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“10 Reasons Why Martial Arts
Training Is The Best Thing You
Can Do For Your Child, Its Better
Than Any Sport, Or Any Other
Activity You Can Put Them In!”

With all the choices parents have today when it comes to activities for their
children, why choose Martial Arts?
Think about it. Kids today have so many choices. To name a few we have:
T-ball or baseball, soccer (both spring and fall), dance, gymnastics, lacrosse,
wrestling, basketball, hockey, swimming and so on.
So what is so special and different about Martial Arts training? Why should a
parent consider this over (or along with) any other activity?
The short answer is Life Skills! The details are below.
Reason # 1…
1. Martial arts training builds confidence!
Kids become confident by achieving. By succeeding. By winning. Not by being
told they are great or wonderful. Not by being yelled at by a coach or by sitting on
the bench or sidelines.
Sure it’s helpful to compliment kids when then achieve something or reach a goal.
But ‘nice try’ and ‘great job’ doesn’t mean much to a child who feels like he has just
failed. It only secures his/her belief that the compliments are insincere.
It is not to say that praise shouldn’t be given for a great effort. But psychologists
are starting to find that over praising children has negative affects later in life when
those compliments are few and far between.
When a child succeeds in riding their bike or learning a new math skill it builds
their confidence. When they earn a good grade in school, complete a beautiful art
project or perform a successful musical concert their confidence soars.
A well run Martial Arts school will have a series of progressive opportunities for
winning. It’s called belt promotions. These are perfect opportunities for
a child to set a goal and achieve it.
Special Report
“10 Reasons Why Martial Arts Training Is Better for Your
Child than almost any other activity they can do.”
A well run program will allow progress in very small steps, especially in the
beginning to build confidence. With each succeeding promotion the child feels
successful, confident and ready for the next challenge.
In time, this confidence spreads to other areas like school and other activities.
Success breeds success. Winning attitudes become the norm and the child feels
confident to attempt other activities and challenges.
Let’s go to reason #2…
2. Learning and earning respect of self and others.
Martial arts are known for the respect they give and demand of their students. The
entire martial arts philosophy is built on the premise of respect.
Assuming the student is enrolled in a top notch program, they learn to respect the
instructors, the training hall and their fellow students.
It’s amazing how little respect some children have. Many will walk into a room at
a guest’s house and not even say hello. Very few know how to give a ‘polite
greeting’ with an appropriate hand shake while looking the person in the eyes.
This is a skill taught at quality martial arts schools.
Students will learn that respect is the number one requirement for belt
advancement, even over physical skill. Children learn to give respect and expect
to be respected themselves. This all adds to their self esteem.
While other sports and activities may touch on the idea of respect, none take it to
the level of a good martial arts school.
Reason #3…
3. Self Discipline
Self Discipline is the missing element to success in our society. Many adults know
they should quit smoking, lose weight, train for a better career, work to improve
their health and so on. Knowing it and doing it are sometimes two different
things. Being able to ‘make yourself’ do what should be done can be a daunting
task.
My personal definition of Self Discipline, and one I teach my students is:
“Self discipline is doing what you know you should do, when you know you
should do it, whether you feel like it or not!”
Self discipline is a habit. It is one that should be developed early in life. Many of
the habits we acquire as children stay with us for life. Why… because it’s easier
for us to do what we have always done. Habits, as you know, are hard to break or
change.
Self discipline is at the heart of a good Martial Arts school (like Cheatwood’s Family Martial Arts). We live it, we teach it and we expect it of
our students.
This very important life skill is not taught in any of the activities available to our
children, except martial arts training.
Take a look at reason #4…
Handling Bullies
Almost 30% of youth in the United States (or over 5.7 million) are estimated to be involved in bullying as either a bully, a target of bullying, or both, and you probably want even know because they are ashamed to tell you.
You may think that how to deal with a bully is not an important skill. Not until
your child is intimidated, disgraced, laughed at or even hurt by being bullied.
Bullying can start at any age, it is prevalent in our society today. In a recent
national survey 10% of students surveyed said they face bullying on a regular
basis. This is true in both rural and urban areas.
Bulling can show up many ways, for example:
* Punching, shoving and other acts that hurt people physically.
* Pushing, name calling, line cutting.
* Getting certain people to “gang up” on others.
* Keeping certain people out of a “group”.
* Teasing people in a mean way.
* Spreading bad rumors about people.
Peer pressure can ignite even good kids to be mean to their fellow classmates. It
can cause depression, withdrawal and negative self esteem.
Bullying is not addressed in team sports or most other activities. A good Martial
Arts School will have special training to teach kids how to deal with bullying.
At the Cheatwoods Family Martial Arts we teach verbal, and physical defenses with
emphasis on non-physical defense if at all possible.
#5 reason is very important…
Goal setting
Goal setting is not taught in school. Nor in team sports or most other activities.
Some Martial Arts schools don’t teach it either. I believe this is a big mistake.
Knowing how to set and achieve goals is important for success and achievement.
Rarely does one progress beyond mediocrity without concrete goals and a plan for
achievement.
Goal setting is taught and practiced. Set a goal that is difficult but achievable;
develop a plan to achieve it; then work the plan.
We use our belt progression program as a template to learn and earn. Each student
is working on their own goal, their own plan.
As students set and achieve higher and higher goals, it does three main things.
One, it teaches them that goal setting works. It teaches them how to do it. The
other benefit is that it raises their self confidence and self esteem. This encourages
them to reach higher and not be afraid to try new things. Some of which they
would have never tried just a few months before.
#6 Focus and Concentration
There is an old Chinese proverb that says ‘if you can focus all your attention on
any one thing for five seconds without any other thoughts, you can rule the world.’
I don’t know if that is true but focus is certainly important for success in life.
We teach many children with attention problems. In fact, many teachers,
educators, psychologists and doctors send children to our school to help them
learn to focus.
We teach what are called the three rules of concentration. We always try to
incorporate all learning modalities into our teaching. That is visual, auditory and
kinesthetic. This is especially true when teaching the three rules of
concentration.
The rules are designed to give children a road map for better and faster learning.
This helps them at the Martial Arts Institute, in other sports and hobbies and
especially in school.
Focus and concentration are not taught to the extent we teach it in any other
children’s activity, and probably not even in an academic school.
On to #7 Self Defense
We believe in today’s world that learning how to defend yourself physically and
emotionally is no longer optional but required.
When children learn how to defend themselves they rarely have to actually do it.
Why you may ask? Well, I can only speculate, but I believe it’s the way they carry
themselves; the self confidence they exude. They have little to prove, and learn to
walk away or avoid trouble whenever possible.
People tend not to pick on them. If they do, they know how to handle it. Verbal
defenses are extremely important and valuable.
If physical protection should become necessary, they are well prepared and
capable of handling themselves.
Knowledge really is power.
I was much saddened a few years ago as I watched on TV a little girl in Florida
who was easily whisked away by a hardened, deranged and recently paroled
criminal. The young girl, around nine years of age, appeared to be terrified and
complied with her abductor by not putting up any resistance and not making a
sound.
I knew right there that if she had been one of my students she would have known
not to listen to the abductor’s threats and instead try to resist and scream at the top
of her lungs. As the video showed they were within ear shot of a gas station, a car
wash and a number of stores. This paroled criminal would have dropped her like a
hot potato and headed for the hills to escape being imprisoned again.
She was found dead a couple of days later.
#8 is Temper Control
Being in control of yourself, even when conditions are unfavorable, is a type of
self discipline. However, because temper control is so specific we list it as a
separate skill.
We teach breathing techniques to help with anger management. We teach our
students to breath deeply and slowly. This has an automatic calming affect on our
mind and body.
We also teach counting slowly to five before responding when you feel that
sudden anger outburst is rising within.
We teach to ‘think’ before you act or speak when anger wells up. Movement and
exercise can help as well.
A big part of temper control is habit. If a child is used to blowing off immediately
when the anger wells up they need to practice temper control techniques until it
becomes habit. They can learn to slow down and act appropriately instead of
reacting without forethought.
#9 Leadership
Leadership skills are an important part of a child’s development if they are
destined for success in the world.
While there are some inherent leadership skills required in some team sports there
is no special emphasis or training to promote it.
Being a leader does not always mean that a person is in a leadership position and
tells others what to do. Many powerful and influential leaders in history simply
led themselves. Some of their important and powerful choices influenced
millions, generations and countries around the world.
A leader makes important decisions for him/herself. They learn to stand tall and
back up the decisions they make, even if it is unpopular. They do not fold under
peer pressure. They set, not always follow, the standard of behavior.
A good Martial Arts program will put a premium on developing leadership skills.
Cheatwoods Family Martial Arts has a leadership team for advanced students. This program
teaches them how to instruct martial arts, public speaking, leadership
responsibilities, coaching and more.
#10 might be the most important…
Positive Mental Attitude
I believe the most important life skill to develop is a positive mental attitude. As
we call it, a “Yes I Can” attitude. Here’s why…
Any goal that is important in life takes time. The bigger the goal the longer it
usually takes. In our discussions with the children at the Cheatwoods Family Martial Arts I use
the example of two people. One who is training to be a doctor
the other to be a street cleaner.
I ask, “Is it going to take longer to become a doctor or to become a street
cleaner?” The kids always know it takes longer to become a doctor. I explain that
after high school it takes a minimum of 10 years to become a doctor and probably
less than 10 days to learn how to clean streets (probably a lot less!).
I then ask them, “Which will be harder?” Again they answer “doctor”.
Then I explain that things in life do not always go right. That sometimes things go
wrong. “Do you think there are more things that can go wrong over all the years it
takes to become a doctor or the ten or so days it takes to become a street cleaner?”
This is where PMA (positive mental attitude comes in big time).
The biggest goals can be the most difficult. There are more chances for failure and
discouragement. The person with the positive attitude keeps trying. They will not
give up until they attain their goals.
A person with a positive mental attitude learns to ask the right questions of
themselves. Good questions give us good answers.
They won’t ask, “Why am I a failure or why can’t I do this?” No, they will ask
themselves, “What went wrong?” “How can I do this better?” “What did I learn
from this experience?” Better questions give us better answers. Ones we can use
to make progress, not tear us down!
Additionally, we teach:
1. I will develop and keep a positive attitude which will
help me learn from my failures and grow from my successes.
2. I will develop self discipline so that I can stay on the
right track to reach my goals.
3. I will only use my karate skills for self defense and I
will never purposely hurt or bully anyone.
Notice the first one. Learning from past failures, instead of giving up is the first
step toward success. Then build on your successes to reach your ultimate goals.
I hope that you have benefited from this special report. I also hope that you see
the real value in training at a professional Martial Arts school like Cheatwoods Family Martial Arts.
If you like our philosophies and feel your child would benefit from our programs,
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