Our mission is to create access to training and use the therapeutic benefits to guide young people in a positive direction.

We consider it accomplished when a student tells us they feel safer at school, at home or in their neighborhoods, because that confidence will open doorways to new friendships, experiences and opportunities. Or when a student examines themselves, considers developing good character traits or tells us they feel stronger.

Every semester we see our program transform a new group of students. And we see it strengthen those who continue training with us as they progress through their various stages of education.

They can't do it without you, generous donors, grappling academies, grappling coaches, volunteers and foundations. As a team we build a better future for everyone, ourselves, our families and our community.





"Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see." - John F. Kennedy