Why Breathing Is the Most Important Exercise in Karate
The word Karate come from a combination of two words “Kara”, meaning to lose oneself from the vices of greed and violence, and “Te”, which means hands. Controlled breathing is one of the tools a Karateka uses in getting rid of the urge to be greedy or violent. Controlled breathing entails striking a balance between […]
How Martial Arts Help Children in Learning to Set Goals
Learning to set goals early on in life can be a tremendous advantage for a child because goal setting is crucial to success in all aspects of life. For instance, for students to excel in school they must set goals. They must come up with clear tasks and the timelines for completing them. The same […]
How Martial Arts Prevents School Bullying
Bullying in schools is a common problem in Australia and most western countries. The increase in the rates of bullying in schools can be attributed to poor socialization and the media. Children who are bullied perform poorly in school and suffer emotional and psychological damages. Consequently, schools have implemented different anti-bullying programs to try to […]
How Martial Arts Help Children Build Confidence
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 […]
How Martial Arts Help Children with Coordination
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 […]
How Karate Nurture Leadership and Respect in Children
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 […]
Balance : an integral part of Martial Arts
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 […]
Speed an important skill to learn
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
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 […]
Resilience
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 […]