How Can Martial Arts Can Help Kids?
- Be more active
- Gain confidence and self-respect
- Learn how to work with others and how to deal with conflicts
- Helps build social skills
- Kids learn how to set goals and follow through with them even if they fail many times
- Improves listening skills at school and home
- Helps kids with memorization and retention skills
- Kids improve balance, coordination and motor skills
- Kids learn self-defense and conflict resolution
- Kids learn to become leaders and how to take responsibility for their actions and success
- Martial arts is fun!
Develop Leadership – Qualities of a good leader developed through Martial Arts training:
- They are self-confident and assertive
- They are positive thinkers
- They can communicate
- They are good listeners
- They show mental toughness
- They have good organizational skills
- They take the initiative
- They are able to focus
- They have self-discipline
- They have a sense of justice and fair play
- They have their own good role models
Bully Prevention
Martial arts can help children on both sides of the bullying equation. By providing benefits such as confidence, discipline, respect, self- control, leadership, stress relief and self- defense, martial arts helps both the children who are being bullied, and the children who are bullying others.
Here’s how:
For Bullies: Bullies often enjoy status and prestige because others fear them. They also command a lot of attention for their behavior. Martial arts helps prevent bullying by building up these children’s confidence in other areas, so that they won’t need to resort to bullying for attention and approval.
For Kids Who Are Bullied: Bullies pick victims that they think will be easy targets. A child who is weak, unsure of him or herself, or who is easily scared is an easy target. Martial arts prevents bullying by helping children build confidence so that they are able to project a demeanor of strength, and ensure that they are not perceived as potential victims.
