Mat Chess Kids’ Summer Camps
June 23rd – 27th
BJJ Fundamentals
July 7th – 11th
Muay Thai, BJJ, Wrestling
July 21st – 25th
Judo, Boxing, BJJ
August 4th – 8th
BJJ Intensive
Camp Dates
June 23rd – 27th
BJJ Fundamentals
July 7th – 11th
Muay Thai, BJJ, Wrestling
July 21st – 25th
Judo, Boxing, BJJ
August 4th – 9th
BJJ Intensive
Need A Summer Camp That Does More?
Tired of summer camps that call it quits after just keeping your kids busy for a few days?
Ditch the “day at the playground” summer camps for one they’ll remember.
Where they’ll spend each day:
- Learning new skills
- Making new friends
- Developing a love for character building hobbies and sports
- and more…
…Or keep reading to learn more
A Martial Arts Summer Camp Program
Designed by Child Education Experts
Your child won’t just be spending time somewhere…
They’ll be learning.
By design.
Why can we say that so confidently compared to other summer camps?
Because unlike other summer camps, our curriculum is informed by Andrew Perkins’ Masters in Education, and over 10 years of teaching experience in Edmonds School District.
That education and experience comes with expertise knowing how kids learn, and how to best facilitate learning in children.
With Andrew Perkins’ leadership at the Mat Chess Summer Camp, your child is the one who benefits, because we know already know how people learn – the best ways to communicate information to help this happen, and our curriculum is designed with this framework in order to prioritize learning.
What Will My Child Learn?
BJJ, Judo, Boxing, yeah… but what do they learn when they learn those?
The skills that help empower them to build the lives we hope for them to have in the future.
Fitness, Disguised as Fun
Respect for Others
Confidence
Practicing, learning, and training in an environment of supportive peers and experienced teachers, they’ll learn to set goals, and accomplish them.
Perseverance
Your child encounters the frustration of losing, being controlled by a smaller but more skilled opponent. This is a learning and growth opportunity to develop self-control and calmness under stress — serving them throughout life.
Conduct When Winning, and When Losing
Self Defense
Attention to Detail
What’s in a Day?
Schedule: 9am – 5:15pm
1 Drop Off and Preparing for the Day
9am-9:30am
At 9am to 9:30am we prepare for the day ahead of us. That includes arrival time, roll call, putting belongings away in a locker, getting a gi on, and getting our technique work books out to use throughout the day.
2 Martial Arts Fundamentals Class #1
9:30am-10:30am
The first of three classes held each day, where we spend one hour learning the foundational techniques of the martial art your chosen summer camp focuses on.
3 Film Study / History
10:30am-10:45am
A break from practicing technique to processing what’s been learned through seeing it on video, while learning the history of how those techniques developed and became part of the art.
4 Technique Book
10:45am-11:15am
Dedicated time to flex those creative muscles. During this time they’ll be able to sit and “draw” the techniques we’ve been learning in the technique book. This reinforces what they’ve learned in class by actively thinking about it, while giving the kids more variety in activites.
5 Lunch
11:15am-11:45am
A 30 minute lunch break to refuel and socialize with their peers.
6 Recess Time at the Park
11:45am-1pm
An hour block of supervised play time at the park.
7 Martial Arts Fundamentals Class #2
1pm-2pm
The Second of three classes held each day, where we spend one hour learning the foundational techniques of the martial art your chosen summer camp focuses on.
8 Film Study / History
2pm-2:15pm
A break from practicing technique to processing what’s been learned through seeing it on video, while learning the history of how those techniques developed and became part of the art.
9 Technique Book
2:15pm-2:45pm
Dedicated time to flex those creative muscles. During this time they’ll be able to sit and “draw” the techniques we’ve been learning in the technique book. This reinforces what they’ve learned in class by actively thinking about it, while giving the kids more variety in activities.
10 Snack Time
2:45pm-3pm
A short break from learning to refuel and process.
11 Recess at the Park
3pm-4pm
An hour block of supervised play time at the park.
12 Strength and Conditioning
4pm-4:15pm
A 15 minute workout to both warm up for the final class of the day, reign in the “playground energy,” and to have some more structured exercise included in the day.
13 Martial Arts Fundamentals Class #3
4:15pm-5:15pm
The last of three classes held each day, where we spend one hour learning the foundational techniques of the martial art your chosen summer camp focuses on.
14 Pick Up
5:15pm-5:30pm
Class ends at 5:15 and the pickup window is until 5:30.
This timing is flexible for parents if necessary.
What Is…?
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
Boxing
Muay Thai
Pricing
Frequently Asked Questions
Absolutely! We have students of all sizes and skill levels, so they always have a productive training partner to work with. One of the hopes of martial arts is that through training and technique, a smaller practitioner can control a bigger, stronger opponent.
Martial arts are tough, and losing at sparring can be intense.
When you lose at basketball, someone put a ball into a hoop more times than you. When you lose at BJJ, for example, someone physically controlled and dominated you. This can be intense and difficult to deal with. Kids also fall funny and get bumped during training. It’s not uncommon for kids to say they want to quit after a hard sparring session or a funny fall.
We find that training in martial arts gives students a healthy bit of frustration — and that the experience of going through frustration can be of enormous value.
Year in and year out, we see kids (and adults, for that matter) being able to deal with life’s frustrations a bit more easily after their BJJ experience. Life outside the mats seems a little less intense thanks to their experience.
Again, going through something difficult like BJJ and coming out on the other end can be a confidence-boosting experience. We find that once they have another good day of sparring, they’re back to enjoying training and having great fun on the mats. Almost without fail, every kid who’s been training more than a year has had a moment when they’ve asked to quit.
Most of those who stuck with it were able to experience the tremendous value that training can provide. We find that a little calm and staying the course go a long way in their human development — and we hope you find the same.
As with any sport, there’s always risk of injury. That said, we haven’t seen a serious injury stemming from kids’ training since our 2011 inception.
This is quite a powerful statement, given the thousands of kids who have been on our mats. Personally, we were injured far more frequently while playing basketball as kids than while training BJJ as adults.
Absolutely not! Almost all kids who come in have never trained before. Plus, we have a robust system to orient new students and teach them the fundamentals.
That’s no problem! We’re flexible and work with families. Let us know your needs, and we can likely accommodate them.
No, that wouldn’t be very safe or productive.
We teach roughly half the class together as one large group going over fundamental technique. Then, we break into two groups according to size and skill for sparring so that students can spar with others who are safe and productive for them.
Ready to join this summer?
