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DOJO GRADING
18 & 19 APRIL 2016
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Tel: 082 332 8872
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grovekarate@telkomsa.net|
Jabula Recreation Centre, cnr Anne and
Athlone Ave, Sandringham, North East Johannesburg |
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How Karate
can help your child |
Kids love karate, and more parents are seeing
the value & benefits of kids karate classes. Did
you know that karate can actually help your
child be happier, healthier and more
responsible?
Here are 4 ways our karate
training can help your child grow:
1)
BUILDING
CONFIDENCE - One thing that
martial arts instructors hear all the time from
students is how their martial arts training
helped build confidence and self esteem. This is
even truer for kids than it is for adults. Kids
face many social pressures and a lot of
judgment, and they don’t know how to respond to
it. Sometimes this judgment comes from friends,
sometimes from bullies, sometimes even from
adults—even what they see on TV may make them
wonder if they’re “good enough.” Our children
karate classes teach kids that they are good
enough, and it gives them the firsthand
experience to back that up. At every karate
class our students can see themselves gradually
improving, performing movements better and
better. They understand that they can grow and
develop new skills, and they know they’re
mastering something valuable. There is nothing
more meaningful than this.
2)
KIDS LEARN TO
MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS -
Learning right from wrong is a major part of our
classes. Essential to the philosophy of karate
is using power only for justice, and never to
hurt or oppress others. Karate descends from a
long Japanese tradition with a code of conduct
that encourages caring for those who are weaker
or need help. Children learn to embody this
attitude as a core part of their training.
3)
FITNESS - Many
families are struggling seeing their children
deal with obesity and not knowing how to stop
the trend. Eating right is a major part of kids’
fitness but so is exercise. Taking karate
classes several times a week means your child
gets regular, concentrated sessions of fitness
activities that they truly enjoy. Karate is a
highly active martial art with continuous
aerobic activity. That means that kids karate
classes can be a crucial part of a fitness
program that your child can feel good about.
4)
IT'S FUN! - There’s
almost nothing that fascinates kids as much as
martial arts. For both boys and girls, karate
feels more like exciting play than it does like
learning. They can feel themselves becoming
faster and stronger and they get a sense of
fair, friendly competition with individual
responsibility. |
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