Bee Martial Arts is a Portland Oregon based school that started in 1998 that is dedicated to the idea that Martial Arts and Fitness is for everyone. To acheive this goal Bee Martial Arts is planning to become a Non Profit organization in the next 16 months 

Martial Arts is a way of life. Every martial artist in this world has experienced the goodness and positive aspect the art has to offer. Our mission is to give the opportunity to any individual having an eagerness to learn. As a human nothing is impossible for the human mind. It is a fertile field ready to create what comes in its way, whether it is good or bad. It depends upon the individual to discern. Truth is different for everybody; depending upon the person’s identity they make their choice. Martial art plays an important role here – it helps to guide and control the emotions of the individual, helping them to make the right choice.

The purpose of our association is to be able to make our society free of drugs, gang violence and other such vices that exist in our community. We instill in the minds of our student the positive way of thinking to make better choices in their day-to-day life, which contributes to the society in a small way. But if we look at from another angle martial arts in a huge way is responsible for the betterment of our society, country and the world as a whole.

TENENTS OF BEE MARTIAL ARTS ACADEMY

As a dedicated student of Bee Martial Arts:
1.I shall never misuse martial arts against anything
2.I shall be a champion of freedom and justice
3.I shall build a peaceful world filled with love and harmony
4.I shall always fight for truth and what is right
5.I shall finish all that I start

TAEKWONDO

Taekwondo is the art of kicking and punching originating from Korea. Classes build physical strength, agility, and they are a fun way to be become fit. The physical training of Taekwondo is complimented by a philosophy based on "courtesy, integrity, perseverance, self-control, and indomitable spirit." Anyone can follow the way of Taekwondo and become strong in mind and body.

ESCRIMA (Ages 6+)                 

Escrima is an incredibly versatile martial art from the Philippines. When training you learn a refined sense of effective angles of attack and defense. These angles can be worked with, among other things, sticks, a knife, a sword, or with the empty hand.

JEET KUN DO REVOLUTION (Private Lessons Ages12+)

A UNIQUE Program for Street survival and Sport Martial Arts is a non-classical style with simple, direct, and straightforward movements and techniques. Its key features are economy of movement with maximum effect and lighting fast execution of technique.

BJARA MMA                                (Private Lessons Ages12+)

Bajra is known by the art of Gorkha fighting based on effectiveness and speed. This training is specially designed to improve technique and tactics as well as conditioning, fitness, agility and flexibility of the whole body to create a completefighter.

ZUMBA® Fitness

Are you ready to party yourself into shape? That’s exactly what the Zumba® program is all about. It’s an exhilarating, effective, easy-to-follow, Latin-inspired, calorie-burning dance fitness-party™ that’s moving millions of people toward joy and health. Zumba Fitness® is the only Latin-inspired dance-fitness program that blends red-hot international music, created by Grammy Award-winning producers, and contagious steps to form a "fitness-party" that is awfully addictive. 

Cage® Fitness

Cage fitness is a complete fitness system that is based on the structure of a championship mixed martial arts bout. What this means is that Cage Fitness will give you a total body workout over 5 – 5 minute rounds. The key elements that Cage Fitness focuses on are endurance, strength, power, and core. The best part about Cage Fitness is that it is designed to cater to people at all levels of fitness. 

Bee Martial Arts is a Premiere Martial Arts facility. Recently they sent a 3 person team with the Oregon State contingent  to the  2014 USA Taekwondo Nationals held in San Jose. Out of 5 events they obtained 2 Gold Medals, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze. They had the highest win to loss ratio  in the state.

What makes Bee Martial Arts different from other facilities is that they foster not only a family enviroment and  opportunities for people from all walks of life to have the chance to learn martial arts and work on acheiving their fitness goals. They also insure that the needs of the community are met with their goals of offering opportunities to disadvantaged youth to take hold of opportunities  to become better as can be seen by their track record. After a succesful rewards raise, it is my goal to turn Bee Martial Arts into a non-profit for the Portland community!

The primary goal of these founds is three fold.  

1. They are designed for at risk low income students who are at risk to have an opportunity to learn martial arts and with this training be able to improve themselves  and in turn become positive influences in their homes and schools.

2. It will resolve current debt issues and psition the school to make the transfer to a non profit organization and be able to continue working in the community as a  force of change in a positive way.  

3. We would use the funds to purchase a 12-15 person shuttle van or bus to be able to pick up students at their schools and get them home safely as well as use for team trips to tournaments.  One of the typical challenges these children have is access to reliable transportation to be able to attend classes.