Martial Posture Studio

Our Programs

Bear Cubs Program (Kids 4 to 7)

Bear Cub Basics
Belt levels: white, white/gold, white/orange
Program Length: 6 months
Research tell’s us that a child's personality is formed by seven years of age. The Bear Cubs Basics Program is designed to help young students understand the underlying foundation of martial arts. It is focused more on developing the mind and spirit of the students to better prepare them for a future of advanced martial arts training and for life in general. Our professional staff will work with students to develop physical skills such as strength, flexibility, coordination, and agility, but, more importantly, we will teach them that a martial artist must have focus, respect, courtesy, compassion, kindness and drive in order to achieve his/her goals. They will learn drills and exercises that will condition their minds and bodies and will have fun doing it.

Bear Cub Advanced
Belt levels: white/purple, white/blue, white/green, white/red
Program Length: 12 months
This level is designed for students that have a firm hold on the curriculum of the Level 1 Bear Cubs program. Levels 2 and 3 are designed to prepare students to graduate into the Black Belt Training Program, which is a program designed for children interested in pursuing the rank of Junior Black Belt. The physical aspects of the curriculum will be more emphasized than in level 1. The level of complexity and sophistication will be higher and the children will be expected to behave with a higher level of maturity. The classes are a bit longer and it is treated as “black belt training prep school”.

Kenpo Basics Program (Kids 8 to 14)

Program Length: 10 months
Belt levels: white, white/yellow, yellow, yellow/orange & orange
Our Basic Training program, comparable to 'freshman year', is designed to help young students understand the underling foundation of martial arts. Our professional staff will work with students not only to develop physical skill, but also teach that a martial artist must have focus, respect, courtesy, and drive in order to achieve his/her goals. They will learn drills and exercises that will condition their minds and bodies for higher levels of training in the future. Our goal at this level is to help each student realize that the road to black belt may be challenging, but if we stay focused on our goals and contain the good qualities of the martial artist within us, we can accomplish anything we put our mind to. After about 10 months of training your child my qualify for our Black Belt Training program. The Black Belt Training Program is the heart of our children’s program and is designed for kids serious about the pursuit of black belt. If your child doesn’t qualify we will recommend other schools or activities that may better fit their needs.

Kenpo & Kickboxing Basics Program (Adults)

Program Length: 12 months
Belt levels: white, yellow, orange, purple
Our Basic Training program, comparable to 'freshman year', is designed to help students understand the underling foundation of martial arts. Our professional staff will work with students to develop self-defense and fighting skills, get them into great shape, and will give them a good overall education in martial arts and fitness. you will learn drills and exercises that will condition your mind and body for higher levels of training in the future. Our goal at this level is to help each student realize that the road to black belt may be challenging, but if we stay focused on our goals and contain the good qualities of the martial artist within us, we can accomplish anything we put our mind to. After about 12 months of training you may qualify for our Black Belt Training program. The Black Belt Training Program is the heart of our Adult program and is designed for individuals serious about the pursuit of Kenpo black belt. If you don’t qualify we will recommend other schools or activities that may better fit your needs.

Tai Chi Chuan (Adults)

Tai Chi is an ancient Chinese philosophy based on the principle of polarity. Beginning with the concepts of Heaven and Earth the ancients categorized all phenomena into their positive and negative positions. This they called Yin and Yang, for example Earth is Yin and Heaven is Yang, furthermore the Moon is Yin and Sun is Yang. It is said that one who practices Tai Chi diligently will gain the strength of a lumberjack, the pliability of a baby, and the peace of a sage. We offer an ongoing introductory level class. In this class the basic fundamentals are taught. It is designed to help you understand the stances and underlying structural principles along with the foot maneuvers and arm actions. As well, we will explore the Concepts of breathing and Chi. The introductory level course is a 12 week program. After a 12 week span you may be eligible to graduate to the intermediate level class where you will learn more advanced Tai chi dance forms. In this intermediate class it will take about 10 months before you understand the concepts and principles well enough to continue on your own. Usually one year is enough time to grasp an understanding of Tai Chi and be able to practice and continue on your own. If you wish to go further however there are many different forms of Tai Chi including weapon sets and two person exercises. You could easily spend a lifetime and not exhaust what there is to learn.