Wellness

Myo Sim Karate & Kendo

What can Myo Sim Karate and Kendo do for me?

Build Core Strength and Improve Balance
Using just your own body, you can develop core strength. Myo Sim Karate and Kendo exercises utilize multiple muscle groups to build strength, and improve balance while helping you develop eye to hand coordination, and add gracefulness to your everyday movement. Regular stretching helps increase flexibility and improve range of motion.

Burn Calories and Increase Flexibility
Going from slow, strong, and deliberate motions to explosive movement helps burn calories. Participating in a martial art like Myo Sim Karate and Kendo can burn up to 720 calories per hour for a 150 pounds. person, making martial arts one of the best fitness activities.

Develop Self Confidence
Regular practice of martial arts can improve breathing and teach you to focus attention during challenging tasks. Confidence gained through achievements in class can increase your self confidence in other aspects of your life. Our students have said Myo Sim Karate and Kendo has improved their public speaking ability, personal and small group communication, and people management skills in the workplace.

Do I have to be young and naturally athletic?
NO! Myo Sim Karate and Kendo is designed to be studied by people of all fitness and skill levels. If you can perform exercises in the gym, you can participate in Myo Sim classes. All you need is a desire to learn. Each student progresses at her/his own rate, and therefore gets the maximum benefit of training. Our classes currently have students ranging in age from 6 to 60+ years old, all of whom practice at their own level. Like ACAC, Myo Sim Karate and Kendo believes that "You don'tstop playing because you grow old, you grow old because you stop playing."

But I’m not interested in fighting.
Good! Myo Sim Karate and Kendo are martial arts; fighting skills are a byproduct, not the goal, of studying Myo Sim Karate and Kendo.

Our primary concern is the development of the person, not the fighter.  Translated into English, "Myo Sim" means "Ultimate Mind." Through focus on developing our Ultimate Mind we seek to strengthen the whole person: body, mind, and spirit.