Ribbon Cutting and Open House for Team Torque Martial Arts, Inc.

Join the Wilmington-Clinton County Chamber of Commerce on Saturday, February 28th, for an Open House and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony celebrating the new location of Team Torque Martial Arts, Inc. There will be an Open House open to the public on Saturday, February 28th, from 12:00pm to 5:00pm, with a ribbon cutting ceremony at 12:30pm. 

Date: Saturday, February 28th, 2015
Where: Team Torque Martial Arts, 1550 West Main Street, Wilmington, Ohio 45177
When: Open House 12:00pm - 5:00pm; Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at 12:30pm

At Team Torque Martial Arts, Inc. or Team Torque, our ongoing vision is to strive to be the connection between mental health, physical health, and safety & security. We do this through our mission: to train youth, teens, and adults to be well-rounded and highly skillful martial artists. This training will take place at low to no cost to them or their families and will happen in a safe, respectful, and positive atmosphere. We seek to instill values of cooperation, self-discipline, self-control, and self-respect as well as respect for others and life. In doing so, we endeavor to improve the physical health, mental health, self-confidence, and esteem of individuals and families in the Greater Clinton County area.

Unlike many other martial arts schools, and clubs, Team Torque is a Non profit 501 (c) (3) program that uses traditional martial arts principles, techniques, philosophies, and the social interactions and dynamics of groups and teams along with principles of eastern and western psychology in order to aid children, adolescents, adults, and families in optimizing their physical and mental health, and their social and moral development. These classes, trainings, and services are provided at nominal cost to individuals and
families. In cases of need, where financial means are not available to the individual or family, some or all of the classes or trainings are provided at no charge.

Team Torque serves multiple populations and needs in the Greater Clinton County Community. Socially, it provides a prosocial environment for children, teens, and adults to interact with others who have similar interests. This allows for positive peer pressure, support, and reinforcement. This program also allows families to interact in a healthy and adaptive manner. Preventively, it reduces the likelihood of obesity, sedentary lifestyle choices, the perpetration of violence and aggression. It also reduces the likelihood of an individual being the victim of violence and aggression. Emotionally, research supports that exercise in general, and martial arts, specifically, are effective methods of regulating, stress, anxiety, depression, and anger and producing positive emotional states. Competence in a skill such as martial arts adds to positive self-image and positive self-esteem. Moral reasoning and development can be enhanced by people engaging in both informal and formal sporting activities and by adhering to a strict code of conduct such as the one put forth by many traditional martial arts.

There are several classes that are currently being taught at Team Torque:
Children’s blended arts classes for kids ages 5-8
Children’s blended arts classes for kids ages 9-13
Teen/adult blended arts classes
Sport Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) classes
Women’s Self-Protection (WSP) classes
Dojo-based Therapeutic Martial Arts (TMA) classes
School-based Therapeutic Martial Arts (TMA) classes

Some of our students have been involved in martial arts for decades. Others have their very first class that day. We have both genders and students who range in age from 5 to 65. We maintain a cooperative environment with just the right balance of support and challenge to allow people to grow, mature, and develop their potential to the fullest. We train not just skills for fighting, we train skills for life.