Champions Martial Arts Academy

An unexpected hiccup with our karate belt suppliers means we've had to push the date of our Virtual Belt Promotion & Awards Ceremony to Sat., Dec 19th. We hope you'll still join us!

Happy Thanksgiving Champions Martial Arts Academy! As crazy as this year has been, we are so grateful for our Shaolin Kenpo family. CMAA would not have made it through this challenging year without the continued support and encouragement from all of you and we are beyond blessed to have you all in our lives. From our family to yours, we wish you a safe and blessed Thanksgiving holiday and we hope to see you soon!... - Grandmaster May Castro-Manner

Happy birthday Mr. Raymond Rodriguez! We would’ve rather celebrated in person today but we hope you have an AMAZING birthday and know how much we appreciate you Happy birthday Mr. Raymond Rodriguez! We would’ve rather celebrated in person today but we hope you have an AMAZING birthday and know how much we appreciate you

In observance of Veterans Day, CMAA will be closed tomorrow, Wednesday November 11th. There will be no in-person or Zoom classes. To those in our Shaolin Kenpo family who are veterans, we can express enough how much we appreciate you and thank you for your service

Hi CMAA Families! We've just sent out the new Zoom links to those students who have confirmed they will be continuing with Zoom classes. If you haven't received an email and would like for your student to participate, please contact Miss C-M via email ASAP. Also, you may notice we've had to slightly adjust class start times due to the numbers of students participating in Zoom. Please look over the new info for your student's class and if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

In less than an hour we’ll be watching Grandmaster June Castro’s new show FIT FIGHT Boot Camp Join us! https://www.elreynetwork.com/watch

Happy Father's Day to all our amazing CMAA dads and grandfathers! Thank you for all you do to support your children/grandchildren in their Shaolin Kenpo training As we acknowledge fathers today for their love and sacrifices made for their families, we're spending a little extra time honoring the memory of the 2 fathers closest to our hearts. Their love for Shaolin Kenpo, dedication to teaching their art, and sacrifices made for our family is why Champions Martial Arts Academy even exists today. We'll never be able to thank you enough for all you did for us on earth, but we're sending all our love up to you both in Heaven today

Starting tomorrow! Grandmaster June Castro’s new show FIGHT FIT boot Camp

Good morning CMAA! Today starts our expanded Zoom class schedule. We are using the SAME class links for both class times during the week (ex: Stingrays Group 1 links from May will be used to sign-in on both Tuesdays & Thursdays in June). Please let us know ASAP if you have any questions or need us to resend any Zoom Class Links. See you soon! Today's Classes: Tiny Tigers & Tigers Group 1 - 3:30pm Tigers Group 2 - 4:15pm... Stingrays Group 1 - 5:00pm Stingrays Group 2 - 5:45pm Stingrays Group 3 - 6:30pm See more

Happy Memorial Day CMAA!

Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms who have ever walked through our doors and been part of our Shaolin Kenpo family! As GM says, family is our #1 team and we hope your family is showing you all the love and appreciation today. You deserve it and so much more!

Hello CMAA Parents and Students, I hope you are staying safe and healthy during these unprecedented times. I know it might be frustrating and challenging as we shelter in place but what an unusual opportunity for our students to implement Black Belt excellence. Our martial arts training teaches us to persevere, to not quit and give up, to have a positive, hopeful and encouraging attitude and to be an awesome team member to the most important people in our lives...our famili...es. As you spend countless hours at home, I hope you’re taking this valuable time to do wonderful acts of kindness for your families (spend quality time with younger siblings, help mom and dad with spring cleaning, yard work, etc.) I also hope you’re staying as physically active as possible, challenging yourself with Sifu’s workouts and practicing your Shaolin Kenpo techniques. When we return to classes, I’m looking forward to everyone’s improved skipping rope skills, numerous students breaking my 7.86 seconds belt tying record (or at least getting close to it), and an awesome punching combinations competition. We want very much to stay connected with our Shaolin Kenpo family so I’m excited to announce that starting this week we will be teaching free mini-classes live via Zoom. We won’t be posting new videos this week besides Sifu’s Weekly Workout. Instead, we’re looking forward to reviewing what you’ve all been working on these past few weeks. Our goal is to provide our students the opportunity to continue training. In addition, we hope our Zoom classes provide a sense of community, enabling our students to stay more connected and engaged while sheltering in place. Due to time restrictions on Zoom, all classes will be limited to 40 minutes. The class schedule for this first week is as follows: Thursday, April 23, 2020 Tiny Tigers & Tigers - 4:00 to 4:40pm Stingrays - 4:45 to 5:25pm Friday, April 24, 2020 Eagles (White to Blue Belts) - 4:00 to 4:40pm Eagles (Blue-Green to Green-Brown Belts) - 4:45 to 5:25pm Eagles (Brown Belts) & Adult Class - 5:30 to 6:10pm Be on the lookout for another email shortly with more info on accessing these Zoom meetings. Although all of these materials (training videos & Zoom meetings) are optional, we hope that many of you are able to take advantage of them and continue practicing your Shaolin Kenpo skills so you’ll be ready when we return from Shelter-in-Place. We will keep you posted on next week’s Zoom class schedule. Thank you for your support during this time. We hope you enjoy your Zoom classes! If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us via email at [email protected]. Please continue to take care of yourselves. We miss you all! Sincerely, Grandmaster May Castro-Manner

Hello CMAA families, It sure has been a crazy and confusing week for our family as we've watched the rapid developments on a local, national, and global level in response to COVID-19. As we've tried to adjust to being at home and figure out how to move forward, we know that all our Shaolin Kenpo families are doing the same. We hope that the following information will at least relieve some anxiety or stress of the unknown for our immediate futures. Adhering to the recent Shelt...er-in-Place county and state orders, Champions Martial Arts Academy will remain closed until we are allowed to reopen. Although we planned to reopen for classes after the initial 3-week period ends on April 7th, with so many changes happening in just the past week we are very aware that this may not be possible. Therefore we have decided to put a temporary freeze on all tuition charges for April. It is still our hope that as our nation works on flattening the curve of this virus that we will be able to resume classes at some point during the month of April and be back to our normal schedules in May. However, as the situation continues to develop we will be sure provide you with updated plans. Although we cannot operate in-person classes, this doesn't mean that we want our students to stop all aspects of their training. Tomorrow Grandmaster, Sifu, and myself will begin working on getting various training videos made and available for students so they can continue practicing their Shaolin Kenpo skills and most importantly, being active while unable to train. Please be on the lookout for updates on this from Grandmaster and know that these videos won't just be instructional lessons for students, but will also be an opportunity for the whole family to workout together. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us via email or at (925) 777-0100. Stay healthy CMAA families and we hope to see you soon. Sincerely, Miss Castro-Manner

Good afternoon CMAA families, After constant monitoring of Contra Costa Health Department updates and careful consideration, we have made the difficult decision to close the school and cancel all classes for this upcoming week, March 16 - 21, 2020. As we continue to monitor how our local agencies respond to the ever-changing COVID-19 situation, we will provide a status update of whether we will have classes starting on Monday, March 23rd. We have also made the decision to pus...h back our April testing dates to possibly mid or late April as we assess how the situation continues to change. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, but we appreciate your understanding and flexibility. As a team we reviewed the recent local measures taken to close surrounding school districts, public spaces/congregations, and limit social contact, and as our #1 priority is the well-being of all our students and their families, we feel it our responsibility to do our small part to help social distancing measures by temporarily closing. We will continue to keep you updated on any changes. In the meantime, students can certainly use our Members-Only video library to continue practicing their Shaolin Kenpo skills and we hope to see you all back in classes very soon. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Miss Castro-Manner via email or at (925) 777-0100. Sincerely, Grandmaster Castro-Manner & CMAA

Just a few days left to turn in your valentine cards!

So proud of our CMAA families!

Thank you to all the families who joined us to participate in the City of Antioch’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service. It might’ve been chilly, but what a great way to spend the morning with our students and taking care of our community!

Congratulations to all our students recognized for their 2019 accomplishments at our Annual Recognition Awards Ceremony on Sunday, January 5, 2020!

Happy New Year! Congratulations to all our students recognized for their 2019 accomplishments at our Annual Recognition Awards Ceremony this past Sunday, January 5, 2020!