In this issue of FaMA Weekly we wish everyone happy holidays, share our New Year’s Eve/Day Holiday Class Schedule, see who Earned Their Stripes and an article on finishing well before the end of 2019.
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NEWS
Happy Holidays!
From our little family to you and your families, and to the entire FaMAly, HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Wherever you’re spending the holidays we hope you’re having a wonderful time filled with family and friends and we look forward to seeing everyone again soon.
Christmas Eve BJJ Open Mat
Thank you to Singapore's Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu community and the FaMAly for coming to our Christmas Eve BJJ Open Mat.
Stay tuned for news on upcoming FaMA events and seminars in the new year.
New Year's Eve and New Year's Day
Holiday Class Schedule
Just a quick reminder about our New Year's Eve and New Year's Day Holiday Class Schedule to help you plan your holiday workouts.
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!
31 DECEMBER 2019 ∙ Morning and afternoon classes as normal ∙ 2:30 pm - CLOSED
1 JANUARY 2020 ∙ CLOSED
New Class Schedule
Effective 2 January 2020, we will be making a few minor changes to the class schedule with the addition of a Muay Thai Fundamentals and a Muay Thai Advanced class.
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Earned Their Stripes
Congratulations to our Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu students who earned new stripes on their belts this past week.
The Guide to Finishing Well in 2019
Better is the end of a thing than its beginning.” - Hebrew Proverb
The end of the year has come and for many, December is a period of reflection and recalibration. It is also the time when a lot of us start making plans and goals for the next year.
We don’t know what your year has looked like. It could’ve been one filled with realised
dreams and goals, or perhaps, some things might not have gone your way. Either way, it is easy to be in a hurry to move on to the next year and focus on making new goals.
It is often said that it is very easy to start something new; the real challenge is in sustaining your interest and fire for it. How often do we finish what we’ve set out to do, and even more so, how often do we finish well?
If you are in a space of year-end reflection and just about to move into making plans for the new year, take a pause and instead look at how you can finish 2019 well.
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FaMA - Fitness and Martial Arts Established in 2016, FaMA is a world-class martial arts academy located in the heart of the Central Business District in Singapore. Walking distance from Clarke Quay and Fort Canning MRT stations, FaMA’s main goal is to help people improve their lives through martial arts regardless of age or athletic capability. Our Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ), Muay Thai Kickboxing, Kids Martial Arts and Fitness programs are led by experts in their respective fields. So, whether it is weight loss, a fun workout, camaraderie, competition training, or just to break a sweat, FaMA has something for the whole family.
Muay Thai
Muay Thai, or The Art of Eight Limbs, is a martial art developed in Thailand thousands of years ago to help the Kingdom protect itself against invaders. Using the human body as a weapon, Muay Thai practitioners are well-versed in punching, elbowing, kicking, kneeing, and clinching with their opponents. What was once only used for self-defence and protection of the Kingdom, Muay Thai has grown to become one of the most popular sports not only in Thailand but in the world. Muay Thai is known to provide a complete total-body workout that will help build lean muscle, core strength, and help with weight loss. At FaMA, Muay Thai classes are taught daily by World Champion and Lumpinee Champion Lamnamoon Sor Sumalee also known as Kru Yo.
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, or BJJ as it is commonly known around the world, is a self-defence martial art that enables a smaller, weaker person to protect themselves against a much larger attacker using leverage and pressure. Formed from Kodokan Judo in Japan, Jiu Jitsu found its way to Brazil in the 1910s through Mitsuyo Maeda, a Japanese judoka and no-holds-barred prize fighter. During his time in Brazil, Maeda accepted a young Carlos Gracie as his student. Carlos would later pass on his knowledge to his brothers, most notably Helio Gracie - the father of modern Brazilian Jiujitsu. The Gracie family would go on to spread BJJ through The Gracie Challenge and eventually the creation of Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Today, BJJ has grown to be more than just an effective unarmed fighting system. It helps young children deal with bullies and adults live a healthy lifestyle. BJJ classes are offered daily at FaMA under the tutelage of Black Belts Zoro Moreira, Robyn Goudy and Thiago Gaspary.
FaMA Fit
An all-in-one fitness class suitable for everyone, FaMA Fit incorporates moves from Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Muay Thai, Boxing and Kickboxing together with functional training to help develop flexibility, mobility, strength, balance, and stamina. For beginners who are just starting out, the FaMA Fit Fundamentals class is an entry-level program that will work the entire body. FaMA Fit and FaMA Fit Fundamentals classes are run by professional athlete Coach Kirstie Gannaway.
Kids Martial Arts
Our Kids Martial Arts classes offer a choice of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) and/or Muay Thai programmes which have been specially designed for children of all skills levels. Several studies have suggested that children who participate in a sport experience positive development in their self-esteem and confidence, which supports our belief that the skills children learn through our Martial Arts programmes here in Singapore will benefit them beyond their time in the academy.