Morrow's Academy of Martial Arts

01/07/2026

Today our teacher, mentor and friend John Morrow would have celebrated his 74th birthday, probably by doing 1,000 pushups, 1,000 situps and 1,000 leglifts. He is still with us in our hearts, and with every kata we do, every kick or punch we do, and, of course, every pushup!

12/28/2025

12/20/2025

We will be closed from Christmas Eve through Sunday, Dec. 28. We will also be closed New Year's Eve and New Year's Day! All other days, classes will run as usual. Happy Holidays from the Academy!

12/03/2025

Congratulations to Belle Hart for earning her Blue Belt! A job well done!

11/25/2025

We will have classes today and Wednesday but we will be closed Thanksgiving Day through Sunday. Have a very Happy Thanksgiving.

11/14/2025

Congratulations to Cory Bote! He was promoted last night from Green to Purple Belt. It was a great class and we put Cory through the fire -- competitive but friendly -- and he came through! Salute to Cory and a thank you to everyone who attended.

11/10/2025

Another promotion to report -- Jobari Robinson has been promoted from Yellow to Orange Belt. Jobari is a wonderful young man who demonstrates determination and persistence. Congratulations!!

11/10/2025

Congratulations on recent promotions earned by some of our students!

Jerry and Adrian Lopez earned their Green Belts in October.

In November, Mike Math was promoted to 2nd degree Brown Belt and George McDoniel was promoted to 3rd degree Brown Belt.

Great job, everyone!

11/10/2025

The 2025 USA National Championship was held two weeks ago in Clinton, Iowa. Morrow's Academy and Sifu Jason Lindstrom's school, Patient Warrior Martial Arts in Kewanee, had a great day.

From Morrow's Academy (Quad Cities Shaolin), Jared Appleman (Purple Belt) won Bronze in Sparring and Silver in Forms.

Zeb Brooks (Green Belt) won Silver in Sparring.

From Sifu Lindstrom's school, Ashley Cosgrove (Orange Belt) won three Silver medals, in Sparring, Forms and Breaking.

George Hansen (Purple Belt) won two Silver medals in Forms and Breaking.

Max Weber (Yellow Belt) won Gold in both Forms and Sparring, and he won Silver in both Weapons and Breaking.

Congratulations to all! You made us proud!

10/29/2025

Evin Ersan is spreading the word on his tribute to John Morrow -- his "100 Days of Morrow" push up contest. He's doing 100 pushups each day for 100 days. WQAD did an interview with him on their show "The Current." Watch it here:

John Morrow taught martial arts in the QC for nearly 50 years before losing his battle with cancer. One of his former students is working to continue his legacy.

10/26/2025

This is the story KWQC Channel 6 did last night on Evin Ersan's "100 Days of Morrow" pushup challenge. Thanks, Evin! Great job! Some of us will be joining your challenge.

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10/26/2025

Evin Ersan is doing a pushup challenge - "100 Days of Morrow." Joel Kellar of WHBF-TV did a story on it. KWQC also did a story and we will put it online when it's available.

100 days of Morrow: A tribute to a legend