Elemental 5 students training movement skills together

Movement arts center · Salida, Colorado

Be a force of nature.

Acrobatics, parkour, martial arts, and circus arts taught with discipline, creativity, and character. E5 helps kids and families build capable bodies, clear minds, and the confidence to move with purpose.

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Find your class

Start where you are. Train toward what you can become.

Most undecided families begin with NinFit because it builds strength, coordination, parkour, tumbling, and confidence. Aerial and martial arts remain clear entry points for students drawn to those disciplines.

Young Elemental 5 student enjoying class

Ages 3-5

Mini Ninjas

Playful first steps into jumping, rolling, climbing, balance, and class confidence.

  • Body awareness
  • Guided play
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NinFit class in session

Recommended · Ages 5-12

NinFit

The clearest starting point for parkour, tumbling, obstacle movement, and confidence.

  • Beginner levels 1-3
  • Intermediate levels 4-6
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Elemental 5 aerial silks student training

Specialty · Ages 8+

Aerial Silks

An independent aerial pathway for strength, grace, spatial awareness, and expression.

  • Technique and conditioning
  • Performance skills
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Teens & adults

Martial arts & training

Disciplined movement, calisthenics, and dojo space are part of the January 2027 expansion.

  • Future martial arts zone
  • Purposeful progression
New facility
Elemental 5 students and coaches celebrating together

How E5 works

Grow strong. Find your people.

E5 classes are built around purposeful progress. Students learn real skills, practice safely, and develop the character to keep showing up when the work gets difficult.

01

Train the body

Strength, mobility, coordination, balance, power, and control are developed through clear progressions.

02

Build the skill

Students learn movement patterns in steps, with coaches guiding technique, effort, and readiness.

03

Shape the person

Character is not a side lesson. It is part of how students listen, try, lead, recover, and encourage others.

The five elements

MORE THAN MOVEMENT.

At Elemental 5, we use five elements to teach more than physical skills. We help students develop strength, adaptability, courage, creativity, and an understanding of who they are becoming.

Earth

Build your body

Strength, structure, stability, and the base that makes every skill safer.

Water

Learn to move

Flow, coordination, parkour, tumbling, and the ability to adapt.

Fire

Learn to act

Commitment, courage, intensity, and purposeful action under pressure.

Air

Learn to express

Circus, aerial, performance, timing, creativity, and presence.

What's on

Farmers Market Pop-Ups

Upcoming community appearances. Catch Elemental 5 at local farmers markets with our inflatable obstacle course, student showcases, and live movement demos. See current dates in the newsletter.

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New facility

The next home for Elemental 5 is projected to open January 2027.

Elemental 5 is expanding into a new 6,000 sq ft facility directly behind the current location, with room for the complete E5 model: acrobatics, circus, martial arts, fitness, performance, and adult movement.

Built for the work ahead.

  • Competition-grade spring floor for tumbling and acrobatics.
  • High ceiling rig points for aerial silks, lyra, and rope work.
  • Dedicated trampoline, hot bed, fitness, and dojo zones.
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Construction progress for the Elemental 5 facility expansion
Elemental 5 new facility construction progress Exterior construction progress for the new Elemental 5 facility

Coaches and families

Led by people who care how students grow.

Families come to E5 for movement. They stay because the coaching is personal, attentive, and grounded in character.

Elemental 5 coach working with a student

Actual coaches. Actual care.

Students are coached by people who know their names, notice their effort, and help them progress with confidence.

*****

"There are not enough incredible words to describe the Lobecks and Elemental 5. They are truly awesome and passionate individuals and that pours into all those who get to learn from them."
Melissa Deemer

*****

"My grandsons love Elemental 5! They have fun and work hard. Mat chats focusing on a word of the week is a great element of the classes too."
Sue Granger

*****

"Elemental 5 is amazing! Joe, Lexee and Josh make the kids feel welcomed and seen. Thanks for providing a fun, safe space for the kids of Chaffee County!"
Brittany Tognacci

*****

"The coaches were so patient, funny, and instantly made her comfortable. They cater each skill to each kid to help them learn at their own comfort level."
Raimi Kaan

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Find the class that fits your student.

Explore the current program pathways, then use the schedule and Student Portal when you are ready to take the next step.

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