About Us

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At Kicking 2 Achieve, is a 501 C-3 Non Profit. Our goal is to build strong moral character in our youth through Martial Arts in our community. 

Our program provides mentorship, which helps children achieve success and fills the missing elements in their lives.

Kicking 2 Achieve works within our community to support the underprivileged and children in need. Many single parents in our community struggle to meet the daily needs of raising children alone. That's why we believe it's crucial to provide a safe environment for all children in the community after school and during the summer.

One of our programs was developed to help parents by providing a quality, reliable After-School Program and Summer Camp. Due to financial constraints, some parents can't enroll their children in After School or Summer Camp programs, leaving them home alone.

Our After-school and Summer Camp programs focus on Martial Arts, teaching both the mental and physical aspects. Many of these children are left to fend for themselves, going home to no adult supervision and being influenced by older non-family members. We want to provide these students with a safe place for them to be where they can feel good about themselves and stay out of mischief and off our streets.

By practicing Martial Arts, students will gain self-discipline, self-confidence, and self-control. Our program helps to cultivate hope for a bright future and the identity of believing in self for these children. By giving them the tools to maintain a strong, sound mind and a healthy body, we will prepare them for success in all endeavors. 

Kicking 2 Achieve wants to see our students’ become leaders and not followers. We want our community to recognize and embrace us as a haven and to know that our doors are always open. With the belief that together, we can give all the children the tools to succeed.

Through approaching corporations for donations, soliciting individual donations or through grants, we plan to put as many children as possibly in a Positive environment and mold them into future leaders. 

We’ve witnessed first-hand many of our youths grow into adulthood, face challenges head-on and overcome any obstacles that got in their way toward achievement. Through our program students will develop the mental and physical strength to deal with the challenges they will face throughout life.

Our after-school and summer camp programs focus on Martial Arts and also aims to develop character, leadership, and resiliency skills among students. We encourage conflict resolution, avoiding gangs, choosing drug-free lifestyles, resisting negative peer pressure, staying in school until graduation, striving for academic success, and becoming productive members of society. 

Program Objectives 

The Program's annual implementation objectives are to:

(a) Provide martial arts instruction after the school day and over the summer to new and returning program students.

(b) Create an environment in which students can develop and practice conflict resolution skills.

(c) Provide role models who exhibit appropriate conflict-resolution-related behaviors, and who encourage students to reflect on and discuss solutions related to conflicts they may be having in their lives.

Annual and long-term outcome objectives, which are related to the overall goals and to Program implementation, include the following: 

(a) To positively impact students' resiliency (i.e., school bonding/performance characteristics including school attendance and course grades). 

(b) To enhance students' character development. 

(c) To enhance physical fitness. 

(d) To develop students' leadership skills.