Sacramento Martial Arts and Karate

Mike Oliver's Journal – August 2010 Archive (4)

Tiny Tiger Class is Here

As our Martial Arts school in East Sacramento has continued to grow, I frequently heard requests to teach younger students--4 and 5 year olds. For years I had taught these ages at my teacher's school in Auburn and I am pleased to say that we are now offering classes designed just for this age group at Zen Martial Arts in Sacramento!

The Tiny Tigers karate class… Continue

Added by Mike Oliver on August 31, 2010 at 1:30pm — 2 Comments

Local Boy Tackles 100 Acts of Kindness for His Green Belt

Local boy demonstrates that the martial arts are about much more than punching and kicking by taking on a city-wide “acts of kindness” project

Sacramento, CA Aug 21, 2010 – Kristoffer Brown, a 9 year old Sacramento resident, has been studying the martial arts for 14 months now. Five months ago he…

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Added by Mike Oliver on August 23, 2010 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Verbal Judo Founder Comments on our Work

Verbal Judo founder George Thompson developed Verbal Judo years ago as a way for police officers to deal with verbal insults and assaults as well as getting voluntary compliance without getting physical. With the help of 'Doc' Thompson and other Verbal Judo instructors we have incorporated these same lessons into our martial arts curriculum. Many of your kids have already had great success in using these techniques to deal with bullying.

Here's a short message from Doc explaining why… Continue

Added by Mike Oliver on August 22, 2010 at 12:26am — No Comments

Safe from Assault: Are you Oblivious or Aware?

In our classes last week we talked about awareness and how real self-defense happens long before violence actually occurs. The U.S. Marines have a system for coding and identifying the various mental states that one can be in. We can apply these same color codes to our own awareness levels so that we stay safe.

Condition White - Oblivious

In this mental state you are completely oblivious to your surroundings. This is the state that people are… Continue

Added by Mike Oliver on August 4, 2010 at 12:24pm — No Comments