Martial Arts

I have been going to Tula Yoga for over a year now and have been pleasantly surprised and grateful with the results from taking both Michelle and Lisa's classes. With changing to a healthier diet and going to yoga for my exercise program, not only have I lost over 55 pounds, but with the different poses and exercise it has helped reshape my body so I don't have excessive loose skin from the weight loss. The instructors have been great on showing the class different ways to do a particular pose that might work better for each person's physical ability while still getting the same result. I also have both of my sons, age 10 & 11, enrolled in Robert's Jiu Jitsu class. Robert is a very patient teacher and he is a natural when it comes to working with children. Robert is teaching the kids more than self defense but how to respect and treat others and to use what they learn only to defend themselves or in competition. This is an amazing place for every member of the family and it’s for all ages in both the Yoga and Jiu Jitsu classes and I highly recommend it to everyone.

Great place to improve your condition, fun and interesting!

Low key knows what you need to learn individually.

I appreciate that the instructors meet you where you're at with any physical limitations, work with you to overcome them, and they teach you how to adapt the karate skills to best apply to your specific needs.

The instructors are nice. And they have fun activities. You learn how to be very respectful. I attend there with my brother. Shout out to nate and mr. Sam

My son recieved four weeks of lessons as a gift. We are on week three and he loves it. Dennis is a an excellent intructor, very calm patient and very good with the kids. We are happy with our experience and look foward to continueing.

Pacific kicks is a great place and a second home to me it is also a great way to build confidence and a great way to make friends!! Thank you PK for this my amazing experiences even though i still have more experiences to go!! (This is Azalea Steensland I am just using my mom’s phone cause I don’t have one)

My son (13), daughter (11), and myself (an old guy) are enrolled here. Mr. Roach provides a great approach to teaching emphasizing success and respect both on and off the mat. My children and I felt comfortable from day one. We all look forward to every time we get the chance to go to the gym now!

Excellent instructors and my boy enjoys his class.

My son loves everything about this place.

Before you decide on a martial arts school for yourself or your child, you should definitely give Aikido Academy of Redmond a try. If you live or work in Redmond, Washington I would highly recommend Bill Gray’s Aikido Academy for Children and Adults as a great place to study Martial Arts. I studied with a wonderful 7th degree black belt in Japan. He was an impressive aikido practitioner and had been teaching the Japanese Self Defense Forces for decades but I must say I learned more quickly with Bill due to his willingness to answer my endless questions about the mechanics of each hold or throw. Bill understands that some moves in aikido come more naturally to some and other techniques come more naturally to others. He continually studies aikido, other martial arts and body mechanics in order to make all moves natural and fluid and then teach his students what he has learned through lessons and tireless practice. Additionally, my children have been going to Aikido Academy for 8 months now. They love the way Bill teaches. He usually starts the class with some floor movement work then works on techniques and finally if there is time he has them play a game that uses some aspect of what they are learning in aikido in a different way. My 6 year old son was bouncing off the walls when he first started but now he can sit still and focus throughout the full hour long class. Before working with Bill Sensei 2 minutes of self-control was a challenge. My 9 year old daughter was has improved her poise and self-confidence. She was always confident at school but this is different, she seems to be less of a follower now and is more willing to stand up to her friends and let them know that she is not a pushover anymore. To be honest even though I have had a great experience learning with Sensei Bill, I took my daughter to another aikido school in Redmond a couple of years ago because at the time Aikido Academy in Redmond did not have a class that I could take with my Daughter. The classes were very dumbed down. My kid did not get anything out of the class nor did I. At the beginning of this last summer I also took my 6 year old son and my 9 year old daughter to a Aikido Academy while at the same time I took them to a taekwondo (Tae Kwon Do) school in Redmond so that they could chose for themselves which they liked better. We had taken taekwondo form this 4th degree black belt during a summer day camp before through the Redmond Parks and Recreation Department when my daughter was 5 but the instructor had no lesson plan and seemed disorganized but he was very nice so I thought we would give them a second try in hopes that they would have the kinks worked out by now. They didn’t. The taekwondo was scheduled to start the day after the 4th of July. The taekwondo School had decided not to have class that day but they neglected to let us know that. We went to the class again two days later and it was taught by a brown belt that was confused and disorganized. We did not even see the owners/instructors of the school at all. The brown belt then proceeded to split the group into two and have us beginners taught by a different student. I think this student had not taken in quite a while because he seemed to know even less about what to do than the brown belt teaching the class. My kids were board and complained over and over again that they did not want to go back to taekwondo. They have not taken taekwondo again but have once asked to miss an Aikido class.