Happy Perseverance Day

Be the Opposite of a Quitter Given that Friday was “Quitters Day,” I’m dubbing today PERSEVERANCE DAY to celebrate everyone who Keeps Going to achieve their goals in spite of motivation challenges and old habits pulling you back to where you started....

Free Systema Self-Defense Seminar November 9th, 2024

FREE SYSTEMA SEMINAR SATURDAY NOVEMBER 9TH, 2024! FOR THE FIRST 20 WHO REGISTER The Seminar will begin at 10AM and here’s the agenda: 1st Hour = Gun Disarming 2nd Hour = Knife Defense 3rd Hour = Stick Work 4th Hour = Sensitivity Training & Breathwork You...

Teamwork in Technique

This month’s Powerful Word is TEAMWORK so I’d like to talk about how students use teamwork while they are practicing their base self-defense techniques. When students practice any self-defense technique they work in one of three phases of analysis: The...

Back To School 2024-2025

The First Day Back-to-School I dropped my youngest off today for her first day of High School, as so many parents are doing this week. Back-to-School time can be stressful for both children and their parents as we all learn to adjust and adapt to the new school year...

Summer Break 2024

Just a reminder to everyone that SMAA is on Summer Break this week, Monday, July 15th, 2024 to Saturday July 20th, 2024. We re-open for classes and belt testing next week on Monday July 22nd, 2024. Stay cool and we’ll see you next week.