JK Martial Arts

Located in Minneapolis, MN, and serving the greater Twin Cities area, the practice offers flexible scheduling and traveling. Their style of teaching is especially beneficial for children and adults with ADD, ADHD, Spectrum Disorders, Dyslexia, Reading or Mood Disorders and other learning difficulties. The format is structured, methodical, and repetitive, creating the boundaries beneficial for Attention Deficit Disorder and the routine required by those with Autism or Aspergers, and the discipline that creates success for everyone. In each class, they use multisensory instruction, adapt their teaching to the student's learning style and their mind body capabilities. At JK Martial Arts, they teach Shorei-Ryu, a Japanese, hard style karate, which is over 500 years old. Their classes are small, allowing their instructors to give extra attention and adapt to each student's learning style, physical and mental abilities. Teaching methods include positive reinforcement and rewards, preparing students for other life experiences such as respect, discipline, honor, and humility. All people benefit from consistent terms and repetition, and they also benefit from learning step-by-step in a methodical disciplined manner. Classes are 45 minutes long, and students may attend 1 or 2 times per week.