The Academy is unique in showcasing gymnastics across the lifespan with many multi-generational families participating together in one activity/sport. With 40+ students over 60 years of age, six in their 90s (our oldest in 102), and many of them competing in trampoline meets, HA has very inspiring senior/elder students. With 2-3 seniors dying per year there are many family stories of doing gymnastics right to the end of their life (or becoming a competitive athlete in the last ten years of their life). There are many three and four generation families exercising together, even an occasional five generation family. In addition to having students of all ages, HA has students of nearly all abilities: from remedial requiring special assistance to function, to world class gymnasts… even world champions. By promoting adult and senior/elder participation, children today see themselves as future active adults (like their parents, grand parents, and great grand parents). We have a broad range of adult programs (fitness, trampoline, tumbling, dance, martial arts, & circus skills) and Kupuna (50+ yrs) fitness classes and even teams that compete in trampoline gymnastics (19-101 yrs). We have had two year old to 98 year old state champions on the trampoline and several four-generation families competing in our meets. We have remedial classes for special needs populations and training programs for world class athletes. We provide educationally challenging and fun activities for ALL ages and abilities with gender equality. We aspire to achieve excellence in our programs (e.g., our Research Department is 20 years into running the Hawaii Longitudinal Study of Fitness, the only one of its kind for ages 1 to 100+, and the Sports Department has three gymnasts on US national teams, two of which are making a run for the 2020 Olympics). But more important than rapid skill achievement is breadth of application and development of personal values and training attitudes that transfer across endeavors throughout one’s life.  Gymnastics training is fundamental and transfers to all physical activities and sports (video).

Hawaii Gymnastics and Trampoline