ATA FIT Cross Training for 2011

ATA Martial Arts is starting new Fit Training classes at noon every day starting January 3, 2011. The goal of these classes is to improve overall health including flexibility, core strength, cardiovascular endurance, and muscle tone. The workouts are martial arts inspired and feature yoga, pilates, cardio kickboxing, and other influences. This sweaty, kick butt workout is for anyone and everyone. No uniforms or previous experience necessary. We'll see you in class in January!

ATA Teams Up With The Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania

Each Friday of October and November, ATA West Chester has teamed up with the Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania. We taught various workshops such as Kidz 'n Power, Introduction to Martial Arts Training, Bully Education, Girls Health & Fitness, & Self-Defense to the different troops in the area. The girls, ages 7-17, have really enjoyed Miss Boulden's guidance. Upon workshop completion, the girls received an ATA badge to display on their vests & sashes. Way to go girls! We cannot wait to host the workshops again next year!

The Beginning

Allow us to introduce ourselves. Our names are Maria Boulden and Marc Jouan and we are martial artists from Newark, Delaware. We are recently engaged to each other and are in the process of opening up our own ATA(American Taekwondo Association) martial arts school! Having an ATA martial arts school of our own has been a goal(and dream) of ours for a long time and it is finally happening! Mr. Jouan has been training in martial arts for about 20 years and Miss Boulden has been training in martial arts for about 11. We teach all ages and levels of students. Teaching martial arts is an extremely rewarding career for us because you can have the opportunity to touch so many lives. Martial arts teaches confidence, respect, discipline, fitness, and of course self-defense. For more information about us, our website is http://www.atapennsylvania.com/.

Today we got the key to the door of our building and will begin introducing ATA to the town of West Chester next week! We have a lot of work to do on the inside of the building, but hopefully once our permits are cleared we will be ready to open shortly after. To the right of the post, you will see pictures of the building before our buildout. It used to be the home of a dancing school, hence the mirrors and dance floor. We are so excited to finally start putting our vision into reality and making this ATA's home!