Eight Animal Martial Arts

Today was a very special Saturday here at Eight Animal Martial Arts! We had the pleasure of welcoming Sifu Steve from in Biddeford, Maine to our studio to train with our adult fitness kickboxing crew as well as all of our kids/teen classes.
Sifu Steve has been a mentor and friend of mine for a looonnngggg time. We trained and taught together at the Michael Macaris Kung-Fu Academy in Billerica for many, many years before both opening schools of our own.
Having Sifu Steve on our mats today, for me, felt like old times and was a blast! For our students, it was a great opportunity to learn kung-fu through a different lens and get to know a fantastic martial artist and human being.
Side note: our team looked fantastic all week during classes! Keep up the great work everyone! 👊🏼

The kickoff to summer is here ☀️ and that means our Eight Animal summer camps are right around the corner! 🥳 We still have limited space available for all camp dates listed in the featured flyer, but be sure to register soon before spots fill! Please visit our website for more information as well as registration and feel free to share with friends - camps are open to both students and non-students. We can’t wait to see you all there!!! 😎

Our white belt group was our largest test group this past Friday 🥋 15 hardworking students came in as white belts and left as yellow belts after crushing their first ever ranking test! 🎉 Congratulations to Ulee, Zorvon, Cali, Rosie, Tycho, Sophia, Dylan, June, Sophia, Seraphina, Gus, Nat, Bianca, Ava, and Ana👊🏼 The future of Eight Animal looks bright with this team on the rise ☀️

Our intermediate team did a fantastic job at this past Friday’s ranking test! 👊🏼 Zeeshan, Helena, Miki, Pasquale, Seamus, Amadou, William, Victoria, Roberto, Freya, and Jack were all promoted to orange belt while Henry was promoted to purple. These 12 tip top students are part of the 30 who were promoted on Friday… more photos to come from our yellow belt test! Great job everyone! 💪🏼

Kicking off May with THREE TESTS tonight!!! 👊🏼
We had 30 students pass their tests tonight and it all started off with our adult kung-fu team who crushed their orange belt test! Adam, Maggie, and Anna were each promoted after a terrific showcase of strength, determination, and focus. It was a pleasure for me tonight as their teacher to observe their undeniable progress up to this point. Keep up the great work!
(More photos to come later of our 2 kids tests)

Fantastic adult fitness kickboxing class tonight! Our team is getting stronger and more skilled every week! 💪🏼 Consistency pays off… keep up the great work everybody!

Congratulations to those who tested today and were promoted to their next rank! 💪🏼👊🏼
Marisa, Toby, and Zoe each earned their orange belt while Farrah, Simon, Quentin, and Spencer all successfully tackled their first test and were promoted to yellow belts. Hard work and consistency pay off! Keep up the great work everyone and keep trying your best to be your best!

Happy Birthday Cali! 🎉
Thank you for choosing Eight Animal to host your party! We’re glad you and all your friends had such a fantastic time!

Congratulations Marlene, Catherine, Clara, Kimi, Marla, Adrian, Vincent, and Arthur on earning their yellow belts at last night’s test! 👊🏼 Eight very hardworking, talented students who are also kind, respectful, smart, and possess some great leadership qualities. This was a fantastic test all around. I am proud to have many students, including these eight, who embody the spirit and work ethic of Eight Animal Martial Arts and who do a terrific job representing our school by always demonstrating their very best skills in class and making positive, healthy life choices outside of class.