Workshops for Parents
Every term, Warrior Academy Founder Sebastian Bates hosts practical, high-impact workshops designed to support parents in raising strong, confident, resilient children in today’s rapidly changing world.
These sessions cover the real challenges families face — from preparing children for the AI revolution, to raising children with ADHD, reducing anxiety in teens, building unshakable confidence, and helping children overcome bullying with strength and maturity.
Each workshop is built on the Warrior Academy philosophy: character first, confidence through action, and the lessons of the dojo carried into everyday life.
All current and future workshops will be available here on this page, giving parents a trusted library of guidance to return to whenever they need it most.
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Confidence Workshop
How to build confidence in kids: 7 steps
If your child holds back, second-guesses themselves or gives up too quickly, start here. In this full workshop I walk you through the seven steps we use at The Warrior Academy to build real confidence: courage before confidence, competence through practice, ownership over praise, and the words that shape how a child sees themselves.
Enjoyed this workshop?
If this workshop helped, come and see the method in action. Our programmes at Jumeirah Islands, Al Quoz, Arjan and Abu Dhabi put these lessons into practice every week, with a world class international team of instructors.
Bullying Workshop
A Complete Parent Guide
If your child is being bullied right now, this workshop is for you.
Most parents search late at night for answers — how to stop bullying, how to help a child who feels powerless, or what to do when your child says “I’m fine” but you know they’re not.
This is a complete parent guide to bullying: what bullying really is, why common advice often fails, and the step-by-step framework to help your child rebuild confidence, break the power pattern, and become resilient — without becoming aggressive.
✅ In this bullying workshop, you’ll learn:
- The real definition of bullying (and why schools often mislabel it as “teasing”)
- The biggest mistakes loving parents make without realizing
- Why “ignore it” rarely works — and can make things worse
- How bullying follows predictable power patterns (and how to break them)
- How to rebuild your child’s confidence through training, not just talking
If your child is being bullied right now, this video is for you.
Most parents search for how to stop bullying, how to help a child who is being bullied, or what to do if your child is bullied at school late at night, after another tough day… when your child says “I’m fine” but you can tell they’re not.
This is a complete parent guide to bullying – what bullying really is, why common advice fails, and the step-by-step framework to help your child rebuild confidence, stop the pattern, and become resilient without becoming aggressive.
The 6-Step “Not A Victim” System
A practical framework to overcome bullying:
Perception — remove intimidation and fear
Presentation — posture, eye contact, and the signals bullies read
Preparation — simple scripts your child can use under pressure
Practice — role-play that makes responses automatic
Produce Evidence — how to document bullying properly for schools
Persevere — the right environment and community to build lasting strength
This workshop covers everything parents need to know about bullying:
Verbal bullying, physical bullying, social exclusion, group bullying, online bullying, name-calling, teasing that doesn’t stop — and the confidence collapse that often comes with it.
Enjoyed this workshop?
If this workshop helped, come and see the method in action. Our programmes at Jumeirah Islands, Al Quoz, Arjan and Abu Dhabi put these lessons into practice every week, with a world class international team of instructors.
Family Culture Workshop
If you don’t lead your family, someone else will
In this full workshop I show you how to build a strong family culture at home: defining your family values, leading by example, and winning the screen time battle without the fights. Screens shape family life more than almost anything else, so they’re a big part of it.
Enjoyed this workshop?
If this workshop helped, come and see the method in action. Our programmes at Jumeirah Islands, Al Quoz, Arjan and Abu Dhabi put these lessons into practice every week, with a world class international team of instructors.
Resilience Workshop
Raising resilient kids: the number one trait to teach
Why can’t my child handle pressure? In this workshop I explain the one trait that matters even more than confidence, and how to raise children who bounce back from setbacks instead of avoiding them.
Enjoyed this workshop?
If this workshop helped, come and see the method in action. Our programmes at Jumeirah Islands, Al Quoz, Arjan and Abu Dhabi put these lessons into practice every week, with a world class international team of instructors.