TeensMartial Arts.
Where a teenager gets strong, gets skilled, and gets a lot of practice at the hardest thing about being fourteen: holding their ground.
New Student Web Special
Teen class, ages 13 and up
4 Weeks + Free Uniform
Four weeks to find out whether this is their thing. Most of them know by week two.
- 4 weeks of teen classes
- A free uniform to keep — a $50 value
- A one-on-one intro with Sensei Perez
- Conditioning, self-defense and forms
- No contract to try it
Thirteen is hard
Confidence Is The Whole Curriculum.
- They go along with whatever the group is doing.
- Sports cut them, so now they do nothing.
- Screens, slouch, no outlet.
- They would not know what to do if something happened.
Fitness is the easy part. What teens actually leave with is the ability to make their own decision in a room full of people making a worse one.
- They have said no out loud, in a room, and survived it.
- Nobody gets cut here. They progress on effort.
- Three hard hours a week that leave them wrecked in a good way.
- They know how to read a situation, leave it, and defend themselves if leaving is not an option.
13+
Teen-only training group
Designed For This Age
Practiced, not lectured
Every teenager has been told to make good choices. Almost none of them have practiced it. On the mat, holding your ground is a physical experience — you get tired, you get corrected in front of people, you keep going anyway, and you find out you can. That transfers. Teens who train here get comfortable being the one person doing the harder thing, and they stop needing the group's permission. Integrity, self-respect and decision-making are coached out loud in this class, not left as a hopeful side effect.
Practical Self-Defense
Escapes, strikes, distance and awareness — the same principles our adult program is built on.
Serious Conditioning
Strength, flexibility and endurance built through training they actually enjoy.
Goals They Set Themselves
Belt requirements are concrete and public. Progress is earned, tracked and impossible to fake.
Standing Their Ground
Saying no, walking away, and not needing the group to agree with them.
A Better Peer Group
Teens from across the Five Towns who show up, work hard, and hold each other to it.
Stress Relief
Hitting a heavy bag for forty minutes is unreasonably good for a fourteen year old's week.
One Hour. No Babysitting.
Conditioning
A real warm-up. Teens are treated like they can handle work, because they can.
Basics & Forms
Technical work — the difference between throwing a punch and landing one.
Self-Defense Drills
Escapes, counters and pressure-tested scenarios with a partner, supervised throughout.
Bags & Pads
Power, combinations, and the part of class where the week's stress disappears.
Mat Chat & Bow Out
A straight conversation about pressure, choices and integrity. No talking down.
60 min
Class length
Teens train with teens. They are not put in a kids' class or thrown into the adult room.
The first month
What Parents Notice.
They ask to go. Nobody has to drag them.
Posture changes. So does how they answer an adult.
They start talking about someone in class instead of someone online.
The house is calmer on training days.
Safety
Intensity With Supervision.
Controlled Contact
Protective gear, graduated intensity, and an instructor watching every pairing.
No Hazing, No Ego
Stronger students help newer ones. That is the culture, and it is enforced.
Beginner-Friendly At 13, 15 Or 17
Starting late is normal here. Half our teens had never trained before.
Somewhere They Actually Belong
For a lot of teens this becomes the one place where effort is the only thing that counts.
Real Progress They Can See
Rank, strength and skill go up every month, measured and earned.
A Mentor, Not Just A Coach
Sensei Perez has been guiding teens through the hard years for decades.
Friends Who Are Trying
A room full of people working at something, not scrolling past it.
Three Years From Now.
3x
Sessions a week most teens train
13+
Ages in the teen group
50+
Years Sensei Perez has trained
5.0
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New Student Web Special
Teen class, ages 13 and up
4 Weeks + Free Uniform
Four weeks to find out whether this is their thing. Most of them know by week two.
- 4 weeks of teen classes
- A free uniform to keep — a $50 value
- A one-on-one intro with Sensei Perez
- Conditioning, self-defense and forms
- No contract to try it
Sensei Rolando Perez
"Four weeks. If your teen is not stronger, sharper and more sure of themselves, tell us and we will make it right."
Black Belt · Certified SKILLZ Instructor
Owner & Chief Instructor · Perez Martial Arts Academy
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Four weeks plus a free uniform for $49.99. Call (508) 203-1777 if you would rather just talk it through first.