One of our Sidekicks students is a miniature Bruce Lee. He was interested in Taekwondo for a long time before he was even old enough to take classes. In fact, his brother and sister were Sidekicks students even before him! In his heart, he really wanted to be a miniature Bruce Lee. When he finally…

Taekwondo Family at Sidekicks This Sidekicks family student invited Grandmaster Orange to his presentation at Morse High School. Grandmaster Orange recently attended his student presentation at Morse High School for one of the Sidekicks taekwondo families.   The two boys in this Sidekicks Taekwondo Family have been Sidekicks students for about seven years.. They are…

Perseverance Pays Off. Jonas R. was a student of GMO back in the early 1990’s. He got his black belt in June 1993. Here’s a photo of them. Jonas was going through struggles that a lot of youth and teens go through. Being temped into joining gangs was one of the struggles Jonas had to…

Dustin Tran has been training with Grandmaster Orange since he was in 5th grade. Now Mr. Tran has 5 children of his own, who all train at Sidekicks Martial Arts Academy, making them the largest second generation Sidekicks Family. Q: Why did you start Martial Arts? A: I started Martial Arts because my parents wanted…

Mr. Capon was a student of Grandmaster Orange back in the 90’s – 2000’s when GMO had the school in Chula Vista. Mr. Capon often tells his son, who is a Sidekicks student, how strict GMO used to be. In other words, the grandmaster has softened up a bit on the kids. He’s less formal…

Meet Mario. Mario trained with Grandmaster Orange at Sidekicks Martial Arts Academy, when he was a kid, starting at five years old. Now he is grown up, and his kids are training at Sidekicks. Mario said, “I always knew that if I had kids, I would want them to attend Sidekicks too. And now they…

This student started his Taekwondo Journey with Grandmaster Orange at Sidekicks Martial Arts Academy when he was barely knee-high! Now he towers over GMO and many of the other students. He’s been consistent with coming to classes and practicing his Taekwondo forms, starting with the White Belt Form. Taekwondo Journey He kept coming to classes,…

One of our Sidekicks students who has been with us for many years, has just turned the corner into her teens. She turned 13. A jazzy Birthday She celebrated a jazzy birthday with her family and we are happy to send a shout out on her special day! Jazzy you are beautiful, strong, and smart.…