Incredible influence

Martin C (trainer) has had an incredible influence on Atlas in the short time he has been coming. He was quite withdrawn and lacked confidence. He was finding it difficult to play with other children and hurting his little brother a lot. 6 months later he is now playing with lots of children, speaking up if play gets rough with other kids and not hurting his little brother. He talks often about Martin and says 'What would Mr Martin do?' if something is hard or scary. You have amazing teachers and Atlas and I will miss your classes greatly. I hope to find somewhere else to provide such strong male role models for our kids outside of their father.

All instructors are brilliant.

For me I had a hyperactive child who has an ADHD dad (well mostly when he was a child!) who I needed to calm down. I also wanted to improve his concentration, teach him to take instruction especially in preparation for school, and gain self defence skills. Lastly I wanted an activity where the instructors are particularly 'switched on' and understand child behaviour and how to interact with, motivate and challenge them...your team are all these things! These are your biggest selling points, linking the benefits with school in my view, especially for boys where parents maybe more anxious having seen girls talking, writing and concentrating before them!

I'm stoked he's going actually.

He has his father's ADHD which can be a real gift under pressure, but something modern "never say no" education doesn't help much. He's super smart (taught himself 4 different alphabets by 3), but uncoordinated, and preschool hasn't helped his listening skills at all. Since going to martial arts, and despite progressing a bit slower than the other kids, his comprehension, listening, and communication skills have improved immensely! He's even climbing trees now which he didn't have the confidence for beforehand. From what I can see, the program there is a great balance of kindness with firmness and perfect school prep for busy little brains like Caleb's. I'm particularly impressed you guys won't hand out belts when kids aren't ticking all the boxes. Important life lesson, especially at that age and with the lack of it at schools! Keep doing what you're doing mate.

Extremely proud

I have one of the Managers of the girl’s Balmoral Nippers for the past 4 years and cannot speak highly enough about your program. Both Shanay and I are extremely proud and pleased to be part of the UNIVERSUS Family! I am a single father and Shanay’s primary residence is not in the Sydney CBD so we are not able to benefit from the extra classes because her visitation is limited to fortnightly weekends. Your program has been so accommodating, which we both very much appreciate. Shanay is extremely eager to attend as many classes as she possibly can to qualify for her gradings; for her, she cannot attend as much as she would like to! She loves it, and would attend more if she could! I couldn’t agree more with the principles you have described and demonstrated in your emails. Kind Regards,

Wonderful efforts, support and guidance

I wanted to write the to show our appreciation of your wonderful efforts, support and guidance in instructing our three boys.. “We have been attending UNIVERSUS martial arts for nearly three years. From that first lesson three years ago we have enjoyed the support, the discipline, the fun and the friendships both our children and us as parents have made through UNIVERSUS Martial Arts with the instructors and fellow parents. In that time my elder boy has had over 200 lessons and now completed his purple belt with Bright Stars and now trains with the Super Stars. My two younger boys train with the Bright Stars and are Yellow and Red belts, and my daughter will join Bright Stars when she is old enough. UNIVERSUS Martial arts has been wonderful in providing my three boys with great roles models for life, given them excellent fitness levels and teachers them strength of mind knowing that whilst they now know how to fight they know that they don’t need to fight.. thank you to Andy and your whole team“.

"Hey Martin, I would just like to thank you for what you have achieved with my Son since he joined you at MMA
You won't know this, but my son was struggling with motivation at school and his studies, but since he joined you, he has improved most of his grades from D or C- to B and B-. He tells me how great a teacher you are and how you inspire him to do well, which has shown not only at the dojo but outside the dojo
Just thought I would let you know, Cheers mate."

Terrific grading

Just wanted to drop you a line and say thank you for a terrific grading last Sunday at North Sydney. Ben is so proud of himself for gaining his Junior Black Belt. It is wonderful to see him achieve something he has worked so hard towards, through hard work and dedication. A huge thank you to Angus and Carlos for working with him towards this. We look forward to seeing him continue to grow and develop at UNIVERSUS.

Thank you and kind regards,