to the front door. Have your child walk around the grocery store instead of riding in a cart. Chances are, your child won't even notice these changes.
These are just some simple ideas, come up with your own. Please share your ideas below in our comments section.
Now, grab your loved ones and get fit!
- Peter Liciaga, Your Mount Laurel Martial Artist
"My wife and I are currently developing an online family fitness challenge resource site."
For more information about the Family Fitness Challenge, emailpliciaga@gmail.com
1. Combat Fitness Training Module (total Time: 9:40:00 Minutes)
a. Kelly Workout (see video above)
2. Striking (Pad Work) Hand & Feet:
a. Combo: Jab/cross/hook, Round kick
3. Take Downs:
a. Double leg take down
4. BJJ/Submission Grappling Drills: (with consideration for punching. COVER UP)
a. Putting it all together - From standing guard: Jab/cross/hook, Round kick, Double leg take down, Take Side mount or Top mount
5. “Mat Time” – using standing combination to double leg take down - 5 x 2 minutes w/20 sec break
Recommendations for Martial Arts Curriculum, for Young People, For Today’s World
This curriculum is assembled, structured, in order to teach what I consider to be “good martial arts.” What I teach today as a man of 50, a man with children, with a grandchild, a man who has outlived one of his children father, and who has outlived some of his friends, is not what I was taught at the age of 30.
What I teach today, with nearly 40 years of experience, is not what I thought I knew when I got my black belt or when I had 15 years or 20 years or 30 years of experience. What I teach today has been shaped, in part, by my many failures, my occasional successes, by my work with inner-city kids, by Nick Vujicic, by Dr. Patch Adams, by Theresa Burroughs, by Tom Callos, by the war for oil in the Persian Gulf, and by the explosion of information technology.
Self-defense, today, is so much bigger than we ever thought about in 1973 or ‘79 or ‘84 or at any time in recent history. It is predicted that 1 in 3 children will be affected by type II diabetes in the next decade. Obesity is considered a national epidemic. And not one of the top 10 killers of men, women, or children has any relation to anything involving a kata, a block, a choke defense, a kick, or reality-based self-defense training.
In the 1950’s and ‘60’s, self-defense books showed defense from soldiers sporting bayonets. If it didn’t show soldiers, it showed men in suits with ties and women in dresses with bonnets like my mother use to wear. In the 1970’s and ‘80’s, self-defense was David Caradine and Bruce Lee. It was Joe Lewis teaching Playboy bunnies in the pages of Black Belt Magazine. It was “the death touch” and really weird guys from Chicago. We spent a lot of time debating what style was most effective on the street.
Today’s self-defense isn’t about “style” at all. It's about what we eat and where that food comes from. It’s about what we consume and where it goes when we throw it away (and where is “away?”). It’s about obesity and diabetes and domestic violence, bullying, ageism, sexism, positive self-images for girls and boys, racial and gender prejudice, Wall Street and corporate greed, pesticides, cancer, drugs, attachment, nationalism, hyper-aggressive masculinity, oil, and so many things that aren’t about the martial arts I grew up on that it is, literally, a whole new era for “self-defense.”
When my young students leave my care, whether after a month or years of practice, I want them to know as much about real fitness as I have the ability to impart. That’s not just physical fitness I’m talking about, but mental, emotional, spiritual, and social “fitness,” as ill health isn’t only a disease of the body. If I knew nothing about the world, I might be content to teach the martial arts I grew up with. Fortunately, I have grown --and so has my martial arts.
I want my students to know real, pedal to the metal self-defense, but not just physical self-defense. Attitude and beliefs about other people, about relationships, about money, about food, about our obligation (or lack thereof) to our communities, about waste, about conformity, violence, and about education, well, these things are just as, if not MORE relevant to personal protection today, than any physical maneuver of “the martial arts.”
As a “Sabom” (master martial arts teacher) in today’s world, my martial arts --and as a result, my curriculum, has changed and evolved as much as the world has between the time President Theodore Roosevelt practiced judo in The White House (1903) and today, July 23, 2011.
Curriculum for Kids.
Community Involvement
Each belt a student advances should require the student to have conceived, planned, and executed a “project” that exemplifies the idea of “out of the dojang and into the world.” The project should engage the student in something they’re interested in, but it MUST help someone or something in the community. Each project should be kept in an on-line “project portfolio.”
Dietary Self-Defense
Each student should be well trained --and practiced --in dietary self-defense. It is absolutely unacceptable that a child should move into his or her high school years and not have a solid understanding of what healthy eating is --and is not.
Peace and Non-Violence Training
Attitudes about conflict, gender roles, race, and the media affect mental health and society’s propensity for violence. No student should go through authentic martial arts training without learning as much about the “art” of peace as they know about the physical aspects of their “martial” art.
Environmental Self-Defense
We can no sooner ignore our impact on the environment as we can walk into a lion’s cage wearing a steak suit. Every young person who goes through the belt ranks of a martial arts “system,” should know the basics of environmental self-defense as well as they know the basics of physical self defense.
Mindfulness Training
The opposite of "being mindful" is "being mindless." Every young martial arts student should know what mindful living is --and have a very full toolbox of resources for all that living as a mindful, aware, and high-functioning human being involves. Furthermore, knowing what mindfulness is, doesn't have 1/1000th the value of knowing how to practice mindfulness. The student who spends any significant amount of time studying the martial arts, should be as proficient at living mindfully as he or she is in the "art" in question.
If you are a parent or someone interested in a curriculum / program that instills the discipline of martial arts that is practical for the world today, contact us using the comments section below. Or, contact Peter Liciaga at pliciaga@gmail.com
This week in our mma program we will be warming up with hand/foot focus mitt drills (pad drills). If you have your own focus mitts bring them.
Our core training this week will be focusing on fitness and developing core strength.
We will also work on bjj partner drills. (see sample video below)
Unfortunately, we cannot train MMA/BJJ all by ourselves. I cannot tell you how important it is to have a good partner. There are training dummies out on the market, but once you learn the move you cannot get any resistance, thus making a good partner extremely important.
What is a good partner?
A good partner will learn the moves with you and work through the motions, slow, and step-by-step with you. This doesn’t mean your partner is a “dead” body, or limp. Maintaining good base, and posture is helpful when learning a new technique. If your partner just lays with all their weight on you, it is far from a learning simulation. Since you are learning the technique, sometimes you may do something wrong, or be “loose” when you should be tight. Your partner should learn how to tell you when and where your mistake is.
Once you have the technique down, and can drill flawlessly, progressive resistance should be applied.
A good partner understands that progressive resistance is not an all out sparring or grappling match. Your partner should take advantage of your mistakes. If you are drilling an armbar, and you forget to keep your knees tight on the transition, your partner should counter/escape. A discussion should then take place as to why he escaped.
So...make sure to contact your friends, ask them to try a class with you and see if you can find a "good" partner.
Safety Equipment
Be sure to bring your safety equipment. Groin protection MUST be worn. Shin guards, gloves for pad work, mouth guard are a must. Forearm guards are optional. You can order all your equipment needs with us.
Here is a video of some sample drills.
Below is a workout I did yesterday with one of my students.
If you are interested in joining our mma program or getting more information, go HERE. If you would like to schedule a free class, go HERE.
Good food is our essence. - If you want to be smarter, better looking, have clearer skin, feel better, run faster, be better at sports, have better health, have more energy, no gimmick in the world compares to pure plain water and good wholesome food.
Through the next 9 lessons we are going to explore what that means. What healthy food is, how to prepare it and how to bring it to your family and community.
Start now by drinking at least 8 glasses of good CLEAN water. Start with a glass upon waking. Before breakfast, INSTEAD of coffee.
Make small changes to start. Have a piece of fruit instead of a danish or muffin. A salad for lunch instead of a sandwich. Nothing beats food as close to its natural state.
It's said in every culture, "You are what you eat!"
We are EXPERTS in teaching children to manage stressand maintain emotional control!
"Among teen boys with an autism spectrum disorder, those who are considered high-functioning are confronted with a greater degree of bullying behavior than their "typically developing" peers, new research indicates.
The observation specifically reflects upon boys aged 12 to 18, and refers to the kind of physical aggression, name-calling, intimidation, rumor-mongering and group exclusion that characterize bullying behavior."
Are you interested or committed to the best you? Get fit...stay fit...never quit! Get ready to change the way you look, feel and act. Are you sick and tired of being sick and tired? Would you like to get rid of a few unwanted pounds and a ton of stress? The 90 Day Fitness Challenge will include:
*Bi-Weekly Weigh Ins
*Monthly Progress Evaluations
*Nutrition Tips and Guidelines
*Support
Does your spouse, friend or co-worker want to participate? Ask us about the details of how you and a friend can win $500. Call us at 856-235-0414 or visit us was http://www.dinotokarate.com/ for more details.
Full of Good and Great and Ingenious ways to stay in shape, educate and protect his family...and the community.
Not enough discipline to start a healthy lifestyle, you ask? Maybe. But if you don't try to implement the best way to develop discipline you have only yourself to blame. You have to start with one idea -- martial arts. Watch, listen and read all the blogs and videos on our website (http://www.dinotokarate.com/) and listen to your heart about what is the right thing to do.
Discipline. The ability to teach. Self-Discipline: The ability to teach YOURSELF.
Discipline. This is the thing that you need to commit to and should concentrate on developing. Martial arts training with a good -- I mean GREAT -- martial arts instructor that LIVES the disciplined life IS the place to start. Don't try to do it with someone that is not living it.
Remember it takes time to develop discipline, but this is ONLY when you find that right teacher and environment. Martial arts is the RIGHT environment...well, at least at Dinoto Karate Center! Check them out at http://www.dinotokarate.com/!
Rome wasn't built in a day. Niether was the discipline of Peter Liciaga (http://www.peterliciaga.org/) one of DKC's full-time senior instructors.
Do you need discipline? How about your children?
We are the best at teaching discipline! Find out for yourself.
For the past several months I’ve been posting videos, photos, commentary and insights in the various areas of martial arts training - self-defense, fitness, diet, anti-bullying, anger management, verbal self-defense, training for over 50, girls self-esteem, boys positive self-image...oh, yeah, even some kicks, punches, grappling and weapons training. Some of you have been to my Facebook page for Peter Liciaga to see more photos, watch videos or ask a question (http://www.facebook.com/pliciaga). Others have followed my tweets at http://twitter.com/#!/peterliciaga where you’ll see even more comments and videos but mostly my thoughts on what I’m experiencing at any particular moment during my own training to 5th degree black belt.
I’ve also linked off both of these sites to http://www.peterliciaga.org/ , my BETA site being designed and built for parents, educators and martial artists to connect and communicate with community projects, resources and experts in several fields. Here’s a link to a couple of channels with videos I’ve been able to load up during my training:
What’s great about all of these different mediums is how they allow both the martial artists and the students (or soon to be student) to learn more about great martial arts, all at the click of a mouse. In one case, you can “fan” me on the Peter Liciaga Facebook page and my updates and self-defense article links will show up periodically on your wall. You can encourage family, friends and neighbors to do the same and they will see those same updates. If you want to read my articles and see links to other media from my training, workshops and events, then you can go to Twitter and follow me at PLiciaga. Twitter allows me to communicate one-on-many or one-on-one with people interested in the kinds of projects and training I’m working on at that moment.
Finally there is DinotoKarate.com and what I call our current “work in progress” as we finalize a number of enhancements that will make it the “go to” place for you to communicate and connect with anything that has to do with martial arts and self-defense. For instance, if you would like information about bullying, there's our Stop Bullying Now Project; or if it's anger management for children, you have Anger411. Or, how about 10 Simple Lessons for Self Defense for Youth? From my Flip Camera or my Smart Phone to my laptop, my online channels and websites, I was able to create video lessons, even a brief commentary, and immediately post them to my Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/pliciaga), my Twitter page at (http://twitter.com/#!/peterliciaga) and my here on my blog.
If you had been following either or both of these platforms, you would have been able to share in these experiences and share them with your friends as well. As you know, friends are always looking for information and ideas about martial arts, safety, bullying, protection, including developing the discipline to lose weight and get fit.
My ultimate goal is to be able to provide insights to both you and your freinds that will inspire a healthy lifestyle. This month it’s the Mardi Gras Spring Fling Celebration at Dinoto Karate Center , as you’ve seen from my many updates. Next month I’m off to Greensboro, Alabama with my camera and laptop to help build a home for an elderly lady, make some repairs in the community and teach some seminars/workshops to the youth along with 50 to 100 fellow martial arts masters and their students. Stay tuned.
More importantly, tune into my where-abouts and "up to's" via whatever medium you feel most comfortable with and I’ll do my best to keep you in tune with what I see, hear, learn and experience. For one more way to see what I’m up to, visit http://www.peterliciaga.org/
Peter Liciaga is an Education Activist, Master Martial Arts Instructor, Self-Defense Expert and Key Note Speaker working with youth, parents, educators and community leaders.
Dinoto Karate will be conducting a "Catch Up" Clinic for those candidates eligible for the April Dan Shim Sa. The clinic will be held on Saturday, March 5th from 1:30PM to 3:00PM. This is a great opportunity to catch up on any missed material. Master Dinoto will review the ENTIRE TEST!!!! (Wish I had that when I went for my Black Belt).
If you are interested, you must enroll and pay the fee with me before March 5th. Space is limited.
If you're over the age of 30, should you consider studying the martial arts?
Well, yes --and no.
You should consider a regular, daily, exercise program, for sure. A sensible one; one that starts slow and lets your fitness sneak up on you (rather than hitting you over the head with it).
A martial arts program certainly has the potential to be a wonderfully complete training program, as it includes stretching, strength training, aerobic exercise, and requires a kind of mental focus akin to deep meditation. That is, if the instructor you choose is old enough to have the right kind of experience. Instructors that are under the age of 30 are often spectacular athletes, but they don’t know what it’s like to be out of shape, to be 30-plus, and they tend to lean towards competition and acrobatics --and trust me, at 30 the last thing you need is acrobatics.
But Oh, find a great teacher and the martial arts can become your best friend. The training can keep you supple, sharp, and clear thinking. A martial arts school, directed by a conscientious teacher, can be a centering, inspiring, refreshing place that you love going to --and leave thinking about your next session.
As a teacher at 49 and getting ready to turn 50, I'm so much more careful, more balanced, more patient. After training for over 40 years and teaching for almost 20, I'm finally starting to get good at it.
Yes, look to the martial arts for some new perspective on your life, after the age of 30. It’s not too late, even at 40, 50, or 60. To choose a school take their trial course (which should be free or close to it). All the best schools offer new students an opportunity to test drive “the car” before buying. I think you should try my school, of course, but I might be a tad bit prejudice.
If you’re thinking about taking classes, allow me to be the first to invite you in. Mention that you’re over 30 and I will offer you a free private lesson and a couple of group lessons to try us out (no strings attached). Warning: It’s fun, affordable, and invigorating. It’s never too late to start working out. The most difficult aspect of exercise is taking that first step.
Here are two simple self-defense tips, a one-minute-read, that could save your life --and/or the life of someone you love.
Ready?
Eat MINDFULLY. Eating without paying attention causes you to eat the wrong things and/or too much food. Doing either (or both) could, as they say, “take the shine off your shoes.” Heart disease, diabetes, and all sorts of ailments await the person who doesn’t practice mindful eating. Look to the video, below, for for some mindful eating basics (it’s Harvard Professor, Dr. Lilian Cheung, co-author ofSavor, Mindful Eating, Mindful Life): The video is here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Emd9q6_o6Z0
The self-defense expert Sanford Strong, author ofStrong on Defense, sets forth four survival rules that everyone should know if faced with a dangerous situation or attack:
React immediately
Resist,
Avoid crime scene #2
Never give up.
Want more? (We want you to want more!)
We are actively recruiting women (mothers and daughters) in our community for an upcoming 2 hour “What I Need to Know About Self-Defense” workshop. If you would like to be on our “Self-Defense Tips” mailing list and/or hear more about our workshops, please contact us here: masterliciaga@dinotokarate.com or call me Peter Liciaga directly at 856-235-0414.
(No charge - but we'd love it if you stopped by for a FREE class!) (Here are some tried and true tips to stay on track in 2011. You've probably heard most of these before, but it's always good to review them every once in a while because we KNOW we don't always follow them!)
Don't grocery shop when you're hungry. Just don't do it!
If you don't buy those snacks, you won't eat them. Do NOT keep snacks in the house!
Eat your fruit first, vegetables second - and everything else third. "Everything else" should consist of healthy choices - and hopefully all those fruits and veggies will keep you from being a little piggy with the "everything else"!
Regular, daily exercise. No, you don't have to come to our gym every day, but you HAVE TO HAVE TO HAVE TO stay active. Use those stairs, park farther away - you know the drill. (And you can come to a fitness class every other day or so!)
Don't load up that giant plate. Use a smaller plate. If you must have more, take your time with it. Give your food a chance to tell your brain that you're really not hungry anymore! And keep the serving dishes in the kitchen so you'll at least get a little exercise having to get up and go get your seconds and thirds...
Health means diet AND exercise. Losing fat AND gaining muscle are the keys to a healthier body.
Losing fat is about 2/3 diet and 1/3 exercise.
Gaining muscle is about 2/3 exercise and 1/3 diet.
We can help. We can make it more fun!
NEW MORNING & EVENING ZUMBA FITNESS CLASSES NOW AVAILABLE AT DINOTO KARATE CENTER!
Almost 50 kids enjoy 3-hours of obstacle courses, re-breakable board challenges, music, karate, dancing, pizza and high-energy fun & excitement at Dinoto Karate Center's 3rd annual Parent's Night Out while parents enjoyed a night out on the town!
Led by education activist Peter Liciaga and the DKC event staff, the kids were treated to an evening of non-stop high-energy fun!
The theme of the event was "Operatation Domination - We Will Rock You!" Teaching the kids that they have the power to make a difference in their families and communities. Whatever they have a passion for or care about, they can be a voice that can be heard. Whether it is girls self-esteem, a positive male self-image, anti-bullying, environmental awareness, diet & health, fitness, animal rights, whatever they feel passionate about, they can be the voice that makes the difference!
We are looking for youth that want to make a difference in their communities. Find out about our Project Based Leadership Program and join the "Operatation Domination - We Will Rock You!" campaign.
Call Peter Liciaga at 856-235-0414 to find out more, or email him at pliciaga@gmail.com
Did you, by chance, see the article on-line that reported a study about drinking diet soda? The report suggested that there was a 61% higher risk of vascular events (like strokes and heart attacks) for people who drank a diet soda every day. Now whether that report is accurate or not is not the issue. What IS the issue is that your health is linked to what you (do or do not) consume. This is so important an aspect of self-defense that my colleagues and I have started a website called www.DietarySelfDefense.com . Nutritionist and black belt Mike Tubbs oversees the site --and loads plate-fulls of useful reminders and information there.
Food and nutrition information is finding its way into our schools and on to our mats too (not to mention, in our mouths!). It’s about time!
Self-defense training is so much more than learning how to handle yourself in a hand-to-hand combat situation. If self-defense (of any kind) is of interest to you, call us. We’re collecting stories, people, and ideas around the topic of, well, EVERYTHING Self-Defense.
Our contact information: Peter Liciaga c/o Dinoto Karate Center, Mt. Laurel NJ
In the martial arts, to make true and worthwhile progress, you would do well to have a few "things."
One of those things is patience. Patience means you look at the long-term benefits of steady, consistent training; not too hard and not to easy, but training that’s varied, interesting, and --eventually --both meditative and challenging.
Another thing is the big picture view. Your martial arts practice should not be limited to --or even predominately on --the mat. The awareness, the calmness, the confidence, should make it’s way off of the mat and into your world.
“My favorite saying about the martial arts and life is,'My life is my dojo.'” --Tom Callos ( http://www.tomcallos.com/ )
And yet another great thing to have is an instructor with a brain and some awareness. It’s a great, great thing to have friends and mentors who have the makings for a full picnic lunch --and it’s a real bummer when you end up hanging out with someone who turns out to have brought the basket, but forgot to pack the sandwiches.
Oh, and a really wonderful thing to have is a good diet. Without a good diet, the body doesn’t cooperate the way it should and training is never as much fun or as productive as it could (and should) be.
If you’re considering martial arts classes as a way to have some fun while polishing those “things” that you like most about yourself, consider checking us out here. I like to give new students a good, healthy opportunity to see what the training is like (we always start slow and easy). If you have questions, please, call this number: 856-235-0414.
