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Why Choose Family Self Defense School for Your Child?

At Family Self Defense School, we pride ourselves on our experienced and dedicated instructors, who are committed to helping every student reach their full potential. We offer classes for all ages and skill levels and provide a supportive and encouraging environment where students can learn and grow.

Our Kids Program

Do you have a child age 4-13?   Or perhaps an older child (we offer adult classes too!) 

“Here Are Over 50 Reasons Why You Might Want to Consider Trying Our Martial Arts Program for Your Child” Amazing “A FREE Trial” Offer Below…

We’ll PROVE to you that our program can transform your child into a champion on and off the mat… 

If you’re thinking about getting your child involved in martial arts, then you’re going to love what I’m about to share with you.  … If I told you there is a proven youth martial arts program in Joseph City, Arizona that can help your child increase self-esteem, improve behavior, get in great shape, have fun while learning self-defense and life skills, get more focused and lots more, and you could try this program for completely FREE, would you be interested? 

If your answer is “Yes,” then I’d like to tell you a little bit about myself and my kids’ martial arts program that has lots of parents from the Joseph City, Arizona area raving about the positive benefits our program has to offer them and their children. 

Hello! My name is Mark Hawley and I’m the owner / head instructor of Family Martial Arts and I’d like to PROVE to you what our kids’ martial arts program can do for your children. 

What sets our premier martial arts apart, is our specific program designed for kids, it teaches a variety of “life skills” and focuses a lot on “character building” and is not just the flashy punches and kicks you might see in a lot of TV commercials or movies.  The physical skills and attributes your child will develop will continually improve because our system is on-going, and not “seasonal” like most sports. See, the problem with a lot of other sports is that they only teach the physical and don’t really get much into the mental and life skills part of development. Martial arts does not just “stop and start” – it is a continual process of development to build success in all areas of life. Our system is about a lifestyle, one that makes kids better people overall – on the mats and off the mats – developing “Champions In Life.” Take a look at what your child will get by being a part of our team…

Surround your child with other positive kids, do positive things.  

Here’s a list of over 50 benefits your child will receive just by being a part of our youth martial arts program… 

- Confidence (“A confident child is an unstoppable child.”)

- Self-esteem (Your children will feel good about themselves.)

- Peer pressure avoidance skills (Your children will have the courage to say “No” to drugs and other dangerous activities.)

- Motor skills (Your child will have improved coordination and agility.) Self-defense skills (Your child will learn how to handle bullies.)

- Life skills they can continue to use as they get older

- Discipline (Being able to do the right thing)

- Personal development (Your child will be developing and improving each and every class.)

- Academic success (Your children will actually want to work hard to improve their grades.)

- A healthy lifestyle (Your child will learn how to get fit and stay strong and active.) 

- Tons of fun (Your child will have a lot of fun while learning important mental and physical skills.) 

- A positive learning experience (Your child will learn how to embrace positive things while avoiding negative things.) Better manners (Things as simple as saying “Yes sir” and “Yes Ma’am” to saying “Please” and “Thank you.”) 

- Positive outlook on life (Positive children succeed much more than negative children.)

- Mindset (Striving to do the right things in and out of school.) 

- Focus and concentration (Your child will pay attention more in class, during conversations and while doing schoolwork.) 

- More energy directed at the right things 

- Teamwork skills and how to get along well with others 

- Self-respect and respect for others 

- Eye contact (Kids who don’t look down at the ground and keep good eye contact with people don’t get bullied.) 

- Courage (Your children will learn how to stand up for themselves, say “No” to drugs, and avoid bullies and peer pressure.) 

- Mental toughness (Your child will learn how to be strong in the face of adversity.) 

- Language skills (Your child will speak more clearly.) 

- A head start in life by being a part of a “complete” martial arts and character development program 

- Drive (Your child will be driven to be a good student in school and a fantastic kid outside of school.) 

- Potential (Your child will develop his/her own unique potential and learn how to maximize it.) 

- Mental skills and physical skills that carry over at home, in school, and throughout their entire lives 

- Personal achievement (Our program focuses a lot on personal achievement so each child can get the most out of the program for themselves.) 

- Character building (Your child will build character, not just learn how to punch and kick.) 

- Physical strength (Your child will get stronger and build functional, healthy, sport-specific strength.) 

- Peer pressure resistance (Your child will be able to resist peer pressure, bullies and other negative aspects of life.) 

- Conditioning (Your child will get in better shape, look better and feel like a million bucks.) 

- Life enjoyment (Your child will have the mental and physical tools to enjoy life more.) 

- Self-Satisfaction (Your child will feel good about being a good person and doing the right things all the time.) 

- Positive, encouraging instructors who know how to teach and develop children 

- Leadership skills (Your child will be a leader, not a follower.) 

- Motivation (Your child will get motivated to be a productive member of society.) 

- Role Model (Your child will be work toward becoming someone for others to look up to.) 

- Admiration (Your child will become a child that other parents will be impressed with.) 

- Memory (Your child will remember more in school and retain more of what’s learned in class.) 

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- Balance (Your children will improve their balance which will help them enjoy more physical activity.) 

- Fitness (Your children will improve their current fitness level which will make them healthier kids.) 

- Fun (Your child will be a part of an educational program that makes learning fun.) 

- Life skills (Your child will learn valuable skills that last an entire lifetime.)

- Better grades (Your children will get better grades because they feel better about themselves and will want to work harder to succeed in the classroom.) 

- Physical agility (Your child will develop incredible physical agility at a young age.) 

- Habit of success (Your child will learn how to make success become a habit.) 

- Goal-setting (Your child with learn how to set goals and work toward achieving them.) 

- Responsibility (Your children will learn how to take responsibility for their own actions.)

- Total athletic development (Your child will get increased strength, speed and agility along with mental toughness and fortitude.) 

- Anger management (Your child will learn how to better deal with anger and disappointment.)

- Social skills (Your child will learn conflict resolution skills that help with social interactions.)

- Self-control (Your children will be able to focus their energy in a positive and productive manner.)

- Self-defense (Your child will learn real-life, proven self-defense skills.)

- Personal attention (Your child will receive quality instruction and personal attention even class.)

- Quality instruction (Your child will get to work with highly trained instructors who are committed to excellence in all areas.)

- Structure (Your chill will be in a structured environment and loving family atmosphere that promotes good behavior and success; many of our happily involved parents consider our academy to be a “safe haven” for their children.)

- Communication skills (Your child will learn better communication skills and social skills.)

- Meaning (Your children will discover that they are important, and their lives have meaning.)

- Better behavior (Your child will develop better behavior in all areas.)

And more…  And it gets even better… When you come see us to discover for yourself the benefits of our program, we’ll give you the following…  Tour of our facility – During this tour you’ll get to see our facility and we’ll be able to talk further about what your personal needs are and what you’re looking to get out of our program for your child.  Thank You for investing just a little bit of your time with us (with absolutely no obligation to join). Through our experience we’ve found this is the absolute best way for you to be able to make a well-informed decision about our program and to see if our program can meet your needs (I’m sure it will).  AND… To make things even better, we’re currently offering a Free Trial That’s right… you’ll get to try our program out for Free without paying a single penny!                    

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Don’t wait because I’m not sure how long this A Free Trial offer will be left on the table! I promise you’re making the absolute best decision for your child’s future and wellbeing. 

Give us a call and let us prove it to you! 

Thanks for reading and see you soon, GM Mark Hawley