Celebrating Inclusion Grandmaster Orange spoke to students at High Tech Middle School, as a special guest for their Black History Month Community Meeting. He was invited by a current Sidekicks student. Sidekicks students are encouraged to learn and practice leadership…
Saturday was Sidekicks Belt Rank Testing and here are s few Sidekicks Testing Day photos. Students were proud and so were their families, and instructors. These students are only five years old and they already made yellow belt promotions. …
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…
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…
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…
One of the Sidekicks moms is a volunteer at the House of Ukraine. She recently travelled to her home country of Ukraine and brought her parents and sister here to escape the war in Ukraine. "February is the shortest month…
Celebrating Ms. Castillo is what we are doing this week. For those of you who know Ms. Castillo, you see that she enjoys teaching the kids Taekwondo. And she is really good at it! In fact, so good that she…
When Grandmaster Orange was just a kid, he was able to meet Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. How did that happen, you ask? Well, sit back and have a listen to the story. One day Martin Luther King Jr. visited…
Ms. Castillo is one of Sidekick's senior instructors who has been teaching Taekwondo for many years. She started training in Taekwondo with Grandmaster Orange back at National City Taekwondo Center. She brings a wealth of knowledge and technique to Sidekicks…
Hispanic Heritage Month is September 15 - October 15 this year. Sidekicks is proud to have students of all backgrounds. Find resources and learn more here on the Hispanic Heritage Month website. In this video you can see samples of…