Make Martial Arts Businesses Essential

Martial Arts Schools provide physical and mental fitness. What could be more essential?

Director UMAATC a 501c3 non profit.

Martial Arts are essential to so many for mental, physical, and emotional health. In addition, it's more important than ever for people to know basic self defense! Keep martial arts schools open!

All of these restrictions are against my Constitutional rights. Stop your dictatorship and allow my country to prosper again.

We should be opening up not shutting down. Shut downs have prolonged the pandemic and has made many businesses go under. Its time to stop.

Definitely essential for health

Physical activity is Vital for the health of our human family. Both Mental AND Physical!

Martial Arts should be on essential business list

Anaconda Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Please make martial arts studios and facilities essential during the covid-19 pandemic.

We need the gyms and support for the coaches.

I’m a martial artist as well. Martial arts is a form of security and protection during a pandemic that makes people go insane!!!

Please keep ATA open for the good of the students and instructors.

I support this petition.

Mental health is essential. Martial arts are perfect for mental so many different health issues.

Mental as well as physical health is part of what martial arts school bring to our communities. Please consider us assential because we are.

Martial arts is my physical therapy. They are vital in maintaining my ability to walk after a spinal injury and learning to walk again 20 years ago after car wreck that left me disabled. The summer closures were damaging to me, even with emailed videos from Sifu and Sabomnim. Please do not close down gyms and martial arts schools and similar establishments and classes. The damage to health is much higher by closing them. The elderly and infirm usually do not participate, and where they so special hours or staying home can still protect them without harming the test of us in the process.

Kids NEED structure and physical activity in a safe environment.

Marital Arts is so much more than just exercise or learning self defense. What else goes into Martial Arts? Heavy focus on mental discipline, it requires dedication, repetition, it increases your physical strength but also your mental strength, flexibility, confidence, it allows you set and reach goals, teaches ways of health living, being a part of a team, manners, friendships and more. Martial Arts is a health and wellness activity that in compasses the 5 Tenants which are Indomitable Spirit, Perseverance, Courtesy, Integrity and Self Control. It allows students a safe outlet for them to be themselves and deal with any stress and anxiety. It also is a great activity to keep kids busy and not getting into trouble on the streets.

Our children and adults need martial arts to help with their day to day physical and mental needs.