About Us
Our Philosophy is to develop a child's self-esteem in a non-competitive environment by providing success experiences!
Our Mission is to provide a children's program that is safe, fun and gives each child
the opportunity to become the best that they can be!
JUMP START GYMNASTICS (JSG) is an affiliate member of USA GYMNASTICS. All instructors are USAG, CPR, and First Aid certified. Implemented within all programs is the Fun & Fit and USAG Junior Olympic Level I-IV gymnastics curriculum. This type of curriculum is designed to offer attainable goals in a safe and progressive manner. As students participate in various levels of skill development, JSG strives to encourage within each student, a growing sense of self worth and accomplishment! JSG looks forward to introducing your child to the world of gymnastics and the many benefits it offers!
About our Owner
Jon Koenigsaecker was born and raised in Burbank, CA. He got an early start with gymnastics at the age of three. Just as many other kids, Jon’s mom started him in gymnastics class. He took to it immediately.
Jon started coaching at Fun & Fit Gymnastics where he spent many years honing his skills for teaching under the direction of Jeff Lulla at the age of 15. He was involved in the General Gymnastics with boys and girls, Mobile programs, Demonstration teams, Mommy and Me classes and Cheerleading. Eventually Jon helped a friend, Freddy Behin, open Gymnastics World in Southern, CA.
Later on in life Jon got involved in the entertainment industry doing rigging, aerial stunts, and aerial acrobatics for many different productions which included Fear Factor, Cirque du Soleil and many others.
Jon is First Aid, CPR, Spirit Safety Certified, Safety Certified along with being a Member of USA Gymnastics, AACCA and USASF .
Jon’s love for the sport of gymnastics has driven him to start his own gym.
Fun & Fit Gymnastics program
We are excited to announce the introduction of the Fun & Fit Gymnastics Program Curriculum Poster Reward System for our students. The posters provide students with rewards and incentives for learning new skills, and also provide you with a simple way to monitor your child’s progress.
All children will receive a poster to take home and put on their wall. The poster contains skills that are appropriate for the child’s ability level, and match a curriculum card that the instructors now have on each child. There are separate curriculum levels for Kids Progressive (ages 3 through 5) Progressive Boys and Progressive Girls (ages 6 and up).
The skills at each level have been broken down into achievable steps, so that children learn quickly and experience success often. The 3rd and 7th weeks of the session, we will have card check-off day, where the kids get to perform the new skills they’ve been learning. When a student performs a skill correctly 3 times in a row for their instructor, they get that skill checked off on their curriculum card. The next week all students will be given stars for the skills they passed, to take home and put on their poster!
Once a student has passed all the skills on their poster, they are awarded a Certificate, along with a picture with their instructor that goes on a special place on their poster at home. Then they’ll get a new poster for the next level, ready for more stars!
The Fun & Fit Gymnastics Program is a nationally recognized teaching system, and is being used by gyms all around the country. It is very popular with kids and parents. The kids love getting the stars, certificates and pictures with their instructors, and parents see how the program not only teaches gymnastics, but increases self confidence, self-esteem and gives their children valuable goal setting skills.
By providing clear goals for each student, this non-competitive teaching system helps students to define success as self-improvement! Without having to compare themselves to others in their class to assess how they are doing, the students can all feel like winners!
The posters will be given to all enrolled students for FREE. If, however, the poster should get lost or damaged, there will be a $1.00 replacement charge.
We hope these posters will help you feel involved in your child’s gymnastics education, and share in the excitement and progress your child will experience.