One cornerstone objective of The Akademia is for each student to understand the movement of their body in three-dimensional space and to achieve a higher state of awareness. At the end of four years, students will have trained in both the ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ martial arts, culminating in a black belt in the respected art of Shaolin Kenpo.

Why martial arts? Kung Fu is one of the oldest and most comprehensive martial arts in existence. It is the philosophy of The Akademia that, in addition to the benefits of cardiovascular fitness, strength, flexibility, balance, self-discipline and confidence, the Physical Studies curriculum complements the other areas in important and subtle ways. Through two-thousand years of refinement, the martial arts (more than any sport or exercise regimen) offer strategies and insights for dealing with the challenges of real life.