Sometimes when parents watch a martial arts class at Sidekicks and see their child sparring for the first time, they may wonder what is going on? When Sidekicks students achieve Green Belt Rank, they begin learning and practicing sparring. Be…
Lots of kids that train and practice marital arts with Grandmaster Orange are second generation students. This means that their parents were also students of GMO, and now the parents bring their kids to Sidekicks. In several families, the grandparents…
The belt rank order is as such. One of the determining factors between a red belt and a yellow belt is the following. How do I know if my kid is ready to be promoted from Yellow Belt? Pre test…
Walking through the milk aisle in Ralphs, GMO has known to be spotted. Here you see him being stopped by a former student, of many many years ago, who recognized him. She was very pleasantly surprised to see Grandmaster Orange,…
Here’s a typical day “at the office” for GMO. He arrives to the martial arts studio and is teaching classes. He sees a food drive going on out in front of the studio. He goes out and starts talking with…
Master Orange! I randomly chanced upon the thought of you the other day – almost 30 years ago my brother and I were students of yours at Sidekicks in SD. Now my son is looking to start martial arts and…
Halloween at Sidekicks included a Halloween photo shoot for students. GMO is also a professional photographer, one of the best in San Diego County, actually. Sidekicks students were able to sign up for in costume or in uniform photo sessions…
Grandmaster Orange talks to the kids in martial arts class about how his mom was smarter than he was. He tells the story of how she signed him up and kept making him go to Martial Arts class. Were you…
