about us

Great Owl Lightning is honored to be a Father, Husband, First Nations Ambassador, and the Medicine Bundle Keeper of the Guardian Art. He is the founder of the NXGA | Nexus of Guardian Art specialty school system, Praxeums of Guardian Art, and the Guardian Saga Foundation.

A descendant of Aundeck Omni Kaning First Nation, and since a preschool aged child, Great Owl Lightning has been trained and mentored by some of the greatest combat sports masters and coaches of our time, he is a multiple time world champion in martial arts.

Great Owl Lightning accredits his parents, grandmother and his ancestors for putting him on this path as a child to return and develop this style of training in this modern era. Being trained and being put on this path as a young child he believes that he has been purposely being guided by the Creator and his Ancestors to rewild this sacred Starcadian way of life back on earth to be a powerful medicine for the planet and the next generation of Guardians to come.

Guardian Art | Art of the Hero is a spiritual fighting discipline that is here to rewild the medicine of the Starcadian Knights | Guardians of the Wild Prime back here on earth.

the art of guardian art

Decades of high-level Full Contact Kickboxing, Mixed Martial Arts, Parkour, and Ninja Warrior style competitions have proven Guardian Art to be an elite self-defense & fitness discipline. With our unique Heritage of creating the “Guardian’s Game” the game that modern day Lacrosse descends from, is a great example of the diversity of Guardian Art.

The Guardian Game consisted of full contact fighting infused with our traditional spirit running, along high level teamwork community building skills, trained very powerful Guardians for generations of millennia’s and counting.

In modern laymen’s terms there are four disciplines that are needed to be successful in a hand to hand combat situation. They include boxing, muay thai, wrestling, and jiu-jitsu.

Guardian Art is an eclectic system compared to many martial arts systems that incorporates the most effective techniques from our heritage that has these four discipline styles naturally incorporated creating an unparalleled self-defense & fitness discipline.

Our classes adventure in:

NXGA Kickboxing -Has the skills that are similar to boxing and muay thai kickboxing.
Shatter Matching - Has skill that can be seen in jiu-jitsu classes, wrestling, and MMA.
Spirit Running – Has skills that can be seen in gymnastics, parkour, freerunning, and ninja warrior.
Guardian Games – Learning various cultural games and teamwork building including the traditional version of lacrosse.

Our classes are divided by experience levels:

Beginner
Intermediate
Advanced

Our classes are also divided by age:

AdultTeens (13-17)
Kids Primary (8-12)
Kids Elementary (5-7)
Preschool (3-4)

train for life - live empowered - free your mind

Guardian Art | Art of the Hero descends from the galaxy within - Great Owl Lightning.

It's origin is in the wilderness of the stars. On Earth, the medicine bundle of Guardian Art can be traced back over 10,000 years ago in the Dawnland – Wabanakek, which is known as present day New England in the USA and the Maritimes in Canada. Guardian Art has a vast heritage and creation story, since time immemorial, Guardian Art’s purpose was to create the spirit and mind of a Guardian in individuals to protect oneself, community, and the earth. It incorporates full contact fight training with our traditional spirit running. Guardian Art is the art that founded “the Creator's | Guardian's Game” (the original game of lacrosse).

Our curriculum rewilds the Guardian Spirit in individuals by teaching students to be a medicine for the earth and not to be a sickness to it. Guardian Art has proven through its generations to improve the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual health of our student’s overall confidence and wellbeing. Our dream is to return the medicine of the Starcadian Knights and create a community of guardians committed to protecting our relations, communities, and our Earth.

Let’s rewild for the Starcadian Knights | Guardians of the Wild Prime for our future.

Let’s rewild for the future.

location address & contact number

Phone

MAINE LINE 970-444-5073

NXGA | Palo Alto – 2134 Old Middlefield Way STE I, Mountain View, CA 94043

NXGA | San Jose – Coming Soon!

NXGA | Rancho Cordova – Coming Soon!

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NXGA | Whitefish River First Nation - 17A Rainbow Ridge Rd, Birch Island, ON P0P 1A0, Canada

NXGA | Aundeck Omni Kaning First Nation - 1300 ON-540, Little Current, ON P0P 1K0, Canada

NXGA | Sheguiandah First Nation – 142 Ogemah Miikan Sheguiandah, ON P0P 1W0 Map

NXGA | Wabigoon Lake First Nation - RR1 Site 115, Dryden, ON P8N 2Y4, Canada

become a nexus of guardian art - nxga licensee

As an NXGA Licensee, you have the freedom of owning and operating your own business with the support of the world’s leader in the Guardian Art – Art of the Hero specialty school curriculum. Becoming a NXGA specialty school we have a unique program that gives you the opportunity to provide dynamic leadership, technically-sound Guardian Art instruction, community outreach, exclusive camps and gatherings for staff, world-class tournaments, and elite training for your staff and students. With over 25 years of successful locations across North America the Nexus of Guardian Art has the systems and training to support you in bringing Guardian Art to your community.

In addition, we have a very empowering NXGA Partnership program that can help new entrepreneurs get off the ground to start their Guardian Art Saga.

Enquiry today about all our amazing options & opportunities.

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The opportunity to become an NXGA Entrepreneur can be uniquely customized to your goals. We have several levels you can build your location into, such as a Satellite of Guardian Art, Nexus of Guardian Art, or even becoming an Embassy of Guardian Art.

The NXGA Integration Team can help you identify the best opportunity to get started on your journey. As an NXGA Entrepreneur, you will receive a wealth of tools and support to help ensure your success.

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