Category Archives: Life Skills
A Great Story About Overcoming Adversity!
This is a great story I would like to share about a student at our Martial Arts Center. At our school we run on two month cycles and at the end of the cycle we have a Belt Exam for our students to show what they have learned and how they have grown over their…
Do you know where your child is?
Being in the right groups and having the right role models around them helping shape their identity and self esteem is so important in today’s world. With all the things our children are exposed too, finding the right activity that helps to up level your child’s confidence will help them to be their best in…
WHAT DO I TELL MY CHILD WHO IS BEING TEASED BY BULLIES?
Parents have a special responsibility in making sure that their children possess skills that can enable them to resolve conflicts peacefully. Children can go a long way in managing conflicts if they are taught personal relationships and problem solving mechanisms. Often, children are prone to come to their parents for help when a bully in…
BEAT CHRONIC STRESS
Martial Arts is a lot like life in general. To succeed, you need to manage your surroundings as well as wear really cool outfits. You need a calm mind and the physical and mental skills to deal with the stress around you. “People confuse problems with stress,” says Philip Holder, chief instructor and Grand Master…
Achieving Goals
We all have dreams of a better life. We follow our dreams as we follow the path that perhaps we didn’t choose to be on! What would life be without them? Dreams are goals that we set and proceed to achieve, some happen more quickly than others. The goals that aren’t as easily obtained can…
Enhance YOUR Self-Esteem
The way we feel about ourselves has a huge effect on the way we treat ourselves and others, and on the kinds of choices we make. If we are not confident about our own abilities then we tend to not take chances, which mean we limit our success. At the same time, if we are…
Do You Have Self-Discipline?
Self-discipline means that you have the internal strength to control your feelings, behavior, and impulses. People with self-discipline constantly remind themselves to think positively and to control all actions while avoiding negativity. By practicing self-discipline you can achieve long-term goals without being distracted by what could go wrong in the process. Self-discipline also means that…