Kicking the Winter Blues with Martial Arts

Kicking the Winter Blues with Martial Arts 

written by: Bruce McCorry's Martial Arts

 

Few people look forward to winter. The short days and cold weather make you just want to stay at home. You'll want to abandon many of the activities which aren't compulsory such as going to work or school. This hasn't been made any easier by the increasing amount of snowfall experienced during recent seasons. Winter doesn't have to be dull and unexciting. You can engage in life enhancing activities such as marital arts and let winter drift by unnoticed.

Enrollment for martial arts training has been increasing exponentially over recent years. The same can be said about the number of new martial arts students quitting after a few weeks of training. One of the best seasons to enroll for martial arts is winter. Training keeps you warm and keeps the winter blues at bay. However, it's also one of the seasons when you won't feel like training. In order to prevent this, here's what you need to know.

Motivation and You

Motivation is that force that drives you to achieve something. You have two types of motivation. First, is intrinsic motivation. This can be described as internal motivation such as a passion for what you're doing. Second is extrinsic motivation. This is the external force that drives you to achieve something. For example, you might want to train martial arts to become better in self defense after moving into a rough neighborhood. The neighborhood acts as an extrinsic motivator.

Motivation Applied in Martial Arts

Most students drop out of martial arts classes before 100 days are over. There are many reasons why this is so including not being interested, having too many commitments and fear of failure. However, the leading cause is that these students lack motivation to learn and master the martial art of their choice. To truly master a martial art, you must strike a healthy balance between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. One form of motivation alone won't work. For example, if you're learning martial arts because your parents enrolled you into an academy, you'll train only to fulfill your parent's desires. You won't have the passion and drive to master the martial art. Without the passion, you'll find it difficult learning new moves and applying them.

One of the best ways to remain motivated is to set your personal martial arts training goals. You can use the SMART technique to set your goals. SMART is the acronym for Specific Measurable Achievable Realistic Time specific. Here's an example.

"I want to learn to throw a round kick" This is a vague goal which only qualifies as Achievable and Realistic. A better version would be: "I will be able to throw a high round kick by Tuesday next week" This version is more specific and focuses on what you will have to achieve within the days you've set for yourself.

Find the Martial Arts Academy that's Best for Your Goals

Emotions get the best of everyone. If you don't like something or someone, you'll do your best to avoid it. The same goes for the training institution you enroll in. If the environment isn't exciting for you, it's easy to find excuses why you shouldn't train there. Find the right academy and you've made the first important step to enjoying martial arts for life.

Enroll at Bruce McCorrys Academy for inspiring martial arts training Located in Peabody, MA.

Bruce McCorrys Martial Arts Academy has been providing professional and inspiring martial arts training for over 4 decades. Regardless of your age, you'll receive training in an exciting environment and from highly qualified instructors. 

Join the academy today and stay motivated to KICK the winter blues.  Visit www.BRUCEMCCORRYS.com or Call today at (978) 535-7878...  

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Preventing Teen Dating Violence Through Martial Arts

February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month.

Preventing Teen Dating Violence Through Martial Arts 

written by: Bruce McCorry's Martial Arts

Every teenage girl dreams of meeting her prince charming and having a healthy loving relationship. However, this isn't the case for a third of teenage girls in a relationship. According to a study conducted by the National Domestic Violence Hotline, a third of teenage girls in relationships are abused either physically or mentally by their partners. This study called Love is Respect was conducted on US teenagers. The study also found that women aged between 15 and 25 were most likely to be abused by their partners.

Years ago, violence within relationships was something most people heard about through media. It's unfortunate that today, it has become common within society and is quite evident in social settings including neighborhoods and peer groups. The study led the National Domestic Violence Hotline to consider taking several measures to curb this vice before it got out of hand. In February 2015 the organization decided to set the month of February as the Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month.

As the name of the program suggests, its main objective is to increase awareness about dating violence among teenagers and find preventive measures against the vice. Some of the suggestions provided to stop the spread of teenage dating violence include:

- Talk to teachers in your school

- The school administration should discuss dating violence in their board meetings and seek solutions

- Talk to your peers about having a healthy dating relationship

To get more information about this program, you can visit www.thehotline.org

The Threat of Teen Dating Violence

In most instances of dating violence, the woman is often the victim. One reason is that many women might not have the physical strength to defend themselves from physical abuse by their partners. Many realize too late that the relationship isn't healthy and that they need to end it. Even so, the abuse leaves the victim traumatized both physically and mentally. Most relationship abuse victims often find it hard to get into a healthy and loving relationship later in life. Interestingly, many men who abuse their partners do so during the early stages of the relationship. For the victim, there's no chance that they will have the opportunity to know what a healthy and loving relationship means.

Martial Arts Training as a Preventive Measure

Identifying the negative aspects of an unhealthy relationship and ending it is one way of ensuring that you save yourself from relationship abuse. However, preventing the abuse is much easier. Martial arts training can mean the difference between being cornered and physically abused and being able to defend yourself. There are different forms of powerful martial arts you can learn including karate and kung fu. The good thing about martial arts training is that not only will you learn how to defend yourself, you'll also gain self confidence to decide what is right for you in your relationship and have your say.

Learn Martial Arts for Self Defense at Bruce McCorrys Martial Arts Academy

Everyone should play a role in empowering victims of physical abuse. Since its inception, Bruce McCorrys Academy Peabody, MA has been at the forefront in helping abuse victims get their life back. If you've suffered abuse, only you can change the situation. Training at Bruce McCorrys Academy will not only enable you defend yourself, it will also change other people's views about you. You'll cease being the victim in other people's eyes. 

The martial arts training at Bruce McCorrys emphasizes on principles of self assertion, self confidence and resistance. Join Bruce McCorrys this February and become part of the revolution against teen dating violence.