SW Portland Martial Arts Blog

One of the purposes of any physical training regimen should be to build resilience. Why? Because if this stuff isn’t making you more functional and adaptable to the problems you face in real life, what’s the point?

This may, in fact, not be a goal for everyone – I’ll admit that. Some folks exercise to look good, to lose weight, to hang out with that person they have the hots for. Those are all perfect reasons.

Let me try again… At our gym, we believe that all the programs we offer will help build resilience. What makes us think that? Because that’s what we’ve personally experienced and that’s what our gym members tell us they have experienced.

One example – this week a truck drove through our window. I won’t bog you down with the details (though it was 100% an accident and no one was hurt) but I will brag about how awesome and responsive everyone was. Everyone stayed calm. We got the window boarded up that night by some awesome neighbors. The CrossFitters helped pick up all the glass. Casa Colima let us use their dumpster.

It was amazing. That is to say, I wouldn’t want it to happen again, but I was super proud of how well we all responded.

To resilience and a lifetime of training!

Some folks may balk at all the different things that we offer as a gym. That’s fine. There is room for specialized gyms out there. We prefer the generalized model, doing a little bit of everything.
What does that look like? Well, hopefully the video tells the tale.