Tai Chi Chu'uan
All ages welcome; Recommended for ages 50 and up.
Benefits of Tai Chi include stress reduction, increased balance and mobility, and improved wellness overall.
This Chinese martial art's slow, graceful movements with an emphasis on balance make it a great activity for anyone looking for something relaxing or less strenuous. Many students find the forms practice to be therapeutic
because it links mind and body. GMA instructors have experience teaching the elderly and other populations in both classroom and seminar formats. Martial Arts training and philosophy teaches us ways to better manage and balance
our lives. Instead of just training the body, experience what it is like to develop the mind, body, and spirit.
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Little Dragons
Ages 4 - 6
Benefits of Little Dragons include improved basic motor skills, listening ability, health and safety knoweledge, and character development.
This national program is designed to help children enter school and society with a more confident outlook. THey will become better students in school, better listeners at home, and more enthusiastic about the future. Important
safety skills and stranger danger concepts are also taught. Little Dragons will enhance positive development by providing your child with the right combination of martial arts training, discipline, respect, and fun drills that
are age specific, with out having to learn movements and patterns too complicated for their age.
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Tae Kwon Do
Ages 7 and up - Families welcome!
Benefits of Tae Kwon Do include character development, athleticism, and the experience of a traditional martial arts culture.
GMA's Tae Kwon Do program provides traditional values such as discipline, respect, focus, and confidence. Quotes of the week reinforce other life skills and leadership qualities such as goal setting, perseverance, and a culture
of excellenct referred to as black belt attitude. Lots of structure and discipline make TKD ideal for children and befinners. Many children with ADHD, who are on the autism spectrum, or who simply need a little more dicsipline
and focus have enjoyed success in our TKD program. Physically, TKD is Korean Karate with an emphasis on kicking and forms of training. Large total body movements are excellent for developing coordination and athleticism, while
the sport component improces conditioning. Although predominantly children, TKD is open to anyone and makes a great family activity.
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Hap Ki Do
Ages 13 and up
Benefits of Hap Ki Do include self-defense, increased situational awareness, and increased fitness.
Hapkido is an eclectic, well rounded Korean martial art with an exciting variety of techniques. GMA's HKD program has an emphasis on combatives and self-defense, making it ideal for law enforcement and similar groups. It is
focused less of routines and more on "scenarios" such as if you are grabbed or choked. Other arts are sometimes integrated, but this is not a sport MMA class. This class is for adults who want a mentally engaging workout and practical
self-defense skills.
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Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
Kids class: ages 7 - 13 ; Adults class: ages 13 and up
Benefits of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu include fitness, self-defense, and camaraderie.
BJJ is a grappling art that employs proper positioning, lerage, and technique to gain control and submit an opponent of any size on the ground. BJJ has been proven successful both in the realm of self-defense and the sport
of MMA. BJJ is also a sport in and of itself and GMA has regularly been host to world champions. Rolling against 100% resistance and drilling for competition provides a total workout and builds camaraderie among Team Gentry. True
BJJ is absolutely a technical and thinking game as well.
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Stickfighting
Ages 10 and up
Benefits of stickfighting include self-defense and improved coordination.
The Filipino martial arts (generic terms include Kali, Escrima, Arnis) have a strong tradition of effective fighting particularly with bladed weapons or sticks. Although the movements work well empty handed as well, these
styles are unique in that they put more emphasis on the weapons while training, which has many benefits beyond the self-defense applications and developing an appreciation and healthy respect of those weapons. Stickfighting is
great for developing hand eye coordination, better hand dexterity on both sides, reaction time, and sensitivity. The patterns and drills challenge the brain as well as the body. While excellent for law enforcement and those wanting
effective self-defense against weapons (used in a realistic manner), it also less athletic (no high kicks, no big falls, etc.) in some ways and might be a better fit for someone who can't move as well in the other classes. GMA
teaches stickfighting as a regularly occurring monthly workshop. (Our schedule is simply already too full). Our curriculum is not a particular style but rather generic concepts in the Dan Inosanto tradition through Martial Concepts.
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FAST Defense
Kids FAST - Bully and Abduction Defense - Ages 5 and up
FAST Basics - Ages 13 and up
FAST Stress Shooting - Ages 18 and up
The purpose of Fear Adrenaline Stress Training is self-defense.
FAST uses cutting edge training methodologies and realistic scenario training to deal with the shock and adrenaline of being verbally and physically assaulted. It also teches boundary setting and dealing with the "interview"
that precedes many attacks, abductions, and even bullying or harrassment. The non-physical skills are not taught in most martal arts schools. In just 3.5 hours, participants gain empowerment through a whole new skill set to deal
with confrontation. FAST classes have a strong team building component, and GMA has taught FAST to groups and companies across multiple states. Kids FAST is a PG version of the adult class that deals with how to avoid becoming
a target of bullying and abductions and how to establish effective boundaries. FAST stess shooting takes the FAST methodology and applies it to the responsible ownership and deployment of a handgun. Defensice shooting in stress
scenarios cannot be duplicated on the range.
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