www.aacdayton.com

(937)395-0333

In class, no one sits on the bench! Everyone works out together. Research shows that people are 20% more successful when working with others. Children are even more influenced by their peers. At the Asian Arts Center, your child is surrounded by people who are working out, training, accomplishing their goals and demonstrating positive behavior.

Asian Arts Center Taekwondo School has two locations in the Miami Valley serving Oakwood, Beavercreek, Kettering, Centerville, Springboro, Spring Valley, Belmont, Dayton, Fairborn, Huber Heights, Wright Patterson Air Force Base and all contingent communities. Children and adults take classes at the Asian Arts Center Taekwondo School and achieve total taekwondo and fitness by learning the ultimate leadership martial arts has to offer. Come join the quest to be your best today.

Our Kettering school is located on Stroop Rd between Marshall Rd and Wilmington Pike and next to Cassano’s Pizza. Town and Country Shopping Center is just down the street and so is the Greene and Lincoln Park with Fraze Pavilion.

1630 E. Stroop Rd., Kettering, Ohio 45429

661 Lyons Rd., Centerville, Ohio 45459

(937)395-0333 or asian_arts@hotmail.com www.aacdayton.com

Learn Taekwondo

www.aacdayton.com

Kickboxing Class On-Set

Working on “Kicks and Tricks” in the Hyper Pro program

Hyper Pro works to increase flexibility and agility. Our students have been working on handstands, cartwheels, and kicks that are different from those generally found in Taekwondo. It is often choreographed between several students, creating a performance like no other. In our standard Taekwondo classes, the children do their forms and the only sounds are their responses to the instructors, or their words used while kicking or punching. In Hyper Pro, however, music is used in class to allow our students to get even more pumped up. The energy is palpable!

The Hyper Pro organization lists that its “mission is to recognize the incredible athletes that train in the martial arts, compete and do tricks. We respect tradition and embrace the people who are constantly evolving, improving and creating new techniques.” http://hypermartialarts.com/about/ One of the joys of the program is that it reinforces our belief that the discipline of Taekwondo is not just something that is adhered to within the Asian Arts Center Taekwondo Schools. Rather, it is something that the students carry with them and use in their everyday lives.

Angel Perkins, Enrollment Specialist

Coordination

Classes at the Asian Arts Center will significantly assist you in your coordination.

Friends
You’d be amazed at how friendly the people are and the strong relationships you will build.

Humbleness
A martial art with a good teacher can transform the way you think. You may go in with one mindset and come out a completely different person. Now, I’m not saying this will happen instantly, but definitely over time.

Discipline

Mindset
I always been fascinated by the psychological improvements that students experience at the Asian Arts Center.

Eve Wjtowicz, Enrollment Specialist

The study tracked 1,000 adults up to the age of 85 and found that people who are physically fit have fewer colds and, when they do get sick, have milder symptoms. People who are more likely to get sick, on the other hand, are those with not-so-great habits like stressing too much, not getting enough sleep and eating a crappy diet (i.e. acting like you’re allergic to fruits and vegetables). As you age your risk of getting sick slowly increases, but unless you’re hiding the fountain of youth in your backyard, there isn’t much you can do about that.

What you can do is hit the gym instead. In addition to beating back colds, the other benefits of working out including relieving stress, improving your mood, increasing your metabolism, boosting your energy levels and many more amazing benefits.

Eve Wojtowicz, Enrollment Specialist

www.DoSomething.org lists several facts pertaining to low self-esteem:

1. Low self-esteem is actually a thinking disorder in which an individual views himself as inadequate, unworthy, unlovable, and/or incompetent. Once formed, this negative view of self permeates every thought, producing faulty assumptions and ongoing self-defeating behavior.
2. Seven in ten girls believe they are not good enough or do not measure up in some way, including their looks, performance in school and relationships with friends and family members.
3. A girl’s self-esteem is more strongly related to how she views her own body shape and body weight, than how much she actually weighs.
4. 78% of girls with low self-esteem admit that it is hard to feel good in school when you do not feel good about how you look (compared to 54% of girls with high self-esteem).
5. 75% of girls with low self-esteem reported engaging in negative activities such as disordered eating, cutting, bullying, smoking, or drinking when feeling badly about themselves (compared to 25% of girls with high self-esteem).
6. 61% of teen girls with low self-esteem admit to talking badly about themselves (compared to 15% of girls with high self-esteem).

These facts may seem insurmountable, but they are not.  Many things can be done to help raise a young girls’self-esteem ~ including taking Taekwondo.

Taekwondo is a fantastic form of physical exercise, thereby helping with weight control and body tone.  When a girl is fit, mentally and physically, she is less prone to regard herself negatively.  She also becomes stronger within herself and is more resistant to negative impressions from the media and her peers.

Taekwondo teaches children self-respect.  When a girl learns to respect herself, she also learns that she is worthy of respect from others.  This lesson will help her to stand strong against bullying or mistreatment from others.

Taekwondo is a focused sport.  Through this focus, a child is better able to ignore outside influences.  Children who take martial arts often see a rise in their grades at school because they find themselves better able to pay attention to their teachers, they fidget less, and can control their breathing during stressful situations (like testing).  Because martial arts students have an easier time staying on task, they are also more disciplined when it comes to homework and extra-curricular activities.  Seeing higher grades and better results in other athletics is a wonderful boost to their self-confidence.

Our classes revolve around positive reinforcement.  Children earn tapes when they accomplish a task such as learning a new form.  These tapes give an instant reward as they work toward their next belt ranking.  The belt ranks also serve as a visual indication of progress and achievement.  The entire process of rewarding a job well done is intricate to helping raise a child’s self-esteem.

Each class at the AAC is a mixture of belts within the categories of beginner, intermediate, and advanced.  For example, white, yellow, and orange belts are all in the beginner class together.  This offers all children an opportunity to see not only what they are aspiring to, but to help others realize their potential as well.  Being able to be an example for a lower belt is a fantastic opportunity for a child to display their skills and feel confident!

Self-esteem and self-confidence play an important role in how a child grows.  By helping them to feel better about themselves, we are helping them to become better adults in the future.

Angel Perkins, Enrollment Specialist

Penelope after her performance at Lincoln Park Manor.

It takes motivation, perseverence, courage, dignity and a lesson in service to others.  In addition to classes, physical and mental dedication, students must select a community service project to be approved by Executive Director, Matt Pasquinilli.  “We feel it is important for students to learn at a young age that giving back to your community, volunteering your time and sharing your talent, is part of our everyday life. We are very proud of our AAC students and the projects they have taken on.”  Nine year old Penelope, studying at the Asian Arts for more than three years, is also an accomplished pianist.  She chose to play for senior citizens at area nursing homes.  Her first performance was last week at Lincoln Park Manor, where she brought joy to her audience.  We applaud you Penelope!!