5 Benefits of Training in Martial Arts Over the Summer Today, we are faced with challenges in getting our kids to be active and away from TV, mobile devices and video games. Not only that but sometimes it's hard to find the energy to get to the gym to work out for ourselves. If [...]
4 Big Benefits to Training During COVID-19 Quarantine is a time of change. It’s up to you as parents to define exactly what that change means for you and your family. If your young ones have been enrolled in martial arts classes that are no longer able to meet in person, now is an important time [...]
7 Reasons Why Your Child Should Practice Martial Arts Why Your Child Should Practice Martial Arts Master Seo's Dynamic Taekwondo Reason #1: They (and You) Will Get More Active This is the obvious reason kids should do martial arts in this day and age - to get active and moving. In case you haven’t noticed, we have [...]
The New Year is here, and with thousands of goals and resolutions in sight as well, 2020 is the year you should try something new! Martial art is an established system that can better the entirety of your being. Whether you need mental benefits like furthering your discipline muscle, physical benefits like getting in shape, or [...]
7 Health Benefits You Will Gain from Martial Arts Training Whether we’re talking about traditional disciplines Karate, Taekwondo, Jujutsu or Judo or a more modern combat sport such as Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), boxing or Krav Maga, martial arts provide the perfect platform for becoming a healthier and fitter individual. Whichever martial art you prefer to practice [...]
3 Ways Martial Arts Helps Bully-Proof Your Child Back to school should be an exciting time — new teachers, new clothes, new school supplies and new friends. But for a child who is the victim of a bully, the excitement of a new school year is filled more with anxiety than anticipation. As a martial [...]
The Transforming Power of Martial Arts For Children After twenty years of teaching martial arts to students from age three to eighty, I have observed that the benefits to every age has been nothing less than astonishing! Some include control of aggressive behavior and the gain of self-respect, self-control, self-defence, self-esteem, focus, confidence, and courtesy. As [...]
How martial arts can improve academic performance Exercise such as martial arts positively impacts children and adolescents' academic performance, according to the Journal of Pediatrics. The University of Madrid conducted a three-year study, which included 2,038 individuals aged 6 to 18. As physical fitness improves individuals' health, it also positively affects the brain. This study indicated exercise can [...]
The Art of Not Fighting: Martial Arts reduce Child and Teen Aggression By guest blogger Bradley Busch It sounds like a paradox – the idea that participating in aggressive sport can make people less aggressive. Yet this belief forms a core basis of many martial arts dating back thousands of years, and many famous practitioners (real and [...]
5 Tips your child’s Martial Arts instructors use to put negative behaviour into perspective As seasoned Pediatric Ninja Specialists, we have witnessed just about every sort of behaviour and outburst from working with thousands of kids over the last decade. We have seen it all from playful name calling to angry tantrums. Some things are hard [...]
