Valor & Virtue Martial Arts Academy

10/15/2026

❤️ 10 YEARS OF GIVING. 10 YEARS OF MAKING A DIFFERENCE! ❤️

🎉 Our 10th Annual Pledge-A-Thon & Food Drive is underway! 🎉

For TEN YEARS, the Valor & Virtue Martial Arts Academy community has come together to demonstrate that the lessons we teach and learn extend far beyond the dojo walls.

Our Pledge-A-Thon & Food Drive is about more than physical fitness, martial arts, or collecting donations. It's about putting our values into action — demonstrating compassion, generosity, perseverance, and a commitment to helping others.

And what better example than one of our young martial artists stepping up with 36 packages of ramen noodles to help families in need! 👏❤️

Every donation, large or small, makes a difference.

🥫 We're collecting nonperishable food donations to benefit the Marana Food Bank & Community Resource Center, helping provide much-needed food and assistance to individuals and families throughout our community.

As we celebrate this special 10-year milestone, we invite our students, families, friends, and community members to be part of something meaningful.

❤️ You don't have to be a martial artist to make a difference. You just have to care enough to act.

🥋 10th Annual Pledge-A-Thon & Food Drive

🌟 Celebrating 10 Years of Giving! 🌟

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09/30/2026

🥫 10TH ANNUAL PLEDGE-A-THON FOOD DRIVE 💪

Benefiting the Marana Food Bank & Community Resource Center

For the 10th year, Valor & Virtue Martial Arts Academy is bringing our students, families, friends, and community together to turn food donations into ACTION!

Our annual Pledge-A-Thon is a food drive with a twist.

Instead of simply collecting food, every donation becomes a pledge. Those pledges are converted into exercises—including pull-ups, sit-ups, squats, and laps—that our dojo community works together to complete during the event.

Think of it like a jog-a-thon, except instead of collecting money for miles, we're collecting food for families in our community and earning every donation through shared effort.

🥫 BRING FOOD.
💪 COMPLETE THE PLEDGES.
❤️ SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.

Last year, our students and families collected more than 1,000 pounds of food and completed approximately 30,000 combined repetitions during our four-hour Pledge-A-Thon.

This year marks our 10th Annual Pledge-A-Thon, and we want to make it another meaningful demonstration of what our martial arts community stands for.

The Pledge-A-Thon represents much more than exercise.

It is an opportunity to practice:

🥋 Discipline — following through when the work becomes difficult
🤝 Teamwork — accomplishing something bigger together than we could individually
🙏 Gratitude — recognizing what we have and helping those who may be struggling
❤️ Service — giving our time, food, energy, and effort to others

All food collected will be donated to the Marana Food Bank & Community Resource Center, helping support individuals and families throughout our local community.

Students, families, friends, alumni, and supporters of Valor & Virtue Martial Arts Academy are invited to help us make our 10th Annual Pledge-A-Thon one to remember.

Whether you contribute food, participate in the workout, help us collect donations, or simply come out to support the effort—you can be part of it.

Ten years of food.
Ten years of sweat.
Ten years of service.

Let’s come together once again and put our values into action.

09/25/2026

🚨 TOMORROW IS THE FINAL CHANCE.
If you or your child have been considering training with us, Saturday, September 26 is the LAST DAY to complete a Class Observation and 1-on-1 Consultation before our 4th Quarter New Student Meeting.
Our enrollment process is intentional:
1️⃣ CLASS OBSERVATION
Come see our students train. See the instruction, expectations, culture, and environment for yourself.
2️⃣ 1-ON-1 CONSULTATION
Sit down with Sensei. Ask questions. Learn what our program requires and determine whether Valor & Virtue may be the right fit for you or your family.
⬇️
3️⃣ NEW STUDENT MEETING
📅 Sunday, September 27
⏰ 10:00–11:00 AM
Prospective students who have completed the Class Observation, 1-on-1 Consultation, AND New Student Meeting are then eligible to begin:
4️⃣ TRYOUTS
🥋 We don't simply put prospective students into a free class and ask them to decide whether they "like it."
We want you to see the program. Understand the program. Ask questions. Know the expectations.
And we want the opportunity to get to know you, too.
Tomorrow is the last opportunity to complete those first two steps for Q4 enrollment.
If you've been watching our posts and thinking about reaching out, don't wait until Sunday.
📩 Message us TODAY to schedule for Saturday.
📞 520-638-5264
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09/21/2026

🚨 FINAL WEEK — Q4 ENROLLMENT
If you've been considering training at Valor & Virtue Martial Arts Academy, this is the week to take the first step.

Our 4th Quarter New Student Meeting is next Sunday, September 27, and prospective students must complete BOTH of the following beforehand:

1️⃣ Class Observation — Come into the dojo and see our training firsthand.
2️⃣ 1-on-1 Consultation — Meet with Sensei, ask questions, and learn more about our program and expectations.
Then:
3️⃣ Attend the New Student Meeting
📅 Sunday, September 27
⏰ 10:00–11:00 AM

Once all three steps have been completed, prospective students are eligible to begin:
4️⃣ TRYOUTS

We don't use free trial classes or simply put someone into class and hope they're a good fit.

We want prospective students—and parents—to see what we do, understand why we do it, ask questions, learn what will be expected of them, and make an informed decision about whether this is the right program for them.

🥋 Shotokan Karate
🥊 MMA / No-Gi Grappling
🏋‍♂️Strength and Conditioning

But martial arts is the method.
Our mission is to develop better people.
Character. Discipline. Physical fitness. Confidence. Responsibility. Survival competency. These are the things we're ultimately training for.

Develop Character. Ensure Survival. Forge Success.

⏳ There is only ONE WEEK LEFT to complete your Class Observation and 1-on-1 Consultation.
Don't wait until the New Student Meeting to contact us.
📞 520-638-5264
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📩 Message us now to schedule your Class Observation and 1-on-1 Consultation.

09/20/2026

🇺🇸 AIR FORCE TRIBUTE WORKOUT 🇺🇸
Integrity First.
Service Before Self.
Excellence In All We Do.

Our students and instructors came together for our Air Force Tribute Workout—a physical challenge built around the Core Values of the United States Air Force.

5 Rounds:
20 Thrusters
20 Sumo Deadlift High Pulls
20 Push Jerks
20 Overhead Squats
20 Front Squats
⏱️ Every minute on the minute: 4 Burpees

The purpose wasn't simply to finish a difficult workout.
It was an opportunity to experience, in our own small way, what it means to keep working when you're tired, uncomfortable, and would rather stop—to put duty, commitment, and the people beside you ahead of comfort.

At Valor & Virtue, martial arts is the method. The mission is to develop better people.

To the men and women of the United States Air Force—past and present—thank you for your service and sacrifice. 🇺🇸

Honor. Duty. Sacrifice. Excellence.

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09/19/2026

09/15/2026

🥋 INTERESTED IN TRAINING WITH US?
Our 4th Quarter New Student Meeting is coming up:
📅 Sunday, September 27
⏰ 10:00–11:00 AM
At Valor & Virtue Martial Arts Academy, enrollment is a process.
We don't offer trial classes or ask prospective students to simply "jump in and see if they like it." Before Tryouts, we want prospective students and families to understand what we teach, why we teach it, what we expect, and what they can expect from us.
The enrollment process consists of:
1️⃣ Class Observation — See our training in action.
2️⃣ 1-on-1 Consultation — Meet with Sensei and ask questions.
3️⃣ New Student Meeting — Learn about our program, expectations, and values.
4️⃣ Tryouts — Demonstrate effort, attitude, and coachability.
The New Student Meeting is required before beginning Tryouts, so if you have been considering training with us—either for yourself or your child—now is the time to begin the process.
Our program is built around three disciplines:
Character Development. Physical Fitness. Martial Arts.
And one mission:
Develop Character. Ensure Survival. Forge Success.
📞 520-638-5264
🌐 valorandvirtuemartialarts.com
Message us to schedule your Class Observation and 1-on-1 Consultation before September 27.
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09/13/2026

Every year, we remember.

343 firefighters.
60 police officers.
8 EMTs and paramedics.
Nearly 3,000 lives lost.

Our annual 9/11 Memorial Workout is not about a score, a time, or how much weight is on the bar.

It is about remembering.

It is about honoring those who ran toward danger when others were trying to escape it.

It is about sacrifice, duty, courage, and service to others—values that should never be forgotten.

This year, our students once again completed 343 repetitions:

🇺🇸 100 Deadlifts
🇺🇸 100 Power Cleans
🇺🇸 100 Power Snatches
🇺🇸 43 Burpees

343 repetitions in remembrance of the 343 FDNY firefighters who gave their lives on September 11, 2001.

We train because greater ability brings greater responsibility.

We remember because their sacrifice deserves to be remembered.

Never Forget. 🇺🇸

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