Kaizen

Kaizen is a Japanese philosophy and approach for continuous, incremental improvements over time. Under this philosophy, everyone on a team displays cooperation and commitment to making small, ongoing, positive changes towards their goals.

We emphasize and implement the Kaizen philosophy into all of our program’s structure and curriculum.

Whether it is a wrestler on our competitive team with the goal of being a national champion or another wrestler participating in the Kaizen CLUB to supplement their football cross training, the concept of everyone working together towards continuous improvement stays applicable.

With a Kaizen mindset, we remain Focused on the Process. As with any martial art, the path to perfection in wrestling is endless.

Schedule

We provide a large variety of options to give all of our athletes as much opportunity to improve and reach their goals as they need.

All of our programs train year-round, allowing families to participate as much or as little as they want. Wrestling is a highly technical activity and art form which requires thousands and thousands of repetition and muscle memory to be successful. The majority of wrestling clubs currently offer training for 3 or 4 months over the winter season. Just as it would in any other technical activity such as dancing, piano lessons, computer coding, karate, etc, disappearing from a wrestling mat for 7-8 months at a time between training creates a major “two steps forward, one step back” effect.

In the spirit of Kaizen, we recommend that all of our wrestlers stay engaged in their training for at least 8-10 months of the year. While the level of commitment and intensity of training should vary between all of our wrestlers, we believe the ongoing practice of Kaizen or continuous improvement, should be practiced by all.

Create Your Own Season

Starting this fall we will no longer break up our competitive team training into separate seasons for participation.

Instead, we are allowing families to create their own season to participate and commit their schedule to wrestling when it is most convenient to them. Families can simply sign up and discontinue as needed.

A season would be considered the time of year that a wrestler is committed to attending at least two practices per week and eligible for competitions. In season wrestlers have the option of attending unlimited practices each week.

Additionally, we offer a 1 practice per week maintenance option for any wrestlers (hopefully most) who choose to continue their wrestling journey on a limited basis during times of the year when wrestling can not be their primary activity. There is no minimum commitment for any of our programs.

Training Options for Everyone

Wrestling With Character offers a wide variety year-round training opportunities for fitness and wrestling to families. Our programs are designed for kids in 1st Grade through High School. All of our programs are designed for and implemented to benefit the unique individual needs of all our athletes.

1.The Sport of Wrestling

In the traditional sense, most families are familiar with wrestling through these kinds of programs. These programs are designed to provide to help our competitive athletes to reach their highest potential.

Our competitive WWC Predator Wrestling team is split up into P1 - 1st through 5th Grade and P2 6th through 12th Grade

2. The Martial Art of Wrestling

While wrestling is largely considered and seen as a sport in the United States, it is also one of man’s oldest and most effective martial arts.

The lifelong benefits of training and learning the craft of wrestling are known to many.

All of our 1st-5th grade beginning wrestlers will be introduced to wrestling as a martial art initially. Wrestling is a highly technical art form which requires a certain baseline of intelligence, maturity, physical competency and comprehensive ability to properly understand. Contrary to some stereotypical beliefs, wrestling practice is not a romper room for kids “with lots of energy” to come and bounce off of the walls for an hour.

By introducing young kids to wrestling in a tiered, systematic and controlled environment, we will both retain more kids and improve the experience for all of our athletes and families.