Jan 7, 2016 | Latest News, Uncategorized
Welcome to 2016! December may be the most wonderful time of the year, but January is the most EXCITING time of the year. Everything seems fresh and, well, new. The new year is the perfect time to look at yourself with new eyes, to examine your life from a fresh...
Jan 7, 2016 | Latest News, Uncategorized
This year’s Spar Wars was an exciting, hard-fought month of fierce tournament sparring. Here are the students who emerged victorious. Divison 1 1st Place Lex Lomanov 2nd Place Max Cripe 3rd Place Siena Scornavacco Division 2 1st Place Thomas Smith 2nd Place...
Jan 7, 2016 | Latest News, Uncategorized
5 Benefits of Free-Sparring That Kids Can’t Get Anywhere Else Many parents come to SMAA because they want disciplined, focused, respectful and confident children with a strong sense of self-control…they usually don’t just want fighting skills, per se, mainly...
Jan 6, 2016 | Latest News, Uncategorized
You’ve already voted SMAA “Best of Boulder”, now please vote for us for Yellow Scene’s “Best of the West.” Just click on the linked text below and vote for all your favorite businesses and services in Boulder County, including...
Dec 9, 2015 | Latest News, Uncategorized
Nov 10, 2015 | Latest News, Uncategorized
Weapons training of some sort is part of many martial arts. Children are drawn like filings to a magnet when it comes to martial arts weapons-training and have a natural inclination to want to train with something in their hands. How this type of training is handled...
Aug 19, 2015 | Latest News, Uncategorized
No one succeeds alone. We all know this at a deep level, yet we are duped by the myth that successful people achieve prominence independent of their circumstances and of other people. It’s the American Dream, that we start (should?) with absolutely nothing, with all...
Aug 10, 2015 | Latest News, Uncategorized
Pick a number between 1 and 20. No matter the number you pick, the “least random number,” or the most picked number, is: 17. If you picked 17, then you guessed what today is — SMAA’s 17-year Anniversary in Longmont. August 10th, 1998 was the first day of...
Jul 13, 2015 | Latest News, Uncategorized
So I have this friend from Kansas who refuses to take a day off. He was born on a farm and grew up working the fields and livestock every day, without fail. Miles and years removed from his childhood farm, Mike continues to work every day. He told me that he cannot go...
Jun 22, 2015 | Latest News, Podcast, Uncategorized
We have a podcast. Actually, we’ve had a podcast for quite some time but it took me this long to figure it out. You can search Scornavacco Martial Arts Academy in iTunes and subscribe. In the meantime, you can listen directly to our Summer Vacation Episode by...
