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PARTICIPATE IN OUR KITTEN FOOD AND SUPPLIES DRIVE AND MAKE A KITTEN SMILE

Donate to our Kitten Food and Supplies Drive and bring love to the kittens of Chico Animal Shelter. Please take a look at our poster for more details.


GIMME-SOME-SOLE

Gimme-Some-Sole is our annual...

EASING ILLS THROUGH TAI CHI

Researchers study the benefits of this mind-body exercise.

by NELL PORTER BROWN


CATHERINE KERR has found an antidote for the hectic pace of laboratory life in the daily practice of tai chi. This centuries-old Chinese mind-body exercise, now gaining popularity in the United States, consists of slow-flowing, choreographed meditative movements...

Tai Chi Chico on CBS News - Tai chi improves symptoms of Parkinsons disease

Tai chi improves symptoms of Parkinson's disease



Feb. 8, 2012 -- Tai chi, a type of exercise that guides the body through gentle, flowing poses, may help some of the worst physical problems of 

Chinese exercise is good for the heart

by Yvvette Brazier


Different forms of Chinese exercise have been gaining popularity around the world.

One of the best-known, Tai Chi, is recommended by Harvard Medical Center’s Women’s Health Watch for anyone, of any age, including those in a wheelchair. Benefits include helping people to maintain strength, flexibility and balance.

Stemming from...

Chico Martial Arts Teaches Outdoor Self-Defense - Camping in the Bear Country

This summer please be careful when you are hiking or camping in the Bear country from local areas to national parks. As Jongshindo students you must always pay attention to your environment and make sure you are aware of all dangers around you. This way you...

Chico Tai Chi - Tai Chi Does Benefit Your Heart!

by Andrea Rock


Over the years, research has shown that tai chi and other traditional Chinese exercises—which all involve specific postures and gentle movement, combined with mental focus, breathing, and relaxation—can be good for wellbeing in a variety of ways.

Tai chi benefits (and those of similar practices) include easing 

Chico Tai Chi Lessons at Azads Martial Arts Help Your Arthritis - A Case Study

Published: June 15, 2016

ARCHIVED CONTENT: As a service to our readers, Harvard Health Publishing provides access to our library of archived content. Please note the date each article was posted or last reviewed. No content on this site, regardless...

Martial Arts in the News - Chico Hapkido Classes

Special seminars offered at Azad's Martial Arts by Grandmaster Beluschak and Master Najand. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0F1SJzcj0m0 featured on NBC 24 ACTIONNEWS


Azad's Martial Arts, Dojunim Ji Han Jae, Olympics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK3AyDtQtBE featured on KNVN NEWS

Chico Community Service - Grandmaster Azad Spearheads Shoe Drive With Chico Martial Arts Students

On October 28th, volunteers from across the country united for Make A Difference Day, one of the largest annual single-days of service nationwide. Grandmaster Azad made an effort to donate shoes for our children at the elementary school. In his words: ' There are over 80,000...

If you are experiencing back pain then Chico Tai Chi can help

At Azad's Martial Arts Center we help you get more flexible while building your strength in your muscles, tendons and ligaments in each class. Tai Chi is a very low-impact form of exercise that dates back to 1400 century. Many of our students report to us...

Members Only Section

To get access to the member's area, you must be an active member and request access from Grandmaster or the Chief Instructor, Mr. Reitz. Click here to access the Members Only Section!

Martial Arts School in Chico - Make A Difference Day 2016 National Award Winners

Make a Difference Day Ambush Video - Torres Community Shelter in Chico

The Torres Community Shelter in Chico, CA believes everyone deserves dignity, purpose, and respect which is why we are awarding them with $10,000. Each year, Farshad Azad, Grandmaster of Azad's...

Videos Chico Martial Arts Kids and Adults

Choose the program that interests you and click the available video links!


1. Kids Martial Arts https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=10155566268324543


2. Adult/Teen Martial Arts https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xccuyy


3. MMA...

Tai Chi Improves Your Balance!

Published: May 03, 2013

  • Author: Peter Wayne, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

It isn’t every day that an effective new treatment for some Parkinson’s disease symptoms comes along. Especially one that is safe, causes no adverse side effects, and may also benefit the rest of the body and...

Our Martial Arts Classes Train Children How to Focus

Focus. Focus is a life skill everyone needs all throughout life. To complete any of our tasks correctly and in a timely manner, we need to pay attention to details. At Azad's Martial Arts Center all our programs are geared to enhance our student's attention to...

Fall Special in Chico

At Azad's Martial Arts Center, we're proud to host people of all ages and abilities from across the Chico community, and we're excited to offer you a special offer like no other this fall!


Reserve Your Spot in One of Our Fall Sessions...

We train our students how to be good leaders

Leadership. Since 1985 our children programs have taught kids great leadership skills that lasts them a lifetime in their school work, at home, and society. Hundreds of our children who are now successful adults and their parents report to us how Azad's Martial Arts lessons, philosophies...

Our Martial Arts Classes Will Teach Your Child About Respect

Respect. There is nothing more basic and significant to a martial arts student than respect. Kids start and end every move, class, partner work, combat and training with a visible sign of respect to the lower rank and higher rank students as well as the instructors...

Scientific Studies Showing Health Benefits of Tai Chi! Azads Martial Arts Center

Tai Chi Offers Many Health Benefits.

Perhaps you've caught sight of them in a park on a sunny day𑁋people moving in synchrony as they perform a series of graceful, flowing movements. Most likely, they're practicing tai chi, an ancient Chinese form of...

Chico Martial Artist Stands Against Domestic Violence - Azads Martial Arts Center

Domestic Violence is inhumane and unacceptable. Everyone should take a strong stand and speak out loudly against domestic violence. Although women are not the only ones abused domestically, over 85% of victims of domestic violence are women. Unfortunately, men are the major problem and perpetrators in...

Chico Tai Chi - Tai Chi Beats Stretching In Fibromayalgia Study

The health benefits of Tai Chi.

This gentle form of exercise can help maintain strength, flexibility, and balance, and could be the perfect activity for the rest of your life.

Updated: August 20, 2019 Published: May, 2009

Tai chi is often described as "meditation in motion," but it might...

Azads Martial Arts Wins the Make A Difference Day Award

Read more about it in our attached PDF. Enjoy!



Community Service Student Thoughts - Grandmaster Azad and His Brown Belts Engaged in the Spirit of Volunteerism in Chico

Watch the interview with a couple of Grandmaster Azad's Brown Belts. Students of Azad's engaged in community service and spirit of volunteerism in Chico! Click on the link here to watch https://www.youtube.com/embed/XXnEvS4ZpE8

Chico Tai Chi - Tai Chi Beats Stretching In Fibromayalgia Study

The health benefits of Tai Chi.

This gentle form of exercise can help maintain strength, flexibility, and balance, and could be the perfect activity for the rest of your life.

Updated: August 20, 2019 Published: May, 2009

Tai chi is often described as "meditation in motion," but it might...

Why Watermelon Days at Our Martial Arts Center

At Azad's Martial Arts Center we have lots of fun! During summer months not only we have a number of new programs, classes, playful days, and activities but we have lots of cool things going on like the Watermelon Days! Watermelon is refreshing, and hydrating. But there is more to...

Community Service Award Presented

The Chico Noon Rotary Club presents a Community Service Award each year. Joe Wilson of the club (right) presents this year's award to Farshad Azad (left). (Contributed photo)

Pets Safety in Chico Against COVID-19!

All pet owners! Here is some valuable information for you and your pet's safety.

Washington, D.C. April 22, 2020 – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) today announced the first confirmed cases of...

Chico Pet Owners and Pets Safety vs. Coronavirus!

Can animals get the new coronavirus? To date, very few animals have been reported to be infected with SARS-CoV-2 worldwide, and most have been in animals that had close contact with a person with COVID-19. We are still learning about this virus, but we know that...

Solid As A Rock - Chico Martial Arts For Teens

Read about our Teens Martial Arts in the attached PDF. Enjoy!

Solid As A Rock - Chico Martial Arts For Teens

Read about our Teens Martial Arts in the attached PDF. Enjoy!

Motivational Monday Message - Manage Stress through Chico Martial Arts Training

Have you ever had to go through real tough times in your life? Are you going through a real stressful time in your life? It is tough to be in that space mentally, spiritually and physically. But you are fully capable and will overcome whatever challenge...

Lynn H. Elliott becomes a black belt at Azads Chico Martial Arts at 70 Years Old!

Lynn H. Elliott is an accomplished playwright, author and screenwriter. He is a professor emeritus at Chico State University, where he also was chair of the English department. In May, he retired.

Nov. 4, he mastered a different sort of challenge. After six years of dedication and hard work, he tested...

Grandmaster Azad Teaches Jongshindo Hapkido And Service in Chico

Martial Arts World News magazine is your #1 source for Martial Arts Business News

A Case Study of one of our very own. Grandmaster Farshad Azad has been a martial artist in various systems for over 40 years. He has received two Hall...

Our Martial Arts Program Will Teach Your Child Kindness

Many may think that martial arts training is simply rough and makes the student rough and violent. Nothing can be further from the truth. If taught correctly, martial arts training can only enhance a student’s level of kindness and compassion. At Azad’s, students learn to start...

Develop Great Positive Habits at Our Martial Arts Center

Great positive habits are the keys to your success. Whether you are still in school, working as a professional or a full time mom or dad, you always need great positive habits to succeed in your daily tasks as well as life’s goals. Great habits are...

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Participate in Our Kitten Food and Supplies Drive and Make a Kitten Smile

Donate to our Kitten Food and Supplies Drive and bring love to the kittens of Chico Animal Shelter. Please take a look at our poster for more details.



29th Annual Thanksgiving Basket Brigade
Thanksgiving Basket Brigade is a program at Azad's Martial Arts Center created by Grandmaster Azad over two decades ago to help deserving local families with kids. Each year Grandmaster Azad and his students help over 200 families in Butte County with a gift basket of Thanksgiving Meal. Each gift basket...
29th Annual Thanksgiving Basket Brigade at Azads Martial Arts Center
Azad's Martial Arts Center is holding its 29th annual Thanksgiving Basket Brigade on Tuesday, November 24th, 2020. This event will help 200 local families with a gift basket of complete Thanksgiving dinner. Each dinner basket provides meal for up to 15 people in the family. Each year...
Gimme-Some-Sole
Gimme-Some-Sole is our annual community service project, giving rain boots and shoe drive to help underprivileged kids in our community.

Each year Grandmaster Azad, and his students help hundreds of school-age children in Butte county with sturdy new shoes before the rainy season starts.

The public can donate new shoes of all...
Chico EnterpriseRecord News Azads Martial Arts Center wins national Make a Difference Day award


By: Mary Nugent, Chico Enterprise-Record
POSTED: 05/18/17, 11:45 AM PDT | UPDATED: ON 05/18/2017
 
Chico >> Last fall, Farshad Azad decided to make “Gimme Some Sole” a project for Make a Difference Day. The project...
Azads Thanksgiving Basket Brigade
OCTOBER 26, 2018 BY JENNA CHRISTOPHERSEN

Two months after losing her mother to cancer, thirteen-year-old “Emily” lay on her bed, wrapped in blankets of sorrow too heavy to lift. She switched on the radio and...
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Solid As A Rock Azads Martial Arts Rock Solid Teen Program

Azads Martial Arts Wins Make A Difference Award

Now Offering Series of Selfdefense Classes for Adults Teens and Kids in Chico Personal Defense Training (PDT)
ADULT PDT is entirely FREE* and open to the general public. PDT is designed to make students and the public more aware, prepared, and ready for any hostile situation anywhere.
Action News Now Video Chico Students Learn Tai Chi

Chico elementary school students take a lesson in Tai Chi

Students at Citrus Elementary School in Chico had an unusual lesson this afternoon.

Posted: Dec. 8, 2017 4:49...
Azads Annual Thanksgiving Basket Brigade in Chico
By: growingupchico
Posted: October 27, 2017

If you live in the Chico, area you might have heard of a great community service project called, Azad’s Thanksgiving Basket Brigade. This...
Heart and Sole Martial Arts Teacher Rallies Community of Chico to Collect Shoes and Rain Boots for Kids in Need
By Points of Light Staff
October 23, 2017

Farshad Azad
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History of Tai Chi Chuan
A Brief History of Tai Chi Chuan

Tai Chi (also pronounced Taiji) is a system of Chinese internal martial arts created around 14th Century by a man named Cheng. There are a few different schools of Tai Chi...
Azads Tai Chi Saves Students Life!
Azad’s Tai Chi Saves Life!

"Last Saturday, while at the theater, I had a heart attack.  Massive chest pains that spread up to my face. I told my husband that we needed to go to the hospital.  As soon as I could walk, he got...
Azads Tai Chi in Chico Can Reduce Your Chances of Falls By 50!
Azad's Martial Arts Center has been teaching people of all ages methods to become stronger physically, mentally and spiritually. One of the methods Grandmaster Azad has used to bring strength back to seniors is through our ever popular Tai Chi program at Azad's....
Covid-19 Relief Acts
Last updated April 22, 2020.
As of April 16, 2020, funding for CARES Act PPP loans has been depleted.
As of April 22, 2020, more PPP funding is...
Chico Pet Owners and Pets Safety vs. Coronavirus!
Can animals get the new coronavirus?
To date, very few animals have been reported to be infected with SARS-CoV-2 worldwide, and most have been in animals that had close contact with a person with COVID-19. We are still learning about this virus, but...
Consider Tai Chi for Back Pain
Evidence suggests these gentle, meditative moves can help alleviate aches and lift your spirits
By Teresa Carr
March 12, 2017