Welcome to Summer! This can be a busy time for families. It took us a few weeks to get all the Neos together for class again, but we did it, and recently made custom fighting staffs! We’ll be using these quite a bit over the next several weeks.
Why staff? The staff is a useful tool for sharpening both armed and unarmed martial skills. The long lever helps us become more aware of errors in our stance and movement, and most basic techniques can be used with a wide range of actual and improvised weapons. Anything can be a weapon if you’re creative enough! #academycorevalue #wonder
Speaking of busy times for families, we recently polled the Academy about the possibility of staying open through the summer this year. Based on the majority of responses, we will take a break in July and resume classes in August. Families on monthly payment plans can make July payments in advance or contact us to arrange drop-off in July.
CAMP STILLNESS 2026
Based on the polling votes, we will have two days of Camp Stillness this year: Monday June 29th, and Wednesday July 1st.
Camp runs from 8:30 am-5:00 pm (drop-off starts at 8, pickup ends at 5:30), and takes the place of normal classes on those days. Your votes in the poll were anonymous, so please let us know if your child will be attending. We’re excited to have these extra special days of training and play ahead! Stay tuned for more information.
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With the Academy closing in July, we’ll be making some adjustments to the training plan for this summer: Neos and Adults, please start bringing bathing suits and towels on Wednesdays in June!
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We are in the running for Lowcountry’s Best! If you nominated us, THANK YOU! Either way, you can still help us out by voting daily! We are in a 3 separate categories, and I’ll provide instructions below. First, head to https://www.votelowcountry.com and then vote in the following areas, along with any other local businesses you’d like to support:
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