TINY TIGERS
KARATE FOR THE VERY YOUNG
(Ages 3-1/2 to 5 years)
Our Tiny Tigers programs is designed to entertain, stimulate, and educate children. This is a difficult assignment because their coordination, muscles, and emotions are not yet fully developed.
Research tells us that most of our personality is formed by the age of six. Kenpo Karate can contribute to developing healthy attitudes towards ones self and others by teaching courtesy and fair play, while instilling a sense of accomplishment and self confidence.
First and foremost, classes are serious. But they are also an activity group and stay within a young child's attention span. Children learn discipline, karate traditions, confidence, basic stretching and exercise, and simple karate skills like the "donkey kick" and "dead cockroach". Additionally, they learn communication skills that prepare them for first grade and graduation to a belt graded karate program. But most of all it's just fun!
Learning is individually structured. It is generally best to let the child try a class as an introduction. Beware that once a child tries karate, commitment is inevitable and you must be prepared to be the parent of A Karate Kid.
CHILDREN'S KARATE
(Ages 6 - 12)
Children in age groups six to twelve enter a belt-graded program where they develop substantive Karate skills.
Charm City Karate & Life Skills Center, has a very unique approach for teaching children. In Greg Silva's book, The Silva Solution, he talks about an approach called “Building Black Belts From the Inside Out.”
In the past people assumed martial arts training builds character traits like perseverance, confidence self-esteem and more. However, through his 40 years of martial arts instruction he has found that unless a student acquires these mental benefits early, they are likely to quit and not see the great results of advancing through the ranks and making it to Black Belt.
Our approach to teaching kids is to balance life skills with physical training. The life skills we teach are courtesy, respect, self-discipline, perseverance, indomitable spirit and more. These qualities prepare children for goal setting and overcoming obstacles. Preparing students this way empowers then with the tools for success. At the same time we will challenge them at a pace they can handle physically.
Our first goals are to increase motor skills and coordination. We do this through teaching them skills that used both the right and left sides of the body which at the same time accesses both sides of their brains. The results are amazingly fast. Students excel in the martial arts at a very fast rate and will notice immediately that they improve in all other sports at the same time.
All Martial Arts Schools are not the same. Our children’s program was developed by Master Instructor Greg Silva with the help of Child Psychologist, Anita Fischler, sixteen years ago. It’s a fun and exciting program that kids will excel at and one that will positively improve academic achievement, social responsibility and physical performance.
Just Another Kid Sport – Think Again!
Martial Arts is not just another after-school activity. Basketball, soccer, and baseball are all great activities for children, but Charm City Karate is personal development through a physical discipline.
Our exciting yet disciplined classes focus a child’s attention, thus improving his or her ability to learn. Learning builds a sense of accomplishment. With each new accomplishment a student's self-confidence grows, and confidence is the first step in the empowerment of a person's physical and mental abilities.
Once we begin to develop a students self- confidence, we are then able to instill the values of respect, courtesy, honesty, perseverance, and integrity that are the foundation of martial arts dating back thousands of years.
Furthermore, your child will develop perseverance, which is a non-quitting spirit to overcome life’s obstacles. Instilling a non-quitting spirit helps a child over come challenges, to succeed in the face of adversity, and to be a goal setter, and a goal getter.
These combined physical and character foundations that Charm City Karate develop helps children excel in their academic school studies, sports, and the social endeavors. It ensures that they will have the confidence in themselves and the character to make the right decisions when confronted with negative peer pressure. They will be leaders not followers.
We welcome visitors and encourage parents to sit in on children's classes. We take pride in the quality of our programs and believe in the value of our instruction - especially for the young, who have the most to gain.
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