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Why Parents Love Summer Camp at Azad's Martial Arts Center
For most parents, summer camp isn't just about keeping kids busy. It's about finding a place where your child is safe, active, and learning something meaningful.
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10 Benefits of Training at Azad's Martial Arts Center for Adults
Studying Jongshindo will transform your lifestyle physically, mentally, and emotionally. Here are ten benefits for adults of all ages and abilities.
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The Transformative Power of Sparring: 5 Proven Benefits for Children and Adults
Sparring is more than a skill — it is a path to transformation mentally, emotionally, and physically. Here are five of the most important benefits.
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29th Annual Thanksgiving Basket Brigade at Azad's Martial Arts Center
Our 29th Thanksgiving Basket Brigade will deliver complete holiday dinners to 200 local families. Here are all the ways you can help make it happen.
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Azad's Tai Chi Saves a Student's Life
A longtime Tai Chi student credits the triangular breathing she learned at Azad's with helping her through a heart attack and the hospital tests that followed.
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Azad's Tai Chi in Chico Can Reduce Your Chances of Falls by 50%
Our Tai Chi program builds strength and balance with zero impact on your joints — and teaches you how to fall safely if you ever do lose your footing.
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Chico Pet Owners and Pet Safety vs. Coronavirus
Guidance for pet owners on COVID-19 and animals — what was known about transmission, when testing is appropriate, and what to do if your pet gets sick.
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Gimme Some Sole: Our Annual Shoe and Rain Boot Drive
Every October, Grandmaster Azad and his students collect new shoes and rain boots so that hundreds of Butte County kids start the rainy season with dry feet.
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Why Watermelon Days at Our Martial Arts Center
Summer at Azad's means new programs, playful days, and Watermelon Days — a refreshing tradition that happens to be very good for your heart.
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Grandmaster Azad Teaches Jongshindo, Hapkido and Service in Chico
From a boyhood in Iran to a grandmaster rank in multiple systems, Farshad Azad's story is one of relentless training paired with a lifetime of community service.
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Our Martial Arts Program Will Teach Your Child Kindness
Martial arts training doesn't make kids rough or violent. Taught correctly, it builds compassion — and at Azad's, students have to demonstrate it to advance.
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Now Offering Personal Defense Training (PDT) for Adults, Teens and Kids in Chico
Our Personal Defense Training series is free and open to the public, with new sessions for teens ages 13-19 and kids ages 8-12. No prior experience needed.
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Chico Elementary School Students Take a Lesson in Tai Chi
Grandmaster Farshad Azad spent 45 minutes teaching 4th and 5th graders at Citrus Elementary the slowest of all the martial arts — and hopes to do much more.
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Lynn H. Elliott Becomes a Black Belt at Azad's Chico Martial Arts at 70 Years Old
After six years of training, a retired Chico State English professor passed his black belt test at 70 — the oldest student ever to do so at Azad's.
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Azad's Annual Thanksgiving Basket Brigade in Chico
How a single Thanksgiving dinner for one family grew into a Chico tradition that has reached more than 35,000 people over a quarter of a century.
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Heart and Sole: Rallying Chico to Collect Shoes and Rain Boots for Kids in Need
Grandmaster Farshad Azad was named a Daily Point of Light honoree for Gimme Some Sole. In this interview he explains where the idea came from and what came next.
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A Brief History of Tai Chi Chuan
The lineage behind the Tai Chi taught at Azad's — from 14th-century China through Kuo Lien-Ying and Sifu Lenny Vavalette to Grandmaster Farshad Azad in Chico.
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Azad's Martial Arts Center Wins National Make a Difference Day Award
The Gimme Some Sole shoe drive was named one of 10 National Honorees, earning a $10,000 grant that Farshad Azad directed to the Torres Shelter in Chico.
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Consider Tai Chi for Back Pain
New guidelines from the American College of Physicians point to Tai Chi as an effective, drug-free defense against back pain. Here's how the gentle practice works.
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Solid as a Rock: Azad's Martial Arts' Rock Solid Teens Program
Rock Solid Teens gives youth from challenging backgrounds a dynamic opportunity to redefine themselves through martial arts, community service and career exposure.
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