Welcome to Your Best Defense Martial Art Center. We are an integral part of The Silent Mind and its curriculum of holistic mind, body, spirit enlightened fitness classes and seminars. Our martial art classes' intent is uniquely different from most other martial art schools.
We believe martial art training is a means of self-development as much as it is a means of self-defense. This philosophy comes directly from the founder of The Silent Mind and Your Best Defense Timothy R. Loomis. His background spans over 40 years of martial art and other mind/body training. In fact, what sets us apart from most other martial arts studios is that every instructor at Your Best Defense is a senior level Black Belt with an average of 35+ years of experience in martial and spiritual disciplines.
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Our children's martial art programs called AboutFace and Lil' Dragons are designed to assist parents in building rock-solid kids with the core values and positive self-esteem that enables them to excel in all areas of their lives. Are you still not sure martial arts will help your child? Click here to find out why every parent should want martial art training for their child.
Our adult programs of T'ai Chi Ch'uan, Yi Ran Dao kung fu, Tenshin Aikido and Aiki Jujutsu teach effective methods of self-defense while they build strong, flexible, and relaxed bodies and minds. Click here to read about one's women's story how she came to learn martial arts.
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Our Shaolin Connection
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Your Best Defense has had the unique opportunity to establish an ongoing relationship with the world-renowned Shaolin Temple in Henan Provice, China. Wu Shangwei, a 34th generation master "fighting" monk visits our studio 2-3 per year to train us.
During his visits we offer the public opportunities to train with Shangwei in Shaolin Kung Fu, T'ai Chi, and Qigong.
Would you like to know more?
Tell me about your trip to China in June 2008 to train with the fighting monks at the Shaolin Temple.
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We do not teach sport martial arts, nor do we participate in tournaments and competitions. We don't believe in the "I win you lose" philosophy these activities promote. We focus on finding the "Win-Win" solution in every situation.