EMPOWERING YOUR CHILDREN
Let me start by saying that there are many good martial arts schools and excellent instructors out there. The three main reasons people look for martial arts training are for self-defense, self-confidence and discipline. Martial arts training can deeply impact and change the life of it's practitioners by gradually giving them the sense of empowerment. Students self-discover that they can do things that they thought were impossible before and improve their body posture and their demeanor.
A Martial Artist understands that it takes hard work and perseverance to achieve his/her goals. We work our bodies and minds simultaneously, we break a sweat during sparring time and give our best to dominate our partners and yet we must dose our power by understanding the concept of minimum effort with maximum efficiency. Every day we learn new ways to overcome strenuous situations and how to be successful by using and trusting the techniques, sometimes against our own instinct, opposed to brute strength. Our training is compared to a chess game where we must be a good strategist and choose our next move carefully. We realize that our training partners are fundamental to our own development, we need each other for the greater good and so we learn the concept of mutual welfare. The better our opponents get, the more they will push us to be better. We respect our opponents, we understand that in life we will fall many times, but will stand up as many times as necessary to accomplish our goals. We will experience many victories and defeat but in every victory we will be humble and in every defeat we will gracious and we will learn with both.
A true Martial Artist understands the lessons their training provides and will take the concept into every aspect of their lives. He/she will work on the development of children and adults in their surrounding communities and pass forward their knowledge. They are to conduct themselves with honor in and outside the Dojo and lead by example.
A Martial Artist understands that it takes hard work and perseverance to achieve his/her goals. We work our bodies and minds simultaneously, we break a sweat during sparring time and give our best to dominate our partners and yet we must dose our power by understanding the concept of minimum effort with maximum efficiency. Every day we learn new ways to overcome strenuous situations and how to be successful by using and trusting the techniques, sometimes against our own instinct, opposed to brute strength. Our training is compared to a chess game where we must be a good strategist and choose our next move carefully. We realize that our training partners are fundamental to our own development, we need each other for the greater good and so we learn the concept of mutual welfare. The better our opponents get, the more they will push us to be better. We respect our opponents, we understand that in life we will fall many times, but will stand up as many times as necessary to accomplish our goals. We will experience many victories and defeat but in every victory we will be humble and in every defeat we will gracious and we will learn with both.
A true Martial Artist understands the lessons their training provides and will take the concept into every aspect of their lives. He/she will work on the development of children and adults in their surrounding communities and pass forward their knowledge. They are to conduct themselves with honor in and outside the Dojo and lead by example.
