Excel and Succeed for Children at Martial Arts America Coronado Martial Arts lessons for Children

Sensei Miko Peled

Dear Parent,

We all know why it is important to give kids opportunities to excel and to succeed. We the parents and the teachers need to provide our children and our students frameworks in which they can excel. These need to be opportunities to excel big, in recognizable ways. Black belt is what we use at Martial Arts America. Black Belts is recognized neversayy as a tremendous accomplishtm, it is a statment on charachter, values and on a commitment to a healthy life style

I remember the first student I had who made me realize how powerful this was. He had just received his Black Belt course Patch and he said: “I am going to be a black belt.” Plain and simple, we told him he was going to be a black belt and he believed.

This maybe a story to which a lot of adults can relate: when I began my training in karate my teachers told me that only one out thousands ever reaches black belt. I was told that only those with exceptional dedication and an iron will have the slightest chance to become a black belt and only if I work super hard for many, many years will I become a black belt. In other words, what they told me was: “don't raise your hopes kid.”

Having worked with kids for over twenty years, and having seen the power of the promise, the power that exists in giving kids the opportunity to be a black belt, I know how important it is. Lets face it, to tell a kid they are going to be a black et is almost like telling them they will be Batman or something. It's unreal. Except that when we the adults tell them that, and we instill real confidence in them and we allow them to feel their own progress, they know it is true.

It's a self fulfilling prophecy, over and over again I can tell the exact moment when the kids start to believe, I can see it in their eyes and on their expression. It is that obvious. I am going to be a black belt, I can be an ace, I can be a straight A student.

In the 1960s, Harvard psychologist Robert Rosenthal conducted the following experiment: he randomly segregated two classes of equally capable students and told the teachers of one class that their group was above average in capabilities. He told the teachers of the other that their group was below average.

A year later, he found that the performance of the supposed above average group far exceeded the performance of the supposed below average group. Rosenthal called it the Pygmalion Effect after George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion. If you're not familiar with the play, its about a professor who makes a bet that he can teach a poor flower girl to speak and act like an upper-class lady, and is successful.

In this experiment, Rosenthal predicted that, when given the information that certain students are brighter than others, teachers may unconsciously behave in ways that facilitate and encourage the students' success.

The study showed that if teachers were led to expect enhanced performance from some children, then the children did indeed show that enhancement. The purpose of the experiment was to support the hypothesis that reality can be influenced by the expectations of others.

This influence can be beneficial as well as detrimental depending on which label an individual is assigned. Rosenthal argued that biased expectations can affect reality and create self-fulfilling prophecies.

Having been a parent for 16 years and teacher for over 20 years, I have seen how parents and teachers create self-fulfilling prophecies every day. We have the capacity to determine how much our children can accomplish. Since, as the study has shown and I have seen myself this can go either way, we have to believe that our children can turn the world around and accomplish anything and we need to make sure that they know we believe this.

That is why we tell our students that they WILL be black belts and they are leaders. I often get asked by parents how it is that a student who is not very talented or very athletic can be a black belt just like the students who are talented and focused. The answer is that I don't know. What I do know is that I have never seen a student who had the opportunity, instruction and the encouragement and did not step up to the plate. Some children just need a little more time; and besides, a lot of the super talented and focused kids began as squirrelly little kids.

Now, you may be asking, how does all this work? And why does karate manage to do a better job teaching it?

Again, more than any other sport, Karate gives your child the chance to explore her innate powers. Children's Karate lessons

She’ll marvel (as you will) as she increases in strength, flexibility endurance, balance, and harmony.Yet this is only the start.

In fact, her physical skills act as a foundation for something much more important: the development of her value skills, mental and spiritual. And not cut off from her physical skills, but intimately connected - even bonded-to them.

Courage:
Your child finds the courage to move outside of his comfort zone. He wills himself to take on more difficult karate moves and skills.

As he does so, he learns that whatever he sows, so he reaps. He learns to take responsibility for his actions. He suddenly sees his life as a constant, never-ending journey of life-giving improvement.

Staying power:
At Martial Arts America we will help your child set positive goals. It is important for each child to learn to set short term, intermediate and long term goals. Here every child's goal is the Black Belt. A Black Belt is a symbol of excellence in Martial Arts. It is an important tool for instructors and parents to use in developing desire, perseverance and loyalty as well as teaching the importance of following through in any activity we pursue.

As your child's training progresses, your child finds joy in improving her physical stamina. She can walk farther, run longer, practice skills until she gets them right.

In turn, she develops perseverance. She sticks things out. With the help of her teachers, she strives harder, longer to reach her goals.

“Where performance is measured, performance improves.” Yet, your child has to first accept where he stands now. That means measuring current strengths. Above all, he learns that to succeed, he needs to know himself.

This results in a keener focus. He learns to make eye contact with his teacher (and not just in karate.) He pays greater attention to what each teacher says.

These are just three of the powerful, energizing values your child will get from the Martial Arts America in Coronado program. In short, you can look forward to your child developing:

Academic Excellence:
Martial Arts America promotes academic excellence in your child. All young people in the program are required to demonstrate that they are doing their best at school prior to receiving their belts. Achieving a Black Belt demonstrates important character traits such as self-discipline and persistence. Students who achieve their Black Belt make sure to mention in on their college applications.

Towering Role-Model Teachers:
As you might guess, all of this couldn’t have happened unless I had the very best teachers. To make sure I have the very best each of them have years of experience in my system and have been thoroughly trained in teaching skills. Today, they are all martial arts experts - advanced Black Belts, in fact. You can meet them here.

At Martial Arts America in Coronado are committed to teaching the martial art tradition of Okinawan Goju-Ryu Karate-do.

We believe that the experience gained through practice of Goju-Ryu-Karate-Do gives people the tools to lead a full and happy life and will enable people to positively affect their family, community and environment.

We are reminded that The way of karate is the way of virtue and that - winning has no value unless it is winning through virtue.

We teach Goju-Ryu Karate as a form of human development and personal empowerment by effectively combining the tradition of Okinawan Goju-Ryu Karate with modern teaching techniques.

We have realized that the experience of training in Goju-Ryu karate is rare and priceless and we have created an environment where this experience is made available to people of practially all ages and all walks of life.

We believe that excellence in the martial arts is defined as follows:

HANDS of a Black Belt - Achieving great physical strength and mastering martial skills which empower us mentally and physically.

HEAD of a Black Belt - Pursuing knowledge and an analytical capacity which lead to self-discipline and good judgement.

HEART of a Black Belt - Cultivating an indomitable spirit, a sense of justice and compassion, which allow us to understand ourselves and our environment.

Our goal in teaching Okinawan Goju-Ryu Karate is to be a means by which to:

CREATE a desire to pursue knowledge and learning
     ENCOURAGE people of all ages to pursue a spiritual path.
     SEEK and find mental and physical balance
     SHOW people of all ages that they are capable with significant things to offer.
     ENCOURAGE people to exercise good judgement, self discipline and
        responsibility.

I’d like to make it possible for you to see, first hand, and with your own child (and, at my own personal expense), exactly how we make good on all of these stunning claims. Now, here comes the good part. We’ve made it incredibly easy. Here’s how:

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FREE Student-Parent Conference Before or during the introductory program we will meet one on one to discuss your child’s needs and your child’s progress. We will explain the benefits of our program and share the developmental process for your child in our program. We will give you tips on how to reinforce your child’s development and share with you his progress.

Watch with your own eyes as your child gets coached by a top karate teacher. . .

Class one at the karate school. Your child begins by learning the profound influence of the martial arts “bow.” The watch as he:

Then glow as you hear him recite the first principle of the Student Creed: “I intend to develop myself in a positive manner, and avoid anything that would reduce my mental growth or my physical health.”

Believe me. In two short private lessons, your child will come away with her self-confidence greatly improved. Not just in how she feels. She’ll actually end up with real “Life Skills.” Skills that she can put to powerful use right now, today.

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Don’t worry! It is consistently stressed to all students that karate skills require them never to be abusive or offensive and are only for use defensively. After a short period of time students become markedly less aggressive while maintaining confidence and high personal self-esteem.

P.S. Don't forget - Martial Arts America lessons for your child increases their confidence, energy and spirit. Taking Martial Arts America lessons helps your child as he/she develops towards greater academic achievement and higher self respect.

They will learn to increase their strength and fitness levels both in mind and body. Martial Arts America teaches your child the values and discipline needed to persevere. They learn that fighting is less about fighting others but more about fighting what is inside themselves. Self doubts and innermost fears.

The disciplines learned in karate helps them learn how to conquer those fears and self-doubts and gives them the ability to transfer those skills to other areas of life.

P.S.S. All this talk of values may have misled you. Be assured, I do teach karate as everyone likes to think of it. Your child will end up knowing how to protect herself. She’ll know how to avoid danger, how to use conflict resolution techniques - but without once throwing a kick, block or punch!

right now to schedule your private introductory time. There is absolutely NO OBLIGATION or charge for this introductory program!. If you choose not to continue with us - we’ll even give you alternative ideas for your child - and, even recommend our competitors - if there is a program more appropriate for your needs. Obviously, I think you’ll find our program very valuable and interesting but - you have no risk and no obligation - and, NOTHING to lose and everything to gain by trying our program.

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"Martial Arts America Provides Children An
Opportunity To Excel and Succeed."

For these reasons alone they should enroll
in Martial Arts America.

Read on and let me tell you why...

"Martial Arts America Provides Children An Opportunity To Excel and Succeed."

For these reasons alone they should enroll in Martial Arts America.

Read on and let me tell you why...

"Martial Arts America Provides Children An
Opportunity To Excel and Succeed."

For these reasons alone they should enroll
in Martial Arts America.