Instilling Perseverance in Children

In todays world this is extremely lacking, perseverance is becoming a lost trait.  I firmly believe that martial arts training will help curtail this epidemic but there are other ways to instill this very important trait in our children.   Being an example is one way, not letting your kids quit just because they want…

Pre-Assault Body Language.

Matthew get it 100% correct.  I love this article and how precise he is in his description.  These 8 indicatiors are signs of trouble and need to be paid attention too.   Read this and commit the indicators to memory.   By Matthew Schafer Copyright 2014, All Rights Reserved http://schaferselfdefense.blogspot.com/2014/02/pre-assault-body-language-indicators.html Violence has been thoroughly studied…

The Five Stages of Grooming a Victim by a pedophile.

The Five Stages of Grooming By a Pedophile Dr Phil http://www.drphil.com/advice/the-five-stages-of-grooming-by-a-pedophile/   Ninety percent of child molesters know their victims. Would you recognize a predator near your family? Dr. Phil explains the five stages a pedophile goes through to groom a victim: Stage 1: Identifying a Possible Victim Although pedophiles differ in their “type” regarding…

How To Not Raise A Quitter

Attached below is a great article about children and quitting.  In my experience many times the child doesn’t want to quit the activity, the activity is just getting in the way of what they are doing at the moment.  What I mean by this is the child may have other ideas about what they want…

Self Control, 4 Key Points.

4 key principles of Self Control: Our mind and what we let in it: We need to control what we let into our mind and what we think about.  If we are thinking about negative or sad things we will more than likely act negative or sad.  Conversely if we think about happy things then…