guide to abduction avoidance
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Child Safety Event
Parents, guardians, and adults who care for children face constant challenges when trying to help keep children safer in today's fast-paced world. This event offers easy-to-use safety tips to help address these challenges. RSVP 458-8082 and register to attend to guarantee your space.
Let your child discover the secrets of perseverance and motivation...these secrets are what others like most in a leader. 520.458-8082
The Academy's Martial Arts Program is a “WTSDA, EFC, MAIA & TASMA” Award Winning Program.
Teacher's Stress Release Workshop
teachers release stress workshop
Stress is the leading cause of teacher burnout and early retirement. This workshop will teach teachers techniques and tips for managing stress
PAC - Parent As Coaches
pac info flyer
THREE EASY STEPS TO REDUCING STRESS
- Have friends you rely on and talk with.
- Get physical exercise, a major stress reducer.
- Get enough sleep.
Those three steps, which anybody can do, will make a big difference.
What about men who say they don't have time to relax or exercise? Most people waste at least three hours a week in mindless emailing, IMing, and surfing the net. If you just cut that out, there's a workout for you with your family. If you include the time spent watching television, it probably adds another eight to ten hours.
Tang Soo Do Martial Arts “Parents As Coaches” (PAC) is the answer. Pac is a special program ideal for the busy family to spend quality time together through a healthy lifestyle.
So stop reading this, get up, sign up for the next PAC class and relax. pac info flyer.pdf
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Who Are We - AFP!
Established in 1988 and since 1992, The Academy of Fitness Professionals (AFP) Black Belt Leadership School has been providing professional martial arts and fitness services. Areas such as discipline, confidence, focus, self defense, and health and sport performance are improved through traditional martial arts training.
The fitness and exercise training specializes in physical conditioning of the cardiovascular system, musculoskeletal system as well as nutrition education bringing results of weight loss management, disease and disability prevention, and a all around stronger body for better performance.
Members join and through endurance and hard work strive to become “Black Belts” in Traditional Martial Arts or Exercise Martial Arts and Fitness. Some specialize in both for the evolution of "Certified Black Belts specialists" in both fields is the goal for the serious student.
The purpose of training at AFP is 3-fold; SELF DEFENSE - we protect our lives and possessions from injustice and danger. HEALTH – we promote our physical and spiritual health and ejoy strong bodies and sound minds through rigorous training. BETTER PERSON – we strive to be of better character through endurance and hard work.
AFP is ideally suited to providing you professional services in the area of martial arts and exercise strategy for better health, better physical conditioning, safety awareness protection, and better character.
Tang Soo Do - A Traditional Martial Arts
What is Tang Soo Do?
Tang Soo Do means "the art of the knife hand" or "the way of the Chinese hand." It contains characteristics of Chinese internal methods and Japanese striking styles. Tang Soo Do is a modern martial art and it's purpose is to develop every aspect of the 'self' in order to produce a mature person who can totally integrate his intellect, emotions, body and spirit.
Tang Soo Do, is not a sport and its primary goal is not a competitive one. However, it does lend itself well to combative situations. Being a well-balanced style, Tang Soo Do offers a wide array of kicks, hand strikes, and stances representative of hard styles as well as softer stances and more fluid motions that are indicative of the softer styles. It derives it's hardness from Soo Bahk Do and its soft flowing movements from the Northern Chinese systems. Its kicking techniques , for which Tang Soo Do is unsurpassed, are based on Soo Bahk Do. Both of which can easily be recognized in the forms that are practiced within the style.
Free sparring is an extremely important part of Tang Soo Do training. There are two major types suitable for Tang Soo Do schools: Dojang sparring and competition; or tournament, sparring. Although the techniques used in these types of sparring could be potentially dangerous and could result in a knockout or serious injury if not properly controlled, full contact sparring (kick boxing), traditionally is not included in the Tang Soo Do venue.
Tang Soo Do competitions do not allow contact to face or groin, or the back while allowing light moderate contact to the sides and front of the body. When one looks at injuries occurring in other contact sports it becomes clear that Tang Soo Do is actually a very safe activity. Qualities like sportsmanship, mutual respect for each other and personal discipline insures that practitioners compete in the healthiest environment possible. After all, the purpose of Tang Soo Do training is not for fighting, but to perfect techniques that will enhance one's total self. If the occasion arises when one must defend oneself, of equal importance is the development of the proper spirit to supplement the physical skills that are attained.
The Difference Between Us
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Why Exercise Does Remarkable Things For Your Health
Exercise benefits every part of the body, including the mind. Exercising causes the body to produce endorphins, chemicals that can help you feel more peaceful and happy. Exercise can help you sleep better. It can also help you if you have mild depression and low self-esteem. Plus, exercise can give you a real sense of accomplishment and pride at having achieved a certain goal — like becoming slim again and fit and becoming a World Tang Soo Do Fitness Black Belt! If you want to be healthy, slim and fit, have a personal trainer to hold you accountable, learn more about nutrition, lose weight and tone your body then our World Tang Soo Do Black Belt Cardio Fitness Program is for you! Please read on...
Most people are obsessed with their weight, buns, and abdominal muscles. Many people start exercise programs thinking that they will look like the models on the covers of fitness magazines. The hard facts are that few if any will ever look like those models, no matter how many sit-ups or leg-raises you do. People have to learn to appreciate all of the benefits that are associated with a regular physical activity, besides the modest physical appearances that may eventually result over time.
Why should you be concerned if you are not participating in a regular fitness program? Because as bad as it is to be overweight, it may be just as bad to be inactive. In fact, some health authorities believe its worse. The health risks of obesity—diabetes, heart attack, high blood pressure and certain cancers, among others—are familiar to most, but physical activity confers its own benefits above and beyond what it can provide for weight control.
Rather your interest is Weight Control, Martial Arts or Fitness we’ll help you find the hidden goldmine of success in the area you're most passionate about.
Please let us know what we can do for you by clicking on the CONTACT tab above and submitting the form.
Master Johnny R. Williamson, 5th Dan/MBA - Founder and Owner
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