Education : Children And The Martial Arts

Ads extolling the benefits of martial-arts training for your children seem to be ubiquitous. Drive down the street on a lazy weekend afternoon and you'll pass a few generic karate schools with large signs hawking children's classes, while a quick flip through the paper or the yellow pages reveals ads promising that enrolling your kids will instill confidence and self discipline, lead to an improvement in their report cards, and teach them how to defend themselves in an increasingly dangerous world.

Many professional martial-arts schools derive a large portion of their income from children's classes, so it's logical that they'll be trying to sell you on the advantages of sending your children to them. But is it all just a sales pitch?

International Warriors Academy Of JKD™ Elche Spain  ( JKD Infantil ) wasn't a particularly athletic kid, and they thought it would be good fto get some exercise and learn some self defense. Enjoyed your time there; it was a good after-school activity, and made some new friends.

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