Q1. Do we teach mental discipline?
A1. Yes, we teach focus, respect, and humility to all of our students, young and old. Students that begin timid build character and confidence. Students that begin arrogant learn respect and humility towards others. Students learn these traits by competing at tournaments. All students will learn that there are many good athletes with good technique and skill, and everybody loses sometimes, but with training and persistence, you’ll improve and persevere, and win some tournaments.

Q2. Will I / my child get hurt doing martial arts?
A2. Keep in mind this is a full contact sport. You / Your child will get punched, kicked, thrown, mashed into the mat, arm-barred, and choked into tapping out many times. However, this is how they become tough. All practices and tournaments have supervision from instructors and judges and maintain an excellent amount of control. Your child is safer in our facility than walking down the street. Our school has a very low injury rate. Dance, gymnastics, skateboarding, trampolines, among other activities have higher injury rates and are in comparison more dangerous than martial arts. Lastly, learning martial arts instills the ability of self-defense within a person. Martial arts training could possibly allow you / your child to protect their lives in the event of an attack.

Q3. How long will it take to get a black belt?
A3. First of all, this is not a “McDonald’s Martial Arts” program. In other words, black belts are not easily given out. Belts are not sold; they are earned. There is no group belt testing. We have no “black belt courses.” You cannot buy a black belt. You must be at least 16 years old or older to be eligible for a black belt. CMS has been teaching in Chino and surrounding cities for 15 years, and we have trained four black belts in that time. That is not to say a black belt is not impossible, but it takes many years of hard work and dedication in our school to award a black belt.

Q4. Can girls learn martial arts?
A4. Absolutely! Our female students win more tournaments than our male students. There are also more female national champions at CMS than male national champions.

Q5. Will my child become violent after learning martial arts?
A5. It is impossible for us to guarantee 100% that your child will be responsible with martial arts. However, CMS has never had a problem with violent acting out of its students. This is a result of the mental discipline and tournament experience that teach respect and humility to students rather than violent behavior.
       After nearly 5 years of training, your child will have fought in so many tournaments that they will not remember how many 1st place finishes, 2nd place finishes, 3rd place finishes, or hard losses they have had. They will not remember how many tournaments they have competed in. This is experience and it teaches them emotional control.