Downtown Santa Cruz
Laird's Academy of Martial Arts 175 Walnut Avenue, Suite C 831.459.8901 mike@lairdsacademy.com
Our new location is in downtown Santa Cruz, close to Erik’s Deli and across the street from Nourish Yoga Center. The mat area is in one large room and is bigger than our combined current space. The new space is bigger and better and is open for our regular schedule. We have expanded our schedule, please view the schedule page for more information.
Laird's Academy Tournament of Champions!
Saturday, April 20th at Laird's Academy, 175 Walnut Ave, Downtown Santa Cruz
Tournament Schedule
8:15 Late Registration and Check In
8:45 Rules and Stretching
9:00 Judo (Ages 5-14yrs)
10:00 Children's Forms
11:15 Children's Sparring
Noon Teen/Adult Forms
1pm Teen/Adult Sparring
Sign up at Laird's Academy today!
Attention all ninjas: help Lizzy Mayhem and Captain Chaos raise some much needed funds for Project Purr. Project purr helps the environment by finding homes for feral kittens and reducing the population of feral cats through spay and neutering.
Help this great local group through your donation of the following items:
Clean, used or new blankets and towels.
Cat food.
Checks made out to project purr, for the vet bills.
Lairds Academy of Martial arts will be accepting donations now through the day of the tournament
Self Defense Classes
Introduction to Self Defense Class for Adults: Weds. March 13th 6-730pm FREE
We will be hosting a FREE Introduction to Self Defense Class for both students and non-students in March. Santa Cruz has had a spike in violent crimes lately and Laird’s Academy want to do all that we can to help make people feel safe again. Pre-registration is required and class size will be limited. If all the spaces fill up, we will offer a second chance to take this class, time and date to be announced.
Intermediate Self Defense for Adults: Weds. April 10th 6-7:30pm $30
This life saving course teaches physical moves that use technique over power from a variety of situations. This is a hands on class that requires participants to be able to perform physical self defense moves and learn some safe falling techniques.
Advanced Self Defense for Adults: Weds. April 17th 6-7:30pm $30
Taking it a step even further, this class teaches more advanced defense against a full physical attack, including chokes, punches and ground defense. We will also teach some strategies against weapons.
*Both classes can be taken for $50
Advanced Class
Tuesdays at 6pm Open to Brown Belts and above to work on advanced techniques and skills
We are Located in Downtown Santa Cruz CA, and offer you or your family a way to improve your lifestyle by developing your body, mind, and spirit to your maximum potential. Laird's Academy is the total solution as we offer a variety of classes including Korean Martial Arts, Little Dragons and Cardio Kickboxing.
Martial Arts for All Ages and Ability
Korean Martial Arts classes are open to all ages and all levels. Have fun and get in great shape while learning martial arts, self-defense techniques, kicks, punches, throws, falls, wrist locks and good sportsmanship. We have continuous registration so you can begin right away, and the first class is always free!
Read more about the kids programs
Read more about the adult and family programs
Master Jin cutting an apple on Michael Laird!
