Introduction: A childhood filled with Adventure
30th September 2018
In this blog, I’m going to share with you an insight into my life as a child… how adventure was nurtured and encouraged… From a young age I have had a passion for adventure, a thirst for travel, exploration and for conquering challenges. It’s easy to trace back for me, my Father …
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Confidence Building Activities for Kids: A Step-by-Step Plan
30th September 2018
Knowing that confidence matters is one thing. Knowing what to actually do on a Tuesday afternoon with a child who says “I can’t” is another. This article is a practical, step-by-step plan of confidence building activities you can start at home this week, based on the way we develop confidence in our programmes at The …
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Develop Black Belt Confidence in your child
30th September 2018
Having taught thousands of children and mentored many through challenging times, I have seen so many children’s lives transform through improving their confidence and it’s something I’m very passionate about developing in our students. I believe Martial Arts can be a powerful tool to very quickly develop confidence in children and in The Warrior Method: …
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Comfort Zone: What's your comfort zone?
30th September 2018
What’s your comfort zone? In this blog, we are going to answer the question, what is the comfort zone. .Brené Brown a research professor at the University of Houston explains the comfort zone as “Where our uncertainty, scarcity and vulnerability are minimized — where we believe we’ll have access to enough love, food, talent, time, …
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Finding Inspiration Within
30th September 2018
Finding Inspiration within – Your strength is your individuality “If you celebrate your differentness, the world will, too. It believes exactly what you tell it—through the words you use to describe yourself, the actions you take to care for yourself, and the choices you make to express yourself. Tell the world you are one-of-a-kind …
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Black Belt Mindset: Building Resilience In Children
15th September 2018
Who is coaching your child when nobody else is around? Not their teacher, not their martial arts instructor and not you. It is the voice inside their own head. That inner voice decides whether they keep going or give up, whether they try the hard maths question or leave it blank, and whether they shrug …
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Curiosity dimmed is a future denied.
25th May 2018
As a teacher it’s important the correct style of teaching is applied, certainly with a large group of young students a more autocratic style should form the basis of the class to avoid accidents and ensure safety. As students become more advanced or mature a democratic leadership style can be particularly useful for developing creativity …
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Inspire.
25th May 2018
Within this blog we will be exploring the second step of The Warrior Method, the significance of sustained ‘inspiration’ and its power in optimizing your child’s development. You will find out how martial arts provides a huge amount of inspiration to children, how martial arts is naturally predispositioned to deliver inspiration and how The Warrior …
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The Home Dojo
25th May 2018
We’ve talked about a young persons community in school and in their clubs/activities and peer groups, it’s now time to talk about their home community, or what we like to call “The Home Dojo”. The Dojo is a place of respect, courtesy, community and self development. We refer to our students homes as the “Home …
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