Over the years from coaching, I have had many challenges. Dealing with unruly children or disrespectful teenagers is definitely a challenge. I don’t however, consider it to be any harder to coach children with disabilities. Blind, deaf, missing a limb, autistic, mentally challenged children all have an opportunity to excel in martial arts. I have
Martial Art : any of several arts of combat and self defense (as karate and judo) that are widely practiced as sport. This is the Merriam-Webster definition of Martial Art. So my question is, do people consider wrestling and boxing to be Martial Arts? I guess we would have to explore the history of these
Even without the roots of Martial Arts Styles being specifically developed for Military reasons, it is evident that the reasons they were first were developed was not for spiritual awakening but more as a need for self-defense from groups of would-be attackers. Martial Arts’ inceptions and growth came out of necessity for self-preservation. The spiritual
I stumbled upon an article, through researching good leadership and coaching for Martial Arts that talked about Coach Gus Bradley. He is well known in the world of Football for being an upbeat, positive coach who rarely offers negative comments. To me, positive coaching is sort of a redundant term. Coaching is (supposed) to always
So we had some major issues this past weekend. A shooter in Orlando walked into a club and started shooting people. Tactics were employed and the shooter obviously had weapons training. How effective would a gun be against a group of unarmed, untrained, unsuspecting club-goers? Well, obviously very effective. There was another tragedy in Orlando
When you go to the martial arts school to sign up, it is usually for your kids, unless you are looking to do something yourself. How often do people go in to sign up their parents or granparents? If martial arts are gentle enough to teach children, shouldn’t that same logic apply with senior citizens?