There are approximately 20,000 schools in the US alone with 5-7 million students and growing. Of this number approximately 70% are children under the age of 17. Meanwhile, parent’s love that martial arts are not seasonal events and can grow as the needs of their child grows. 5% of adults say they participated in martial arts last year at least once.

Also, the fact that bullying is at epidemic proportions in schools and has become popular with the media has brought more attention to martial arts. For children martial arts is becoming more than a growing trend, it is becoming a lifestyle.