ITFS Household Program

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3 years and up

Monday 11:15am – 12 noon PST

Our ITFS Super Heroes classes lets your child embrace the mini super hero that lives within her/him. We focus on “super hero” movement and reactionary skills training by using games and interactive skills. Classes incorporate film clips, images, graphics and stories along with physical skills and challenges to keep kids engaged and interactive. We not only highlight famous super heroes but also highlight everyday people doing super hero jobs. Our Super Hero message of the week is intended to help kids incorporate the super hero qualities of integrity, honesty, kindness, helpfulness, creativity and courage into their day to day. We encourage students to wear their favorite Super Hero costume or to make a homemade costume of their own. 

We have learned over the course of 30 plus years that kids learn best when they are having fun so we hide important skills development exercises in fun games and drills that can be facilitated at home. Our goal is to facilitate positive experiences that will encourage a greater sense of self-esteem, confidence, creativity and problem solving.

Class Goals

- Develop listening skills

- Develop and refine gross motor skills

- Encourage constructive physical play

- Exercise 

- Encourage fun and inspirational experiences 

- Empower sense of self-reliance and self-confidence 

3 years and up

Tuesday  11:15am – 12 noon PST

Our ITFS Imaginarium Classes were developed to share the arts, natural wonders and encourage discovery. Class content varies from learning about nature to participating in interactive imagination games, to art and drawing to re-purposing “trash” and much more. Our instructors are experienced in working with younger students and share their enthusiasm for learning in every class. 

One of our goals are to provide opportunities for our students to discover their own creative voices and help them build the tools to express them. Another important goal of the class is to help inspire wonder in the natural world, like learning how a plant grows or about an eagle’s life cycle. Our exercises encourage students to think creatively in relation to nature, the arts and in problem-solving. 

We use film clips, books, images, and interactive art exercises to help create an environment that nurtures creativity, empathy and discovery. We also offer students the opportunity to do extracurricular projects with parents like planting a seed and watching it grow to repurposing an empty plastic water bottle to make useful household items.

Students should have paper, colored pencils or crayons, and basic art supplies ready for class. 

10 yrs to Adult

Tues & Thurs 6pm - 7pm PST

Our Kadan Martial Arts (KMA) classes are a blend of martial arts, conditioning and self-defense. It is an Olympic Taekwondo based art that also incorporates Hapkido, Judo, Western Boxing, and Jujitsu into one comprehensive program. Our Zoom live-stream classes are designed to share skills and techniques with fun and high-energy drills. Participants will get a great workout whether training on their own or with a partner. 

Our lead instructors Kadante and Roland H. Ferrer were born into the martial arts. They bring an enthusiasm and positive energy to their classes and at the same time providing excellent martial arts instruction. 

We are committed to helping and supporting each student develop his/her unique talents. Each of us has important gifts to share with the world. At Kadan Martial Arts, we use the martial arts as a tool to help our students unlock their gifts and focus on the possibilities. We have been dedicated for over 30 years to empowering humanity one student at a time. We believe that through positive and proactive involvement in the everyday lives of others we can help create a better community and a better future for ourselves and our children.

Our Kadan Martial Arts program was established in 1992 by Roland and Aurora Ferrer. KMA was originally known for its top level Taekwondo Athletes, ranking in Jr. & Sr. divisions in State, National, U.S. Team Trials and International Competitions. In time, raising their two sons at the studio, gave way to diversifying their programs. They became inspired to help people of all ages and physical abilities enjoy the benefits of the Martial Arts. Kadan became known as a "family school" a place where children from 8 years old to adults could train and grow together. We strive to make our environment a nurturing and positive place for everyday people to face their fears, overcome their challenges and walk the martial way. 

We hope you will join us.

8 yrs to Adult

Tues & Thurs 7pm - 8pm PST

Our PaaMano Eskrima (PME) Zoom live-stream program is divided into two parts: 

PME Skills and Drills (ages 7 yrs to adult) and 

PME Techniques and Application (ages 12 yrs to adult). 

PME Skills and Drills classes are fun and interactive. We break down the skill and then we hide the repetition in drills designed to foster muscle memory. PME Techniques and Application classes are designed to breakdown foundational techniques in an easy to follow format and then show their practical application. 

The family classes focus on not only developing proficient FMA skills but also offers an opportunity for family members to learn together. Students will develop fundamentals and incrementally progressing to refine skills and applied practical application in double stick, single stick, knife, sword, empty hand, sweeps, disarms, counters, groundwork, kicks, elbows, punches and sayaws.  

PaaMano Eskrima is a style of Filipino Martial Arts, founded in 1992 by GM Roland Ferrer. The style combines multiple styles of weaponry with empty hand concepts as well as kicking applications. Elbows, knees, takedowns and disarms are an integral part of the system. The Filipino Martial Arts are one of the very few martial arts that begin with a weapon and end with an empty hand. Eskrima is a flowing and rhythmic art. Its’ practice was outlawed by the Spanish conquistadores. The Filipino people had to find a way to keep their art alive to pass down to the next generation. They solved this problem by incorporating the martial art into some of their traditional dances. 

Lead instructors Kadante and Roland H. Ferrer have evolved the PME system handed down by their father to include more interactive and reactive drills as well as skills bases games. PME is a great martial art for people of all ages as it is generally low impact and doesn’t require high line kicks. 

Teen to Adult

Mon 6pm - 7pm PST

Master Roland Ferrer has developed a unique program. He combines his 42 years of martial arts experience with the latest in exercises for longevity, proprioception and conditioning. Master Ferrer is in his 50s. While he still suffers from numerous injuries acquired throughout his 25+ years competing in the martial arts, he has retained much of his martial arts ability, flexibility and strength. 

In this program he shares what he has learned and practiced over the years and how he's been able to retain so much of his physical ability. His vitality has given him the opportunity to continue training and coaching top level martial arts competitors well into his middle age. Drawing from his own experiences and adding the newest longevity and strengthening exercises makes this a program unlike any other he has ever offered.

Master Ferrer attributes his physical longevity in the martial arts to a combination of important factors and has incorporated these six factors into his Men's Martial Flow (MMF) program. 

1. A lifelong dedication to the martial arts ("Life requires movement." Aristotle )

2. Facing ones fears ("The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek." Joseph Campbell)

3. Being 100% responsible (There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. Albert Einstein)

4. Keeping an empty cup (“Empty your cup so that it may be filled; become devoid to gain totality.” Bruce Lee)

5. An attitude of gratitude ("Trade your expectations for appreciation and the world changes instantly." Tony Robbins)

6. Laugh (With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die. Abraham Lincoln)

Roland's Martial Flow is dedicated to helping students develop practical and applicable self-defense skills by providing invigorating workouts, challenging preconceived limitations, and special "muscle memory" training drills. There is no previous martial arts training required but students must possess a desire to train in an intense yet respectful environment and maintain a positive attitude. The classes are setup to accommodate for beginning to advanced fitness levels. The Program is open to participants 18 years and older by invitation only.

Teen to Adult

Wed & Fri 6pm - 7pm PST

Our Cardio Kickboxing Program is much more than a great way to workout. We incorporate the basic principles of Western Boxing, Muay Thai, and Taekwondo into our high energy workout. Practitioners will develop their skills and proper use of biomechanics through interactive drills. All fitness and skills levels are welcome. We have created an environment where each person is encouraged to go at their own pace. Our drills were specially developed to challenge and develop both beginners as well as advanced practitioners. 

Our classes are taught in a simple follow along format with options for a singles or partners drills. Our instructors have workout musical playlists to keep students motivated and moving. Classes offer demonstrations with boxing equipment (gloves, mitts, shields, bags) as well as without, giving our more advanced students and opportunity to use their gear and beginning students can focus on developing technique and getting a great workout. 

A super fun and empowering workout designed to develop technique as well as cardio. 

Teen to Adult

Fri 7:15pm - 8:15pm PST

Aurora combines her 30 years of training and teaching in the martial arts, with her 20 years of meditation, Reiki, Ho'oponopono, and indigenous spiritual cultures knowledge to create unique experiences in each class.

Her weekly class is about helping to quiet our mind to help release the grip of the intellect and allow the subconsciousness mind space to breath. 

We will...

Gently wake muscles that may have been over looked as well as relax the muscles that may have been over worked by the challenges of modern living... 

Encourage balanced body systems and better neuroplasticity through proprioceptive movement and centered mind exercises...

Increase our mana/chi/prana (eternal life force - vitality) through the ancient breathing practices of Tibet, India and Japan. 

Open the energy  flow of our bodies to encourage vitality and longevity.

Learn about and work with our energetic body via chakras, meridians, auras and the etheric body. Learn about and work with crystals, music, breath. animal totems, meditation to inspire the spirit, open the mind and feed the soul.

Teen to Adult

Monthly Special Event

Come join Hip Hop Martial Arts for an hour of dancing fun! Here you will learn basics from many different dance styles as well as some basics from martial arts.  But the main focus is to relieve stress thru dancing, sweating, and having fun for an hour.  

Growing up in a Filipino+Cuban American (Cubapino) household, our house parties always included lots and lots of dancing!  Nothing quite replaces the feeling of a home dance party and the goal is to invite you and your family to the experience! Our HHMA Dance Parties are a way to bring an our of house party dancing  and fun into your night. 

Our environment is inclusive and welcoming of all skill and fitness levels. It's about getting your groove on with easy to follow dance and martial arts moves and giving you the opportunity to let go of worries and embrace the dance. 

 People of all skill levels and backgrounds are welcome to this judgement free dance-zone.  So lets all have fun and “get our groove on!” 

Dancing is an amazing way to sweat, have fun, and laugh, and we look forward to jamming with you in class very soon!

 KADAN MARTIAL ARTS (KMA)
Levels-White to Red 3
Day-Monday
Time-8:00-9:00pm
Curriculum:
-Taekwondo Poomse
-Self Defense Skills
-Self Defense Techniques
-Philosophy 

 PAAMANO ESKRIMA (PME)
Levels-All
Day-Wednesday
Time-8:00 to 9:00pm
Curriculum:
-Forms/Sayaw
-Empty Hand
-Single Stick
-Double Stick
-Flow
-Proficiency Skills
-Philosophy 

 KMA BLACK BELT PREP
Levels-Poom to Advanced Black
Day-Friday
Time-8:00-9:00pm
Curriculum:
-Taekwondo Foundation
-Taeguek to Adv. Black Belt Poomse
-Self Defense Skills (All)
-Self Defense
Techniques (All)
-Terminology
-Philosophy
-Adv. Black Belt Requirements