Martial arts help children build inner confidence that is crucial for success later in life. Martial arts don’t teach children cockiness that is often confused with confidence. A good martial arts class provide children with an avenue to nurture self-confidence and the discipline needed to live a productive adult life. Let’s explore how martial arts…
Coordination is the ability to move swiftly and purposefully. Physical coordination is known to positively affect the performance of children in sports, school and other areas of life. Karate improves coordination by making students more mindful about their bodies; how they move; and how the body functions. Karate helps children develop higher coordination skills through…
The reason children are sent to school is to prepare them to be responsible citizens and take over the running and management of society. Education give children the knowledge and skills they require to build society. However, the education system was never designed to horn leadership skills in children. This is why most schools include…
What is Balance? Balance is an important part of any athleticism and martial arts. In everyday activities, the well-maintained balance has a major part in life. Achieving a good balance at an early age will give a child a healthy posture later in life. It will also help them avoid problems such as muscle weakness…
While practising martial arts with us, where children learn skills like strength, agility, focus, coordination and balance, there comes an another skill which is considered as of extreme importance and that is Speed. It affects most of the performance when in a combat situation. In order to get speed trained basic conditional requirement including flexibility,…
Respect is the key value of martial arts In martial arts respect is considered as one of the core values. From the very first day of our lesson, we focus on children mentality and teach them how to respect your parents, coaches, and teachers. During our training journey, the strength, courage, respect and positive attitude…
What is Resilience and its Characteristics? Resilience is defined as a psychological ability or quality to cope up with adversity or attuned to the situation. Everyone is resilient. It’s just a question of how much and how well you are adaptive in your life. Being resilient doesn’t mean one has no problem or feel the…
Building Focus Through Martial Arts. Focus is very important in Martial Arts, as it is in everyday life. Focus is about directing all your attention to one set task. It is about being mindful and living in the present moment. The ability to focus our efforts is an invaluable skill. While this may sound simple…
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” ~ Winston S. Churchill Courage is the quality shown by someone who decides to do something difficult or dangerous, even though they may be afraid. At Shobukan Martial Arts, we believe that knowing the difference between right and wrong is not always enough. We try to teach our students that we should not…
It is your response to winning and losing that makes you a winner or a loser. ~ Harry Sheehy Good sportsmanship is when athletes, coaches, parents and referees treat each other with respect and dignity – win or lose. Displaying good sportsmanship is not always easy, as children and parents can often be upset or disappointed…
