HAPPY, HEALTHY AND CONFIDENT KIDS

Here at the Nottingham Martial Arts Academy and Life Skills School, our instructors feel that teaching kids martial arts can help build self-confidence in children of all ages. The techniques we practice at our school help children become accurate in their movements, skilled in their learning and confident in their martial arts skills. As a parent, here are some suggestions on how you can can instil self confidence in your children at home: MAKE THEM THINK Kids love to learn new things and believe it or not, they enjoy challenges as well. Provide ideas that can spark your child’s imagination, then follow up to help them through the process. Here are just a couple of ideas: Provide riddles or puzzles for them to solve. These can range from a simple open-ended question that sparks creative thought to more standard brain-teasers like Sudoku or board games. Introduce them to books that ask questions or add new topics and adventures. This will allow them to expand their knowledge and fantasize about faraway places or experiences. Work together to solve problems, but let them take the lead.

Working together with your child to solve a riddle, or performing a task around the house can build self-confidence and allow them to be a superstar in your eyes.

Focus and concentration is a known benefit of kids martial arts classes.

From the most basic of forms to more complex moves, kids get “in the zone” and this practice expands to other areas of their life, both at home and in school.