By Shotokan Karate Leadership School in Santa Rosa, CA
Learning social skills is important for everyone. The study of Martial Arts can help teach these skills with surprising effectiveness! There is a longstanding and deeply rooted misconception about the Martial Arts that needs to be addressed at the outset. It is NOT the goal of any responsible teachers of traditional Martial Arts to teach students to fight or intimidate. Instead they teach the ways of self defense, but the TRUE purposes of training are more important and varied.
Many of life’s most valuable lessons can be learned training in the Martial Arts, though relatively few people realize it. What they do not understand is that to be a student of Martial Arts is to be a student of SELF knowledge. Experienced instructors have the ability to instill in students of all ages and backgrounds the importance of respect and self-discipline. Practitioners of the Arts have been developing better citizens and communities, and empowering individuals for a very long time!
Many come to find that they and/or their children develop and refine great social skills through the study of Martial Arts. First and foremost is RESPECT. No student of the Martial Arts can progress without understanding and adopting this essential attribute! It can be humbling the first time that a successful middle-aged executive must ask for direction from a boy or girl who is younger than his or her own children. Martial Arts teach us that knowledge comes from those who possess it, regardless of age or any other consideration. We learn from those who know more than we do and respect them for their knowledge.
Martial Arts Teach Self-Respect and Self-Confidence
By learning to control our emotions and to think before we act, we become more comfortable and capable of allowing others to participate in our lives. We lose the need to “prove” ourselves because we learn to feel secure and comfortable with who we are. What students accomplish as they grow in this ability creates confidence in their own power to overcome difficulties. Martial Arts students become better listeners and partners as well.
Martial Arts Teach Courtesy
High ranking students and instructors earn respect and esteem by sharing their advanced knowledge. New students and lower ranks deserve support and help. Every last one of us starts fresh, with little or no combative or performance skill. Advanced ranks remember what courtesy meant to us in the beginning.
If you want your children to learn discipline and respect, if you want them to have the ability to defend themselves, or if achieving self-confidence is your own goal, then there is no better way than Martial Arts training. If you want the most fun, most motivating, most useful, and most effective physical fitness training to improve your overall health, contact a quality school in your area today!
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