LZFMA Mission Statement
“Empowering Lives Through Martial Arts.”
We hope to provide for our students, both children and adults,
challenging and stimulating well-rounded martial arts training that
increases self-esteem, confidence, physical fitness, self-awareness,
and the ability to defend oneself from others.
The form of martial art taught by Lake Zurich Family Martial Arts
benefits students through four primary ways: physical fitness, Tae
Kwon Do basics, forms, and self-defense.
- Through the various martial arts exercises
and drills, physical fitness is stressed and developed in many
ways. Cardiovascular fitness is developed through high-intensity
aerobic exercises, muscular strength is promoted through exercises
such as push-ups, crunches, and martial arts techniques such as
punches and kicks, and overall endurance is improved through
strenuous 45 to 90 minute classes.
- The basic punching and kicking techniques of
Tae Kwon Do encourage basic body awareness, coordination, balance,
and eye-hand and eye-foot coordination.
- Through the learning and practice of
empty-hand forms (sequences of techniques learned for each rank),
the student learns discipline, self-control, body awareness, and
memory.
- Self-defense helps students learn confidence
and responsibility. While self-defense techniques can be violent,
the proper and legal use of such techniques only in self-defense
is emphasized. Learning and practicing self-defense skills are
incredibly beneficial even if never used for actual self-defense.
For children in particular, the martial arts foster self-esteem,
confidence, and a sense of achievement as they move through the
ranks. Unlike sport-oriented martial arts and other sports, the
martial arts emphasize self-improvement over competition with other
children.
Adults benefit particularly from the martial arts through
increased fitness, flexibility, stress release, and self-defense.
Remember: the goal of the martial arts lies neither in victory
nor in defeat but in the perfection of the character of its
participants.
-Jim Andrews, Robin Andrews, and
staff
Our Philosophy
The Martial Arts means many things to many people. Click Here to read a statement by Jim Andrews,
Instructor, on the Value of Studying the Martial Arts.
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