Revolution Modern Martial Arts Garner

Our New Stripe Challenges Are Underway!

This testing cycle, students have several challenges they can work on both in class and at home:

Pink Stripe — Respect Mission

* Choose ONE Respect Mission appropriate for the student’s age
* Put Respect into action at home or school
* Parents let us know when the mission has been completed

Teal Stripe — Speed Kick Challenge

* Tigers: 10 wheel kicks in 10 seconds
* Core Beginners: 12 in 10 seconds
* Intermediate: 14 in 10 seconds
* Advanced: 16 in 10 seconds

Gray Stripe — Heel Kick Challenge

* Tigers & Beginners: Lead-leg hook kick
* Intermediate: Spinning back kick
* Advanced: Head-level spinning hook kick
* Students must demonstrate 3 successful kicks on each side

Camo Stripe — Instructor Award

* Earned during class at the instructor’s discretion

Challenge Weeks

* Week of October 12
* Week of November 9

The Speed Kick and Heel Kick Challenges are meant to give students something specific to practice at home, not just attempt when Challenge Week arrives. A little practice each week will go a long way!

Students who successfully complete the Teal and Gray Stripe Challenges will earn their stripe and a commemorative challenge sticker.

Parents, be sure to check your email for the age-specific Respect Missions, full kick requirements, and everything you need to help your student prepare.

It’s pretty cool to think about how much our Garner school has grown and how many local families have become part of it.

When we opened this location, the goal wasn’t simply to fill up a martial arts school. We wanted to build the same kind of community we’ve always valued at Revolution, where instructors know their students, families know each other, and kids feel like they belong when they walk through the door.

We’re still growing, and we’re grateful to all of the Garner and 40/42 families who have trusted us with their kids.

If you’ve been following us for a while but haven’t visited yet, come see what we’re doing. We’d love to meet you.

Everyone is a beginner at something.

We talk to parents all the time who wonder if their child needs any experience before trying martial arts. They definitely don’t.

Most of our students walked into their first class knowing absolutely nothing about karate. They didn’t know the techniques, where to stand, what the commands meant or how to tie their belt. That’s what being a beginner is supposed to look like.

Our instructors will show them what to do and help them get comfortable. Before long, the things that seemed completely unfamiliar on day one start becoming second nature.

If your child has been interested in martial arts, being brand new is a perfectly good place to start. Learn more at www.revolutionselfdefense.com

Sparring is an important part of how we teach martial arts because there’s a big difference between knowing a technique and being able to use it when someone else is moving and reacting.

We introduce students to sparring gradually and teach them how to work with a partner safely and with control. As they improve, they start learning things that are difficult to teach through drills alone, like distance, timing, reacting under pressure and staying composed when something doesn’t go exactly as planned.

We want our students to actually understand how to use what they learn, not just memorize techniques. Learn more at www.revolutionselfdefense.com

Now that school is getting started again, families are settling back into routines after summer. This is actually one of our favorite times of year to have new students start martial arts.

Having a couple of classes each week gives kids something active to do after school and something they can work toward throughout the year. They get exercise, make friends and have another group of adults in their corner encouraging them to do their best.

If martial arts has been on your list of things to try, come check us out in Garner. No experience is needed, and we’ll help your child get comfortable from their very first class. Learn more at www.revolutionselfdefense.com

Obviously we want our students to get good at martial arts, but there are a lot of other things happening during a class too.

They have to listen to instructions, work with different partners, control themselves when they get excited, and keep trying when something is difficult. They also learn pretty quickly that improvement takes practice. You don’t get everything right the first time, and that’s okay.

Those are lessons that carry over into a lot more than karate. We want our students to leave class a little better than when they walked in, and not just at kicking and punching.

One of the best things about teaching martial arts is watching confidence develop over time. It usually doesn’t happen all at once. You see it in little things first. A student starts speaking a little louder, volunteering to demonstrate, making eye contact when they talk, or being willing to try something they struggled with before.

Those little changes add up. Our goal isn’t to make every kid the loudest or most outgoing person in the room. We want them to become more comfortable with who they are and more confident in themselves.

If that’s something you’d like to see in your child, come try some classes with us at Revolution Garner or leanr more at www.revolutionselfdefense.com

🥋 Has your child ever wanted to try martial arts?

There’s really only one way to find out if they’ll enjoy it—let them get on the mat and try.

That’s exactly why we offer an introductory trial at Revolution Modern Martial Arts in Garner. Your child gets to participate in real classes, meet our instructors, learn some martial arts and experience the program for themselves.

There’s no need for previous experience, and they don’t need to be athletic, flexible or coordinated before they start. We’ll teach them.

If you’ve driven past our school, seen our posts or thought about martial arts for your child before, this is a great time to finally check us out.

We’re conveniently located in the Garner/40-42 area and we’d love to meet your family.

👉 Learn more and start your child’s trial at GarnerMartialArts.com

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🎯 We don’t expect kids to have perfect focus. We teach them to keep working on it.

Think about how many times a child’s attention gets pulled in different directions during a normal day. Now that school is back in session, they’re being asked to sit, listen, remember instructions, complete assignments and move from one task to another all day long.

Martial arts gives them another place to practice controlling their attention.

An instructor demonstrates a technique and the student has to watch. Then they have to remember what they saw and try it themselves. If they miss something, they listen again and try again.

Sometimes they lose focus. We bring them back.

Then we do it again next class.

That’s how skills develop—not because someone tells a child to “focus better,” but because they’re given opportunities to actually practice doing it.

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“I’m not sure if my child will be good at martial arts.”

That’s something parents don’t need to worry about before bringing their child in.

We’ve had kids start who were athletic and picked things up quickly. We’ve also had kids who struggled with coordination, had trouble focusing, were extremely shy or needed a little more time to feel comfortable in class.

That’s okay. They’re beginners.

You wouldn’t expect a child to know how to play the piano before taking piano lessons. We don’t expect them to already know how to be a martial artist before taking martial arts.

Our job is to meet them where they are, teach them and help them improve.

If your child has never done anything like this before, that’s not a reason to wait. It’s a perfectly good reason to come try it.

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