Karate Chop Bullying - Mankato Family YMCA

Name: Karate Chop Bullying - Mankato Family YMCA
Start: 2025-10-06T19:00:00-05:00
Location: Mankato Family YMCA

Schedule

Mon, 06 Oct, 2025 at 07:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Mankato Family YMCA | Mankato, MN

Recommended for 1st - 6th Grade
Parents are required to attend. FREE Child Care Available
Topics Covered:
Discovering your Super Power: Kindness
Is it Rude, or Is it Bullying?
Basic Grab Defense Drills
Confidence Building Drill
Self-Worth Drill
Confidence Board Break
Q and A.
Anti-Bullying Advocate, Lifestyle & Martial Arts Trainer Tim Flynn is in your area to speak with kids & to Karate Chop Bullying.
Tim Flynn is a speaker and owner of Kato Karate, a Martial Arts training center that is skilled in child development. His studio is a licensed SKILLZ child development center where Martial Arts is used as a tool to help children ages 5 and up to grow Physically, intellectually, emotionally and socially. Tim teaches kids self-discipline, self-esteem, life skills, anti-bullying, and more. He is traveling the country to spread his message of anti-bullying and self-confidence to advocate for all to Karate Chop Bullying.
Tim’s methods and his degrees mirror those of Mr. Miyagi in Karate Kid/Cobra Kai. Tim was bullied throughout school. He eventually persevered and vowed to help others at the hands of bullies. Tim’s Karate methods focus on the student and not the art; encompasses the entire child; mind, body, spirit. Tim’s mission is to teach Curated Life Skills disguised as Martial Arts, and, to use his experience growing up and having to navigate being bullied, to relate to other children experiencing the same situations as he did.
Tim is a 6th Degree Black Belt, and State AAU Tae Kwon Do Gold Medalist in Sparring; Earned 6th Degree Black Belt in 2021; Child Development Certification through SKILLZ Worldwide; Opened Kato Karate www.katokaratemn.com and quickly became the highest rated karate school for kids in Mankato MN. Tim is married with 5 children and one child on the way.
Tim is recognized by The Martial Arts History Museum in Glendale, CA, as one of the Top Advocates in the country to speak against Bullying. Tim has partnered with Celebrities such as Actor Michael D. Cohen of Nickoldean, Danger Force, Actor and martial arts star Don The Dragon Wilson, Tae Bo Founder and martial arts superstar Billy Blanks, Actor Cynthia Rothrock, and Celebrity Fitness Trainer Eric The Trainer to speak up against Bullying.