MMA and BJJ Students, you're invited to
Subforce Charity Training Day!
Sunday, March 22
10:30 am-12:30 pm
at SubForce Brazilian Jiujitsu and Martial Arts
718 Ridge Rd, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
Students ages 4-15 are invited to attend this special day of inter-school training
Games and prizes! Pizza lunch included!
All proceeds to support the Lyndhurst Food Pantry
Suggested donation is $20 and 1 non-perishable food item
Look out for a special email invite from us soon to register for this event!
Other News and Updates
Reminder! We still have some Spring Break Camp (April 13-17) spots available, and Summer Camp early bird pricing ends this month! Reserve your child's place today for a fun and unique enrichment experience combining nature and martial arts!
We will be hosting two martial arts workshops at Nishuane Elementary School on Saturday, March 7th between 1:00 and 2:15 pm. Stop by and support our Junior Leaders as they help us showcase the work we do at our school!
Get to know our staff!
Dream is thrilled to welcome Abby Marshall as our new Community Manager! Abby is well-versed in our school's values and programs; both her son and husband train at Dream! In this role, Abby will work closely with Dream families and our broader community to enhance the experiences of our community members, ensure students have a fulfilling and enriching experience at our school, and manage special events to engage our students and their families.
Abby is a licensed social worker in the state of New Jersey with extensive experience working with neuro-divergent families and individuals. Abby is passionate about helping individuals and families achieve balance, joy and a sense of greater purpose in their lives. She is looking forward to using her training and experience to help Dream families get the best out of their experience at Dream.
You can reach Abby at community@dreammartialarts.com.
Please join us in welcoming Abby to the Dream Team!
Moral of the Month: Safety
“Each of us is the progeny of thousands of generations of people who were able to survive extreme conditions of insecurity, scarcity and struggle. This process of evolution and survival has endowed us with innate attributes that keep us safe, the most powerful of which is our own intuition.”
—Gavin de Becker
What does it mean to be safe? We make choices every moment of everyday about safety. Safety for our bodies, our minds, our communities and our world.
How do we teach children to be safe in a world of ever-changing threats? This is a daunting question for many parents including myself.
What role does intuition play in keeping us safe? How do we teach our children to tune-in to their bodies? To essentially trust their guts?
Our mindfulness exercises boost our awareness to hear and interpret the information the body provides us. Through meditation we can be more familiar with our mental and emotional reactions to stress.
When we teach our students self-defense, it empowers them to take responsibility for their personal safety. Peer pressure can often put our kids in unsafe predicaments. Young people are infamously impetuous and more likely to take pointless risks. Research has shown that their brains have not developed to the point where they can clearly foresee all the consequences of their actions.
We will talk to our students about having the courage and confidence to remove themselves from unsafe situations. We will give them tools and ‘verbal judo’ tactics to deescalate such circumstances and avoid danger.