Longoria's Black Belt Academies

09/15/2026

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Be The One Who Breaks Boards for Su***de & Bullying Prevention

09/14/2026

📣 THIS WEEK AT LTMA

🥋 Board Break-a-thon — THIS SUNDAY!
Get registered, get your sponsors lined up, and get ready to break some boards for a great cause. See you at Gateway Mall, 1 PM!

👕 September Sweatshirt Sale
Limited quantities while they last — grab yours before they're gone!

📝 Testing Week — Sept 21–24
Sign up at the front desk by Wednesday to avoid the late fee.

🥊 Fight Night — Friday, 6 PM
Orange belt and above: bring your sparring gear!

Lots going on this week — see you on the mats! 💪

09/14/2026

⏰ ONE WEEK AWAY!
Our 9th Annual Board Break-a-thon is happening Sunday, September 20th at 1 PM at Gateway Mall! 🥋

LTMA students — this is your final push. Keep asking family and friends to sponsor you, and make sure you're registered if you haven't already. Every board broken is a stand against su***de and bullying — let's hit that $10,000 goal together. 💪

Not a student? You're invited too! Come out, cheer on our breakers, and be part of something bigger than a Sunday afternoon.
📍 Gateway Mall, Lincoln, NE
🕐 1:00 PM
📅 Sunday, September 20

Register or sponsor a student here: https://www.longoriastacticalmartialarts.com/boardbreakathon

09/08/2026

Four weeks. One tenet. A life you build on purpose. 🏗️

This week our students are wrapping up the INTENTIONAL tenet. Our Youth Council and Senate are leading the room this week, facilitating the final lesson themselves. That's leadership in action. 🙌

The question they are putting in front of every student is simple but powerful:

If you fast-forwarded 90 days — and you had been fully intentional every single week — what would be different about your life?

Each student is building their own personal growth plan around four questions: what do I want my life to look like, what would it take to get there, what's my very next step, and who's going to walk alongside me?

Intentionality isn't an idea you think about. It's a life you build — one decision at a time.

Parents and trusted adults — this week's conversation starter:
👉 "Can you walk me through your four questions? I want to hear your plan."

Then offer to be their 30-day check-in person. And while you're at it — share your own 90-day vision. What are YOU being intentional about right now?

Four weeks of showing up is itself an act of intentionality. We're proud of every student who is doing the work. 💪

09/07/2026

Announcements Week of 9/6/26 -
CLOSED Labor Day
Free Trial Week
Register for the 9th Annual Board Break-a-thon

09/02/2026

Use that jab to get them to open that stance up! Once they do, quick kick to the inside and create distance by pulling that lead leg all the way back to set up a power kick!

09/02/2026

We got a mic ladies and gentlemen! Looking forward to use the mic for more instruction videos! Don’t forget, free trial week is next week! Go to our website or call to reserve your spot!

08/31/2026

Keep going. Even when it's hard. Especially when it's hard. 💪

This week in Leadership class, our students are exploring what actually gets in the way of living intentionally — because starting strong is the easy part. Staying the course is where it gets real.

They are working through what we call the Growth Gap Traps — the sneaky reasons people stop being intentional even after a solid start. Things like:
😤 "It's not the right time yet."
😰 "I'm afraid of making mistakes."
😔 "I just don't feel like it right now."
🔄 "Others are already further ahead than me."

Sound familiar? Every one of us has a trap that hits closest to home.

The big idea this week: being intentional doesn't mean everything goes right. It means you don't stop.

Parents and trusted adults — this week's conversation starter:
👉 "What's your Growth Gap Trap right now — what's getting in the way of you keeping going?"

Then share one of your own. A time you almost quit something and didn't. That story might be exactly what they need to hear this week. 🙌

Hard weeks don't mean the wrong path. They often mean exactly the right one.

08/30/2026

🥋 Weekly Announcements from your GTMA Council & Senate! 🥋
Your rundown for the week of August 30th — don't miss what's coming up at LTMA this week!