Little Dragons and Advancing Tigers

Martial Arts for 3-6 Year Olds

The Little Dragons and Advancing Tigers Program at Woodstock Mixed Martial Arts is an exciting class for children ages 3 - 6 years old. This class meets once a week: 30 minutes sessions for 3-5 year olds (Dragons) and 45 minutes for 4-6 year olds (Tigers). We're always welcoming new students, so give Carolyn Schulenburg a call today, find out more about the current schedule.

Our Little Dragons are amazingly cute - and quite good at learning the very basics of the Mixed Martial Arts. We have a variety of Foundation Skills including different punches, blocks and kicks - and we really emphasize when and where these new techniques are appropriate to use. Kids also learn a variety of observational and safety skills as well as the technique that Master Kurt Schulenburg calls the "Most Effective Martial Arts Skill of All Time": the friendly handshake!

These days it's a little too easy for our youngest children to spend too much time sitting - whether it's video games or television, many kids just don't get up and run around the way they should. Our program not only gets the kids up on their feet, it teaches them how much fun it is to move, to run and jump, to set physical challenges for themselves that can lead to a life long interest in staying in healthy shape.

Slightly older students (or students that graduate from our Little Dragons program) can join our Advancing Tigers classes. These classes are the same as our MMA classes except that they meet once a week (instead of twice per week). Our special Tigers class presents material at a slightly slower pace, but Tiger students are also welcome to attend any of our Year 1 classes if they can't make the Tiger class is a given week.

Advancing Tigers range in age from 4 to 6 years old and need to be able to learn our Foundation Skills as a requirement for participation. Age is often a good indicator of physical development, but we have quite a bit of overlap between our Dragons and Tigers program and feel that a child's sense of success is really the best indicator of effective learning - and fun!

Our Tigers classes are designed to be fun, but we also feel that learning self-discipline is very important for this age group. We make an effort to burn off lots of childhood energy - but always in a controlled and safe environment. Goofing around is not encouraged - unless we're all having fun with Crab Races or Monkey Wars!

With childhood obesity being at record highs and new discovered information linking childhood obesity with lifelong adult obesity, many parents are working hard to keep their children active. It's a tough battle; the gaming consoles, computer games and a million TV channels don't make it easy to get kids up and running around! Add in hectic work and school schedules and it's really easy to just give up!

Here at Woodstock Mixed Martial Arts we aren't giving up. We make sure all of our students get a good workout and have fun doing it. We firmly believe that the only way exercise will become a lifestyle is if it's enjoyable.

The next step in finding out more - if you haven't already done so - is to sign up for our newsletter. (That box up over to the right!) Don't worry, we're not an Internet Spam Machine and we won't sell your email or invade your privacy - but we will send you some basic information about our program along with any current specials that we have!

Browse around to find out more about our various programs, but if you have any questions - or simply want to make an appointment for your FREE trial class - you can always reach us at 1-815-334-WMMA (9662). Don't hesitate to call - if it's too late (or too early!), simply leave a message and we'll get back to you quickly!

In addition to our Little Dragons and Advancing Tigers classes we offer:

• Mixed Martial Arts (for 6 year olds thru Adults)
• Fitness Kickboxing (for those looking to get in shape with authentic self-defense techniques)
• Black Belt Self Defense Program (designed for effective street safety and self-defense)

Remember, give us a call to schedule your FREE class and see if our school and our instructors are a "good fit" with your needs. Give us a call and we can find a time where we can get together, answer any questions you may have and give you a "hands on" idea of what we offer.