OUR PROGRAMS

Lifestyles-FIT

Lifestyles FIT Program Goal: Encourage healthy living through exercise, nutrition, positive sleeping habits, and a safe alcohol, drug and tobacco‐free lifestyle, which students, their families and communities need to reach their full potential.

• Amateur Boxing
• Martial Arts
• Physical Fitness Activities

Amateur Boxing – is a program that provides ten attributes for youth participants that help with their development from youth into adulthood; 1) Provides Group Members with a New Identity, 2) Promotes and Offers Safety, 3) Provides Discipline, 4) Uses Defense as a Metaphor, 5) Improves Impulse Control and Patience, 6) Develops Ability to Focus, 7) Teaches Commitment and Offers Meaning, 8) Teaches and Provides Respect, 9) Relieves Stress and 10) Fosters Mutual Aid. These attributes help to build youth into leaders and provide the guidance and support they need to succeed in a community and/or family lifestyle that have numerous obstacles to overcome such as family violence, crime, drugs, community violence, unemployment, prostitution and so on. Not only do these attributes exist within the Amateur Boxing program but in addition is the physical fitness component that goes along with it. Amateur Boxing teaches youth the importance of physical fitness and positive eating habits, which in the long-term prevents many health problems such as asthma, diabetes, heart disease, obesity, and cancer just to name a few. Circle of Discipline has partnered with the Minneapolis Police Athletic League program to help build positive relationships with cops and the community.

Martial Arts – is much like the Amateur Boxing program including the aforementioned attributes within the program as well as promoting physical fitness and positive eating habits. Martial Arts was added to the Circle of Discipline due to the need within the community. It offers youth another alternative to participate in a program other than boxing but yet provides the same guidance and support to youth to prevent as mentioned in the Amateur Boxing program health problems and violence amongst youth.

Physical Fitness Activities – supports youth in various physical fitness activities such as cycling, jogging, group workouts and personalized training to help youth engage in and create goals for their personal body, mind, and spirit wellness. The same attributes are included in the PFA program that are in the Amateur Boxing and Martial Arts programs. However this program gives youth another alternative from Amateur Boxing and Martial Arts, which allows the Circle of Discipline to serve more youth that may not of been served in the Amateur Boxing and Martial Arts program. The coaches, trainers, mentors, volunteers within these three programs are all certified through the Unites States Olympic Committee USA Boxing organization and/or Martial Arts Grand Master. They are also certified in CPR/First Aid annually.