Choose a goal
Begin with a meaningful, observable goal for the next 90 days.
Martial Arts • Gymnastics • Music • Art Applications
Build the
person.
Train the skill.
We are a martial arts school that makes room for the whole family—and for the gymnastics, music, art, and academic skills each person wants to develop. Join us in person or online. Our in-person programs serve the Central Lakes region and surrounding communities, including Pequot Lakes, McGregor, Walker, Staples–Motley, and Aitkin.
Everyone has a place.
Every age.Every ability.Every demographic.
Team Ascension helps you grow.
Black Belts Don’t Quit helps make it possible.
Choose your path
More than a class.
A Team Ascension program should leave you stronger, more capable, and more certain that you belong. Pick one skill or build a whole afternoon around growth.
Are you outside of Brainerd or Pequot Lakes? Check out our Community Education Partnership page and register in a town near you!01
Martial Arts
Choose from karate, jiu-jitsu, sparring, self-defense, boxing, weapons, and competition training. Build focus, fitness, practical skill, and confidence at the right starting level.
See options 02Adaptive Programming for Special Needs Students
Individualized movement and skill development shaped around each student’s strengths, communication style, sensory needs, goals, and pace.
See options 03Gymnastics, Music, and Art
Develop tumbling, balance, flexibility, musical understanding, or visual creativity through structured instruction. Students can explore broadly or focus on a skill they want to grow.
See options 04Private-Pay After School
Current weekday enrichment in Brainerd at $8 per hour, per child. Families can build a purposeful afternoon around martial arts, gymnastics, creative work, music, and academic support, subject to current availability.
See optionsThe 90-Day Ascension Review
See what your child is becoming.
Every 90 days, families receive a personal progress report covering art, music, martial arts, gymnastics, and academics, with updates in the areas their child participates in.
Attendance, goals, observable results, character practices, instructor observations, and the child’s next step come together in one clear picture of growth.
Practice and participate
Build skill through regular classes, coaching, and purposeful challenge.
Document progress
Record attendance, results, reflections, and the next attainable step.
Celebrate growth
Share a skill, performance, project, or accomplishment at the quarterly expo.
The Ascension Expos
Train with purpose. Show what you’ve built.
Every 12 weeks, each student can share one Expo Moment: a martial-arts or gymnastics skill, musical performance, artwork, academic project, adaptive-program achievement, or personal milestone.
Experienced instruction
Coaches with competitive, teaching, and program experience.
Safe, structured growth
Clear expectations, focused coaching, and purposeful challenge.
A real community
Programs designed around children, working families, and belonging.
Exploratory campaign · Not currently available
Proposed January 2027 Mom-to-Mom Initiative
Help us build care around families.
M2M is a proposed after-school program that brings parents back into the heart of their children’s development.
The clearest lesson from running an after-school program is that children need more parental involvement in their lives—shared time and activities made specifically for them. Team Ascension is exploring M2M to provide those purposeful activities while parents help shape and participate in the community around their children.
M2M is in the exploratory stage, is not open for enrollment, and every figure shown here is part of the proposed model.
Explore and help shape M2MPlanning figures for the exploratory January 2027 model
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Proposed seats for a participating employer
Two school-year after-school seats would be reserved for children of employees at one sponsoring business.
$7,500
proposed annual payment from one employer
The yearly sponsorship would fund the two employee-family seats shown here.
$25
proposed honorarium for each participating afternoon
Parents would participate in their child’s after-school experience one afternoon every three weeks and receive a $25 honorarium each time, to spend however they like.
Your first step is the hardest one.
Tell us what you want to build. We’ll help you choose the right place to begin.