martial arts
Ninja & Martial Arts Programs
Ninja classes are offered at both Classic West & Classic Chanhassen. This class is an exciting option for boys and girls.
Karate classes offered at Classic Buffalo – Traditional Japanese Shotokan Style for ages 6 to adult. Small class sizes and groupings by level with opportunities to attend local competitions.
Ninja Courses
Grasshopper Beginner
The focus of this class is to introduce ninja-related terminology, develop a framework for social skills and communication. Students will build these skills through the development of fine motor skills, balance, and coordination while gaining a basic knowledge of body awareness.
The focus of this class is to establish a foundation of basic and fundamental ninja skills. Students will enhance their body awareness through balance and coordination. Introduction to the ninja circuit will help to develop fine motor skills and start to develop core body strength.
These students display a well-rounded understanding of the ninja foundation and basic skills. Introduction of agility and speed will be added to the skills. Students will increase core body strength with more focus on acrobatic elements, rolls, and vaulting. All rolls and safety falls will be mastered at this level.
At this level, students will focus on building upper body and core strength. More climbing elements will be added at this level. Students can successfully do all apparatuses of the Ninja course. They will learn a series of skills through a timed obstacle course to further increase agility and speed. They will expand their knowledge in acrobatic and vaulting skills.
Students have an established understanding of Ninja and are encouraged to add creativity to the skills and combinations already learned. The introduction of strength and conditioning at this level will help students build upon their Ninja foundation. Students learn advanced levels of acrobatics, vaults, and precision. Speed and agility will increase, while students’ timed obstacle courses will decrease.
These students have mastered all elements of the Ninja course as well as advanced acrobatic skills. The focus of this class will be to combine and link together the skills learned previously. Creativity is encouraged while students learn different skill combinations and different obstacle courses. We will continue to build on core and upper body strength with a focus on strength endurance. At this level, the most difficult climbing elements are also learned.
A Ninja style class where you will learn Parkour type moves? This is the class for you! Join this class to learn cool Flips & Tricks!
Martial Arts
Free Style & Action Classes
These Martial Arts classes focus on movement, body awareness, punching & kicking, defending, & more.
Action Class
Ages 3-7
Action Class that focuses on movement and good morals. Children are taught about honesty, making good choices and how their bodies can move. We practice punching and kicking while avoiding obstacles. This is a great class for introducing the Martial arts to young children.
Ages 13+
Our Free-Style Classes are a creative take on traditional Martial Arts. Teens/Adults will learn basic Martial Arts skills such as punching, kicking, defending and sparring in a controlled environment. We work on situational awareness and often times break boards in the process. Instead of doing forms/katas we learn sparring sequences to build up confidence and control of the Teen/Adults abilities. Do you want to do wall jumps while hitting targets? This is the class for you!
Free Style
Ages 7-12
Our Free-Style Classes are a creative take on traditional Martial Arts. Children will learn basic Martial Arts skills such as punching, kicking, defending and sparring in a controlled environment. We work on situational awareness and often times break boards in the process. Instead of doing forms/katas we learn sparring sequences to build up confidence and control of the child’s abilities. Do you want to do wall jumps while hitting targets? This is the class for you!
Karate
Karate Beginner
The focus of this class is to introduce ninja-related terminology, develop a framework for social skills and communication. Students will build these skills through the development of fine motor skills, balance, and coordination while gaining a basic knowledge of body awareness.
Gymnastics Done Right!
With five Twin Cities locations Classic Gymnastics provides gymnastics and related sports instruction in a professional, progressive, innovative, and family-friendly environment.
