What Class at Kaizen Fitness Martial Arts?

The new Kaizen Dojo (Training Hall) is the largest Full time martial arts studio in the North of Scotland, and the slow, no pressure learning environment that we have adopted here enables us to quickly pass on all the basics of the Kaizen system at an easy relaxed pace. So when you join the main class you will feel comfortable and know what to do as you train.

Benefits of Karate

Our Karate Program helps to attain:

Kaizen Tigers 3 - 4 year olds

We believe the time between the ages of 3 and 4 are the most important years of a child's development. Our program will enhance positive development in a fun and motivating way.

The Kaizen Tigers program will also prepare your child for our Padawan’s and Junior Jedi Martial Arts Program, In the Kaizen Tigers classes, they will be exposed to positive social interaction., They will learn how to work with others and follow direction from their instructors.

The Kaizen Tigers curriculum consists of developing 8 major Skills That are necessary for participation in any sport or activity. Upon completion of our Kaizen Tigers Program, your child will become focused and motivated to achieve any goal they set in life!

The eight major skills your child will master are:

Focus, Team work, Control, Balance, Memory, Fitness, Discipline and coordination.

Padawan’s 5 & 7 year olds & Junior Jedi’s 8 – 11 year olds

The emphasis in the Padawan’s & Junior Jedi’s class is toward social development, co-ordination, improvement in academic and scholastic development, self esteem, integration within a family unit, fitness, and, of course self defence. One of the encouragement programmes for our junior classes is the use of merit type awards and badges. Unlike many other Schools we have opted to split up the ages of our junior classes. This enables us to have smaller classes and more personal integration with your child.

Young Adults 12 – 16 year olds

The self-image, confidence, discipline and control your Teenagers develop today, will determine the level of happiness and success they will experience as an adult.

Karate training also gives young people something gravely needed in today's society, the strength to say "NO" to negative peer pressure, and to replace the negative, with the positive in thought, word and deed.

Our students become leaders, not followers, within their peer groups.

By training alongside our Scottish, European and World Champions your teenager will be inspired to be the very best they can be. We offer the advantages your child needs in today's fast changing world.

Karate/Kickboxing for Everyone

Karate/Kickboxing is the perfect lifelong activity. It can be practiced at any age, and does not require exceptional flexibility or strength.

Plus, the self-defence skills learned might very well one day save your life.

It is a fun, yet challenging way to gradually get into shape. You will burn fat, gain greater energy and develop a toned, stronger and healthier body. It also offers a wide range of mental and spiritual qualities. These include confidence, control and self discipline to achieve success, mental calm in emergencies, stress management and lifelong leadership skills.

- Slow start programme
- Weight loss and muscle gain
- Emphasis on a healthy and fitness orientated life style
- Positive learning approach
- Goal orientated exercise and training

Fitness Kickboxing

If you don't mind a little sweat and a little hard work, this is the place to be. A 30/45 minute session completely works your heart, mind and body from warm-up to cool down. The results can range from improved health and stamina to better mental focus. There are a hundred reasons to start including meeting new people.

Fat Loss
Muscle and Fitness magazine rates aerobic kickboxing as the number one fat burner with over 800 calories burned in one hour class! 800 Calories! Nothing else comes close!

Toning
Did you ever notice how boxers and kick-boxers have very toned bodies? They look like they spend hours lifting weights, when the truth is they don't lift any weights at all. That's the same look you'll get from Cardio Karate. You'll get tight buns, toned legs, a flat stomach and a strong upper body.

Stress Relief
Let's face it. This is a major benefit. Our clients tell us this is one of the top reasons they can't get enough of Cardio Karate. Because of the mental strength the martial arts develops, students get so absorbed in Cardio Karate class, their problems seem a million miles away. The best part is you'll think clearer, sharper and with more confidence than ever before.

Variety
To make sure our students never get bored with Cardio Karate, we make sure our classes are never the same old routine.

1. Our instructors receive new routines and ideas each month from the National Association of Professional Martial Artists (NAPMA). NAPMA is the developer of Cardio Karate.
2. With the wide variety of punches, kicks, knees, elbows, calisthenics, and stretching exercises, you'll never get bored doing the same routines over and over.
3. Our classes utilize all the latest equipment to keep class exciting and help you develop your skills faster.