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Perfect balance martial arts kendall2/1/2024 We are not trying to be parents but consulting and supporting the parents on prevention”. Sometimes parents themselves have been victims of bullying and they don’t know how to advise the child on that matter. Part of the self-esteem has to do with parent caring for their children so they need to listen and participate in their kids’ activities. Unlike other centers, Perfect Balance Academy requires the presence of parents in the classroom at all times and commitment to work hand-on-hand with the children at home as Master Agon explains: “We believe parents have to be actively involved in their children’s lives. Using games, role-paying of real situations, the appropriate reinforcement and praise of good actions plus many other methods, they teach children to be alert, to make a point to identify bullies and stop them at the right time, feeling confident to report any issue to adults, and have the motivation to solve conflicts without becoming involved in fights or aggressive situations. During the first ten minutes of the class, the teacher was able to identify as having a crystal ball, critical aspects that my daughters needed to work on to avoid being target of bullying. With my daughters participating in the classes, I could see how important these three elements are and how they are taught in this academy. With these elements, children learn the perfect balance the inner power to identify and stop any situation before it happens, sending a message of being strong, to have power and deserve respect”. By applying these three essential principles: eye contact, voice command and body language, we teach our children how to prevent becoming a victim. The child who is used to disturb others is always looking for a sensitive target to use and gain reputation in front of others. Jorge Herrera, Director and Professor at the Doral headquarters took the time to answer this question: “We work our anti-bullying program from the very first session, when we identify whether there has been a previous case of physical or social bullying or not. Before looking at my daughters participating in the class I asked myself: How all this theory can be applied to Anti-Bullying practice? Once I heard this, I decided to give it a try myself and take my own children to two private and free of charge assessment sessions offered by the program. We try to detect from parents what we are going to work with the child to be more effective”. We want to know if there is open communication between parents and children, if parents know their kids emotionally we understand what’s happening in the household, if there is any problem in the family that affects the child and the child is not able to walk through it. We check if the child has all tools to develop social skills, to have confidence and self-esteem. Every parent wants a child to be successful, healthy, and happy, so we always start by a check list with the parents identifying what they should know about how to develop a healthy child. The program taught in this school is far from being considered another option for extracurricular activities with a traditional approach to combat or competition.Īs the same Master Agon tells us: “Our main goal is character development. But this is not a novelty itself what distinguishes this academy is the quality of its work, a philosophy focused on fully developing the child in different areas and the relationship and interaction between parents and children. In any of the schools located at Coral Gables, Kendall and Doral, students as young as 3 years old and adults up to 65 years can be registered at any time. Master Agon, leader in teaching the program has a considerable experience in training children and young people in different Martial Arts. I can talk by my own experience because I was one of those who were surprised by knowing the huge list of benefits on my recent visit to “Perfect Balance”, a Martial Arts Center which opened its doors in Doral less than a year ago. You may have heard about the benefits of the art, but may not know that this is really a way of developing confidence, concentration, attitude and life skills. If we look at the dictionary the definition of martial arts, we will probably find something like: “practices and traditions of combat”, or a more detailed meaning: ” A Japanese art of self-defense in which blows and kicks are used to pressure-sensitive points on the body of an opponent” – Longman Dictionary and Cambridge Dictionary.īy reading this we may think that the practice of martial arts has nothing to do with Anti-Bullying program, or a means of improving self-esteem.
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