Bio: Grigory has been a student of Chinese martial arts since 2007. As a former physician in his home country of Uzbekistan and as an acupuncturist, he is keenly aware of human anatomy and the typical aches and pains caused by our modern lifestyle.

Info About Class: With roots in ancient Chinese medicine, Qi Gong involves a series of simple postures that serve to isolate and work each joint, thus loosening up areas of tightness and strengthening the areas that need stability. When accompanied by deep breathing the postures serve to calm the nervous system, relieving the mind from stress.

Time: Sunday 9:00 to 10:00 Am

Bio: MWRKA is known for its strong passion, shared vision and ceaseless commitment to making learning of Karate easy and accessible. Since its opening in 2008, it has trained countless kids and helped them acquire foundational skills, develop new techniques and confidently move forward in their learning journey.

Info on Class: Wado Ryu Karate is a Japanese martial art form, which involves developing the entire body through rigorous training. It places an emphasis on practical self-defense techniques which are practiced in a controlled environment. Karate increases agility, coordination, strength, flexibility and discipline. Just like most martial arts, karate is 90% mental and 10 percent physical.

Website: dojo-mwrka.com

Time: Saturday 10:00 am to 12:00 pm

Bio: Taraneh is a passionate yoga and fitness instructor with over 5 years of experience in leading both group and individual classes. With over a decade of personal dedication to exercise her mission is to inspire and assist others in their journey towards better physical and mental well-being through the practice of yoga and fitness.

Info on Class: Are you looking to complement your weight training with a conditioning regimen? Or are you looking for a fun, fast-paced, sweaty fitness class that will increase your cardiovascular endurance and your overall fitness level? In HIIT, we will lunge and squat, do push-ups and burpees, jump and crunch, all to varied interval protocols that will help you become lean, strong, agile, resilient, and powerful. This is an intermediate level class. You don’t need to be fit to participate in this class, but you need to be comfortable with basic movements such as lunges, squats, and push-ups.

Bio: Eric Kolaczyk has trained and taught regularly in traditional Asian martial arts for over 30 years, beginning with the Japanese art of Aikido in 1992 and then transitioning to Chinese Kung Fu and Tai Chi in 2005 under the instruction of Grand Master Calvin Chin of Boston, USA. In addition to reaping the various health/wellness benefits from this training, he also spent ten years as a competitor, medaling at various (inter)national tournaments in Tai Chi and Kung Fu bare hand and weapons forms, and in Tai Chi pushing (`sticking’) hands. He is a Level A certified national judge for the US Kuo Shu Federation.

Info on Class: Practiced as a system of fluid, low-impact movements for the benefit of health and wellness, Tai Chi can be viewed as a form of active meditation, whereby the mind/body connection is developed and used to coordinate movements through mental awareness. This type of practice, in turn, has been associated with a variety of benefits, including relief of stress, better balance, and improvement in concentration, coordination and circulation.

Time: Tuesday 7:00 – 8:00 Pm

Bio: Yohann has been into boxing for almost a decade and he is passionate about helping people achieve their fitness dream through cardio boxing while experiencing the beauty in the art of boxing. He believes that the goal is to always be in motion, which will not only increase your stamina but also strengthen your body.

Info On Class: Cardio boxing is not boxing per se, but a cardio workout fit for a boxer. A typical class consists of warm up drills, bag work and pad work, as well as partner drills that will teach you basic boxing punching combinations, defense, and footwork.

It provides a full body workout that can help you gain discipline, improve coordination, boost confidence and physical fitness.

Time: Thursday 7:15 – 8:15 Pm