Classes and Programs

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=180 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <IMG SRC="0ce91740.gif" border=0 width="145" height="116" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> AMERICAN BLACK BELT ACADEMY</div> <bR> <div> 614 2nd St. Pike</div> <div> Southampton, PA</div> <div> 215-396-9420</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Welcome!"><U>Welcome!</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Instructors"><U>Instructors</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id16.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our Style"><U>Our Style</U></A></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f0ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Classes and Programs</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us!"><U>Contact Us!</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Demonstration Team"><U>Demonstration Team</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="0ead22c3.jpg"> <bR> <div> Classes and Programs<B> </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial Black" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Little Ninjas</B></div> <div> <B>Ages 3-5</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>     The Little Ninjas is a detailed curriculum that focuses on improving pre-school age children's basic motor and listening skills. These skills will help them enter society with a more confident and enthusiastic outlook. They will become better students in school, better listeners at home, and more ambitious towards the future. </B></div> <div> <B>      The Little Ninjas program will also prepare your child for our basic kids martial arts program. The curriculum consists of developing8 major skills that are necessary for participation in any sport or activity. These skills are Focus, Teamwork, Control, Balance, Memory, Discipline, Fitnessn and Coordination.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Basic Kids Program: </B></div> <div> <B>Ages 6-12 White Belt and Orange Belt.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>This is the foundation program for all children. This class is specifically geared towards children beginners. This class lays down the necessary fundamentals and allows the child to progress without feeling overwhelmed by the more experienced children. This class enables the student to learn step-by-step the basics, while also allowing them to become more comfortable with the protocols and procedures of a martial arts school. Students in this class are all on the same page, and enjoy learning together. This is the class in which the bonds between student and teacher, and between students are formed. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Kids Black Belt Club, Master's Club.</B></div> <div> <B>Ages 6-12 Yellow Belt to Cho Dan Bo (Black Belt Candidate)</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>This program is for children with a few months and belts behind them. These students are no longer beginners, but are now learning to become Martial Artists in their own right. Students who enter this stage are a little bit more independent and have an idea of what's expected of them in class. Students who are in Master's club have been training for a while and have already started to learn basic techniques with weapons. Children under 13 work at this stage to achieve Junior Black Belt Rank, and also have the privilege to learn from and train along side existing Junior Black Belts.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Junior Black Belt Program</B></div> <div> <B>Ages up to 13 years old.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>At the American Black Belt Academy, we realize the fact that Teen/Adult Black Belts and Child Black Belts have different needs as far as instruction is concerned. This program is specifically designed with the child black belt in mind. Children under 13, who have been training for a minimum of 3 years may be eligible to test for their Junior Black Belt. The Junior Black Belt Program is a way of ensuring the technical proficiency, as well as the mental maturity necessary to be promoted to a true Black Belt. This program is a concentrated effort on the part of student and instructor, to get the candidate ready for that big step of achieving Black Belt.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Teen/Adult Basic Program</B></div> <div> <B>Ages 14 and up White Belt and Orange Belt</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>This is the foundation program for all beginners. This class lays down the necessary fundamentals and allows the student learn at his or her own pace. This class emphasizes the basics, while also allowing them to become more comfortable with the protocols and procedures of a martial arts school. Students in this class are all on the same page, and enjoy learning together.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Teen/Adult Class</B></div> <div> <B>Ages 14 and up Yellow belt and Up.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>This program is for students with a few months and belts behind them. These students are no longer beginners, but are now learning to become Martial Artists in their own right. Students who enter this stage are a little bit more independent and have an idea of what's expected of them in class. Students will learn the techniques of Tang Soo Do, and will also be exposed to elements of other styles in order to become more well rounded Martial Artists. Students in this c</B><B>lass will have the privilege to train along side of the Black Belts.</B></div> </td> <td valign="top" width=180 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <IMG SRC="0fe897d0.jpg" border=0 width="137" height="125" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Member of the UMAF</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="1389a610.jpg" border=0 width="154" height="97" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="13796740.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="116" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="136975e0.jpg" border=0 width="151" height="94" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <IMG SRC="10194760.jpg" border=0 width="148" height="118" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="106966c0.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="108" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="10396780.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="113927f0.jpg" border=0 width="146" height="127" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="11592420.jpg" border=0 width="146" height="66" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>