Southwest Portland Martial Arts and CrossFit Hillsdale

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We'll be in the Kid Zone @ Multnomah Days today! Come hit some pads, or grab a balloon dog from us, and enjoy all the booths + parade!

Multnomah Days Festival & Parade | MVBA Website Join us for one of the oldest street fairs in Portland! This beloved annual event incorporates a one-day open-air family-friendly street festival with vendor booths, a community parade, live music, Kids Zone, art fair, food & beverage - a more!

This school year, we will be running PPS Early Release Camps in SW Hillsdale - for ages 6+. Good for active children who are not overwhelmed by loud sounds during activity and dynamic partner/contact work. Aftercare also available until 4P on those (Wednesday) days. Principal Jeans just approved a walking school bus option from Rieke...email for info on that option: [email protected] https://southwestportlandmartialarts.com/events/kids-camps/

Starting in September, we will resume offer a broader range of Early Childhood Play (& socialize) programs at our padded play space @ 6315 SW Capitol Highway. Here is the page for that program: https://www.facebook.com/SWPMALittles/
Families and caretakers need only sign up and pay in advance this link: https://southwestportlandmartialarts.com/events/swpma-play/

In addition to our regular, informal (yet structured) SW Community Book Club meetup in September, we will ALSO be adding some time on to the end of coming in-person meetings to discuss this book: "The Anxious Generation, How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness" by Jonathan Haidt.

Kim Renee Davies will be facilitating these discussions. This effort is related to our ongoing push to support the greater tween/teen mental health crisis by giving families a space to explore and discuss issues and possible solutions surrounding said crisis. https://www.anxiousgeneration.com/book

If interested, it can be helpful to know that this is a popular book; planning ahead by working to get ahold of a copy now...is advised.

The Anxious Generation Out Now. Order the Book. From New York Times bestselling coauthor of The Coddling of the American Mind, an essential investigation into the collapse of youth mental health—and a plan for a healthier, freer childhood

Our August newsletter - has dropped!
Read up here: https://tinyurl.com/yc87ewsd

Does your child want deeper friendships? Having trouble making friends? Kim Davies is running a very, very affordable small, 2 hour workshop on friendship this Thursday Aug. 1, 2-4pm for kids ages 13-19 @ SWPMA, as part of our "Tween/Teen Summer Electives" program. It's titled, Authentic Allies: Making real friends. Please share! https://southwestportlandmartialarts.com/events/teen-tween-summer-electives/

Next week marks our last camp of the summer, and we still have room for more Full-Week, or "By The Day" campers @ ages 6-10! https://southwestportlandmartialarts.com/events/kids-camps/

Southwest Portland Martial Arts and CrossFit Hillsdale Our mission is to provide students with quality instruction in the martial arts and CrossFit.

July's SW Community Book Club will be happening - TOMORROW, at our main gym from 4-5:30 @ 6309 SW Capitol Highway. Friendly, open conversations about book content, themes, genres, authors, likes/dislikes and reading habits (not centering on any one specific book). Free, and open to the public.

Play Therapist, Mari Van Sickle is leading a parent-ed workshop on Sunday, August 11th @ SWPMA on the topic of gearing up for Kindergarten entry! https://square.link/u/zBoEozCJ

We have some spots left open in our last two Hillsdale Summer Camps! Half-day for 6-8's, full-day for 8+ and "Pay By The Day" for families who only need partial days in a week. We play in the shade when outdoors, and have strong HVAC otherwise.
Here's a video with some clips from our first camp this summer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhljEYV_TqQ&t=349s
Reg info: https://southwestportlandmartialarts.com/events/kids-camps/
Camp info: https://southwestportlandmartialarts.com/kids/camps/

Southwest Portland Martial Arts and CrossFit Hillsdale Our mission is to provide students with quality instruction in the martial arts and CrossFit.

Our July calendar is full of amazing class opportunities + our "Summer Strength" special. Check us out! https://tinyurl.com/3mcba9hw

That's a wrap on our first camp of the summer! A special thanks for Rose City Chess for coming to our location this time, and to Youyou for the Breakdancing fun too! Of all the many things we do in camp, the favorite again this time was "Wrestling!"

Summer camp 2024 1 A compilation of some of the awesome things we did in our first summer camp in 2024.

These awesome music classes for littles with Ashley, of "Dream Out Loud Music Therapy" are coming back to Hillsdale, and SWPMA is hosting! The first class in this series meets next week, and there's room for another family or two. Info/reg: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSchF_F1egtoZDW2JbTch05C5CkBcPWDA7u0Bh71MwdpRQnLJQ/viewform

If your tween or teen wants to start their own $-making business this summer, the cost of most of the classes in this series is only $5 (for materials) or sliding scale, starting at $0 - and scholarship funds can be applied as well. There are other classes listed here too, which revolve around hobby and academic-interests. As teachers who are sick of reading study after study @ mental health crisis at this age especially -- and not seeing a greater response, NOR being able to secure any grant funding...we just decided to go for it and put the time in to organize a "screen-free" prosocial solution anyway. Many of the people offering these classes are volunteering their time, and all are excellent artists/professionals/experts in their field. We will not be making any money off this program ourselves. More classes will be added each day in coming weeks...check back! https://southwestportlandmartialarts.com/events/teen-tween-summer-electives/

We run active + welcoming camps and offer flexible, "Pay By The Day" summer camp registration! Just register here, then email us to let up know exactly what single day, or days you care to have your children attend: [email protected] https://southwestportlandmartialarts.com/events/kids-camps/
Camp info: https://southwestportlandmartialarts.com/kids/camps/

Southwest Portland Martial Arts and CrossFit Hillsdale Our mission is to provide students with quality instruction in the martial arts and CrossFit.

Sing, Sign & Play will be meeting on the following Thursdays this summer from 9-10A @ (drop-in & by-donation/included in SWPMA/CFH membership):
June 13th
June 20th
NO June 27th off (Summer Camp #1)
NO meetup on July 4th, for the holiday.
July 11th
July 18th
NO July 25th (Summer Camp #2)
August 1st
NO August 8th (Summer Camp #3)
NO August 15th
August 29th
In September, we will revive our broader Age 0-4 Play Gym program; stay tuned for that!

Behold, another imperfect, yet informative SWPMA/CFH newsletter! This month we are unrolling a sizzler of a summer special. https://tinyurl.com/2jtb5mtc

Southwest Portland Martial Arts and CrossFit Hillsdale Our mission is to provide students with quality instruction in the martial arts and CrossFit.

Our Teen MMA and BJJ classes help young adults bridge the gap between our 10+ and adult Martial Arts programs @ small-group classes with outstanding coaches! https://southwestportlandmartialarts.com/schedule/

Weekly drop-in @ by donation class meetup at our padded gym in SW Hillsdale!
Q's? [email protected]

We run outrageously fun summer camps for ages 6+ in SW Hillsdale. Directed and taught by longtime state-certified + expert movement teachers & named "Best of Portland" by Willamette Week...these small camps of quality keep kids active!
★Info: https://southwestportlandmartialarts.com/kids/camps/
★Dates & Registration: https://southwestportlandmartialarts.com/events/kids-camps/
★Past camp videos: https://www.youtube.com//videos

Southwest Portland Martial Arts and CrossFit Hillsdale Our mission is to provide students with quality instruction in the martial arts and CrossFit.

We've added another camp option into this summer's schedule for youth ages 8+ with grappling experience. Feel free to pass this along to students of Judo, BJJ, Wrestling, or MMA. https://southwestportlandmartialarts.com/events/kids-camps/

Yoga! Yoga! Yoga! Simply drop on in, and we'll get you set up with a free trial class.

Southwest Portland Martial Arts and CrossFit Hillsdale Our mission is to provide students with quality instruction in the martial arts and CrossFit.

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