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Dragon Slayers Ages 5–7
Every knight has to begin somewhere.
Dragon Slayers is the introductory youth program of the Knight Errant Academy of Chivalry, created especially for children ages 5–7.
At this age, martial arts should be exciting. Children should want to move, explore, play, and discover what they are capable of. Dragon Slayers uses the adventure and imagination of the medieval world to introduce young students to the foundations of martial arts in a structured, safe, and encouraging environment.
Students learn through movement drills, games, challenges, and age-appropriate martial activities built around the world of knights and swordsmanship.
They may think they are learning how to fight dragons.
We know they are learning something much bigger.
Building the Foundation
Before a student can learn complicated techniques, they must first learn how to control themselves.
Dragon Slayers introduces the fundamental skills that later martial training will depend upon: balance, coordination, posture, movement, listening, spatial awareness, and control.
Students practice following instructions, responding to commands, moving with purpose, and working safely around their classmates. Lessons are kept active and achievable, with challenges designed specifically for younger attention spans and developing bodies.
Success does not require being the fastest, strongest, or most athletic child in the room. It begins with something much simpler:
Listen. Try. Learn. Try again.
That is where martial arts begins.
Learning Through Adventure
Children learn remarkably well through play, especially when that play has purpose.
Dragon Slayers uses medieval-themed games and challenges to teach real physical skills. Footwork becomes an adventure. Targets become challenges to overcome. Movement becomes a way to escape the dragon, defend the castle, or complete a quest.
Behind the story, however, is deliberate instruction.
Students are developing coordination, distance awareness, reaction, balance, decision-making, and the ability to move safely around another person.
The imagination makes the lesson memorable.
The lesson makes the play meaningful.
Real Martial Arts, Taught for Young Students
Dragon Slayers is not simply medieval-themed playtime.
The techniques and movement principles introduced in class are drawn from the same Oplomachia martial system taught throughout Knight Errant Academy. What changes is how those principles are taught.
Young students do not need adult techniques delivered with smaller equipment. They need instruction appropriate to their physical development, coordination, attention span, and understanding.
Dragon Slayers therefore concentrates on foundational movement and concepts while introducing martial skills gradually and safely.
As students grow, those early lessons become the foundation for more sophisticated swordsmanship.
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Black Mountain Rec Center
599 Greenway Rd. Henderson NV 89015
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725-232-5160
Opening Hours
Thursdays
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
