Mad Rock Martial Arts & Fitness

🚧 **CONSTRUCTION & PARKING NOTICE** 🚧

Due to the construction currently taking place around our building, **parking for Mad Rock Martial Arts is temporarily located at the SIDE and REAR of the building.**

Please avoid parking in the construction area at the front and use the available parking along the side or around the rear of the building.

🥋 **Classes are running as scheduled!**

The only anticipated reason for any class interruption would be a **temporary water service interruption due to the construction.** Should that happen, we will notify everyone as soon as possible.

Thank you for your patience and cooperation while the work is being completed!

**Mad Rock Martial Arts & Fitness**

🥋 OUR NEW SEPTEMBER SCHEDULE BEGINS SEPTEMBER 8!

Whether you’re brand new to martial arts or an experienced student looking for your next challenge, Mad Rock has classes for all ages and skill levels!

🥋 Traditional Okinawan Karate
Train in the only traditional Okinawan Karate program outside the St. John’s area. Build confidence, discipline, strength and practical self-defence skills while learning an authentic martial art.

🤼 Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Perfect for those who love grappling! Learn takedowns, positional control, escapes and submissions in a challenging and supportive environment.

👊 Goshin Jutsu
A well-rounded hybrid martial art focused on practical self-defence—exactly what its name means! Our program combines techniques and principles from Judo, Japanese Jujutsu and Karate.

We also offer:

✅ Kinder Warriors for ages 3–5
✅ Karate programs for children, teens and adults
✅ Kids Jitsu
✅ Adult BJJ
✅ Goshin Jutsu
✅ Kobudo weapons training
✅ Competition Team
✅ Kids sparring
✅ Daytime training for adult members

There is something for everyone at Mad Rock Martial Arts!

📍 2–8 Water Street, Bay Roberts
📞 709-788-2180
📧 [email protected]

Message us today to find the right program for you or your child—and come build strength, courage and perseverance with us!

🥋 Ready to Try Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu?

Our Adult BJJ program is welcoming new students ages 13 and up!

Whether you want to improve your fitness, learn practical self-defence, build confidence, or challenge yourself in a completely new way, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu has something to offer. No previous martial arts experience is required—just come ready to learn!

🔥 One-Month Intro — $179
✅ One full month of training
✅ BJJ uniform included
✅ Beginner-friendly instruction
✅ Sign up and start right away!

Our Adult BJJ program is offered at Mad Rock Martial Arts in partnership with Alex Foley’s Academy of Martial Arts, providing our students with experienced instruction in a welcoming and supportive training environment.

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📩 Message us today to save your spot and get started!

Reflections from the Dojo – Leave a Little Better Than You Arrived

As August comes to a close, take a moment to look back on your training over the past few months.

Maybe your techniques have improved. Maybe your balance feels stronger. Maybe you've become more comfortable working with different partners.

Those are all things worth celebrating.

But there is another way to measure progress.

Are you a little more patient than you were at the beginning of the summer? A little calmer under pressure? A little more aware of yourself and the people around you?

Those changes are just as important as any new technique.
Every class gives us an opportunity to leave a little better than we arrived. Not perfect. Just a little better.

That is how karate works. Small improvements, practiced consistently, become meaningful changes over time.

As we head into September, bring that mindset with you. Keep learning. Keep refining. Keep enjoying the journey.

One class at a time.

If you found this helpful, please share it with a fellow student or training partner. Learning together helps all of us grow in karate dō.

So simple, just "listen" :)

Reflections from the Dojo – Learn to Listen

When we hear the word "listen," we usually think about using our ears.

In karate, we also learn to listen with our eyes, our hands, and our body.

Good partner training isn't just about performing techniques. It's about paying attention.

Can you feel when your partner is off balance? Can you recognize when they're unsure of a movement? Are you aware when you need to slow down so both of you can learn more effectively?

Some of the best lessons in karate aren't spoken at all. They come through movement, timing, and shared experience.

After many years of training, I still find that every training partner has something to teach me. Sometimes it's a technical detail I hadn't noticed. Sometimes it's simply a reminder to be patient or to approach a familiar technique with fresh eyes.

If we stay curious, every class becomes an opportunity to learn.
That's one of the things I love most about karate. No matter how long we train, there is always something new waiting to be discovered.

Share this with a fellow karateka. Learning together makes us stronger.

❄️📚 **PD DAY & SNOW DAY FUNDAY!** 🎨🏀

We’re now accepting registrations for our **Mad Rock PD Day & Snow Day FunDay Program List!**

Need somewhere fun, active and engaging for the kids when there’s **no school?** Get them on our FunDay list now so you have another option when those PD Days and Snow Days come around!

⭐ **NO PAYMENT IS REQUIRED TO JOIN THE LIST!**
The **$35 FunDay fee is only due on the day your child attends.** There’s no commitment to attend every FunDay — simply register for the program and use it when you need it!

Our FunDays will offer a great mix of **activity, creativity, learning and downtime**, including:

🏀 Sports & Physical Activities
🥋 Martial Arts & Games
🎨 Crafts & Creative Activities
🎲 Board Games
📚 Chill-Out & Reading Time
✏️ Homework Help
🎯 Games, Challenges & More!

Not every child wants to be on the go all day, and that’s okay! We’ll have a **chill-out area** where kids can grab a book, play a board game, work on homework or just relax for a while.

💲 **$35 for the full day — payment due the day your child attends**

🥪 Students must bring their own lunch.
🍎 Snack options will be provided.

🌟 **OPEN TO THE PUBLIC & NON-MEMBERS!** 🌟

You **DO NOT** have to be a Mad Rock member to join our FunDay Program List. Kids from throughout the community are welcome!

🥋 **Mad Rock Members receive a discounted rate!**
🎒 **Mad Rock Fitness & Enrichment students receive a discounted rate!**

📋 **GET ON THE FUNDAY LIST NOW!**

Registering now gets your child added to our program list so you’re ready when the next PD Day or Snow Day comes around.

❄️ Snow Day?
📅 PD Day?
➡️ **Make it a Mad Rock FunDay!**

📩 Message **Mad Rock Martial Arts & Fitness** to get your child added to the list!

🥋 NEW: MAD ROCK LOCAL BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT 🏪❤️

We want to start doing something a little different on our page.

From time to time, Mad Rock Martial Arts will highlight locally owned businesses in our community that we think deserve some extra recognition.

Why?

Because local businesses need each other.

Behind every small business is an owner taking risks, families depending on its success, employees earning a living, and people working hard to provide something valuable to their community.

We believe one of the simplest things we can do is help each other get noticed.

We’ll be choosing local businesses, telling you a little about them, tagging their page, and encouraging our followers to check them out.

No fee. No sponsorship. No strings attached.

Just one local business supporting another. ❤️

And we’d love to see the idea spread.

Imagine if more local businesses occasionally picked another local business and gave them a shout-out. It costs us nothing, but collectively it could put thousands of new eyes on locally owned businesses.

When local businesses succeed, our whole community benefits.

Keep an eye out for our first:

🌟 MAD ROCK LOCAL BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT 🌟

Know a local business that deserves some recognition? Tag them in the comments! 👇

🥋 Mad Rock Martial Arts & Fitness
Strength • Courage • Persevere

🥋 **Sometimes, It’s Not the Kid Who Quits Karate. It’s the Parent.**

That might sound a little harsh, but hear me out.

Kids quit things.

They say they’re tired.
They say it’s too hard.
They don’t feel like going tonight.
They get frustrated because they aren’t progressing as quickly as they want.
They lose a match.
They struggle with a technique.
Their friend stops going.
They’d rather stay home and play video games.

That’s normal.

They’re kids.

But sometimes, when a child says **“I want to quit,”** what they really need is a parent willing to say:

**“I hear you. But we’re not giving up just because this got hard.”**

As parents, it can be easier to let them quit.

No argument getting out the door.
No rushing to get supper finished.
No driving to the dojo.
No convincing them to put the uniform on.

But the easiest choice today isn’t always the best choice for their future.

One of the greatest things we can teach our children is that **doing hard things is good for them.**

There will be times in life when school is hard.
Work is hard.
Relationships are hard.
Learning a new skill is hard.
Keeping commitments is hard.

We don't prepare kids for those moments by removing every uncomfortable situation.

We prepare them by helping them **work through them.**

Karate isn't supposed to be easy all the time.

Some classes will be frustrating. Some techniques will take months to learn. Some belts will take longer than expected. There will be days when they don't feel motivated.

And THAT is where some of the most important training happens.

Not just learning punches, kicks, kata, or self-defence.

They're learning:

🥋 **Discipline** — doing something even when you don't feel like it.

🥋 **Perseverance** — struggling without immediately giving up.

🥋 **Patience** — understanding that worthwhile things take time.

🥋 **Resilience** — having a bad day and coming back again.

🥋 **Confidence** — discovering, *“I thought I couldn't do this… but I did.”*

Of course, there are legitimate reasons to leave a program. Sometimes circumstances change. Sometimes an activity truly isn't the right fit. Parents should listen when their children are genuinely struggling.

But **“this is hard”** and **“I don't feel like going anymore”** aren't always reasons to quit.

Sometimes they're exactly the reasons to keep going.

Our job as parents isn't to make sure our children never struggle.

It's to stand beside them while they struggle and teach them that **they are capable of doing hard things.**

Because one day, the hard thing won't be karate.

And hopefully, when that day comes, they'll already know how to keep going. 🥋

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Cool Fact - Sensei was a card collecting Magic The Gathering player in the 90’s when the game first came out!

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Don't forget that we have our Casual Commander Night TOMORROW from 7 PM - End!
☆ Bracket 3 or less
☆ Proxies allowed
☆ Pods randomized
$5 Entry and every entry gets a participation pack! 💥