HOME

Contact Us!

Culture

The Arts:

Children's Martial Arts

Upcoming Events!

Humor

Community Outreach

Contact Us!

Tai Chi with the Youth Center

Colorado Chapter of Modern Arnis (CCMA) has been teaching Tai Chi class at Alternative Homes for Youth (AHFY) since March of 2005. This program teaches traumatized youth how to cope with the problems in their lives. 

According to the administration at AHFY, Tai Chi as an Experiential Therapeutic Approach has made a huge impact. Tai Chi provides a set of coping skills that helps the kids to relax and keep their emotions demonstrably more controlled.

CCMA is excited to have the opportunity to work with AHFY, and look forward to continuing to make a positive impact for the kids.

The letter below was written by one of the students in response to the hooded sweatshirts that CCMA provided as gifts to the kids for the holidays.  We would like to thank Garretson’s Sporting Goods for providing sweatshirts at a discount, allowing us to give a CCMA sweatshirt to all of the youth at Alternative Homes, as shown in the picture below.  Thanks, Garretson’s Sporting Goods!

Dear; Brad, Jill, Tony & the Modern Arnis:

            I would like to thank everyone for the sweater gifts.  I really appreciated it.  I would also like to thank everyone for the time, energy, & effort that you guys all put in towards teaching us a form of martial arts that could help us become strong, flexible, well coordinated & balanced, relaxed, and overall healthy.  I really appreciate everything that has been taught to me, and everything that I have learned.  Special thanks to your Chief Instructor for making the teachings of the Tai Chi martial arts, and making everything possible.
Colorado Chapter of Modern Arnis & Wyoming Chapter of Modern Arnis © 2016