Friday, January 9, 2015

Children's Martial Arts Program - Little Ninjas

Now Enrolling: Bruce McCorry's Little Ninja Program



Has your little one dreamed of being a super kid since he/she was a toddler? Whatever be the dreams of your child, as parents, you are the ones who have greater and happier dreams for them. Since childhood, we advise our young ones to dream big and work hard. But the less happy fact is that many of us do not provide them with the chances of coming up with their full potential. If we think about it, there are many opportunities that we can gift our children, more than a good education. Martial art is one of them.

Preschoolers and Martial Arts: Why it is Important?
When you choose something as important as martial arts for children, it is equally important to introduce it at the right age. What is the right time to introduce your child to martial arts? According to experts, it is three. 

When a child is in his/her third year, many aspects of the body, growth and memory are in their formative stages. It is the time when motor skills are coordinated. It is also the time when language, communication and memory get consolidated. It is the time in which kids develop the mental faculties of discretion and conscious thinking. Martial arts can do a lot to facilitate and perfect these skills.

Beginning martial art at this age can have a great impact on your child’s physical growth, brain development, social skills and health. Apart from these immediate impacts on a child’s development, martial arts at a young age is also an asset for the future. Here are some of the major changes that preschooler martial arts can bring about to your child’s life:

* Early beginners of martial arts grow up as healthy children with a lot of resistance and immunity. Martial arts is a shield not just from day-to-day illnesses, but also future complications such as diabetes, thyroid, hypertension and cardiac diseases.
* When a child begins martial arts in a preschooler age, it instills confidence and strength in him/her. Studies show how martial art learners show less stage fear and more poise while addressing a group. Martial art learners grow up as courageous and determined persons who can face any challenge in life.
* One situation in which this self-confidence comes to use is in facing classroom pressures. This can be anything – bullying, peer pressure, stress, distorted body image – early training in martial arts is a good way to equip a child to ward off such difficulties which may arise during school life.
* Early martial arts foster social skills in children. At their lessons, they get a chance to interact with children of their own age and those older than them. Being part of a disciplined system from childhood helps to cultivate proper manners, pleasant behavior, cooperating skills, mutual caring, understanding as well as friendship.
* Preschooler martial arts can boost the academic skills of children. Martial art is a training process that usually boosts and sharpens memory. Similarly, it enhances quick reasoning, analytic skills, comparative skills and mental calculations. Secondly, martial arts also teaches kids to control stress and work through pressurizing situations. These all can come to help in academic performance.
* Martial arts also help children in extracurricular activities. Especially, martial arts improve a kid’s skill in activities that need coordination and movement – such as sports, games, athletics and dance. This is a result of the sharp motor coordination and quick perception which they imbibe from their childhood lessons.


These are only some of the benefits that martial arts can offer your child. It is a lifelong hobby and companion for any child who chooses to learn it from a young age.

Choosing Martial Arts for your Preschooler – at Bruce McCorry’s Academy
We have to pay attention to the kind of martial arts that preschoolers are taught. Many schools often try to impose a miniature version of kids’ martial arts on preschoolers. But what they need is a simplified and lighter scheme that focuses on developing motor skills, speech, thought and memory. Preschooler martial arts is not an imitation of children’s martial arts but a carefully developed and simplified structure in itself.

That is why Little Ninjas – the preschooler martial arts course at Bruce McCorry’s Academy – holds a special position. It is the perfect afterschool program for kids due to many reasons. It is special because the simplified and specially designed curriculum focuses on improving the growth and development of a child without overloading him or her. At Bruce McCorry’s Academy, preschoolers are trained under qualified experts and teachers who are specialized in the field. Each child gets individual care at the academy. We consider safety and comfort of the children as the greatest priorities.

The Little Ninja Program is also unique because it blends martial arts learning with many enjoyable and fun activities. Once your send your little one, he/she will never spend a day without thoroughly enjoying the experience at the academy. Your child will come to love martial arts. Naturally, they can make a progression from Little Ninjas to the Children’s Afterschool Program once they are six. It comes with a lot of facilities and preferences including easy transport from school to the academy campus. If you are late, and your child is already above the preschooler age, you can always choose this regular afterschool program for him/her, which can make your child healthy, confident, fit and happy.

Every year, hundreds of students gather at Bruce McCorry’s academy in order to experience the unique martial art lessons of the academy. This student group comprises of learners from all ages and all sections, from three year olds to senior citizens. This gives a vibrant social life to the campus academy where children get to meet teachers and senior students who have a lot of experience in martial arts. This great atmosphere, which is the result of the 40-year-old legacy that Bruce McCorry’s is built upon, is something to which everyone aspires.

Admissions are open right now to both the Little Ninjas program and the Children’s Martial Arts program. If you want to give it a try before making a final decision, you can opt for the free trial which lets you to experience the classes at the academy first hand. Choose it today for your child and make a difference to his/ her life forever!

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Martial Arts for Fitness: The Perfect Solution

Martial Arts for Fitness: The Perfect Solution
A new year has dawned – the time of resolutions and promises. Stats and surveys show how losing weight and being fit remains the top New Year resolution in 2015. There are many of us, who have been trying hard to achieve the goal of fitness for years and years with no real success. We might have been sincere in our effort, still, fitness remains a goal not so easy to achieve. Why does this happen? Partly, the reason is that the methods we choose are often faulty.


The Pitfall of Fitness Methods
To many of us, fitness means diet. Resorting to low calorie diets is a healthy habit, as it would lead to a nutrient rich food intake. But one fact is that even if a particular diet may help you to shed some pounds, it cannot provide you a toned body all by itself. Further, many of the diets available on the net are unhealthy as they are not designed by experts. Another practice nowadays is to take medicines for reducing weight. This again, is a highly unhealthy practice because most weight-losing tablets induce hormonal imbalances.

Martial Arts - The Perfect Fitness Solution
Eventually, all this discussion leaves us with a single fitness solution – working out. Unfortunately, the reason why fitness is still an unrealized goal for many of us is that all are not comfortable with working out. This is where martial arts come to your rescue.

In many ways, martial arts is a perfect fitness solution. Here are some reasons:
* Practicing martial arts can easily and effectively burn off fat and calories from your body.

* Many martial arts burn off more calories quicker than usual workouts.

* Though martial arts is extremely useful in losing weight and gaining a toned body, it takes only less physical effort compared to typical gym workouts.

* Martial arts do not make your body just look fit from the outside, it also makes your body healthy and strong within.

* Anybody – a child, an adult, a senior, or a specially abled person – can easily practice martial arts without any side effects.


* Martial arts are fun. Once you start enjoying it, you will never hesitate to go to your martial art lesson, unlike your gym visits.

In a nutshell, martial arts has all the benefits of an efficient workout, but it does not discourage you like a gym workout. In fact, the benefits of martial arts are not confined to fitness alone. It boosts your health, energy and self-confidence. It is also a powerful self-defense tool.

Martial Arts for Fitness at Bruce McCorry’s Martial Arts Academy
If you want to achieve a fit and healthy body through martial arts this year, Bruce McCorry’s Martial Arts Academy is the best choice for you. Bruce McCorry’s Martial Arts Center offers programs in more than ten martial arts, under the guidance of expert instructors. Each of these courses can act as an alternative for the common workout, because each of them can actively burn off surplus calories and rid fat in your body. The courses are open to all from three years of age to senior citizens. Make 2015 special by realizing your fitness goal with Bruce McCorry’s Martial Arts!