A Great Alternative to Daycare

We pick up our students from school and bring them to the dojang (training hall) for a fun filled afternoon of martial arts.

• Show courtesy and respect
• Be a positive role model
• Excel in school and sports
• Increase physical endurance
• Improve mental awareness
• Exhibit perseverance and pride
• Set and achieve goals
• Achieve self mastery

Your child is also given time for a snack (provided by you), free time for socializing and homework completion as well as agenda checking, supervised by our staff of caring and helpful former childcare workers. Our after school supervisors all have either their early childhood education degree or are former staff members of daycare providers. However, we are not a daycare. The children can go into one of our rooms to play basketball, dodge ball, musical pads or ninja swords (to name a few of our many physical games), or go into our quiet room and play board games, read or do homework if they choose. We ARE NOT a daycare; Homework & Games are secondary to our program. We are a professional martial arts facility and our focus is on Martial Arts.

We pick up from all schools in Burlington in our fully marked, properly insured vehicles. We have purchased our own fleet of buses and vans to ensure that we know who is driving your child and we also know that all our vehicles are safe and properly insured and maintained. All staff, including drivers, are CPR and first aid certified, have police and driver abstracts and have an interest in the safety and progression of your child.

Sidekicks and their head instructor, Master Dusty Miner, are the pioneers of after school martial arts in Canada . Having trained directly under the creator of the first after school martial arts program in the United States , he made changes to make it work in Canada , and then proceeded to start the first after school martial arts program in this country. Many other schools have tried to imitate our programs; however, none have come close.

What makes our after school martial arts program so successful? We keep it small by capping the amount of children we take each year. We have adult certified instructors running the program and we keep our ratio of instructors to students very low and we focus strictly on martial arts. We are not a daycare, nor are we a dance studio. We have a waiting list each year an inch thick. We could take on hundreds of new students each year, but the quality of martial arts and the safety of your child would suffer.

We include an option for early dismissal days and Pd days included at no extra charge. On Pd days we have an all day martial arts camp that runs from 8 am to 6 pm . On the days your child doesn't have school, or they get out early, they can spend the day with us doing martial arts, playing games or doing crafts and hanging out with their friends.

All regular belt testing as well as use of any gear needed is included in our program making it an all inclusive program. Each child is given their own uniform, to make them feel part of the Sidekicks team. Your child is provided with their own spot in our change rooms to keep all of their stuff. This is also their first lesson in responsibility. Sufficient space is provided for them to keep their jackets, backpacks and shoes.

Your child's grades will improve, their attention span and focus in the classroom will increase and their self esteem and confidence will go through the roof. You will notice an improvement in all these areas in a few short weeks.

The second benefit is the time that our program will create for you and your family. Most families rush home, rush to eat dinner, rush to get the homework done and then rush to get out to their evening activities. With our program, most of these things are already done by the time you pick them up, thereby creating more quality evening time for you and your family.

For the hardcore martial arts student, we also include an evening and weekend membership at no extra charge. The option to come back at night or on the weekends to train is included.

Make sure that your child is doing something productive after school. Would you rather have them at home watching television, playing video games and becoming a couch potato or picked up by us and improving their lives?

If we have sparked your interest and would like to take the next step, please CLICK HERE TO CONTACT US and one of our staff members will contact you in the next 24 hours to set up an appointment.