Category: For Parents

Help your child be on their ‘A’ game this school year by joining us for our Free Focus for Better Grades Seminar! At this event kids will have the opportunity to: 🥋Train under skilled instructors 🥋Learn how to work with a partner 🥋Break a board 🥋Earn their first belt Our seminar will take place on […]

We’ll be supporting both Wakefield Elementary School PTA and Forest Pines Drive Elementary PTA.  Donations can be dropped off in person at the academy.  Please, see Sue or Renee when you make your donation.                 Each child that donates to the Supply Drive will be given a pass to the pizza party on: Proudly […]

  Here are some more of our Google Reviews. These are based on our Kids Martial Arts Program. We always enjoy reading a good review. We appreciate our parents putting their trust in us to teach their children a Martial Art that we are so passionate about – BrazilianJiuJitsu. Thank you all so much! Proudly […]

Here are some of our Google Reviews from some of our students and drop ins. We are always grateful for the kind words and are happy to welcome new and old students into the PAMA family!  -Thank you. Proudly serving the Wake Forest and North Raleigh area (Wakefield). For more information about our Brazilian Jiu […]

Disclaimer: The stretches suggested in this blog are not intended as a substitute for proper medical advice. Consult your physician or health care professional before performing any new exercise or exercise technique, particularly if you are pregnant or nursing, or if you are elderly, or if you have any chronic or recurring conditions. Any application […]

Here at the Pendergrass Academy we’d like to share 5 Great Stretches that are sure to improve your overall flexibility. These stretches are imperative to any Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner. The primary muscles we’ll focus on are the lower back, the legs and the shoulders. These stretches will require using our belt. If you don’t have […]

It might not seem possible, but summer is almost here. The kids will be out of school – and you’ll be wondering what you can do to help them fill their days with something other than endless rounds of video games. We have the ideal solution in our martial arts summer camp for kids. The […]

So how long does it take to get good at Jiu-Jitsu? Well, that’s going to vary from person to person. There’s a lot of variables that can play a part in how quickly you improve. Everybody learns at a different rate. Jiu-Jitsu is a tactile sport, that’s primarily how you learn. You learn by hearing […]

Do you have a shy kid? We at the Pendergrass Academy feel that Martial Arts is a good combination of an individual sport and a team sport. When you’re on the mat training you’re working with other people. However when you actually apply what you’ve learned it becomes an individual sport. It’s a good combination […]

Martial Arts in the Military When you think of the US military, you probably think of high-tech weaponry – smart bombs and things like that. What you might not know is that the martial arts play an important role in military training. Being proficient in hand-to-hand combat can save soldiers’ lives. There are several forms […]