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Kids

 

Soja is now enrolling kids aged 3 - 12 years, in our ongoing martial arts programs.

Click this link to see an up-to-date two minute introduction to Soja video.

Tuesdays
3:15 - 4 PM  5 to 6 years
4 - 5 PM  7 to 
12 years White / Yellow Belts
5 - 6 PM  7 to12 years Green / Orange Belts
Wednesdays
2:30 - 3 PM  3 to 
4 years
3:15 - 4 PM  5 to 6 years
4 - 5 PM  7 to 12 years White / Yellow Belts 
5 - 6 PM  7 to 12 years Green / Orange Belts
Thursdays        
3:15 - 4 PM  5 to 6 years
4 - 5 PM  7 to 12 years White / Yellow Belts 
5 - 6 PM  7 to 12 years Green / Orange Belts
Saturdays

9 - 9:45 AM  5 to 6 years
10 - 11 AM  7 to 12 years White / Yellow Belts 
11 - Noon  7 to 12 years Green / Orange Belts

 

For last minute updates, please check our most current class calendar on our schedule page by clicking this link

Register your child online now by clicking this link .

Soja Kids Kung fu Program

 * Confidence * Self Esteem * Fitness * Fun!

Soja's kids kung fu program emphasizes flow and grace in movement. White Crane Silat is taught non-competitively. Soja loves kids!  We offer ongoing weekly classes to help shape their bodies and minds. Our classes teach respect for oneself, their peers, and adults. Our studio offers a nurturing and structured environment where your child develops a can-do attitude grounded in respect and community. Yes we can! ~ Together as a strong family & community.


Rich Brown, kids program director
Rich Brown, has been a student of White Crane Silat for 17 years and a trainer of the art for the past ten years.  He has previously both directed and taught in after school martial arts programs.

Rich is an experienced educator having taught K-12 special, regular, and gifted and talented learning environments for over 25 years.  He directed a K-8 school, instructed and supervised graduate students in the School of Education at John F. Kennedy University, managed a vocational education massage therapy program, coordinated the curriculum at a private middle school for gifted and talented students, as well as managed two health programs in local public elementary schools.  Rich received the San Francisco Education Fund 2001 Golden Apple Award, for a Stress Relief and Exercise Program (using Yoga) he developed at Rosa Parks Elementary School in San Francisco.

In addition, Rich is a health educator who focuses on integrating Eastern and Western approaches to facilitate health and wellness. He teaches health promotion through qigong, tai chi, yoga, kung fu, physical fitness, weight training, nutrition, and principles of stress-management.

Rich holds a Master’s Degree in Integral Health from California Institute of Integral Studies where his training centered on Taoist health practice.  He studied qigong with Master Sun-Da Jin, the former Assistant Director of the Qigong Institute of Medical Science and Research in Hangzhou, China, is a licensed massage therapist and an instructor of bodywork at McKinnon Body Therapy Center in Oakland.  He has successfully completed a US Yoga Association instructor’s training course and is a certified CrossFit trainer.  

Get more info at:
www.SojaMartialArts.com
or call: 510.832.7652

Location: Soja studio 2406 Webster, Oakland, CA 94612

Ongoing Kids Kung fu monthly Program at Soja costs:

1x week, 1 monthly payment of  = $75.00  ($16.66 per class)

2x week, 1 monthly payment of  = $110.00 a class ($11 a class)

3x week, 1 monthly payment of  =  $125   ($8.33 a class)

Kids' class drop in fee: $20

Annual registration sign up fee $60

Scholarships available to those in extreme financial need

10% discount for siblings (10% per 2nd and 3rd child)

Kung fu pants and belt (no shirt) = $30

Belt only = $10