Hello Mindful Martial Arts Community,
I trust you are all settling into the new school year and finding a good steady rhythm for your family.
[Special Note: There are no classes during our Fall Break, from Oct 7 - 11. Check out our Calendar for more info!]
Check Out Our New Video! A Huge Thanks to Our Amazing Community
Our video shoot was a success! We’re thrilled to share a special new video that gives a visual insight into the incredible training your children are part of at Mindful Martial Arts. It's a fantastic way to show family and friends what makes our program so unique, especially if they’ve ever wondered exactly what your kids are learning in class.
We encourage you to share this video with your family and friends to show off the amazing skills your kids are developing. It’s a wonderful way to highlight their hard work and commitment and explain why this program is so impactful. Plus, it’s a great way to introduce others to the benefits of this training!
A massive thank you to the wonderful families who dedicated their afternoon to make this video happen. Your support was invaluable, and the kids were incredible on camera! Special thanks also go to our talented videographer, Zero Kazama, who did an amazing job capturing the essence of our program. If you ever need high-quality, professional video work, we wholeheartedly recommend Zero.
We hope you enjoy the video and are excited to share it with your community!
And here is our special video just highlighting our Mini Ninjas class, with some powerful testimonials from parents:
Power-Up Private Lessons with Coach Gabe
Coach Gabe is now offering private lessons—a great way for your child (or you!) to sharpen your skills, improve your technique, and progress more quickly in rank.
With personalized attention, your child will receive focused instruction to advance their game and achieve their jiu-jitsu goals faster.
Beyond martial arts, Coach Gabe’s background in youth life coaching ensures that these sessions also help build confidence, resilience, and goal-setting skills, supporting both on-the-mat and off-the mat success.
Learn more and book a private lesson here:
Building Emotional Regulation Through Martial Arts
At Mindful Martial Arts, we focus on more than just physical skills. We strive to also help kids develop emotional regulation—a crucial ability to manage and express emotions in developmentally appropriate ways. We treat children with compassion while guiding them to find healthy ways to navigate their feelings, emphasizing that there are appropriate times, places, and ways to express emotions.
What is Emotional Regulation?
Emotional regulation allows children to handle feelings like anger, aggression, and frustration without becoming overwhelmed. At Mindful Martial Arts, we demonstrate that while all emotions are valid, certain behaviors may not be. Instead of suppressing feelings, we help kids feel, understand, and manage them, building better emotional control over time.
How Our Program Helps
We support the development of emotional regulation skills through:
- Mindfulness: Teaching kids to observe and recognize emotions without judgment.
- Role-playing: Helping them understand and manage anger, aggression, and frustration constructively.
- Social-Emotional Learning (SEL): Building empathy, communication, and teamwork.
Why Emotional Regulation Matters in Martial Arts
Keeping ourselves safe starts with regulating our emotions which, if uncontrolled, may lead us into unnecessary fights. We feel it's our responsibility to teach these regulation skills alongside martial arts so that they have the capacity to use their skills responsibly.
Refer your friends
How has Mindful Martial Arts benefitted your Keiki and Ohana? Can you think of two friends who you think might really benefit in similar ways? If you can, please let them know! We have room for about 5 more students in each of our age groups. Mini Ninjas (ages 4-6), Samurai Squad (ages 6-12), and Mindful Warriors (ages 9-17).
Aloha, from the Mindful Martial Arts Admin Team:
Admin Rebekah, Admin Kellie and Coach Gabe
808-400-4185
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