Soja Mind Body provides you with physical development, fitness, self defense, health, meditation, and nutrition, all rooted in traditional philosophical ethics and values. We offer a variety of workouts seven days a week, private one-on-one training sessions, and in-depth seminars to enable your mind and body to grow as fast and appropriately as possible.
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At Soja, you co-ordinate your physical, emotional and spiritual bodies with traditional workouts.
Our monthly membership fitness club format offers you drop-in flexibility, 7 days a week, mornings/noontimes/evening.
The word soja comes from White Crane Silat (Chinese-Indonesian martial arts). It means to greet with respect, both teachers and peers. It is quite similar to how namaste is used in yoga classes.
Soja Class Environment:
- Fun, friendly, casual atmosphere; gorgeous studio space
- Non-competitive adult approach, take it at your own speed
- Instructors directly trained and certified by world famous martial arts teachers.
- Instructors are educated, working professionals who help you achieve your goals of total health and self defense
- Inspiring music accompanies some of the workouts
- For people of all fitness levels
Workouts are based on these traditions:
- White Crane Silat kung fu
- Wing Tsun Bay Mountain kung fu
- MuayThai styled kick boxing
- Submission Wrestling / Brazilian Jiujitsu
- Combat Fighting (Systema)
- Qigong & Tai Chi
- Hatha yoga
- Vinyasa yoga
- Anusara Inspired yoga
- Powerflow yoga
- Kundalini Yoga
- Pilates mat
- Feldenkrais
Please visit our disciplines page to find explanations of the different training systems.
Please visit our online calendar to select your first class here at Soja.
Click this link to see an up-to-date two minute introduction to Soja video.
The foundation of the Soja core martial curriculum is grounded in these below principles:
Physical Development and Athletic Skills: development of balance, strength, agility. Within a short period of time students become stronger, better balanced, and more graceful. Emphasis is placed on the ability to flow through a wide variety of positions and postures.
Martial Art Skills: Soja's system is based on avoiding conflict and blending with the energy of one's partner or opponent. Students learn how to work with rather than against the energy of their partner/opponent.
Self Defense Skills: Soja self defense is based on the application of martial skills and awareness through the use of scenario based training. Students learn to effectively and appropriately manage harassment and intimidation through assertiveness skills and threat awareness. More advanced levels include awareness training for personal safety and scenario based self defense against a single attacker, ground defense, defense against multiple attackers, and against weapons.
Philosophical & Ethical Principles: Soja has a strong ethical base that emphasizes the development of character and integrity. Solid character and self-esteem is built upon the self-knowledge and comes from honesty interacting with others and facing and learning from life challenges. Other values include patience, perseverance, loyalty, honesty, discipline, bravery, humor, compassion, and responsibility.
Social/Interpersonal/Leadership Skills: Soja's system teaches cooperation rather than competition. Students grow only as much as her/his partner can challenge and support them. Therefore all Soja students and teachers have an investment in the growth of others. As part of a learning process, students learn to forthrightly acknowledge their weaknesses and limitations.
The first class is free and no prior martial arts experience is required.
Kids White Crane Silat Kung Fu Program click here .
Questions? Drop us an email at info@sojamartialarts.com.