Marion Martial Arts

Sparring class today!!!! Don't forget your mouthpiece!!!!

Technique of the Week: Outside Block

Remember, Thursday is sparring class!! Bring mouthpieces!

Technique of the Week- Front Kick

Never stop training, never stop learning. Our instructors had a grand time learning from top of the line masters and grand masters this weekend. Playing with old friends and making new ones!

Please remember to get two classes in next week for kids, we are only open Monday and Tuesday. All instructors will be away training for Thursday the 16th, Saturday the 18th, and Monday the 20th. Practice at home!

This Saturday is Open Dojang! What is that? We do a 3 hour Hap Ki Do session from 9-12 and a 3 hour Tae Kwon Do session from 1-4. Come join us for some fun!

Greetings, As most of you know, I'm not just the TKD instructor at Marion First UMC, I'm also the pastor. I've had a pastoral care circumstance arise this afternoon and so kids' class is cancelled today. Normal class next week. Stay cool and have a great weekend! Blessings,... Brent See more

Teaching is such a wonderful privilege. I get to pass along things that literally have changed and guided my life. Martial arts is SO much more than any sense of fighting. Self-defense is a by product. Far greater is figuring out who we are and how our bodies work and interact in amazing ways. We can smash wood. We can take energy and add it to our own to produce incredible results. We can trust each other to do harmful things without harming each other. We can ...slip up and accidentally whack each other and learn instant forgiveness and even laughter in the moment....and somehow it brings us closer. Just so you know. Here in Marion, we're not interested in producing fighting machines. We are interested in producing better human beings. Self-Defense in this day and age, to be honest, isn't about who is the better fighter. It's about choices, character, kindness, and compassion. What are our tenets? Courtesy: I put other before myself Integrity: I say what I mean and mean what I say Self Control: I control my body, my body does not control me Perseverance: I finish what I start Indomitable Spirit: I happen to the world, the world does not happen to me. And we end with: I will treat others as I would like to be treated. Can we pass along anything more wonderful?

Heading to Schoolhouse Gym & Studio tonight for HapKiDo applications to Pyung Ahn O Dan and maybe a little more! See you there, it's gonna be fun!!!

In observance of Memorial Day, we will not be having our kid's class on Monday. Also, a thought. Memorial Day is about remembering those who have given their lives in service to the country. This is the spirit of the day and I hope you take a moment to consider it. In martial arts, it takes me a different path of thought. Dave Lowry, one of my favorite contributors to Black Belt magazine back in the day, had a wonderful observation in his advanced ranks. When asked a...bout his rank/experience he wouldn't tout his grade or the trophies he'd won. Rather he'd talk about the instructors that made him who he had become in his art. Never forget, or in a more proactive term remember, where you came from. Who taught you? Who inspired you? Whatever level of martial artist you are, who gave you the tools to become that? Remember, and be grateful.

Hello all! A couple reminders. 1. Classes continue as normal through summer. 2. After Memorial Day we go to optional T-shirts rather than full tops through Labor Day. T-shirts should be modest. No spaghetti or tank tops. Enjoy the cool!

I've been so thrilled with the kids coming to class, even with masking required. We're very much back up and going as per normal. I know the masking for some is preventing participation. Let me know if you would like to see us stream the class via Zoom or Google meet. If it would help I'm happy to set up a computer to make it happen!!!!

Knife Defense that anyone can do! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvlrnc7hlQI