How to give your child the skills and confidence they need to succeed in life!
Are you doing everything you can to:
To arm your child to succeed in life?
To help them be the best they can be in school?
To develop their self confidence?
To assist them in developing their unique potential?
To learn self discipline?
Most parents do everything they can to teach these things to their children. But many parents need some help. After all, with our busy 21st Century schedules, it's hard to find the time and resources to really help them with these important life skills.
You would think and expect that they would learn about perseverance, positive mental attitudes, self discipline and goal setting in school, but they really don't.
Students who attend the Pace Institute of Karate are a step up on others because we teach them about these important life skills and how to develop them to their fullest! Success traits that will pay off for the rest of their lives.
Dear Parent:
The fact that you are reading this tells me you want the very best for your child. So how do you go about preparing them for the challenges of our fast paced 21st Century? How do you teach them how to have a positive attitude, to be self motivated, to set and attain goals and to learn how to concentrate and focus? This is no easy task as this specialized type of education is not taught in our schools. It is not taught on our football, baseball or soccer fields either. Unfortunately it's not even being taught in our community organizations or religious groups. These life skills, if taught to children at a young age, can have a tremendous impact on the outcome of their lives and how successful they become.
Martial Science is good clean fun for children and a great way to give children a head start in life. Children go through distinct stages in their development; physically,
socially, emotionally, and intellectually. They are just being to spread their wing and experiencing many wonderful things for the first time. As martial art educators we can greatly enhance their childhood, and make a tremendous impact on their present and future life. Physical growth in this age group is slow but they have gained control of their major muscles which allows them to develop basic skills such as balance, control and coordination. They also enjoy testing their muscles strength and skills along with running skipping, jumping, tumbling, and even dance to name a few. This is a perfect time to teach them fitness skills. Balance wise they are able to stand on one foot, walk on a balance beam, focus to catch small balls, their eye-hand coordination is also good at this time. With this age group our main focus is on the 9 basic fundamental skills (focus, control, coordination, memory, total body fitness, teamwork, balance, discipline, coordination between hand, foot and eye):The philosophy is one of humility and integrity with the development of mental and physical skills leading to the harmony of body and mind. Besides its physical benefits, it also builds character and promotes social skills and concepts such as team work. Although Martial Science practice is challenging, it involves using the child's owns cognitive and physical resources as well as the resources around them. Martial Science participation imposes structure and a set routine on children, with freedom within this structure providing a springboard for creative thinking. At the same time it is success-oriented. It teaches the child to deal with the anxiety that precedes new adventures,to cope with the uncertainty, and to survive with increased confidence and a more positive self-concept. They also learn how to win graciously and to lose without shame, knowing that they did their best. This encourages a sense of commitment and instills an interest in achieving excellence. This program is flexible and can be adapted according to an individual's or group's skill and mental level, size, creativity, emotions, and social or physical make-up.
It’s no secret that Martial Arts training builds stronger bodies, develops motor skills and teaches self-defense. But, did you know, students of this age who study Martial Arts also tend to do better in school? Students enrolled in structured martial arts classes where they learn goal setting and how to focus, develop self-confidence and increase their self-esteem. They get better grades and perform better in school sponsored activities. Martial Arts teaches more than just punching and kicking. We teach life skills, Goal setting, courtesy, respect, perseverance and an “I-Can”, Attitude are all parts of our curriculum.
Over the past 30 plus years that I have been training and teaching martial arts I have seen countless numbers of young boys and girls who were very shy and lacked anything that resembled self confidence. Some of them could not focus or concentrate for more than a few seconds at a time. Others were overweight or were slower learners than their peers. Many of these children were not doing very well in school or in social situations because of their lack of self confidence.
As a parent and young grandparent myself I have a soft spot in my heart for these youngsters. I know that with the right direction and training their lives can be changed significantly for the better. I made it my goal many years ago that we would teach much more than just kicking and punching. That our organization would specialize in personal development. In teaching life skills that would make a difference.
We have focused our entire program around this premise. Yes, I believe we teach the best in martial arts training, but that is not enough. Our entire children's curriculum is centered around what we call the Principles of the Black Belt. |
