Judo increases your child’s ability to handle adverse situations / conditions - Judo teaches your child to keep trying even when things are difficult. Judo helps guide your child’s personal development.
Judo is a lifelong activity for children, adults and the whole family - Many children and adults need to express themselves physically. Judo offers them a safe way to do so. Judo is an activity for your entire lifetime, and has the ability to allow an entire family to train together. Many Judoka continue to practice and even compete when in their 60's and 70's.
Judo as a training tool has built within its system the ability to provide a better sense of true accomplishments because there is “No make believe” in its training. Judo is safe - According to the American College of Sports Medicine, Judo is the safest contact sport for children under 13 years old. You can learn many skills by practicing Judo techniques, which help you, shine in other sports.
Judo as a fitness program is a rigorous and demanding physical activity. The practice of judo techniques helps people develop basic and fundamental physical fitness in a number of ways, such as the development of strength, flexibility, agility, speed, dynamic and static balance, explosive power, and endurance. The practice of active attack and defense helps develop reaction time, coordination, and overall physical self-confidence. It's an excellent sport to cross-train in because it offers great development in balance, kinesthetic awareness, coordination and ruggedness.
Judo as a martial art is practiced in 187 countries and is comprised of various techniques that are used extensively throughout the world by a large number of law enforcement agencies and armed services around the globe. It has the unique ability to either subdue an opponent without inflicting bodily harm or to have the ability to utilize deadly force as the situation requires it.
Our Focus is YOU! - Do you want to train how to fall to minimize injury when accidentally falling?
- Do you want to lose weight, control cholesterol and diabetes, release stress, build up your strength and be in good shape?
- More than that, do you want to learn self defense to protect yourself and your love ones in case you need it?
- A fun learning center for young children
- A serious training dojo for local through international competitors
- A family friendly fitness center to help you lose weight and maintain health awareness
- A training faculty that can help empower you to take your current career whatever it may be to the next level
Try it out yourself! Meet with our head coach Jay Brooks - the president of the Massachusetts Judo Association, and a 2010 world masters champion.
You can do Judo! Come and Join us! Life is full of adventure and happiness. Be Focused, Be Strong, Be Flexible, Be Confident, Be Clear Minded, and BE HAPPY!