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UC Berkeley Youth Recreation Summer Camps offers activities that include developmental sports, outdoor learning, exploratory science, arts and crafts, and science. Campers can take part in skateboarding in a skatepark environment with ramps and street obstacles, martial arts, kayaking, stand-up paddleboarding, shoreline exploration, hands-on outdoor activities, rock climbing, and sit-on-top kayaking. Additional activities include belay skills, knot-tying, top-rope climbing, equipment care, paddling techniques, sailing, rigging, tacking, gybing, capsizing, docking, knots, windsurfing, balance, steering, self-rescues, sea kayaking, safety procedures, and rescue skills.
• Ages: 5–17 years old
UC Berkeley Youth Recreation Summer Camps has been running for more than 60 years. Marina Explorers is described as a half-day, beginner-friendly outdoor camp, and Skateboarding Camp is described as a nationally recognized program. Teen Leadership Programs include a Counselors-in-Training option for age 15 with volunteer roles and a Junior Counselors option for ages 16–17 with paid junior staff positions that include mentorship and hands-on responsibilities.
Instruction in UC Martial Arts Program (UCMAP) clubs connected with the camps is carried out by high-ranking instructors in their particular martial arts. The UC Martial Arts Program was started in 1969 and is led by Dr. Russell Ahn, Director of the UC Martial Arts Program, with Dr. Ken Min as founder. Its stated purpose is to preserve the philosophy, techniques, and traditions of martial arts and to develop a scientific understanding of the physical and spiritual implications of human performance.
The UC Martial Arts Program is described as an expanding, dynamic organization that combines athleticism and scholarship, vision and history, innovation, and tradition, and it reports having Olympic hopefuls, well-trained instructors, and partnerships with Yongin University and Korean National Sport University. In 1995, its future was supported by a one-million-dollar endowment from the Ministry of Culture and Sports of the Republic of Korea and the World Taekwondo Federation, formally named the Ken Min Endowed Directorship for Taekwondo and the Martial Arts, which established a permanent position for martial arts instruction at UC Berkeley. The program offers martial arts classes to Cal students and residents of Berkeley and neighboring communities and organizes instructional seminars, symposiums, martial art camps, and activities connected to collegiate, national, and world competitions.
The Universal Locker Room used by the program is described as an award-winning facility. The UC Berkeley Youth Recreation Summer Camps webpage reports “4 Stars on Yelp!” as a testimonial.
Last updated May 11, 2026.
• Ages: 5–17 years old
UC Berkeley Youth Recreation Summer Camps has been running for more than 60 years. Marina Explorers is described as a half-day, beginner-friendly outdoor camp, and Skateboarding Camp is described as a nationally recognized program. Teen Leadership Programs include a Counselors-in-Training option for age 15 with volunteer roles and a Junior Counselors option for ages 16–17 with paid junior staff positions that include mentorship and hands-on responsibilities.
Instruction in UC Martial Arts Program (UCMAP) clubs connected with the camps is carried out by high-ranking instructors in their particular martial arts. The UC Martial Arts Program was started in 1969 and is led by Dr. Russell Ahn, Director of the UC Martial Arts Program, with Dr. Ken Min as founder. Its stated purpose is to preserve the philosophy, techniques, and traditions of martial arts and to develop a scientific understanding of the physical and spiritual implications of human performance.
The UC Martial Arts Program is described as an expanding, dynamic organization that combines athleticism and scholarship, vision and history, innovation, and tradition, and it reports having Olympic hopefuls, well-trained instructors, and partnerships with Yongin University and Korean National Sport University. In 1995, its future was supported by a one-million-dollar endowment from the Ministry of Culture and Sports of the Republic of Korea and the World Taekwondo Federation, formally named the Ken Min Endowed Directorship for Taekwondo and the Martial Arts, which established a permanent position for martial arts instruction at UC Berkeley. The program offers martial arts classes to Cal students and residents of Berkeley and neighboring communities and organizes instructional seminars, symposiums, martial art camps, and activities connected to collegiate, national, and world competitions.
The Universal Locker Room used by the program is described as an award-winning facility. The UC Berkeley Youth Recreation Summer Camps webpage reports “4 Stars on Yelp!” as a testimonial.
Last updated May 11, 2026.
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