As summer fades and the school year approaches, it’s tempting to let our kids take a break from their regular classes. However, maintaining their involvement in structured activities can be crucial during this time of change. As a martial arts and parenting expert, I want to emphasize the importance of continuity in your child’s routine, particularly during the back-to-school transition.

One of the benefits of martial arts is that it is a full-body workout. This means that kids are working out their legs, arms, core, and back all at the same time.

Excessive social media and internet use by teenagers negatively impacts their mental and physical health. Adolescence is a vulnerable period, and social media like TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat and Facebook have harmful effects on teenagers.

You can take all the advanced classes and have the highest GPA in your class, but if you do not have the confidence to apply the knowledge and yourself, it will only get you so far.

I said: “My instructors are in AP classes and they are here a lot more than your daughter.” The mother looked at me with astonishment. “Oh, and several doctors and therapist in the area send us kids because they need help with academics. The lessons we teach here apply to school. Dummies don’t do martial arts!”

As a martial arts dad I was so excited 🤩my two young boys (7 and 6) had a chance to work with the world 🥇champion. They had so much fun! But there were 😭 many tears as well because they both wanted to be like him, but couldn't do the tricks and spins right away.

Summer has come to an end, and whether we like it or not, it's back to school time. It can be challenging for everyone to adjusts to new schedules, bedtimes, and transitions in the school system.

Yes, not only do our teen students do martial arts like learning to block, kick, punch, improve their fitness, focus and discipline skills, they also play video games!

Ten to fourteen-year-olds, for the most part, are the smartest students in the martial arts school. Yes, they are smarter than most adults!

They are also physically competent and can excel in most physical challenges that are presented to them. The problem we discovered is they are so focused on what is socially acceptable that they have a hard time keeping themselves emotionally driven to the task at hand.