Women's Self Defense Seminar in Phoenix

Mike Martin will be teaching from a women's self defense seminar on Saturday, June 30th from 12-3pm.  This will cover Rape Defense, Weapon Defense, and how to prevent attacks.  The seminar will be located at 3426 E. Bell Rd Phoenix, AZ 85032.  We are firm believers that women should be able to defend themselves and we hope you take advantage of this seminar.  Call us at 602-487-9828 to reserve a spot in the class.

According to RAINN (Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network) http://www.rainn.org/statistics 
-44% of victims are under age 18
-80% are under age 30
-Every 2 minutes, someone in the US is sexually assaulted
-Each year, there are about 213,000 victims of sexual assault
-97% of rapists will never spend a day in Jail
-Approximately 2/3 of assaults are committed by someone known to the victim.
-38% of rapists are a friend or acquaintance.

 

Strong Heart Helps Promote a Healthy Heart

City Center of City North is promoting fitness and a healthy heart. They will be hosting a farmer's market at 5415 High Street (Off Loop 101 at 56th St and Deer Valley Dr) on Sunday, February 19, 2012 from 10am - 2pm. Strong Heart Academy was featured in the broadcast performing Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. At the farmers market there will be many healthy activities. For more details go to the website for the Farmers Market or go to their Facebook Page. It is free to the public.

We support organization's like City Center of City North that promotes getting in shape and healthy activies to do in Phoenix. We feel Brazilian Jiu Jitsu aka BJJ is a great way to get in shape and maintain a healthy heart.

RJ Gets his blue belt

This month RJ earned his Blue Belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu after a year and a half of training.  He started at our school after a friend of his who attended the school got him interested.  RJ had to pass two tests. 

 

One was a demonstration of knowledge of attacks, escapes, and sweeps from multiple positions.  The second part of the exam was the gauntlet.  he had to roll with 33 students and not quit.  We're looking forward to seeing him compete at the Blue Belt level. 

Kids Martial Arts

Our martial arts classes, which includes kids bjj, Karate, and wrestling has a wide variety of benefits for your kids. As we've said before martial arts is a lifestyle, we try to encourage the kids to excel in all areas of life including academically. We post all of our students in the honor roll photo gallery. If your child is suffering from bullying at school we teach prevention and self defense. We feel our martial arts program instills confidence and encourages staying in shape in a fun way. Tiny Tigers is a program that helps a child develop skills such as courtesy, discipline, and respect. The exercises are designed to improve coordination as well as enhance the ability to pay attention and follow directions.

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Video - Fistful of Gi

 

Mike Martin is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Black Belt under Master Joe Moreira, a Brown Belt in Judo and 2nd degree Black Belt in Freestyle Karate.  Martin has been teaching since 2003.  A unique asset, Martin is skilled not only in instruction, but also how to teach others so techiques can be retained more rapidly.  This DVD series will teach you all the positions in BJJ from different skill levels up to Blue Belt - building a foundation of knowledge to be a solid BJJ player.

Our series breaks down the White Belt period of training into Judo belts instead of the traditional stripes. We have found that students get frustrated being a White Belt for so long while not seeing a new belt to show improvement. When in tournaments, however our school still abides by the traditional white belt; the time from white to blue is the same as is in tradtional classes.  Students will wear a Yellow, Orange, or Green belt much like Judo.

Accordingly, each DVD corresponds to a colored belt: Yellow, Orange, Green, and Blue. 4-volume set teaching offense and defense from EVERY POSITION IN BJJ.  Call 602.487.9828 to order. The entire series is $100 and covers over 70 attacks, sweeps, and submissions.

Free BJJ Private Lesson for 20 Cans of Food

 

Mike Martin is a black belt in Brazililian Jiu Jitsu and is offering a free private lesson for 20 cans of food. This is a food drive for Phoenix Inner City Kids. All we require is that you bring decent cans and please don't bring Top Ramen. This offer is not limited to students at our martial arts school, it is open to anyone. If you want to schedule a free private lesson our number is 602-487-9828.

Caio Terra Seminar Photos

Strong Heart Academy has posted the image from the Strong Heart Academy seminar in the bjj seminar gallery.  Thanks to Caio for putting in the extra time he put in to help the students visiting from various schools and the time he took to roll with the class.  This was only supposed to be a 2.5hr seminar and Caio ran it for over 4 hrs.  His attention to detail was second to none.