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Building Healthy Habits, Confidence, and Resilience

Welcome! I’m Coach Steve Yang, and I help kids discover the joy of movement, build physical competence, and develop the mental resilience they need to thrive.

By combining physical education with life-coaching principles, my classes offer a safe, supportive space where your child can challenge themselves, learn essential life skills, and, most importantly, have fun.

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Coach Steve Yang

6 years of Life Coach training

Classroom teacher since 2001

Coach Steve Yang

Why Choose Coach Steve?

Every child’s fitness journey is unique. My teaching philosophy is built on five core pillars to ensure your child feels safe, supported, and appropriately challenged:

Boundaries & Communication

We establish clear rules of engagement where every child's voice is heard and respected.

Trust

Building a strong, respectful bond with each student is my top priority.

Gradual Progressions & Regressions

Skills are broken down so they are never too easy (boring) or too hard (overwhelming). Every child moves at their own pace.

Overcoming Challenges

Kids learn that struggle is just part of the learning process, building real-world resilience.

Knowledge & Experience

My Credentials

I bring over two decades of classroom experience and diverse certifications to create a holistic, adaptive learning environment:

Classroom Teacher since 2001

6 Years of Life Coach training and experience

Certified Adaptive Fitness Trainer (specializing in tailoring movement for all abilities)

Certified Instructor: Archery, Circus Arts, and Meditation & Mindfulness

Certified ELA Teacher (BA Linguistics, 2001 | Juris Doctor, 2014)

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Our Programs

Group Classes, Fall 2026

Whether your child thrives in a energetic group setting or needs personalized, one-on-one attention, there is a program for them.

Click on any class name to see a short description of what we do!

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Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Available for Private Lessons

Thursday

Friday

Available for Private Lessons

Private & Custom Training

Private & Custom Small Group Training

Looking for something more tailored? I offer flexible private coaching to fit your family's needs or to create a private class with your child's friends.

Group

Small Group Private Lesson

$150

per hour · up to 4 students

Best for: Siblings or close friends who want to train together.

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1-on-1

Private Classes

$150

per hour

Best for: Targeted skill development, building confidence, or specialized adaptive fitness.

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Group

Custom Group Classes

$30

per student/hour · min. 5 students

Best for: Homeschool pods, birthday events, or neighborhood cohorts.

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Helping kids build the confidence to win at life
— one class at a time.

Steve Yang

Coach Steve Yang

Educator · Life Coach · Martial Artist

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SEL Martial Arts

If you have kids that love to explore and discover things their own way, my SEL classes will be perfect for them. I support their natural curiosity in how the world works, particularly in the realm of social interactions, group dynamics, and emotional awareness.

 

Martial arts is the context for social interactions that will challenge them when they come up against a difference of opinion, desire, or emotional state. These teachable moments help them build healthy coping mechanisms so they can grow into compassionate and responsible leaders.

 

There will be 2 parts to the class: Kungfu Basics and Play Time.

 

In the first part of the class, we will do basic kungfu warm-ups, kicks, and moves, where they will learn about their bodies:

 

  • Proprioception (where their body is in space)
  • Balance & Coordination
  • Strength & Flexibility
  • Identifying physical danger, and what to do about it

 

During Play Time, I will guide them through a martial-arts based game/activity that’s designed to teach them skills like:

 

  • Consent & Negotiation
  • Knowing, Expressing, & Respecting Boundaries
  • Being Responsible for their choices

 

Coach Steve won 1st place in the Beijing Traditional Kungfu Competition in 2004

Secrets of Power: Focus & Control

Have you ever noticed that certain people seem to have it all together? They’re always calm and composed, they know what to say and do at exactly the right time, and they seem to learn everything really quickly.

 

This isn’t a mystery. They are masters of focus and control.

 

In this class, we will use Mindfulness & Meditation games and activities that will hone your skills on how to be present and focus. These are essential for anything that requires a high level of performance, from being a professional athlete, a top-tier chess player, an astronaut, or even a multi-billion dollar entrepreneur.

 

By the end of this semester, we will:

 

  • Build your awareness of yourself, your thoughts, and your feelings;
  • Tune in to how your body reacts to certain situations, and what it means you should or shouldn’t do;
  • Practice choosing your response rather than being taken over by immediate urges;
  • Peel away the layers of responses and reactions so we can tap into the deep wisdom that is already present in you.

 

Coach Steve is a trained life coach with 6 years of training and 12 years of experience. He also has certification in Mindfulness & Meditation for kids.

Sports & FItness

Join Coach Steve as he leads your child through the physical and social skills needed to play popular sports. Not only will learning these sports help develop their body awareness, strength, coordination, and flexibility, but it will also help them get along in social groups where sports is a common interest.

 

In this class, Coach Steve will:

 

  • Teach them how to keep their bodies safe so they can continue to exercise into old age
  • Develop sensitivity to their bodily and emotional needs; when to push forward and when to take a break

 

Sports covered in this class may include (but not limited to):

 

  • Ultimate Frisbee
  • Baseball
  • Soccer
  • Flag Football
  • Pickleball
  • Basketball
  • Jugger
  • modifications may be made to accommodate students’ abilities, and/or space/equipment) limitations

 

The Warm-Ups section will introduce them to well-known exercises designed to improve their cardio stamina, macro strength, and flexibility. These include: pushups, v-ups, & frog jumps; high-knees, grapevines, & ski jumps; as well as basic leg, arm, and core stretches.

 

Coach Steve is a trained PE teacher with 24 years’ teaching experience.

Self Defense

This class is designed for kids defending against adults. Many self defense classes start with striking techniques, which are ineffective against someone significantly larger. As such, we will start with basic practical techniques when facing a much bigger opponent, while learning strength and balance exercises that will give students a better chance of escaping. If the students do well enough, I will start teaching controlling and grappling techniques designed to subdue and pacify an opponent.

 

We will cover:

 

  • Escaping someone’s grasp
  • Balance, strength, and flexibility exercises
  • Generating power and maintaining balance
  • Deflecting incoming force
  • Timing your counter attack
  • Biomechanics & joint locks (depending on progress)

 

Most of the learning will take place in the form of a 1v1 oppositional game. The rules of the game will shift and change as their skill increases. They will always be at choice as to which ruleset they want to play.

Circus Acrobatics

Join Coach Steve as he guides you through basic circus skills that will help you:

 

  • gain strength, balance, and spatial awareness (especially while inverted)
  • Learn respect, communication, and trust with your classmates as you
  • Learn to tumble, roll, flip yourself upside-down, and climb on top of each other!

 

We will introduce fun circus skills designed to challenge their strength, stamina, mental focus, balance, hand-eye coordination, and teamwork.

 

The rotation includes:


  • safety rolls & falls,
  • Headstands & handstands,
  • Juggling & balance boards,
  • Acroyoga & partnered acrobatics.

 

Coach Steve has:

 

  • 8 years experience in circus arts
  • 24 years experience teaching kids
  • Circus Arts Instructor Training Certification (2022)

Historical Archery

**NOTE: This class will meet at the Black Mountain Bowmen Range (Avenida Espana, SJ 95139) from 9:00 – 10:20am.**

 

Coach Steve will provide all equipment needed for the class.

 

Have you ever wondered what it was like to be an archer on a medieval battlefield? There were archers all around the world, with different bow designs and draw styles.

Join Coach Steve, Certified Archery Instructor, in one of his favorite hobbies! In this class we will learn:

 

  • Slavic Draw, used mainly for horse archery and speed shooting;
  • Thumb Draw, the predominant historical technique used across Asia, the Middle East, and Africa;
  • Blind Nocking & Speed Shooting, these skills are essential for hunting and warfare reenactment

 

Coach Steve is a trained USA Archery Level 1 Instructor.

Adaptive Fitness & Sports

**NOTE: This class is intended for students with disabilities**

 

Using his training in Adaptive Fitness, Coach Steve will guide children with disabilities through exercises and activities designed to:

 

  • Increase Strength and Flexibility
  • Increase Awareness and Balance
  • Depending on their level, we may start weight training.

 

We will also hone skills needed to play Sports & Games, like:

 

  • Throwing & Catching a Ball
  • Covering another Player (Playing Defense)
  • Getting Open (Playing Offense)
  • Reading Teammates’ Facial Expressions and Body Language

 

The goal is to work with them in a small class so they can gain the physical skills necessary to participate meaningfully in a larger group class, integrated with kids without disaiblities.
Secondary goal is to give them the strength, flexibility, balance, and skills to help them be more independent.

 

Coach Steve is certified in Adaptive Fitness.