Happy New Year!
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Promotion Ceremonies are this month!
For students who have been training in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Friday, January 24th
6:00-7:00 pm
Be on the lookout for further communications from us!
Please note
Dream will be closed Monday, January 20th in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
We'll be announcing our Spring Break and Summer Camp offerings soon!
Look out for separate announcements from us in the coming weeks!
Other News and Updates
Adults, fitness classes are here at Dream! Introducing Fighter's Shape Fitness, fun general fitness classes using a combination of training modalities like Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Yoga, Judo and Animal Flow to achieve strength, flexibility, and sustained speed, balance & explosiveness. These fun classes vary and are modified to help each individual achieve his or her goals. Suitable for different fitness levels.
Join one class or enjoy the whole series! Available Tuesday and Thursday mornings 9:30-10:30 am from January 7th – February 13th. Sign up here!
Have a friend who'd love to try martial arts? Spread the fun and invite them to class as your free guest during our upcoming Buddy Week (Monday – Saturday, January 13th-January 18th). Buddies train for free all week! Share this official invite link with your friends before they come to train!
In honor of Martin Luther King Jr., we are organizing a group of Dream students to volunteer at Toni's Kitchen, an impactful food ministry in Montclair, on Monday, January 20th at 10:00 am for a special day of service. For more details and to sign up, click here!
Spots are extremely limited, so if you're not able to attend, there's another great way to contribute. We'll be collecting food items to bring to Toni's Kitchen. So the next time you're at the supermarket, you can add one of the items on our list of needed foods below and bring it to Dream by Saturday, January 18th. We'll have a collection bin ready!
Peanut butter*
Pasta sauce*
Pasta
Canned fruits/vegetables
Tuna
Oatmeal/Healthy Cereal
Rice
Beans
Snack bars
Raisins
*No glass jars please
Moral of the Month: Respect
The new year brings with it the morals we will focus on over the next six months; many thanks to our Junior Leaders for selecting them:January: Respect
February: Patience
March: Safety
April: Community
May: Creativity
June: Wisdom
“Respect is appreciation of the separateness of the other person, of the ways in which he or she is unique.”
—Annie Gottlieb
Respect is a fundamental part of martial arts training. We often tell our students that a dojo cannot function without mutual respect between all parties. To treat someone with respect means to treat him or her as we would want to be treated. We show respect to others by acting in ways that demonstrate we care about their feelings and well-being.Recognizing and accepting others’ opinions, preferences and beliefs, even if they are different from our own, is one of many ways to foster respect while also allowing people to feel valued and included. In respect we find humility and empathy as we consider others’ values and contributions.
“Respect yourself and others will respect you.”
—Confucius
Besides respecting other people and places, we will also talk to students about self-respect. Self-respect is essentially having pride and confidence in yourself and behaving with honor and dignity. It is not contingent on success or failure but rather a perception of your own self in relation to your fundamental humanity. We cannot buy self-respect or obtain it from other people; we have to build it in ourselves by making choices that prioritize our care and growth.
“Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that's real power.”
—Clint Eastwood
Self-respect also entails standing up for yourself when someone is disrespecting you or treating you poorly. Removing someone from your life who doesn’t respect you can be a hugely important demonstration of self-respect. So are practicing self-care and setting healthy boundaries. Building upon self-respect will simultaneously help students with their self-esteem and worth and allow them to feel capable of tackling life’s challenges.