Da Silva's Academy of Martial Arts
243 McAffee St N0R1G0 Harrow, ON, Canada

The DAMA family wishes Coach Chad Waldron a very Happy Birthday!

Da Silva’s Academy may be closed right now, but there are SO MANY local businesses that are offering their goods and services in their own unique way! This month, our family has supported many local businesses via curbside pickup and delivery! Sprucewood Shores Estate Winery... Nuccelli's Frozen Yogurt Leisure Trailer Sales Sobeys Chantale Bouchard’s Vegetable Stand Let us know about the locals YOU are supporting in the comments below #shoplocal #windsoressex #canadianmade #harrow #amherstburg

Two years ago today

If you’re still feeling ambitious, finish your night off with a little lesson from Coach Jordan DaSilva-rear leg roundhouse kicks! (This is a great video to start off your a Tuesday morning tomorrow ) *As always, make sure you give yourself a good warm up BEFORE you start your kicks! Get that heart rate up and work in some dynamic stretches! ... Students: 3 sets of 10 with each leg Intermediates: if that’s not enough, repeat, 3 sets of 10 with the LEAD leg!

Haven’t gotten your workout in today? There’s still time! Why not give side kicks a try? Sensei Josh Da Silva gives a quick explanation If you aren’t sure you can keep your balance, hold onto a wall, or the washing machine (never a dresser-you don’t want to pull it down!) and practice your chamber. Students: try 30 rear leg kicks each leg; Intermediate and Elite Class, add in an additional 30 lead leg kicks for each leg

To Our Valued Clients of Da Silva’s Academy-Our DAMA Family: In the recent days, we have a received a number of inquiries regarding memberships during the COVID-19 pandemic: As small business owners, the State of Emergency for Windsor Essex and Ontario affects us a great deal. We’ve received questions regarding the payments made for classes in March, as many were cancelled. From a client’s perspective, I understand-you paid $55.00, maybe $60.00, and you were hoping for cl...asses. The $60.00 that you paid for your monthly membership, that’s the same money that pays for my daughters food; my medication; my hydro bill. The $60.00 monthly membership to you, is everything to our family. Barring no changes to the State of Emergency, Da Silva’s Academy had full intention of returning to business as usual, April 7, 2020. Sadly, at this time, we do not expect this to be a realistic timeline given the current updates. With much thought and consideration, Sensei Josh and Coach Kyla have decided that with the uncertainty of the pandemic, effective immediately we will be SUSPENDING ALL PAYMENTS for monthly memberships until further notice (ie. no April 1 payment). Though only $60.00 per month, we truly hope this helps to alleviate stress for your family during a time of financial uncertainty. We hope to see all of our DAMA family in the very near future. Until that time, STAY HOME (unless you’re considered an essential worker-we support you!) STAY SAFE! STAY TRAINING! All the best, Sensei Josh and Coach Kyla

Sensei Josh Da Silva starts from the beginning, demonstrating Exercise #1, slow and controlled For those practicing at home, try at this speed! Does your stance look like Sensei Josh? Where is your low block? Where is your punch going? How much energy did you put into it? ... Show us YOUR kata!

Da Silva’s COVID-19 Training Plan All of the activities listed are those that require NO equipment, NO partners, and NO contact Students, PLEASE post your training videos in the comments! If you have questions or are looking for input from Sensei Josh Da Silva, Coach Jordan DaSilva or Coach Kyla Da Silva let us know! We’re happy to help! Happy training!

Let’s work our front kicks! Not comfortable with a full kick? Start with just practicing your chamber! Once you’re comfortable, practice holding your chamber, standing on one foot, for as long as you can! Students: practice 60 kicks with each leg 20 before breakfast, 20 before lunch and 20 before dinner!

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Let’s start with something everyone can join in on-the basics! Jodan Uke-High Blocks. For our intermediate students: Practice in front of a mirror-try 50 high blocks. Watch Sensei Josh carefully in this video. Did your high blocks look just like his? Try 50 more. How far away is you block from your forehead? Is it consistently ending one fist away? Start by picking one technique per day: can you imagine the improvement you’ll see in your basics at the end of these few weeks?

In following the Windsor Essex County Health Unit guidelines for non-essential services, Da Silva’s Academy will be extending our closure until April 5, 2020. We ask that everyone do their part in #socialdistancing during this time to help alleviate the burden on our health care system-support your health care workers during this critical time.