Karate for Kids
The Effort Effect
By Marina Krakovsky According to a Stanford psychologist, you’ll reach new heights if you learn to embrace the occasional tumble. -James Yang…
Shotokan Karate Changes Lives
The modern world in which we live is complicated and difficult to navigate, especially for our children. Young people today are besieged…
How to Raise a Kid Who Won’t Quit
By Hank Pellissier Persistence is a hot topic among education researchers these days and for good reason: It’s critical for success in…
Courage: The Cure for Complacency
You were born with courage. It was always with you as a small child when you were naturally curious and always pushed…
The Cost of Shyness
Excerpts from article from Psychology Today By Bernardo Carducci, Philip G. Zimbardo, published on November 01, 1995 – last reviewed on June…
Your Child’s Great Journey to Become a Black Belt
Stage 3 – Resisting the Call By Marty Callahan Joseph Campbell, an American mythologist, writer and lecturer, wrote a wonderful book title…
Training Hard for the Respectable Work Ethic
The old adage that “hard work never killed anybody” remains a fact today. Just like seeds need to be planted early in…
Teaching Children the Nature of Respect
In many ways it seems that we live in an ever-worsening culture of crude, rude, and vulgar speech and behavior. Respect now…
Teaching Children About Honor
“Honor” is a word that we hear today primarily in relation to the brave men and women of our armed forces, and…