Davis Square Martial Arts Martial Arts School Specializing in Kung Fu and Tai Chi

At Davis Square Martial Arts, we offer a number of Advanced Programs 

Leadership/Instructor Training Program 2025-26

All of our classes at Davis Square Martial Arts are centered around delivering an experience where students have fun, learn a lot and make progress towards realizing their potential.  The goal is to provide each student with the tools they need in life to be happier and more successful, while having a positive effect on those around them and in their community.  This program allows interested students to not only experience that, but to learn how to create it.  

All classes from white belt to black belt have components of confidence building, improved communication and leadership training.  This program will allow students to take all of that to another level through the experience of challenging themselves and working with others.  The program is designed to help students:

• • Gain confidence to speak in front of others

• • Learn how to teach and maintain a positive attitude

• • Learn how to be more patient and encouraging

• • Build teamwork and leadership skills

• • Become less susceptible to negative peer pressure

• • Become more generous in helping others

• Learn how to run a small group

This program is designed with every student in mind.  Our goal is for it to be flexible to accommodate a variety of schedules and allow every student (Red belt and up) to participate if they choose to.  Sessions will be broken up into 8 week blocks.  Students will benefit greatly from participating in single sessions (8 weeks) or doing multiple sessions throughout the year.  Each session is designed with levels, starting at the

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Instructor training Saturday morning w/ 5-7 yr olds – Winter – 13 week Saturday morning Instructor Training (Jan 10th-April 11th) – Saturdays 10:30-11:30am – Tuition $325

Please let us know if you have any questions at all.  If you would like to sign up for the Saturday morning Instructor training program, please use this MyStudio link to do so: _________________________________________________________________

Additional Opportunities to Assist

If Saturdays don’t work for you OR you’d like to do more instructor training, there are 2 main options:  Assisting with a kids class or joining our Adult Instructor Training program starting up in the Spring.    

1 –   Assisting w/ a particular class – Fall – Winter – Spring –  Students pick 1 class to assist with each week (typically a 1x/week kids class – Mon 3:20pm, Wed 3:45pm, Fri 3:45pm, 4:45pm or 5:45pm) that best fits their schedule.  We have a few students teaching with us as an assistant instructor in one of our weekly kids classes.  We will do our best to find a good match in both the age and level of the students as well as with your schedule/availability. This can be for part of the year or the entire year. 

2 – Adult Instructor Training program – Spring – Monday/Wednesday nights 8-9pm Starting April 27th –  June 10th (no class 5/25 – Memorial day) * note – this might extend to June 17th if we miss 1 week if we have Master Sun Deyao visit for a week in May.  This course will be open to Brown belts and Black belts who are 14 yrs old and older. – 13 sessions – Tuition $325

Reasons to become an assistant instructor:

• Physically, you will learn to break down movements, practice the basics, and think about training from many different points of view. You will learn the material on a much deeper level and begin to absorb what you thought you already knew.
• Confidence is knowing what you can and cannot do. You will challenge this line and move it, and in doing so you will grow.
• You get to help others to develop their skills and have a positive impact on their lives.
• By teaching, you help the school grow and contribute to a community which in turn supports you.
• You develop better communication skills, including how to effectively motivate many different types of personalities and how to speak in front of a group.
• You learn about yourself, and how to improve yourself, on a path to becoming a better human being.

The Assistant Instructor Program teaches students how to assist an instructor in the teaching of a martial arts class. Through breaking down and teaching the basic movements, each student will gain a deeper level of understanding of their own foundational movements, grow in their confidence, and learn how to positively impact the lives of others. Students work on their ability to communicate and on how to speak in front of a group. Most importantly, students learn about their own personal strengths and weaknesses.

In this program, assistant instructors transition from assisting to leading a classroom. They learn how to effectively handle all aspects of the class: creating a lesson plan, coordinating students, effectively teaching warm-ups/drills/forms/self-defense, signing up prospective students, handling introductory lessons, and balancing the different individuals needs in a class. Instructors work to improve one-on-one and group communication and continue to deepen their understanding of their own practice.

The Assistant Instructor Training Program includes 12 weeks of hands on class work and observation, with close supervision by Instructor Mark and/or Instructor Karen. No matter what level instructor you are, we are able to provide an opportunity for you to stretch yourself in an environment where you will be supported and not overwhelmed. If you are interested in participating, please speak to Instructor Mark or Instructor Karen.

Sparring Program (Equipment Required) – DATES TBD

In the sparring program, students learn how to apply what they have learned in class to a dynamic fighting situation. The main concepts of distance, timing and power will be covered in solo, two-person, and multi-person scenarios. Physically, students will learn blocks, attacks, footwork, and combinations; however, mentally they will learn much more. Students will learn how to stay calm when faced with adversity, as well as the power of technique and exactness. Their confidence will improve as they learn how to identify potentially bad situations and then how to handle them or avoid them. The program is less about fighting and more about notfighting.

Currently, this curriculum is embedded in the extended Monday/Wednesday Advanced Kids and Tuesday/Thursday Advanced Juniors classes.

1^st Degree Black Belt Accelerated Training Program – DATES TBD

This 3-week intensive program covers topics needed to prepare for a student’s first Black Belt test and serves as a review prior to their test.

2^nd and 3^rd Degree Black Belt Program – DATES TBD

This intensive program is geared toward our most advanced students.  Rotating topics include Eagle Form, Advanced Northern Longfist, Tiger and Crane Forms, Advance Southern Fist, Advanced Straight Sword, and Cyclone Broadsword. This program is appropriate for Black Belt students from our Kids or Adults programs or by recommendation from an instructorAssistant Instructor Training Program