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Beating Bullies…

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Beating the BulliesI’m 35 and bullying existed when I was a kid.

It still exists today and a trap adults and parents who saw bullying during our times at school is that we almost accept it like a phase you go through in life and will one day leave behind.

Unfortunately that doesn’t make life and school any more pleasant for our children.

They still have to face it, go through it, fear it and – in my humble opinion – suffer the negative consequences bullying can have on children that will carry through to their adult years.

So…

What do you do?

As a instructor at the gym, and teacher of martial arts – yep, the art of punching and kicking – the last thing I believe children should do is start fighting.

And I also don’t proclaim to have the solution to bullying – if it was that easy to solve it would have died out many years ago.

But what I do KNOW and have witnessed on multiple occasions is that CONFIDENCE and re-assurance that you’re an alright person is one of the best ways to tackling and beat bullying.

Kids who have confidence are harder prey to target.

Bullies like an easy target, someone who doesn’t stand up for themselves and someone who doesn’t have the confidence to say “Stop“, tell a teacher or just walk away.

And kids with confidence who believe in themselves and know that they are alright – by that I mean they like themselves, kids with confidence are kids who don’t hate themselves.

They’re kids who appreciate they were born perfect – that’s what I tell my daughter – because she was.

So sure, a bullied child might be upset but if they understand the bad things bullies say and do aren’t true and aren’t a true opinion of the bullied person – that’s a massive weapon in fighting back.  It means bullies just don’t and can’t have the same affect.

While there are lots of ways to build confidence and self-esteem – and yes, of course I’m biased but then I have seem so many kids benefit from this – is through martial arts.

I like martial arts for children because it’s about working as an individual and working as part of a team and I like martial arts for children because they build key physical characteristics — strength, co-ordination, agility, dexterity, balance and much, much more — and these physical characteristics make us feel good.

I like martial arts because (adults and) children feel like they can look after themselves.

And I like martial arts for kids because it’s exercise and we all feel better after exercise.

Even kids.

To find out more about our kids martial arts classes and how they can help your child’s confidence, self-esteem, discipline, focus and concentration click HERE for information on our classes.

Teenage and Kids Martial Arts Classes in Crawley

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Since 1996 we’ve been teaching martial arts to teens and kids in Crawley.

And since moving to our 5,000sq foot gym in Manor Royal just over 2 years ago we’ve continued to expand our timetable with classes for children aged 4-7 years, 8 – 12 years and teenagers before they move into the adult classes.

We’ve a proven track record in taking children from as young as 4 all the way through to the adult classes.

Winning Championship Titles and competing all over the world.

Of course not all of the kids and teens (or their parents) are focused on competing.

For many it’s about building self-discipline, improving confidence, beating bullying at school and adding a positive influence into the lives of our kids.

This short video clip shows a class with our teens being put through their paces.

Training hard and working through a circuit designed to build their physical strength and fitness.

Which ‘in-turn’ helps us all learn that by pushing and persevering.  Digging deep and building character is exactly what we need to grow as adults.

If you’d like to find out more about our teenage martial arts classes or any of our younger, kids martial arts classes then get in touch by calling us on  01293 552 511 or simply enter your name, telephone number and email address in the box to the side of this page.

All of our classes are taught by fully-qualified, CRB checked instructors who’ve had years practical martial arts experience and won National, European or World titles in our martial art and sport.

You can rest assured you’re son or daughter is getting the best martial arts training locally from some of the UK’s leading martial artists.

Our classes run 4-6 days per week (… depending on the age group) and with the exception of Christmas we’re open all year around.

So…

If you’re looking for a martial art that will build your child physically, teaching them the importance of having a great attitude and hard work then get in touch to find out more.

We’d be more than happy to help and — by the way — that’s me walking around in the hooded jumper making sure the teens are working hard and — just as important — working safely.

I look forward to seeing you (and your kids) in class!

Alan

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