Backyard Ninjas Program

During this coronavirus time, we are happy to bring our Kids Kung-Fu lessons to your backyard! Always safe distance & masks on if ever within 6 feet.

Your child's confidence is our business! We breathe love and confidence into them, until they believe in themselves!

Your child can expect to enter a fun and active class meant to introduce kids to the martial arts in a way that is safe and engaging. We offer a rare and exciting martial arts style: Indonesian Silat. And we combine teaching this martial art with teaching skills to help kids become:

  • confident and strong

  • able to build inner strength

  • able to stand up for themselves

  • able to keep themselves safe

The general class format is as follows: bowing in (a practice which shows respect for our training space and for each other), meditation or breathing exercises, cardiovascular warm-up with animal movement, stretching, skill building, verbal and physical self-defense, strikes to the pad, learning forms, and a closing circle.

Note: this program is for kids between the ages 5 to 12.

Benefits

  • Physical Fitness: balance, flexibility, coordination, body strengthening, muscle toning and building, and cardiovascular conditioning.

  • Physical Self-Defense: blocks, “ready” stance, primary targets, hand and foot strikes, holding one’s ground, and creative responses to common grabs.

  • Verbal Self-Defense: tone of voice, setting limits, saying no, stating needs, de-escalation, assertiveness, and naming unwanted behaviors.

  • Conflict Resolution: “I” messages, listening skills, getting outside help, talking about feelings, and brainstorming.

  • Non-Verbal Self-Defense: intuition, eye-contact, visualization, body language, circle of safety, and positive self-talk.

  • Breath Awareness Education: respect, boundaries, cooperation, responsibility, threats, secrets, and bribes.

 

Spirit of the Heart Believes That…

  • Children deserve to feel safe.

  • Children learn respect by being respected.

  • Children can learn to resolve situations non-violently.

  • By learning how to defend themselves physically, children gain the confidence to choose spontaneous and creative responses to conflicts.

  • Children are capable of defending themselves by using their minds, voices, and bodies.

  • Children are creative, fun, and capable. These qualities deserve to be nurtured and supported.

 

Prices

  • Backyard Ninja lessons start at just $40.

Note: no travel charge if within 15 minute drive from Easthampton studio.