Westside Aerobics and Martial Arts - WAMA

Westside Aerobics and Martial Arts is located between UCSC and the ocean on the westside of Santa Cruz, California and offers a unique combination of high-energy cardio kickboxing and martial arts classes.

Westsite Aerobics and Martial Arts (also known as WAMA) provides a friendly environment for improving your fitness and physical conditioning and/or fighting skills. In addition to cardio kickboxing and yoga classes we offer a variety of martial arts and self defense styles including Polynesian American, Muay Thai Kickboxing, Kung Fu, and Aikido. Our aim is to enable you to leverage and extend your capabilities and accelerate your progress in meeting your goals. Our core club team consists of principals, each with more than 15 years of experience in multiple aspects of martial arts, fitness training and cardio aerobic conditioning. All lessons are taught in our clean and modern studio featuring a 1400 square foot judo floor, 3 heavyweight hanging bags, and an extensive variety of training equipment.

Classes:
Wave Man Pacific Islands Martial Arts		Polynesian American Self-Defense
		w/ Chris, Doug, Stan and friends
		Fees: $45-$60/month, sliding scale
		No contracts - the only commitment is the one you make with yourself.
		Progressive Training system (black belt program)
		Comprehensive self-defense system

Kick-Box Aerobics		Popular high-paced cardio kickboxing class (aka fitness kickboxing or aerobic kickboxing)
		w/ Angela, Claire, John, Christie and friends
		Fees: $7.00 / class drop-in, $60 for 10 class punch card, or $100 for 20 class punch card
		Student rate just $5.00 a class

Moving On+++		Loosen - Sweat - Deep Stretch - Core Strength
		w/ Val & Doug
		Call Val or Doug at 831-426-2063
		For more information see www.innerdance.com

Santa Cruz Kickboxing Academy		American & Muay Thai Kickboxing Drills and Sparring Classes
		w/ Jason
		Contact Jason at 831-234-6872

Aikido		Confluence Aikido(sm)
		Youth oriented
		with Jennifer
		Contact Jennifer at 831-426-6977

San Soo Kung Fu		Classic Chinese Kung Fu for Self Defense
		with Ralph
		Mon-Thurs evenings from 7:15-8:30
		Meet Ralph evenings at the school or call 831-454-9100

Yoga		Universal Freestyle Yoga
		with Melanie
		Call Melanie at 831-429-5044
		or melaviz at peoplepc.com

There are a certian number of hand-wraps and gloves provided for each of the cardio kickboxing and martial arts classes. We encourage you to bring:

• Water and a towel
• Clean non-scuff shoes (no black soles) or barefoot is fine too
• Gloves and hand wraps if you have them

See the WAMA 'Schedule' page for the weekly schedule.

See the WAMA 'Sources' page for more background on the classes.