Believing Through Achieving
OUR STORY
Believing Through Achieving (BTA) was created from a simple but urgent realization: far too many individuals are excluded from quality physical education—not because they lack potential, but because existing systems are not designed for them. Students with disabilities, neurodivergent learners, and those in under-resourced communities are often left without consistent, accessible opportunities to build strength, coordination, and confidence through movement.
As educators and martial artists, we saw the power of structured, bilateral movement to support both physical and emotional development. But we also saw how traditional martial arts and fitness programs were difficult to implement in schools, therapy settings, and community programs. They required specialized instructors, equipment, time, and resources that many organizations simply did not have. So we built something different.
Believing Through Achieving delivers a bilateral, coordinative fitness program built through martial arts–based movement designed to function as inclusive physical education. Our step-by-step, implementation-light curriculum allows educators, therapists, caregivers, and community leaders to confidently lead structured movement without prior martial arts experience. The program integrates seamlessly into classrooms, therapy sessions, after-school programs, and community spaces.
Today, BTA serves diverse learners across educational, therapeutic, and community environments. Participants strengthen coordination, balance, focus, and confidence while engaging in predictable, supportive movement patterns that meet them where they are. Organizations gain a sustainable, accessible physical education solution that supports both individual growth and system-level capacity.
At its heart, Believing Through Achieving is grounded in one belief: access matters. When movement is inclusive, structured, and attainable, it becomes a foundation for resilience, confidence, and lifelong well-being. Our story is not about martial arts alone: it is about creating pathways where every individual has the opportunity to move, grow, and thrive.
Mission Statement
Believing Through Achieving (BTA) expands equitable access to physical education through a bilateral, coordinative fitness program built using martial arts–based movement. Our mission is to equip educators, therapists, caregivers, and community leaders with accessible, implementation-light tools that support coordination, physical fitness, focus, emotional regulation, and confidence for individuals of all abilities.
We believe structured movement should be inclusive, adaptable, and available wherever learning and care take place so every individual has the opportunity to grow stronger, healthier, and more resilient.
Background Statement
Believing Through Achieving (BTA) was founded to address a persistent gap in physical education access, particularly for neurodivergent individuals, students with disabilities, and those in under-resourced communities. While structured movement is essential for physical, emotional, and cognitive development, many existing programs are difficult to implement in real-world educational and community settings due to staffing, cost, and training barriers.
Drawing from both education and martial arts, BTA developed an entirely founder-funded, bilateral coordinative fitness program built through martial arts–based movement that functions as inclusive physical education rather than an ultra-competitive sport. The curriculum emphasizes coordination, balance, sequencing, and controlled movement in a predictable, supportive format.
Designed to be implementation-light, the program requires no prior martial arts experience, minimal equipment, and no specialized staffing. This allows schools, therapy programs, and community organizations to integrate consistent, meaningful movement into environments where participants already learn and receive support. BTA’s approach reflects a simple belief: when movement is accessible, structured, and inclusive, it becomes a powerful foundation for confidence, resilience, and lifelong well-being.
Impact Statement
Believing Through Achieving (BTA) is changing how inclusive physical education is delivered by making structured, bilateral movement accessible in environments where it has historically been unavailable. Through a coordinative fitness curriculum built using martial arts–based movement, BTA enables schools, therapy programs, and community organizations to provide consistent, meaningful physical education without reliance on specialized instructors, equipment, or facilities.
Participants experience measurable improvements in coordination, body awareness, focus, confidence, and emotional regulation through predictable, structured movement patterns that support both physical and emotional development. For many individuals—particularly neurodivergent learners and those in under-resourced communities—BTA represents their first sustained access to purposeful physical education.
The impact extends beyond individuals. Organizations gain a sustainable, implementation-light solution that reduces staff burden while increasing program quality and consistency. By removing traditional barriers to participation, BTA is not simply expanding access to movement—it is helping redefine physical education as an inclusive, adaptable, and essential component of whole-person development.
BTA’s impact lies in transforming exclusion into access. By embedding inclusive movement directly into existing systems, we ensure that physical education is no longer a privilege for the few, but a foundation for all.
Needs Statement
Despite the well-documented benefits of physical activity, millions of individuals—particularly neurodivergent learners, students with disabilities, and those in under-resourced communities—lack consistent access to inclusive, structured physical education. Schools, therapy programs, and community organizations want to provide meaningful movement opportunities but are constrained by limited staffing, training requirements, funding, and program capacity.
Believing Through Achieving (BTA) addresses this gap through an implementation-light, bilateral, coordinative fitness model built through martial arts–based movement. The curriculum, delivery structure, and early adoption across educational and community settings are established. However, demand for accessible movement education continues to exceed current reach.
Expansion is limited by available funding. Without additional investment, organizations that could benefit from inclusive, structured movement programming remain unable to access a sustainable solution. Increased funding is essential to:
> 1. Expand program access to additional schools, therapy programs, and community organizations.
> 2. Support onboarding, training, and long-term implementation success.
> 3. Strengthen infrastructure for scalable, sustainable delivery.
> 4. Ensure coordinated, inclusive physical education reaches communities where options remain limited or nonexistent.
Support for Believing Through Achieving is not simply funding a program—it is addressing a systemic gap in equitable access to structured movement. Investment in BTA strengthens both individuals and the systems that serve them, ensuring that coordinated physical development becomes a foundation for confidence, regulation, and inclusion rather than a selective opportunity.
Since 2020, BTA has been developed and sustained through founder philanthropic investment, allowing the model to be refined with integrity and accessibility at its core. With proof of concept established and community partnerships in place, BTA is now positioned to expand access and scale its impact through mission-aligned partnership and investment.
Geographic Areas Served
We currently serve multiple organizations within the state of California.
Top Three Populations Served
- African Americans
- Latinos
- People with Disabilities
Statement from the CEO/Executive Director
A Message from Our CEO, Joshua George
At Believing Through Achieving, we believe physical education should never be limited by ability, environment, or access. Movement is not a luxury—it is a foundation for confidence, regulation, health, and lifelong growth.
BTA was created to remove the barriers that prevent so many individuals from experiencing structured, meaningful movement. By delivering a bilateral, coordinative fitness program built through martial arts–based movement, we provide schools, therapy programs, and community organizations with a practical, inclusive solution that works in real-world settings.
What matters most to me is not the platform itself, but what it makes possible. I have seen how predictable, structured movement can help individuals feel more capable in their bodies, more confident in themselves, and more connected to their environment. I have also seen how organizations gain relief when physical education becomes accessible rather than burdensome.
Our work is rooted in a simple belief: when access improves, outcomes improve. When systems are supported, individuals thrive.
Thank you for believing in a future where inclusive physical education is not the exception, but the expectation. Your support allows Believing Through Achieving to continue building that future—one movement, one learner, and one community at a time
Thank you for standing with us on this important journey.
Sincerely,
Joshua George
CEO, Believing Through Achieving
CONTACT
Believing Through Achieving
2108 N St STE N
Sacramento, California 95816
Candace Gorman
Phone: 7205958101