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Community Martial Arts Program

Confidence breeds integrity; help us bring confidence to everyone!

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Community Martial Arts Program

Community Martial Arts Program

Community Martial Arts Program

Community Martial Arts Program

Community Martial Arts Program

Confidence breeds integrity; help us bring confidence to everyone!

Confidence breeds integrity; help us bring confidence to everyone!

Confidence breeds integrity; help us bring confidence to everyone!

Confidence breeds integrity; help us bring confidence to everyone!

Rick Collette
Rick Collette
Rick Collette
Rick Collette
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$370 USD 5 backers
4% of $8,000 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal

Our Story

“[sic] Seems to really connect with kids. Has been practicing martial arts for several years and was teaching karate to "at risk" kids out of his garage until the classes became too large for his limited space. Not saying he is against money but believe his true aim is to mentor kids into becoming responsible adults. Has a great relationship with hands-on parents and prefers family participation where possible.”  --Michael Stokes, Sunnyvale CA

Collette Martial Arts (CMA) is a community outreach program that focuses on building a strong foundation of the core principles in our members.  We use martial arts to strengthen the individual by instilling a sense of Respect, Self-Confidence, Courage, Self-Control, Integrity, Discipline, and Humility.

By participating in our classes, students learn to work both individually, and as a team.  Our students are able to take these skills into other aspects of their lives, and apply them to work, school, and relationships.

CMA is structured as a legal, for-profit business entity; however, it is run as you would a non-profit organization.  This allows us more flexibility to take support from any place we find it, and to make decisions based on what is best for the student base, rather than what is best for the bottom line.  To date, this project was funded entirely from our own pockets; we just really believe that this is something that is needed in our community.  By functioning this way, we are able to provide our students with a commercial setting and allowing our students to keep their dignity, rather than feeling as though they were being given a hand-out.


This project is to allow us to continue to go and grow for the next 12 months, and to become completely self-sustaining.

The Impact

Funding from crowdsourcing will help us bring CMA to hundreds of students in the San Francisco Bay Area.  It will also help us to provide uniforms, and require gear to our students, and allow them to participate in the fantastic Martial Arts Seminars and Tournaments in the Bay Area.

Our staff and supporting parents are genuinely troubled by the recent global wave of horrific bullying incidents resulting in expulsions from school, physical and verbal abuse, and in some cases, suicide.

These incidents are prime examples of what our programs are designed to prevent.  The idea is to help bring out the positive in each student; by not only bringing kids in off the street to do something more productive physically, but also mentoring them on how to they can become a positive influence on future generations.  We are focused on building a better future, one kid at a time.

What We Need & What You Get

To keep this project going and growing, we need a total of 15,000.00.  What we are asking for is 8,000.00, and the rest is funded by family and friends.  To date, my wife and I have put in over 10,000.00 to get the project launched. We are working very hard to not just keep the project going, but to spread the word about the project.  In the end, our goal is not to be known as Just Another Karate School, but to be known as the program that turned out some of the bay areas finest, most upstanding, and unique individuals.  Help us to get the program off the ground.

Other Ways You Can Help

Please - please - spread the word about our project!  The more people that know about it, the more at-risk and underprivileged people we can help. 

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Choose your Perk

The Wristband

$10 USD
10.00 will get you a snazzy "Kajukenbo: Make pain your friend" rubber bracelet in either red or black.
1 out of 100 of claimed

Wristband+PhotoCard!

$20 USD
20.00 will get you the bracelet, plus you will get a photo card of the students, family, and teachers of those you are helping.
0 out of 50 of claimed

20 stuff + Thank you!

$25 USD
25.00 will get you all of the 20.00 stuff, plus we'll have all the students sign and thank you for your generosity.
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25 stuff + SHIRT?!

$40 USD
40.00 gets you all the previous stuff, plus you'll get a CMA T-Shirt.
1 out of 25 of claimed

40 stuff + Plaque in school

$100 USD
100.00 will get you the previous stuff, plus you will get your name on one of the "Contributors" plaques that will go up in the main training room.
1 out of 10 of claimed

100 stuff plus Hoodie!!

$200 USD
200.00 gets you all of the previous stuff, plus you will get a limited edition CMA Supporter Hoodie Pullover.
1 out of 10 of claimed

200 stuff +your own plaque!

$500 USD
500.00 get you all of the previous stuff, plus a wooden plaque with our school logo and a thank you note engraved.
0 out of 10 of claimed

500 stuff + named scholarship

$1,000 USD
1000.00 gets you all of the previous stuff, plus a lifetime scholarship to the school for anyone of your choosing (even yourself).
0 out of 10 of claimed

1000 stuff + Black Belt!

$2,000 USD
This is the grand daddy package here. 2000.00 gets you all of the previous goodies, plus you will receive an honorary Black Belt Certificate, embroidered black belt with your name, and one of our training areas named after you (or someone you choose).
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