ABOUT COQUILLE MARTIAL ARTS

Reliability and Experience you can trust

Coquille Martial Arts is owned and operated by Jim and Karen Saxton and is a fully insured and bonded professional facility, with matted floors for safety in executing self defense moves(see the wood tone floor in the picture above which is actually 1 inch dense cell matting). Jim Saxton holds a third degree black belt from the World Tae Kwon Do Federation, the Kukkiwon, in S korea, and Karen is ranked a second degree black belt in their system. Their system requirements meet and exceed those of the Kukkiwon, as they endeavor to maintain the highest quality of martial arts training for themselves and their students. Jim and Karen Saxton are in their 9th year of teaching and 13th year of practicing martial arts. Coquille Martial Arts is now located at 44W First in the old western Auto building in downtown Coquille, where they recently moved. They served the community for 8 years from their old location on the corner of First and Central, and look forward to serving the community for many more years to come from their new one in the old Western Auto Building. Rates are reasonable, averaging under 5.00 per class session and even less when the student is enrolled in more than one style or multiple family members enroll together. With two convenient locations, one in Downtown Coquille and the other in the Bandon Shopping Center, there is no need to drive to Coos Bay or Brookings.

Helping Coos County Youth for 15 years

Owners Jim and Karen Saxton have devoted their time to Coos County youth since 1992, helping build 4-H attendance in the Coos Cnty Fair's small animal barn, hosting 4-h meetings, and most recently by partnering with A Hopeful Tomorrow, a 501C organization profiding scholarships to at risk and disadvantaged children. Coquille Martial Arts has the respect of the other martial artist schools in the Coos County area, (scroll to bottom of page), and the Pacific Northwest at large.

It is their belief that safety is foremost, and as such they treat their students with the same care as if they were their own children, and with an eye for nurturing their growth. Both believe that the study of Martial Arts is an ongoing adventure, and thus they are constantly working to add new material to the curriculum. We welcome practitioners interested in teaching their particular art to contact us, as we now have two floors available for use in our Coquille facility and we still have educational hours available at our Bandon location as well. In addition to Jim and Karen Saxton, members of our staff include: Dane Saxton, 2nd degree black belt who assists in classes and with private lessons, when his college schedule allows; Taryn Perry who earned an ITF black belt at age 12 and is working toward her WTF first degree at this time, while teaching grappling and the Pre-school TKD program in Bandon; Patrick Perry, who teaches the Saturday Sparring/conditioning class and assists at both the Bandon and Coquille locations; Nikki Keller, who holds a provisional black belt and is working toward her 1st degree black and assists with the tots and kids classes in Coquille; and Leslie Thallon who teaches yoga at our Coquille location, bringing with her 30 years experience

We believe that the martial arts are highly beneficial for everyone in terms of self-defense, increased focus and heightened self-esteem all of which helps with school, work and day to day life. In addition, anyone devoting themselves to a martial arts lifestyle gains the added benefit of physical fitness, including lowered blood pressure and heart rate and increased muscle mass.

Our classes are open for enrollment at any time and students progress at their own rate.

See our Styles page for more information on the classes we offer
We ask that when you visit us you refrain from applying scented products and perfumes for the health of our instructors and students.

T I M E	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY	SATURDAY
10 to 10:30		Intermediate Tai Chi	Yoga 9:30-10:30		Intermediate Tai Chi
10:30 to 11:00		intermediate tai chi			int Tai Chi
11 to 11:30		Beginner Tai Chi				See Calendar Page
11:35 to 12						for special saturday
12:00 to 12:30		Adult/family TKD			Adult/family TKD	classes and events
12:30 to 1		TKD			TKD
1:00-1:30
3:30-4:00		pre-school TKD		Pre-school TKD
4:00 to 4:30	Jr Weapons	Kids K-5 & 6-8		Kids K-5 & 6-8	Jr Weapons	Sparring-open
4:30 to 5:00	Family TKD	Kids Grades K-5 6-8	Family TKD	Kids K-5 6-8	Kid Sparring	Sparring- Open
5:00 to 5:30	Family TKD	Systema study	Family TKD	Systema study	Kid Sparring	Sparring - Open
5:30 to 6:00	Grappling	Systema study	grappling	systema study	Beginner Tai Chi	Sparring open
6:00 to 6:30	grappling	Adult TKD	grappling	Adult TKD	Adult spar
6:30 - 7:00	adv Tai Chi/Yoga	Adults TKD	adv Tai Chi	Adult TKD	Adult spar
7:00- 7:30	adv Tai Chi/yoga yoga	swords/weapons	adv Tai Chi
7:30 to 8	yoga & beg tai chi	swords weapons

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