2025 YOUTH Programs
MOVEMENT AS SANCTUARY - WE FOCUS ON BEING HUMAN
Join the Grasshoppers Club for an awesome time of playful explorations of movement through Martial Arts. Practice is led by Bo, a former I-Power Gymnastics NINJA Program Director who brings 40+ years of Martial Arts practice and teaching experience to create an outstanding physical, mental, and emotional fitness program. The Grasshoppers Club classes are student-centered, exploratory in format, with the goal to accelerate learning and enhance practical skills while also improving Mental Agility & Adaptability. Practice includes partner work, individual and group challenges, and more.
Let me begin with the most important question any Parent and Student would ask: why join the Grasshoppers Martial Arts Club?
For starters, my aim is to give Grasshoppers Students a ridiculously unfair advantage when facing conflicts and challenges - be those emotional, mental, or physical. Our practice revolves around problem-solving, acute awareness, strategy, critical thinking, mutual respect, and physical, emotional and mental empowerment.
This comes with the responsibility to provide our students with non-diluted skills and know-how. The idea behind this approach is that one single hour of proper training is better than a full year of entertaining - and expensive - classes with little applicable value. After all, it is Martial Arts that we practice - albeit at a higher level then the overwhelming majority of current schools. For instance, if I did not teach Martial Arts, I would rather give my own kids a single month of Boxing training and receive better benefits than putting them through a year of loud martial arts wrapped in colored belts and sealed with a bunch of certificates and trophies.
That's because when you respect students as the future adults they are in the process of becoming (regardless of what it is they practice), you can only choose a path of responsible teaching, profound attention to individual details, and a teaching methodology centered on the characteristics and abilities of your students. This is as valid for Martial Arts as it is for Painting, Ballet, or Cooking.
It is a bold statement and I invite you to observe or take a class before labeling it as arrogance.
This training combines Martial Arts principles, games, and even storytelling along with strength and endurance using body weight training through natural movement games, puzzles, patterns, and complex spatial awareness challenges to enhance agility, flexibility, coordination, and adaptability. Younger kids begin through a more basic exploration of movement, obstacles, and basic acrobatics. Students can also combine tracks and participate in both the OpenMAT Martial Arts classes AND the Tumbling & Groundwork classes for a well-rounded physical training.
At the core of our practice is Mutual Respect and Nonviolent Conflict Resolution.
OpenMAT
Core, Power, Fluidity
MARTIAL ARTS:
AGES: 10 & UP
OpenMAT RATES
Drop-IN: $20
1 x Week Membership: $64/mo
One Time Trial Pass: $16
Family Rates Available
Family Practice RATES*
Drop-IN: $30
1 x Week Membership: $99/mo
* Rates include Parents + Kids
OpenMat is an accelerated Martial Arts learning practice based on exploration of movement, strategy, and common sense defense. It is also a progressively intensive full body workout.
ALL skills and ages (10 & UP) are welcome; determination is invited :)
"When I first started Martial Arts, my Goju-Ryu Sensei said two things to me. The first was that IF I stuck to Martial Arts training for six months, then Martial Arts will stick to me my entire life. I suppose I never quit and I hope you'll make this practice YOURS too; a foundation of resilience and power to rely on for your entire life.
The second thing he told me was that if I ever get into a fight again he will stop teaching me - so I had to learn how to solve my problems without fighting; and that took a long time.
Many years later among the last few things he said to me before his passing, was the request that I relinquish all pursuits of rank. As time passed, I understood that the only validation I needed for my practice was the way I conduct my life. For me, being a decent human outweighs all the belts and trophies to be had."
Registration Required. No Drop-Ins please. Thank you!
Grasshoppers
TUMBLING & ACROBATICS
MARTIAL ARTS & TUMBLING
RATES
Drop-IN: $20
1 x Week Membership: $18/week
One Time Trial Pass: $16
Family Rates Available
Our practice uses a mentoring, modern and empowering approach to Mental, Emotional, and Physical Training using Martial Arts Principles of Conflict Resolution, Mutual Respect, and Teamwork.
Our classes transform into playful learning journeys where skills become the building blocks of self-control, self-determination, and self-confidence.
As opposed to the rigidity of traditional martial arts, at The Grasshoppers Club freedom of expression through movement is cherished and encouraged and a sense of empowering arises from the confidence of progressively building skills that will last a lifetime.
Grasshoppers Groundwork I / Tumbling classes are extremely fluid and responsive to minute changes in the kids' state and the overall group atmosphere.
Registration Required. No Drop-Ins please. Thank you!
Ballet Joy for Youth! Catrina Choate-Heretoiu, professional teacher of 20 years, teaches ballet fundamentals in a fun and friendly manner. This class blends creative movement and ballet technique to ensure the best experience of ballet. Join and FEEL the Difference!
Classes will be announced soon. Please email Catrina if you are interested to pre-register or if you have any questions.
We are happy to announce that the KineOasis Outreach Programs can be included as an In-House activity at any Organization / Institution wanting to bring Movement Explorations to their community members.
Whether your organization is a School, Church, Community Center, or a Company, your community can enjoy our programs in the familiar space of your location.
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From Catrina and Bo:
Our Teaching Philosophy
We offer 100% commitment to support and nurture our Students' learning experience, and to provide an enjoyable class environment where Students can train without judgement.
We encourage constructive criticism, collective feedback and support, and self-assessment skills along with strategies towards the achievement of each Student's goals.
To Our Students and their Families:
Our Promise
You can expect unwavering professionalism, high-end quality training, a personalized mentorship tailored to each student's abilities and individual learning pace, and a deeply nurturing teacher-student relationship built on mutual respect and trust.
Our classes are FUN, yet not recreational. We promise results, guaranteed skills development, and a profound grasp of the process of learning that can be applied beyond our class time and into daily life.
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About Us
We are a family who LOVES movement, being physically, mentally, and emotionally active through space. Our classes are a safe environment for playful explorations, subtle transformations, and enjoyable learning journeys.
Our UNLIMITED Membership includes ALL classes and ALL Family Members (Kids, Parents, Grandparents)
We focus on fine-tuning individual skills through nurturing each student's journey of learning and personal growth.
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