Calasanz Martial Arts Center has been in Norwalk for over 3 decades. When you set out to get started learning a martial art either for sport or for recreation you have to ask yourself why it is you would go to any particular school.
Let me be honest here. No matter what school you go to your first visit to a school / gym / dojo is going to be exciting and you're going to be very excited to get started. There is something inside every person that is awakened when you bear witness to and experience these different activities. You automatically can think to yourself, "Wow, I can do that!" or perhaps more inquisitively you might ask yourself "That looks so easy, why don't I do that?" and let me tell you, it is very simple. It is no secret as to how or why people are capable of what they do. It is just a matter of setting the mind to do it and going to do it. Even if you start out with very little skill keep in mind that everyone crawls before they walk and walks before they run. The only difference between those who can and those who can't is action. It is not so difficult to understand what makes someone great at what they do. It is, simply put, a matter of continued discipline, dedication and revision.
What makes our approach so effective and the reason why our school has been able to remain here is because of the simplicity and the approach we take to training. Come to Calasanz to take something home with you. Train to beat the competitor without competing. Learn the basics. Keep your training simple. Calasanz has been teaching and working with people and within the martial arts exclusively for decades and his skill and knowledge cannot be denied. If you want to come somewhere to learn something right this is the place. It is somewhere you will learn about yourself and you will learn the methods to improving your coordination, flexibility, power, grounding and technique developed by Calasanz over his career.
Countless people have come through to learn something here and left with something they will remember forever. Fledgling athletes improving their balance and coordination come to excel in their sport after training here for periods as short as 2 months. Great athletes even come here to improve and to become dominant on the field and court. Martial Artists come here to improve their fighting skill and broaden their horizons becoming well balanced and more open. There is something for you here no matter what you're looking for.
So when you want to learn how to kick, when you want to get into kickboxing for example, when you want to try something new and branch out to a new style of martial art, this is your school. You can learn it all here. We have trainers who teach Karate, Kung Fu, Boxing, Kickboxing, Muay Thai, Wing Chun, BJJ, Fitness and Self Defense. There are countless avenues to take with your training all ready to be taken. Take the first step and call or email to schedule a free trial or just stop by during business hours. We are open 7 days a week!
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Monday, April 13, 2015
Friday, March 6, 2015
The Beauty of Style
Before we go on and talk about styles, what is the best or worst out there it is important to understand what is real. What is pretty. What is the best. And why. But above all it is important understand what is style, beauty, and reality.
The martial arts, fitness, and boxing can all be compiled into one. But still the only way you can succeed in your goals is by carrying on through a formula which will become the center point of a system or style.
Bruce Lee, Larry Homes, Mohammed Ali, Mike Tyson, Holyfield and many others like the Sugar Ray Lenoard, Tommy Herns, Macho Camacho, Roberto Duran, Oscar Dela Hoya all become what they are by bringing something unique to what they did.
These fighters could not bring it all, but they brought a lot. The Calasanz system is the most well balanced system in the world by incorporating it all. It has the beauty of kung fu, the brutality of karate, the grace of boxing, the endurance of muay thai and the effectiveness of a reality based style. You can answer the question yourself as this truth by following youtube and the vast video archives available documenting the well-roundedness of Calasanz and his system.
Again, all of these people are inspirations to me and to many others out there. The Calasanz system is here to stay, it is not something that will vanish or disappear after the main person is gone. It will stay, because we did and we have what it takes for this system or style to stay, all based on letting a formula and this formula must be simple. And it is simple.
You are good, but still you can be better. Sugar Ray said that when you shadow box look in the mirror. Love the mirror. The meaning is to know what you are doing, to know what you show the audience in your punch and being able to show the beauty of it.
Practice your moves not just to make them better or correct them, but to make them real. Make them effective. Make them prettier and prettier. As you look at mirror to see how they look understand what it is you portray. All of this comes by starting with that great foundation and then they become great.
Don’t let a gift that was given to you from birth, that natural skill you've been born with be taken from you. Control your skill. Be smart. You can be yourself or you can let others manage you until you can comprehend who you are.
Myself I could not let anybody be in charge of me for very long. When I did it was nearly disaster. But I came out of it. I remembered and took charge and responsibility for who I was. I decided to work my hardest so as not to let the skill knowledge and reality be lost.
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The martial arts, fitness, and boxing can all be compiled into one. But still the only way you can succeed in your goals is by carrying on through a formula which will become the center point of a system or style.
Bruce Lee, Larry Homes, Mohammed Ali, Mike Tyson, Holyfield and many others like the Sugar Ray Lenoard, Tommy Herns, Macho Camacho, Roberto Duran, Oscar Dela Hoya all become what they are by bringing something unique to what they did.
These fighters could not bring it all, but they brought a lot. The Calasanz system is the most well balanced system in the world by incorporating it all. It has the beauty of kung fu, the brutality of karate, the grace of boxing, the endurance of muay thai and the effectiveness of a reality based style. You can answer the question yourself as this truth by following youtube and the vast video archives available documenting the well-roundedness of Calasanz and his system.
Again, all of these people are inspirations to me and to many others out there. The Calasanz system is here to stay, it is not something that will vanish or disappear after the main person is gone. It will stay, because we did and we have what it takes for this system or style to stay, all based on letting a formula and this formula must be simple. And it is simple.
All the fame, skill, character and personality comes from one thing. Knowing yourself. By understanding why you are being seen by an audience and captivating them.
You are good, but still you can be better. Sugar Ray said that when you shadow box look in the mirror. Love the mirror. The meaning is to know what you are doing, to know what you show the audience in your punch and being able to show the beauty of it.
Practice your moves not just to make them better or correct them, but to make them real. Make them effective. Make them prettier and prettier. As you look at mirror to see how they look understand what it is you portray. All of this comes by starting with that great foundation and then they become great.
Don’t let a gift that was given to you from birth, that natural skill you've been born with be taken from you. Control your skill. Be smart. You can be yourself or you can let others manage you until you can comprehend who you are.
Myself I could not let anybody be in charge of me for very long. When I did it was nearly disaster. But I came out of it. I remembered and took charge and responsibility for who I was. I decided to work my hardest so as not to let the skill knowledge and reality be lost.
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Tuesday, March 3, 2015
How Much Do You Want to Learn?
Would you like to approach your training in a multifaceted way by learning the Calasanz System Combined? Depending on your learning ability and experience this could be better for you. Or would you prefer to learn something in a more specific capacity? Such as: Boxing, Karate (Goju Ryu), Wing Chun Kung Fu, Chinise Boxng, Recreational Boxing, Cheng Chuang Long Fist, or Pau Fa-Yoga.
Regardless of what you choose to study or how you decide to approach your own training we always give as the core of our training and the #1 method that is unique to our training and our school, Physical Art. This is a unique and all inclusive approach to elite fitness ability and training designed to improve the body in a multitude of aspects through the movements and exercises. Physical Art has proven effective in improving balance, breathing, coordination, strength, power, grounding and flexibility. It is what makes our school unique. All of our students regardless of their program learn to some degree these methods of training. Improve your ability on all levels and reap the benefits of an all inclusive exercise regimen.
He was born with a gift all based on the logical understanding of the human body, that is based on the core, the power of the core and movements all used for their different purposes.
How much do you want to work out? It is very important to understand that Calasanz as a trainer teaches you how to work out, and how to do it smart. Come to Calasanz because you want to take something home with you. This is a place of 15,000 square feet. We have a huge space for people to come train whatever they choose. We welcome all styles and schools of training. Come here to learn something, to be yourself and most of all to take something home with you!
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Monday, January 12, 2015
"Take Something Home With You"
Under the Calasanz General System which we call the Pressure Points Program, it does not matter where you are located, far from his local center, another State or internationally you can still train and learn from him through our video archives by watching and absorbing the information we have to offer. You can come to train privately, semi-privately, as part of a class, take a camp, under a supervised program etc etc. All of this is based on the fact that many already have heard about the Calasanz System, especially towards the purpose of studying it. Studying under the Calasanz System means that you are doing it in order to “Take something home with you”, this is the real purpose of this system.
Let us give you an example, lets say you know somebody who is very fit, works out everyday and has done all sorts of private training. Now this person comes to Calasanz to learn and he notices he is off or out of sync with regard to his breathing, his flexibility, his coordination, and his body alignment. His posture is wrong, his core is very weak and so on. Now, Calasanz takes this student for one month and as is often the case he is not really sure what he is getting into, but after learning and doing the exercises catered to him he cannot believe how he looks and feels. His posture improves, his core strength is up and he finds himself better coordinated and more in tune with himself. Calasanz has seen and done this thousands of times for thousands of people over his long career as an instructor. There are countless examples of clients coming to Calasanz with sports injuries, sustained injuries from car accidents and from other sources only to find their range of motion, strength and ability improved drastically after learning and following some of his movements and exercises.
Calasanz allows his students to divide his system into items by learning certain, very specific skill sets or movement techniques from different systems to give the student exactly what he wants and what he needs. All of them come together to be a system where you can get what we call a Black Belt Equivalency or Certification. BLACK BELT EQUIVALENCY is based on the main items, of which there can be as many as 400. Understand, certifications are nearly infinite in this system. The meaning of everything is the fact of being able to challenge a student for a life time, yet still you can train more specifically in what you enjoy the most. Calasanz' skill and knowledge allows him to challenge you for life. All of this falls into the most important item which is called Calasanz Physical Arts. It is designed to tailor a training regimen to anybody regardless of age, physical ability, injuries, size, disability ect...
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Thursday, October 23, 2014
Style Development (Pt. 1)
When it comes to developing a style or more accurately when it comes to developing YOUR style we are not talking about a certain school of thought or training regarding Martial Art. We are talking more broadly about expression.
As you undertake, for example, the study of a traditional Martial Art such as Karate you will learn how to express a punch in a certain way. Someone who is learning from a boxing coach will also learn how to throw a punch but it will be expressed differently according to the rules and norms of boxing.
Students of any Martial Art can show you a leading hand attack within the realm of that Martial Art be it a closed fist punch of Karate, open hand strike of any particular Kung Fu or the darting finger of Wing Chun. Each strike has its purpose and usefulness in any given scenario yet the core movement and basics of each strike remain the same while the differences are expressed in the delivery into that space to be occupied furthest from the body. That means that 98% of the movement is the same. The difference is the hand or structure that is breaching that open space and initiating contact.
Strict adherence to a particular style is necessary when formally learning Martial Art and should be followed if tradition is where you place value. After all, many schools and masters have been training within certain parameters for quite some time and their practice and knowledge is not to be brushed away without thought. However, it is important to separate formal learning from the reality of a fight. A formal Karate practitioner would have a great time getting his teeth kicked in if he were to go into a fight and expect to win by going through the specific set of movements executed in the specific order he learned in training. Remember, traditional forms are simply the building blocks and tools to be used during a fight. It is up to the practitioner to put the proper movements and techniques in their proper place and in proper time during those fleeting moments of combat to become victorious.
But this still begs the question. How do you develop YOUR style? The best advice I can offer is that you start with something that interests you. Start with something that you like. Don't get hung up on the usefulness or lack there-of of a particular style. If you like it and you are practicing with focus there are more personal benefits that come with regular practice than can be written here. Master something. It takes time, patience, drive, discipline, determination and consistency; all of which are necessary in order to express something well and all will be useful qualities when/if you do decide to branch out to other styles or schools.
One pitfall that is very common, especially within those formal traditions, is the strict adherence to said tradition. You cannot develop a style within a person unless they want it. Yes, you've been perfecting your boxing punch for years and it is phenomenal. But that does not discredit or devalue the expression of a Karate punch. It is not a question of one being wrong and the other right. They are both right within their own realms. Despite their being at least 80% the same they are just different punches.
So when you go developing it is important to use what you've learned and apply it to anything else you might take up. You meld them. Can you be a great boxer and go through a beginner Karate form? Yes. It doesn't make you any less of a boxer, it just means you have more tools at your disposal mentally and physically. If you take boxing lessons and close your mind completely to the possibility of another style being valid or valued it is like a self inflicted lobotomy and only limiting development.
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As you undertake, for example, the study of a traditional Martial Art such as Karate you will learn how to express a punch in a certain way. Someone who is learning from a boxing coach will also learn how to throw a punch but it will be expressed differently according to the rules and norms of boxing.
Students of any Martial Art can show you a leading hand attack within the realm of that Martial Art be it a closed fist punch of Karate, open hand strike of any particular Kung Fu or the darting finger of Wing Chun. Each strike has its purpose and usefulness in any given scenario yet the core movement and basics of each strike remain the same while the differences are expressed in the delivery into that space to be occupied furthest from the body. That means that 98% of the movement is the same. The difference is the hand or structure that is breaching that open space and initiating contact.
Strict adherence to a particular style is necessary when formally learning Martial Art and should be followed if tradition is where you place value. After all, many schools and masters have been training within certain parameters for quite some time and their practice and knowledge is not to be brushed away without thought. However, it is important to separate formal learning from the reality of a fight. A formal Karate practitioner would have a great time getting his teeth kicked in if he were to go into a fight and expect to win by going through the specific set of movements executed in the specific order he learned in training. Remember, traditional forms are simply the building blocks and tools to be used during a fight. It is up to the practitioner to put the proper movements and techniques in their proper place and in proper time during those fleeting moments of combat to become victorious.
But this still begs the question. How do you develop YOUR style? The best advice I can offer is that you start with something that interests you. Start with something that you like. Don't get hung up on the usefulness or lack there-of of a particular style. If you like it and you are practicing with focus there are more personal benefits that come with regular practice than can be written here. Master something. It takes time, patience, drive, discipline, determination and consistency; all of which are necessary in order to express something well and all will be useful qualities when/if you do decide to branch out to other styles or schools.
One pitfall that is very common, especially within those formal traditions, is the strict adherence to said tradition. You cannot develop a style within a person unless they want it. Yes, you've been perfecting your boxing punch for years and it is phenomenal. But that does not discredit or devalue the expression of a Karate punch. It is not a question of one being wrong and the other right. They are both right within their own realms. Despite their being at least 80% the same they are just different punches.
So when you go developing it is important to use what you've learned and apply it to anything else you might take up. You meld them. Can you be a great boxer and go through a beginner Karate form? Yes. It doesn't make you any less of a boxer, it just means you have more tools at your disposal mentally and physically. If you take boxing lessons and close your mind completely to the possibility of another style being valid or valued it is like a self inflicted lobotomy and only limiting development.
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