It’s HOT yet kids still need exercise
Dehydration and Heat Illness With the hot days of summer come summer sports -- baseball, tennis, football practice -- both in the neighborhood and at camp. Before you send the kids out to practice -- or just for a long day of play in the sun -- learn to protect your...
Teaching Self Defense still the best way to reduce sexual assault
Original article by Erin Anderssen. The Globe and Mail, June 10th, 2015 (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/study-shows-resistance-tactics-work-to-prevent-campus-sexual-assault/article24905250/) A landmark Canadian study instructed participants on how to confront the...
Newsletter 3rd Week of May
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The benefits of Board Breaking
Board breaking is an interesting practice for people that are not accustomed to Martial Arts training. It almost seems insane to take your hands and feet and batter them against a piece of intimate wood that has not done anything to hurt you in the first place. And...
Learning to Earn your Belt Back
We wanted to share the story of Morgan and her mom Brianna, and we are extremely grateful for allowing us to use their example for other students as they work to their Black Belt. Over our time in the Martial Arts, we have met all kinds of people, and their reason...
We wanted to share the story of Morgan and her mom Brianna, and we are extremely grateful for allowing us to use their example for other students as they work to their Black Belt. Over our time in the Martial Arts, we have met all kinds of people, and their reason...
Learning Self Control through Martial Arts
Every once in a while we will run into a special story that really touches our hearts and make us grateful to be Martial Arts Professionals. This is the story of Georgia (real name this time), a student of ours who has been training at our Mission Viejo studio for a...
Tournaments
Dear USSD Family, The Winter Tournament is coming really Fast! For those of you who are new to our system, our tournaments are done a few times during the year, some Regional like this one, and some National encompassing a greater amount of schools. You can...
Improving Grades through Martial Arts
We would like to share a beautiful success story that climaxed with great results, to the joy of one of our most dedicated families. For the purposes of this story we will use the name Trevor to keep our student’s anonymity. Trevor has been working out at our studio...
How Can the Kubotan Save your Life
The Kubotan is a very practical and versatile weapon. It looks a lot like a heavy key chain but it works primarily as a self defense weapon. Many people wonder if this weapon can be used for real and we wanted to share the story of a student of ours who used it with...