Manna's Martial Arts After School Program and Summer Sports Camps

Manna's Martial Arts, 12285 World Trade Drive, Suite B, San Diego, CA 92128

mapManna's Martial Arts, 12285 World Trade Drive, Suite B, San Diego, CA 92128

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Manna's Martial Arts After School Program and Summer Sports Camps offers martial arts classes, an after school program, and summer sports camps that include sports days and weeks, arts and crafts projects, skill development activities, structured homework time, and high level fitness kickboxing bag workouts. The program also includes special team games, training and workouts, karate camp, martial arts camp, and an optional Elite Warrior Fortress Scout activity during camp.

• Ages: 3–18 years old
• Schedule: 3 Day Camp from Friday, October 2nd, 5 PM through Sunday, October 4th, 3 PM, and a 1 Day Camp on Saturday, October 3rd from 9 AM to 8 PM; school district week-long breaks are available through the year, and the schedule is designed around the PUSD calendar.
• Price: 3 Day Camp Participant Oct $380.00 USD; 3 Day Additional Family Participant Oct $350.00 USD; 1 Day Camp Participant Oct $280.00 USD; 1 Day Additional Family Participant Oct $250.00 USD.

The 3 Day Camp for ages 8 and older (7 with approval) begins Friday, October 2nd at 5 PM, with camp Friday night dinner at 5:30 PM, and runs through Sunday, October 4th at 3 PM. The 1 Day Camp on Saturday, October 3rd is for ages 7 and up and runs from 9 AM to 8 PM. Transportation for the 3 Day Camp is available from 3 PM and back at 4 PM upon request, and transportation for the 1 Day Camp is available from 8 AM and back at 9 PM as space allows.

Manna's Martial Arts is a Licensed CA School Age Daycare # 376700010 and became licensed in 2003, and all teachers and instructors meet day care requirements and are DOJ Live Scanned. The school states that it meets or exceeds county safety requirements. Manna's Martial Arts specializes in Tang Soo Do, Hapkido, and Songin Do and offers age specific classes for families and individuals. The after school program combines respect, discipline, self-defense, and the structure of martial arts with the nurturing and educational aspects of licensed daycare, and includes a supportive afterschool program with free pickup.

Manna's Martial Arts reports that over 10,000 students have been trained since 1985 and that it has been a pillar in the martial arts community for over four decades. The program notes its 40th year of in-person karate camp and its 40th Annual Martial Arts Camp, and states that most workouts at the annual camp are outside. It also states that a 3 Day camp can offer the student multiple months of training in just one weekend and that attendance at martial arts camp has proven to grow and develop the students at a superior rate than in studio classes alone.

The leadership team includes Janet Manna as Director; Christopher A. Brandt as HQ Chief Instructor/Senior Master Instructor and Dragons and Outreach Director; Janet K. Manna as Vice President/Senior Master Instructor and Tiny Tigers and Little Dragons Director; and Brian D. Manna as President/Grandmaster Instructor. TEMAS – The Educational Martial Arts System was established in 1990 to promote the mission of furthering the enhancement of the arts and is described as Educational, Martial Arts, and System, with three principles of Justice, Sincerity, and Responsibility. The organization states that all TEMAS donations are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law.

Manna's Martial Arts notes that it offers flexible hours of operation with daycare throughout the year, including non-attendance weeks of school such as spring, summer, and winter breaks, and that summer activity camps are unique and different each week. Sports days and weeks are available during the school year, and school district week-long breaks are available through the year. The schedule is designed around the PUSD calendar, and interactive and access to on-demand classes will continue. The program states that it provides a wonderful alternative to Extended School Services (ESS) or other forms of alternative daycare within all school districts, that it is not providing service for TK participants, and that it is an approved vendor for charter schools. Manna's Martial Arts states that it meets community needs and offers education in an environment of respect and discipline, and that its continued goal is to contribute to the expansion of its surrounding community and give back to the families and schools of that community.

Last updated April 9, 2026.

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