What If My Child Wants To Quit Martial Arts?!?

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Here’s the deal: You’ve learned all about the importance of martial arts training for kids. The rare and unique benefits of succeeding in this discipline can’t be found elsewhere in the same combination. What else can you do that gives your kids the skills of focus, physical strength, respect, coordination, self control, confidence and leadership?… Read more »

10 reasons to consider Martial arts for kids

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While martial arts seemingly promotes violent habits and injuries to the untrained eye, you might be amazed to discover that martial arts’ training is actually extremely useful to kids. These are 10 of the reasons why martial arts for kids is actually awesome… 10 Best Benefits From Martial Arts for Kids 1. Fostering Self-control– Among… Read more »

Bullying & Power

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Why do the bully? It’s about power. Our children will be bullied. Yours, mine, all of them will face it. We cannot shield them forever. So how do we prepare them? At the heart of the issue bullying is about power over another. There are three breeds of bully. Types of Bully: The physical domination… Read more »

Build Your Kid’s Self Confidence

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Build Self Confidence– Put Your Kid in Martial-Arts Self confidence is crucial to a child’s future success. Martial arts develop confidence and raises self-esteem. Does your child act shy or timid in social circumstances? Does your child act out? Does your kid let other kids bully him/her? I was among those kids. The best thing… Read more »

Youth Development: Building Leaders

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Each individual is born with unique abilities and qualities. In order to refine these skills it takes consistent effort and focus. Often our children will want to do an activity and after they try it once or twice they will get demotivated and think that is was not for them or not as fun as… Read more »

The epidemic of screen time.

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I was speaking with a frustrated parent today. He was telling my about his child, who he adores, and how she is always in front of her phone screen. He shared a story about taking her phone from her while they were out to dinner and it buzzing constantly in his pocket the entire time…. Read more »

Is Boxing Safe For Kids?

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How Safe is Boxing The majority parents become a little apprehensive about the thought of enrolling their child in a boxing as perceptively dangerous as boxing. However, if you do your homework, and ensure that your child is training responsibly, there is absolutely nothing wrong with a child learning how to defend themselves. How Safe… Read more »