Children's Program
The Martial Arts Center of Austin has one of the most
outstanding programs for children in all of central texas. We
teach children all three aspects of unarmed self defense including
striking (kicking and punching), throwing (joint-locking &
body throwing), & grappling (defending yourself on the ground).
But more than anything, we focus on a healthy amount of all kinds
of exercise (including pushups, situps, lunges) & fun combined with
several different drills teaching personal safety and bully awareness.
Many parents ask us if their children will learn self respect while
learning self defense. The answer is emphatically YES. Every single
aspect of a good martial arts school stresses the importance of
always finishing all of your homework and getting good grades at
school, respecting all of your elders (ie - obeying your parents,
grandparents, teachers, etc.), completing all of your chores when
mom and dad say to, using respectful language at all times, and
being an overall example to other children as to how to be a leader.
And since children have very creative minds with tons of energy to
burn, we show them how martial arts can allow them to exercise
those active minds and bodies and still choose right from wrong.
And, as mentioned on our home page, we are extremely proud
to be the one and only school (and one of the only in the country)
to be teaching the Japanese language in our program. At every
belt level, both children and adults have the opportunity to learn
to read, write and speak Japanese. Our method of education
greatly exceeds that of any other school around. Your child will
be learning so much language study that by the time they reach
their black belt, they will be able to read a Japanese newspaper.
We teach numerous kanji (japanese characters) and then we step
by step show the students how to write the characters in the
correct manner. Then, we break it down into very simple phrases
so that they can easily retain the information and begin speaking
it immediately. And the best part, it doesn�t cost you any more for
this program. Its already included in the regular low monthly fee.
Just like adults, children wish to join a martial arts school for all
kinds of different reasons. Some wish to learn how to defend
themself if ever a larger child approached them at school. Some
want to join to gain self confidence (while mom and dad are looking
for some good self discipline). But many like the idea of just having
some good old fashioned fun. And even though its hard work,
martial arts teaches children early on that life is full of challenges.
But here at our school, we educate our students to understand that
its those very challenges that make us into upstanding individuals
in society. And one of the best parts is that children make some of
the most amazing friendships that last their entire life.