Karate Kids Stop Bullying With Kickboxing For Fitness Westchester NY

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Karate Kids Stop Bullying With Kickboxing For Fitness In Westchester NY. They Use The Tools Gained In Martial Arts Such As Confidence, Discipline & Self Defense To Empower Themselves Against Bullies.

There is only one way to stop bullying throughout our country. To me as a martial arts instructor it seems so easy and simple but the national school system makes it so difficult. You must empower the victim with real self defense training to provide them the confidence to stand up for themselves. The schools though with their “Zero Tolerance” rules prohibit a student from defending themselves. The child that picks the fight is considered and punished the same as the victim. If this same scenario happened anywhere else in the country the law would not agree. The law states that you have every right to defend yourself when provoked or attacked.

Kids that train at my school learn the simple truth. It is not only your right but in fact your responsibility to defend yourself. Their training in kickboxing and jiu-jitsu gives them the technique but more so the confidence to stand up to a bully. They compete against other kids at high levels on a daily basis. They know in their hearts that there will be no bullies as tough or talented as the ones they train with so why fear them. If anything they worry more about actually hurting a bully rather than it being the other way around. I make sure to tell them to try and talk their way out of the fight but if it comes down to it they must stand their ground. In this situation either them or the bully is going to leave upset. I’d prefer it be the bully.

A child that trains martial arts gains so much. Discipline, confidence and self defense are always at the top of the list but what about compassion? When people tell me that teaching a person to fight will only lead them to fight more drives me nuts. Having the ability to defend yourself doesn’t make you vicious or malicious at all. It does just the opposite. It gives you a sense of calmness. You don’t worry or fear an attack because you are ready for one. You feel no need to start fights. You have an outlet for that during training.

Having been bullied myself I know how traumatizing it can be. The only person that can stop it is the victim. The only way the victim can do it is to provide them the tools they need. The best place to get these tools is in my martial arts class. Come in today!