subject: Is Your Child Being Bullied? Here Are 4 Martial Arts Lessons Proven To Reduce Or Stop Bullying [print this page] Is your child being bullied at school or in the neighborhood? Have you tried all of the ideas and lessons from the "anti-bullying" courses that keep popping up these days, and none of it seems to work? Maybe it's time you tried something that has been working for as long as bullying has been around. I mean the martial arts.
This article offers 4 martial arts lessons that every student learns very early on - lessons that are proven to stop bullying, or at least reduce its effects on your child. And, contrary to popular belief, these benefits of martial arts training for children or adults, have nothing to do with fighting - but everything to do with self-protection.
Some of the signs of someone, child or adult, who possesses rock-solid confidence and a high degree of self-esteem and positive self-worth include:
1) Standing up straight - Very rarely will you see someone who is a leader - who is confident, happy, and directed - walking around with their head hung down, shoulders slouched, or dragging his or her feet. Human beings inherently show more respect toward those who are taller, and who carry themselves with a sense of direction and purpose. If you want your child to change how bullies see them...
Have them stand up straight.
2) Speak slowly and clearly - Another hallmark of the leader - of the person in command of their world - is that they speak using a slower pace. Each word is spoken clearly so as to be understood. If you want your child to drop off of the bully's "radar," make him or her speak more clearly, with greater volume, and avoid mumbling or mouse-like speech!
3) Make eye-contact - Nothing says, "I'm in control and unafraid," like making eye-contact with another. This doesn't mean to stare the other person down. It means to be connected and tuned in. You don't have to be a psychologist, or a human behavior specialist to know that we translate non-verbal communication queues on a very subconscious and unconscious level. And, the child who averts eye-contact, or worse yet - looks down - will be easy prey. This, like any new skill, will take time to master. But, if you want your child to command more respect from others, without being a bully as-well...
Teach them to make eye-contact with others!
4) Take Martial Arts - The fact is that, regardless of whether or not we want out child to learn to "fight," there are certain bullies who simply will not stop at name-calling and verbal attacks. And, there is something very powerful and preventative that happens when others find out that you "know karate." Finding a solid, professional martial arts program that balances self-defense lessons and the important life skills of respect, confidence, discipline, and positive self-worth, and seeing your child transform from someone meek and meager into a power, productive, and positive leader that others can depend on...
...is worth a hundred times whatever the program costs in dollars and cents!
Are you ready to give your child the lessons and tools that will really show them how to deal with bullies and stop bullying? How? By understanding that much of what is currently being taught in most of the so-called anti-bullying programs simply doesn't work!
by: Jeffrey Miller
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