Ascend Martial Arts

"Leadership and discipline I signed up my daughter last year to take classes from Ascend Martial Arts after they came to her school for a Bully prevention class. She loved it instantly and can not get enough. Watching her progress and have fun in class sparked my own interest to get back into the arts and take class with her myself. I haven’t done any sports or training for 20yrs and being 360lbs didn’t help. Ascend has help me get my life back. After being here a year I have lost 100lbs and currently at 260lbs. I get to spend time with my daughter and train to lose weight and gain mobility that I lost. They are very patient and supportive in my journey and they push me towards progress. I want to live longer and be healthier, they keep us accountable and disciplined. This is truly a community, one that helps you when you are down and lifts you up to achieve the goals you don’t think you can reach. My daughter has learned about leadership, accountability, unity, discipline, and inner strength. She is really loving the difficult challenges presented and then explodes with joy when she can figured out how to do the moves correctly. We work together and I love spending time with my family. As of now I was also able to get my wife and son to join and train with us! We are apart of Team Ascend and we couldn’t be happier. My kids love training with weapons and flips on the air mat. My wife loves the leadership classes and Pilates on Saturdays. I am truly amazed by what they have created and I feel apart of a community that actually cares about each other. Alone we go fast, together we can go farther. I can’t wait until my family is ready to try for their black belts tests possibly by 2025. They will teach you the value of the martial arts and show you true leadership and accountability. Thank you Ascend Martial Arts I am forever in your debt and thank you for strengthening my family. Got them off their iPad and phones and got them doing something truly worth while."

"It helps me get through some bad days when I needed it most. And I made new friends along the way and that they help me when I need it most and. That I get to talk to my friends an my favorite is sparing with my friends and am great full for that. My friends talk to me on how’s my day or how’s it been even if I still have my stage fright I still learn how to not be afraid."

"I’ve been coming here since I was ten and I would not be the same person I am today at eighteen. If it were not for Mr.Cancino and his staff and students, I would be in a much darker place. I would not have done well in school and made it into college if not for the values I learned here at Ascend. These values and skills served to improve my confidence. When I joined, I wasn’t very confident and was extremely anti social due to bullying. I can not say that I am much more confident and outgoing than I once was. If I could give more than five stars it would be 20/5 Stars."

"The best school in town. Mr. Cancino and the staffs are so approachable and their world class instructors are so awesome and always teach us new forms. The elevated black belt program is amazing, we can learn how to use martial arts tools. It’s a life changing experience and we are healthier and happier now. Our family is so lucky to be a part of the school."

"My daughter has been a member of Ascend since the first week of May. She says it’s challenging, fun, and she loves how kind and helpful all of the instructors are. As a parent who hangs out for nearly every class, I’m impressed by their attentiveness to every student, no matter the size of the classes, which can go up to 40! Overall, her fellow students are also kind and helpful."