About Kung Fu Kids After School Program
Mantis Martial Arts is proud to offer a premier after school service to the Santa Cruz community. We provide pick up after school in our safety rated and fully insured Honda and Toyota minivans for children in grades 1-8 from over 10 schools in the Santa Cruz county area. Please call 831-251-1269 for details or to inquire about adding your child’s school to our Kung Fu Kids After School program.
Kung Fu Kids After School Program Services
Students in our after school program are enrolled in children’s only Kung Fu classes (Mon/Weds) and/or all ages, family-centered Kung Fu classes (Mon/Tues/Weds/Thurs), depending on the days of the week they attend.
Kung Fu Kids is a Full Service After School Program
We pick your child up from school and bring her or him to our training studio. With Kung Fu Kids, you won’t worry about getting off work early, arranging rides, or leaving your child home alone. Once in our studio, we provide a healthy snack, allow quiet time for homework, and training in traditional martial arts. Our program encompasses the benefits of martial arts while providing convenience for the modern parent. By enrolling your child in Kung Fu Kids you free up evenings for what counts—quality time with your child. When you pick your child up at the end of the day, he or she has already had a snack, homework time, and been engaged team-building exercise.
Goals of Kung Fu Kids
Kung Fu Kids provides a wholesome family oriented atmosphere where all kids feel welcome, secure, and have fun. Our goal is to educate kids in the way of Kung Fu. This includes learning physical and mental focus, strength, coordination, and balance. In addition, traditional Kung Fu has an ancient educational process that, in essence, teaches one how to learn. Our goals for children include the development of the following:
- Respect both in and out of the training studio, including in the home and at school
- Focus that will aid not only in the practice of kung fu and will also reflect in schoolwork
- Social skills and team-building
- Self-confidence
- Discipline
- Integrity
Mantis Martial Arts Staff and Values
All of our employees are dedicated to the enhancement of youth fitness activities so that the children thrive in and out of the classroom environment. Every student is provided with individual attention in order to fully take advantage of each child’s personal learning ability. Classes are taught in small group settings to foster cooperation and team spirit.
Our core values are integrity, discipline, and self-confidence. It is our purpose at Mantis Martial Arts to instill these values in all of our students. Our classes are designed to create a team atmosphere where the children can come together, regardless of background, and work in unity.
Benefits of the Kung Fu Kids After School Program
We improve overall performance physically as well as academically through the integration of motivating mental activities and fitness programs. We foster our core values of integrity, discipline, and self-confidence in all of our students. We encourage teamwork and family morales through fitness and martial arts training.
With childhood obesity reaching a national epidemic, participation in challenging physical exercise is not only beneficial but necessary. Kung Fu Kids is a fun place where the children look forward to going and interacting with other kids at the end of the day.
We engage the children in different physical games and drills designed to enhance strength and coordination, as well as to encourage the team atmosphere. We strive to keep children enthusiastic about Kung Fu. To meet this goal, activities are varied throughout the week.
Kung fu classes are provided five days a week during our after school program, although only four days are required if your child attends the program Monday-Friday. After snack and homework time on Fridays, there is free time to read, play games, practice martial arts, or relax watching one of our family-oriented DVDs.
We encourage you to take full advantage of our after school martial arts program.
Call 831-251-1269 to schedule a tour of our studio and free class for your child.