Jun 12, 2019 | Latest News
Audible.com recently had a sale, one program of which was, The National Parks: America’s Best Idea, by Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns. Given the time of the year, summer, and my love of the Great Outdoors, I had to take advantage of the sale to learn more about the...
Apr 29, 2019 | Latest News
Colorado weather has been whipsawing lately, as it does so often, which reminds me of when I first moved here and opened SMAA over 20 years ago. The first seminar I hosted, with a visiting instructor, was in January of 1999. My teacher flew out from Florida and was...
Apr 22, 2019 | Latest News
Every year I stuff hundreds of Easter Eggs (this year I had help from Christy Miller, Julie Schneider and Mr. Logan Reichert –thanks guys). And every year, I fret about having to pick up all the Easter Eggs myself because no one showed up. And every year, few...
Apr 15, 2019 | Latest News
If you live long enough, your childhood will come back to you — all that was old will become new again. Growing up, I noticed all the nostalgia marketing to Baby Boomers, before I knew exactly what it meant to be a Baby Boomer. Later in life, I joked with my...
Apr 8, 2019 | Latest News
Yesterday, my kids treated me with an Escape Room experience for my birthday. Our goal was to solve riddles in a lost Mayan Temple before time ran out (one hour). As we were driving home after our hour of pretending to be Indiana Jones, our conversation turned to all...
Apr 2, 2019 | Latest News
Early in my martial arts teaching career, I taught a well-received class on Safety for Women. It wasn’t until a few days later that I learned why teaching safety and self-defense to women was so challenging. One attendee said she went home and tried a specific...
Apr 1, 2019 | Latest News
We had a relaxing Spring Break with family last week, and now we are back and SMAA is OPEN for regular classes for April 2019. See you on the mat or in the lobby.
Mar 26, 2019 | Latest News
SMAA is CLOSED this week (March 25th – 30th, 2019) for SPRING BREAK. Enjoy your time off and we’ll see you when we re-open on April 1st, 2019!
Mar 18, 2019 | Latest News
Saturday’s Annual St. Patrick’s Day Party was one of the most pleasant family events SMAA has hosted. I had been wanting to host a Board Game Night for our parties for quite awhile, and now that we’ve had one, I’m very happy we did. The evening...
