What children can achieve

Hi Guys,

Been a while since I had a chance to get to my blog ,but it as been really hectic in the academy with demos we have been performing all over the tees area.

If you want to see what the our demo looks like check it out on http://www.yarmmartialarts.co.uk/ and look to the right hand side for demo video.

This demo was at our local cinema promoting the new karate kid movie,so the demo was only small. But what got me thinking, when watching the video is how the martial arts as helped these kids in the video.

How? you may ask,Well they all came to the academy for one reason mainly to build confidence, what you see is a group of kids who are so confident in their abilties, and willingness to help others that these guys on our all day demos get members of the public to try out the martial arts ie punching pads etc.

What is really great about the development of these students is when a 16 year old boy will listen to a 10 year old boy in how to punch a pad correctly.

Now this might not grab your attention, but when this follows through into their everyday lifes it can be amazing. For instances this story illustrates what I mean.

Oliver one our younger demo members only seven, was at school when a young Spanish boy new to the country and area was introduced to the class.

Oliver's teacher asked our young member to help the new classmate, Now with the different cultures and school systems,the new arrival didn't know how to read and spoke very little English.

The new classmate as you can imagine must have been a little uncomfortable to say the least. However with Oliver by his side, the new class mate was made welcome,and overtime learnt what he had to.

But Oliver's parents were over the moon with their son, as the teacher told them the new class mates progress was with Oliver helping at every opportunity teaching English helping his class mate learn to read.

Now this Oliver's parents said would not have happened if he had come to the martial arts and learnt about doing your best and helping others, but also having the confidence to help others.

So before you see children or your child doing something wrong don't cirticse discuss and encourage them, because they are young and learning.
Go see the demo http://www.yarmmartialarts.co.uk and see how confident the kids look,it is all time and patience.