JC Project​s

Origin of our name:  When contemplating this project, we wanted a name that would stand for more than just a martial arts studio or gym.  We aspire to add value to our community through holistic training of the body, mind, and soul.   We hope that our team members, students, and guests would think of and treat our space as their home and treat it with the same respect where they have ownership.  In addition to training the community in grappling, yoga, and striking, we would like to make the space available for people who are looking for more from their ordinary gym or martial arts studio.  We are hopeful that given enough time, our space will be a pilliar in the community and will be add value to the Jersey City Community.  So J and C clearly stands for Jersey City.  

 

Why did we call it Projects?

 

Project(s)

 

noun

1. something that is contemplated, devised, or planned; plan; scheme.

• We hope that in creating JC Projects we have carefully thought about how we will impact the community and add value to people's lives.  We welcome any and all input on how we can make our space better and add value for the community.

 

2. a large or major undertaking, especially one involving considerable

money, personnel, and equipment.

• This will be our first small business and definition two is very appropriate.

 

3. a specific task of investigation, especially in scholarship.

• We are more than a gym with weights where we pick things up and put things down.  Our instructors have thousands of hours of combined mat time where they have crafted their expertise and they continue to do so on a daily basis.  

 

4. Education. a supplementary, long-term educational assignment

necessitating personal initiative, undertaken by an individual student or a group of students.

• We ask all our team members and students to make a long-term committment to themselves to improve their health and mental well-being.  It takes a lot of initiative to even walk through our doors.  Martial Arts studios can be intimidating places.  Life and the martial arts lifestyle is not a sprint but instead a marathon journey.

 

verb (used with object), project

6. to propose, contemplate, or plan.

• Just like our craft, we continue to learn, grow, and evolve our business based on the needs and requests of our community.

 

7. to throw, cast, or impel forward or onward.

• From time to time Martial Arts players have been known to throw or project opponents.

 

8. to set forth or calculate (some future thing):

• Again we try to be professional and position ourselves to be a success story in Jersey City.

 

9. to throw or cause to fall upon a surface or into space, as a ray of light

or a shadow.

• A slight play on words here but we feel that our project offers a unique space that community members should see as a safe and fun place where they can improve themselves. 

   

10. to cause (a figure or image) to appear, as on a background.

• We hope to have gatherings from time to time for our students where we can show movies and sporting events via our projector and surround sound.

 

11. to regard (something within the mind, as a feeling, thought, or attitude) as having some form of reality outside the mind:

He projected a thrilling picture of the party's future.

• We want to project a positive, fun loving image for our members and the community.

 

12. to cause to jut out or protrude.

• This last definition we hope to avoid with regard to bodily harm.  We take every precaution to make sure that our staff is well trained and that our students participate to their comfort level, but we always keep in mind that our craft is a full contact activity where the potential for injuries is present.