Readers’ Choice: What is Your Favorite Martial Arts School?

Respect, confidence, responsibility, commitment, pride and goal setting, are many of the attributes of a great martial arts program.

Patch blogger as well as program director and instructor at Jim Smith Karate in Yorktown Heights, Lori Miley wrote the above quote in  She said that while often people think self-defense is the primary focus of Martial Arts – and that is one of the tools you will learn – students walk away learning much more.

The term, martial arts, is derived from Latin, meaning “Arts of Mars,” the Roman god of war. With roots in ancient combat, martial arts requires students to sharpen their minds. A lot of the training is about how to predict or react to an opponent’s move and assess his or her weaknesses to use them to one’s own advantage.

Anyone who has tried a good martial arts class would have learned this from the start. So, have you or your child tried out a local school or class you like?

What is your favorite place for martial arts?

Take our poll below or add your favorite to the comments.

• Jim Smith Karate in Yorktown Heights
•  in Yorktown Heights
•  in Yorktown Heights
• Mohegan Tai Chi in Mohegan Lake
•  in Peekskill
•  in Peekskill
•  in Peekskill
•  in Cortlandt Manor
• Center in Peekskill

Voting in the poll below is open until 9 a.m. Friday. We will announce the winner at noon Friday

Patch polls are unscientific, please vote once—more importantly, show support for your favorite with a Patch listing review (just click on the hyperlink of your favorite above) because that carries weight when the winners are determined. Read the rules in the attached pdf.

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