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.

A few days ago, I received my instructor jacket and certificate proving that I passed my instructor certification. I never could have accomplished any of it without support from my parents and mentors…

Martial Arts legend, grandmaster and world champion in free-fighting, Super Dan Anderson visited Spicar’s Martial Arts.

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.