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It's simple: we focus on improving your health, confidence, and safety by offering a variety of positive, life-changing activities.

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What's it all about?

Participants learn cool, valuable skills in a state-of-the-art training center.

Children excel within our supportive environment (positive attitude and respectful behavior are priorities).

Adults and teens enjoy great workouts developing powerful techniques in addition to effective self-defense strategies.

Age-Appropriate Activities

Benefits for Children

Martial arts training at any age offers plenty of physical benefits like aerobic fitness, strength, and coordination. Developing martial arts skills also allows children to increase their self-confidence and sense of self-worth.

Children & Martial Arts
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Taekwondo is...

...an exciting martial art that combines a variety of kicks, strikes, and blocks into a dynamic system of sport, self-defense, and fun. It's an Olympic sport and an effective method for self-defense with powerful striking and kicking combinations.

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Yongmudo is...

...kicks, strikes, throws, falls, rolls, joint-locks, and submission wrestling. Whatever it takes to get safe and stay safe.

(for teens & adults)

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Yongmudo Wrist Throw

Safety is Important

We believe that a little knowledge goes a long way to a happy, fulfilling life. We routinely teach participants effective communication, behavior, and action to ensure personal safety. Occasionally, we offer self-defense workshops for teens and adults. Check out these resources for more information:

Bullies & Bullying

Bullying does not have to be an accepted experience of childhood. Learn more of what bullying is and how to deal effectively with it.

Read MSMAP's Bully FAQ

Teen Dating Violence

Violence can take several forms. Learn to recognize, prevent, and deal with TDV. Help is available. This is essential reading for parents.

Read MSMAP's TDV FAQ

“Standing up for yourself doesn't have to mean embracing violence.”

-Shane Koyczan

A cornerstone of our program is learning to RESPECT ourselves and other people. We encourage children, teens, and adults to celebrate their own uniqueness and individuality along with that of others through cooperative and mutually supportive training activities.

We also emphasize developing positive training habits — including social skills — to help become much healthier and happier individuals.

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Our mission is empowering children, teens, and adults with self-confidence and self-respect through self-training, self-discipline, and self-defense so that they have essential tools to succeed in whatever they choose: school, sports, work, more.

MSMAP offers and participates in a variety of other activities related to fun, health, and safety including competitions and self-defense workshops.

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