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Helping Your Teenager Master Time Managment - School - Work - Karate

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Mastering Time Management: A Guide for Parents Helping Their Teenager Thrive In today's fast-paced world, teaching children effective time management skills is crucial for their success and well-being. Balancing school, work, and extracurricular activities like karate can be challenging, but with the right guidance, parents can help their children navigate their schedules with ease. In this blog post, we'll explore practical tips for parents to support their children in mastering time management. **Establish a Schedule:** One of the first steps in effective time management is creating a schedule. Sit down with your child and map out a weekly plan that includes dedicated time slots for schoolwork, work commitments, and karate practice . Having a visual representation of their time can help them prioritize tasks and stay organized. **Set Clear Expectations:** Clear communication is key in helping children manage their time effectively. Make sure your child understands

The Transformative Power of Karate: Enhancing Focus and Discipline in Children

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The Transformative Power of Karate: Enhancing Focus and Discipline in Children In today's fast-paced world filled with distractions, fostering focus and discipline in children has become more crucial than ever. As parents and educators seek effective methods to cultivate these essential life skills, martial arts, particularly karate , has emerged as a powerful tool. Beyond just physical activity, karate offers a holistic approach to development, instilling values that extend far beyond the dojo walls. Let's delve into how and why karate enhances focus and discipline in children. **The Mind-Body Connection:** Karate is much more than a series of punches and kicks; it's a discipline that emphasizes the unity of mind and body. Through repetitive movements and mindful practice, children learn to synchronize their physical actions with their mental focus. This integration of mind and body fosters a heightened sense of awareness, enabling children to maintain concentration even

Why Competetion is Healthy for Children

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  Healthy Competition for Kids   Healthy competition inspires kids to do their best – not just good enough.  A side from preparing them for wins and losses later in their adult life, healthy competition  helps kids develop important life skills like  resilience, perseverance and  being  more inquisitive.  They also learn how to take turns, encourage others, and develop empathy.    Competition provides feedback that we can evaluate in terms of behavioral, psychological, social outcomes and can offer a rich learning environment for kids to express and develop physical skills and personal attributes. 5 Reasons Why Competition Can Help our Children #1 I n a competitive environment, children will often push themselves harder in training and in tournaments. This extra effort results in improved fitness levels as well as setting new personal bests.  #2  Taking part in competitive activities and seeing improvement helps students to understand that giving 110% during training sessions produces

Tips For Parents When Children Don't Want to Attend Class

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  Kids  are not naturally self-motivated. When your child’s mindset is not in the right place, even the most fun activities can be a struggle to get to. With that said, here are some strategies to help you work around lack of motivation when trying to get your kid to class. Be attentive to what your child is doing in the moment he/she is supposed to get ready for class. If he/ she is playing or having fun with a friend, then be ready for a battle. With that said, have your child participate in a chore or task that’s not as much fun around 10 to 15-minutes prior to getting ready for class .   Be attentive to your own projection of emotions as you get your child ready for class. If you are stressed, rushed, or aggravated in any way, this will project the same emotions on your child. With that said, be sure to project positive and upbeat energy as you are getting your child ready for class. Be attentive to how you respond to your child’s overall performance after class. If you are express

Why Cardio Kickboxing is for Everyone!

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Why Cardio-Kickboxing Is for everyone? Cardio kickboxing is a group fitness class that combines martial arts techniques with fast-paced cardio. High-energy workout challenge for the beginner and advanced training athlete looking for an amazing cardio workout.  Building stamina, improving coordination and flexibility is huge benefit for all.  Burning calories as you build muscle with this fun and challenging workout is a major bonus. What is Cardio-Kickboxing An experienced instructor leads cardio-kickboxing classes by demonstrating technique combinations of punches, kicks, and knee strikes to fast-paced music. Cardio kickboxing combinations are a mix of martial arts movements including: Upper body Strikes such as Jabs, Cross punches, Hook punches, uppercuts and Lower body strikes like, Roundhouse kicks, knee strikes, switch kicks and combinations of both upper and lower body strikes. Classes also include a warm-up and cool down as well as both dynamic and static st

How Virtual Training Can Help Karate Students during Covid-19 Isolation.

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How Virtual Training Can Help Karate Students     During this 2020 covid-19 crisis many people are struggling to find ways to keep busy while in isolation at home, businesses are forced to close their doors and parents are trying to find ways to keep some normalcy in their lives and their children's lives.   Online Virtual classrooms have become a life saver for many, creating the opportunity for businesses, parents and children to continue schooling, activities, business meetings and even to talk with friends.   Another great benefit to virtual live training can be found for karate schools. Many karate schools are struggling to find ways to stay in business while being forced to close their doors due to the coronavirus (covid-19) outbreak.  Karate Students  in particular as being an individual sport can benefit from Virtual Training . Here are a few examples: #1    Increased Convenience. Without the location or time limitations of a traditional classr

How Karate Builds Courage in Adults and Children

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How Karate Helps Build Courage in Adults and Children I t’s hard to deny that those who learn karate develop many skills and strong character traits needed to take the practice seriously. From improved confidence to self-discipline and respect, the things karate teaches are so much more than just physical.  One character trait that is often ignored but is an important part of practicing karate is courage. What is Courage? Courage is a difficult behavior to master. Let’s take a step back and examine what courage means. Courage, or bravery, refers to the act of doing something even though it is frightening or “out of your comfort zone.” Perhaps your fear is standing up to a bully, starting at a new school where you don’t know anyone, or moving across the country for a better job. Whatever the problems you face, the need for courage is apparent in everyday life. For some, bravery goes hand-in-hand with confidence. The ability to do courageous things may be greatly hind