YMCA Martial Arts for Everyone.
The YMCA is proud to present the Martial Arts Program. Coordinator Dave Lachley and his staff of instructors will teach simple yet effective techniques to create Defensive Tactics using their 20 years of law enforcement and 25 years of Martial Arts experience to meet your needs. The training methods used will prepare you for all types of competition, such as jiu-hitsu and various striking competitions, which can result in getting you prepared for MMA competition if desired. As a parent, if you are interested in signing your child up, being a part of this program can offer the following benefits to him or her: Fitness, concentration, humility, self-esteem, self-control, indomitable spirit, and social interaction. Not to mention, lots of fun!
The pups class is for children between the ages of 4-7 on Tuesday nights at 5 pm. Each session is 6 weeks long. The price is $20 for members and $35 for non-members. New pups will begin with white belts. The color of their belt changes based on their progression.
The lil bulldogs class is for children between the ages of 8-11 on Thursday nights at 5 pm. Each session is 6 weeks long. The price is $20 for members and $35 for non-members. New pups will begin with white belts. The color of their belt changes based on their progression.
The big dawgs class is for children between the ages of 12-18 on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday nights at 6 pm. Each session is 6 weeks long. The price is $35 for members and $50 for non-members. Whether you have previous martial arts experience or not, the instructors will push you based on your skill set.
The adult class works alongside the big dawgs class on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday nights at 6 pm. Each session is 6 weeks long. The price is $35 for members and $50 for non-members. Whether you have previous martial arts experience or not, the instructors will push you based on your skill set. Some of the adults in this class are also professional MMA fighters who train for intense competition
The women’s defense class is designed to teach women the proper techniques to defend themselves in an attack situation. The class is scheduled periodically throughout the year. Visit back for more details and class schedules.
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a martial art, combat sport, and a self defense system that focuses on grappling and especially ground fighting. The art was derived from the Japanese martial art of Kodokan judo in the early 20th century.
It teaches that a smaller, weaker person can successfully defend against a bigger, stronger assailant by using leverage and proper technique—most notably by applying joint-locks and chokeholds to defeat the other person. Brazilian Jiu Jitsu training can be used for sport grappling tournaments and mixed martial arts (MMA) competition or self defense. Sparring (commonly referred to as 'rolling') and live drilling play a major role in training, and a premium is placed on performance, especially in competition, in relation to progress and ascension through the grades/belts.
Judo is a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an opponent to submit by joint locking or by executing a strangle hold or choke.
Strikes and thrusts by hands and feet as well as weapons defenses are a part of judo, but only in pre-arranged forms and are not allowed in judo competition or free practice. The philosophy and subsequent pedagogy developed for judo became the model for other modern Japanese martial arts that developed from koryū. The worldwide spread of judo has led to the development of a number of offshoots such as Sambo and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Practitioners of judo are called judoka.
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two men or women fight each other using punching strikes for competition. Boxing is typically supervised by a referee engaged in during a series of one- to three-minute intervals called rounds, and boxers are generally of similar weight.
There are four ways to win; if the opponent is knocked out and unable to get up before the referee counts to ten seconds (a knockout, or KO) or if the opponent is deemed too injured to continue (a Technical Knockout, or TKO), if an opponent is disqualified for breaking a rule, or if there is no stoppage of the fight before an agreed number of rounds, a winner is determined either by the referee's decision or by judges' scorecards.
Karate is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Islands in what is now Okinawa, Japan. It was developed from indigenous fighting methods called te and Chinese kenpÅ. Karate is a striking art using punching, kicking, knee and elbow strikes, and open-handed techniques such as knife-hands.
Self-defense or private defense is a countermeasure that involves defending oneself, one's property or the well-being of another from physical harm. The use of the right of self-defense as a legal justification for the use of force in times of danger.
