Inner Combat Training is violence prevention. Children learn traditional martial arts the traditional way: the physical skill and the philosophy that governs it, taught together, by an instructor, in person.
Chung Do Kwan Tae Kwon Do, Shorin-Ryu karate, and Dragon Style Kung Fu give the foundation: stances, blocks, strikes, kicks and their traditional forms.
Qi Gong breathing opens every session and teaches the body to settle before the mind reacts.
Children learn to keep distance, use their voice, and break free from a grab, so that leaving is always the first option.
They also learn to fall without getting hurt, and from the second week practice controlled, fully geared sparring under direct supervision.
Each week pairs the physical work with one behavioral skill, practiced on the mat where the pressure is real.
Bowing, listening, and waiting your turn.
Calming the body before deciding what to do.
Slowing down and breaking a hard thing into pieces.
Choosing how hard to strike, and when not to.
Naming what you can do now that you could not before.
It is taught, not downloaded. These are physical skills that can injure when practiced without supervision, and in the traditional view technique without its philosophy does not prevent violence. The two are delivered together, in class.
It is part of a funded program. Grant support covers each participant’s place at no cost to the family. Enrolled families receive the weekly handouts and home-practice guides through the Member Portal.