Friday, January 26, 2018

Learn Tai Chi at Bruce McCorry’s

Learn Tai Chi at Bruce McCorry’s: The Experts’ Hub of Asian Martial Arts

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Bruce McCorry's Martial Arts Academy
220 Newbury St
Peabody MA 01960

Phone: (978) 535-7878
Email: info@brucemccorrys.com


Tai Chi is one of the many powerful Asian martial arts that pack the strength and benefits of tradition to meet the needs of 21st century. With its momentous origin in the centuries-old Tao monasteries of China, Tai Chi has grown over years and amazingly produced solutions to some of the central dilemmas of modern world. No martial art lover can evade the desire to learn Tai Chi once they know it from near.

Tai Chi: An Art that Met the Needs of the Past
The traditional Chinese root of Tai Chi or Tai Chi Chuan leads us to the monastic and warrior cultures of 17th century China. Its past has connections on one hand with the monastic traditions of Taoism, Buddhism and Confucianism, where it must have helped to meet the spiritual needs of the monks associated with these doctrines. It is also closely linked to the warrior families of ancient China, for whom it must have provided health, fitness and training in self-defense and war strategies, being a powerful and effective physical art. The two forms of Tai Chi – the soft and the hard variants – thus seem to be meeting two needs of the ancient society where it evolved: (1) the spiritual need, as shown by its reliance on the doctrines of the good/evil or yin/yang, and (2) the physical need, as its etymology (ultimate fist) indicates.

Tai Chi: An Art that Meets the Needs of the Present
If this was Tai Chi in past, today it is a martial art that surprises us. It addresses many concerns that started perturbing us only recently, and has amazing answers for these problems:


  • It is a great exercise for building health. Its smooth routine can bring on total relaxation, immunity and a healthy temperament, thus aiding our modern health needs.
  • It can actually help in longevity by helping us to achieve a healthy, fit and toned body. Thus it satisfies our contemporary lifestyle needs as well.
  • In our world of nerve-wracking speed and hurry, Tai Chi helps us to slow down, to kick the stress and to strike the core of spiritual, mental and emotional balance.
  • It has shown unpredictably brilliant medicinal benefits, as it can positively aid the treatment for bone-related conditions, Parkinsonism, and muscular impairments.
  • Coupled with techniques like energy healing, Tai Chi even helped to achieve a breakthrough in Cancer treatment as it was proved to have the power to alter cellular structure.
  • For the 21st century, thus Tai Chi has evolved as a holistic martial art that addresses its many concerns: general health, fitness, psychological calm, as well terminal conditions.


Tai Chi from the Experts: Bruce McCorry’s Academy
It is not easy to tap the many potentials of an art like Tai Chi. Teaching professional Tai Chi in the right way and ensuring its maximum benefits to learners is a matter of commitment and dedication: it comes from familiarizing oneself with Tai Chi traditions for years and from keeping pace with the latest research in Tai Chi. The Bruce McCorry’s Academy offers professional Tai Chi lessons by experts who can vouch for this. 

The unique combination of energy healing consultancy and Tai Chi at Bruce McCorry’s Academy is your rare chance to make the best of this multifaceted art. Choose Tai Chi today!

Bruce McCorry's Martial Arts Academy
220 Newbury St
Peabody MA 01960

Phone: (978) 535-7878
Email: info@brucemccorrys.com

Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Preventing Domestic Violence: The Martial Art Method


Preventing Domestic Violence: The Martial Art Method

BY:

Bruce McCorry's Martial Arts Academy
220 Newbury St
Peabody MA 01960

Phone: (978) 535-7878
Email: info@brucemccorrys.com

For popular culture, the typical victim of domestic violence is always a woman or a teen girl, most commonly someone who belongs to the lower economic strata of the society. However, the year that has gone by gives us some concrete data which shows that such stereotypical views on domestic violence might not always hold.  Domestic violence is so rampant an issue that the number of its victims has crossed the 12 million mark this year, and this number includes both men and women from all strata of the society. This means that one out of every four women and every seven men you meet out there might be hiding the wounds of domestic violence.


The Dilemma of a Society: The Ugly Facts of Domestic Violence

Following are some of the facts which will help us to see domestic violence for what it is, and resist even its subtler forms when we encounter it in our personal circles.

  • Though the term domestic violence points to the home, any form of physical, psychological and sexual violence that happens in the private sphere – within households, from intimate partners or from family members – broadly comes under it.
  • Among its many forms are verbal abuse, threats, insult and humiliation, stalking, cyber revenge, physical violence, psychological assault, sexual coercion, rape and homicide.
  • Domestic violence can result in severe conditions even leading to death, and psychological consequences such as depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder or suicidal tendency.
  • It impacts not just the victims, but anyone involved in it, including the partner/family member who is perpetuating violence, as well as the ones who witness it, especially the kids.


As its rampancy and impact indicates, we need a safe and effective technique that helps the potential victims to resist domestic violence, and dissuade the potential perpetrators from committing acts of domestic violence. The answer to this lies in martial arts.


The Martial Art Method to Prevent Domestic Violence

Martial arts, if taught in a professional manner, can effectively help in the eradication of domestic violence. The method of martial arts as it is practiced in Bruce McCorry’s Academy (Peabody, MA) is a good instance of how this can be accomplished. As conceptualized at Bruce McCorry’s, martial art lessons, with their physical, mental and emotional benefits, help to beat domestic violence in the following ways:

  • It helps the victims to resist domestic violence by building their physical strength, by imparting self-defense techniques and by making them confident.
  • It helps the victims to be alert to what happens to them and around them, thus helping them to recognize domestic violence for what it is and stand up against it.
  • It helps those with a tendency toward violence to re-channelize their negative energy and process negative emotions like frustration, anger, despair and hatred.
  • It helps those involved in domestic violence in some or other way to overcome trauma, fear and negative consequences by reducing stress and by building emotional strength.
  • As martial art teaches to respect others, to value life, and to nurture a positive attitude, it helps in reducing the chances of domestic violence and in strengthening human bonds.


Saying no to domestic violence is not a 
choice, but a necessity. 
Let martial arts help you in it.

Bruce McCorry's Martial Arts Academy
220 Newbury St
Peabody MA 01960

Phone: (978) 535-7878
Email: info@brucemccorrys.com


Saturday, January 13, 2018

A Success Story of Four Decades: Bruce McCorry's Academy at 40


A Success Story of Four Decades: Bruce McCorry's Academy at 40




Bruce McCorry's Martial Arts Academy
220 Newbury St
Peabody MA 01960

Phone: (978) 535-7878
Email: info@brucemccorrys.com


2018 marks a glorious moment in the history of martial arts in Massachusetts. This year, Bruce McCorry’s Academy of Martial Arts (Peabody) celebrates its 40th anniversary and has secured its place among the topmost martial art schools of Massachusetts.

From a Nascent Dream to the Height of Success: Four Decades of Bruce McCorry’s
Forty years back, when Bruce McCorry, a young martial art enthusiast and teacher thought of giving shape to his dreams and passion in the form of a small martial art school, he never thought that he was laying the foundation stones of a legacy that was here to stay. Being one of the earliest and pioneering martial art schools in Peabody, Massachusetts, Bruce McCorry’s Academy has evolved into one of those rare martial art ventures that stood the test of time and made it into the 21st century.

What Bruce McCorry’s has to tell is a saga of success that arises from keeping the centuries of martial art traditions alive, keeping pace with the cutting edge research going on in the field of martial arts, and placing the interests of the learner above everything else. Within these four decades, the academy evolved different martial art courses spread across many age-segments, built a core group of experienced instructors, and contributed greatly to the field of martial arts education in the US.

The Present: Bruce McCorry’s Programs and Courses
At present, led by the internationally acclaimed martial art veteran Bruce McCorry, the academy has grown into a hub of martial art activities. It offers programs for
  •  Little Ninjas – the one of a kind preschooler program that follows a nuanced syllabus aimed at improving the growth, motor skills, neurological development, social skills and language ability of kids between 3 and 6 years
  •  Juniors – Children between 7 and 12 years can take part in the Juniors’ program. Depending on the school schedule, there are even special courses including the Afterschool Martial Art Program (AMP) and the Summer Program which offer recognized martial art curriculum for the young ones.
  • Teens/Adults – Those above 13 years – teenagers, women and men – can join the regular martial art programs. Bruce McCorry’s Academy offers a wide range of choices that includes Taekwondo, Cardio Kickboxing, Kung Fu, Tai Chi, Mixed Martial Arts and Xtreme Martial Arts. Seniors too can join the martial art courses at Bruce McCorry’s.
  • Special Needs: Those above the age of 3 with a diagnosed physical or mental condition can use this program to improve the quality of their life and as an aid to the main treatment that they undergo.


All the programs are supervised by a team of martial art instructors with years of expertise, specializing in particular martial arts. The academy has a vibrant student community and a campus with many enabled facilities for students. The specially structured syllabi and the customized supervision of instructors help to turn the martial arts experience at the academy into a personally meaningful one. At this moment of celebration, 

Bruce McCorry’s Academy welcomes you to join your name to the spirit of martial arts that has been alive here for forty years and will remain so for the years to come.

Bruce McCorry's Martial Arts Academy
220 Newbury St
Peabody MA 01960

Phone: (978) 535-7878
Email: info@brucemccorrys.com

Friday, January 12, 2018

Martial Art Programs for Everyone: Bruce McCorry's Academy

Martial Art Programs for Everyone: Bruce McCorry's Academy
                               

Bruce McCorry's Martial Arts Academy
220 Newbury St
Peabody MA 01960

Phone: (978) 535-7878
Email: info@brucemccorrys.com


Martial arts belong to those few arts of living that can be enjoyed as an individual as well as a collective experience. It needs to be experienced as an individual art because each person's needs for learning martial art differs, and therefore he/she must be able to learn martial arts in the most customized way possible, with special attention to those personal needs. At the same time, it needs to be experienced as a collective art where people of different ages, genders and capabilities can come together and take part because it is an art which fosters companionship, community values and team spirit. You will find a martial art school that respects both these values only at the Bruce McCorry's Academy, Peabody, Massachusetts.

A Spectrum with a Place for All: Bruce McCorry's Programs for Different Ages and Groups

The wide range of courses and programs offered at Bruce McCorry's Academy is like a spectrum where each individual learner can get a uniquely personalized experience, but at the same time they together constitute a vibrant community of learners. The academy offers the following programs in martial arts:
  • Little Ninjas – Kids of the preschool age, between 3 and 6 years, can join the Little Ninjas martial art program which will ensure the holistic development of their body, mind and behavioral skills at a most crucial age. 
  • Juniors – Children of a school-going age between 7 and 12 years can join the Juniors program. They have the opportunity to be part of two specially structured courses – the Afterschool Martial Art Program (AMP) which uses a nationally recognized syllabus of martial arts-based activities, and the Summer Program which helps the kids to remain fit and healthy even during holidays. 
  • Teens/Adults – Teenagers and adults have a broad choice of programs. The list covers professional courses in Kung Fu, Tai Chi, Taekwondo, Mixed Martial Arts and Xtreme Martial Arts. The need of the day has led the academy to open special wings for health-oriented martial arts like Cardio Kickboxing. The emphasis of the Bruce McCorry's Program on health and self-defense is of great importance to seniors as well who can learn easy and light martial arts to find solutions to their age-related concerns. 
  • Special Needs: Kids and adults who are diagnosed as differently abled, whether physically or mentally, can join the special needs program. The program offers assistance to the treatment of common conditions like autism, ADHD and Down Syndrome through professionally designed martial art lessons.

Apart from these broad list of martial art-based courses and programs, Bruce McCorry's Academy has specially designed features to suit the most relevant needs of the day. The consultancy programs in energy healing and mind healing can be coupled with martial arts to learn a way of living mindfully with a positive attitude. Another unique option is the possibility of joining the programs as a family so that you can share the martial art experience among your near and dear ones.
Together, the martial art programs at Bruce McCorry's Academy help you to live your life better as an individual and cherish the moments you spend among people – whether it be your peers, friends or your family. Experience martial arts at its best with Bruce McCorry's Academy!

Bruce McCorry's Martial Arts Academy
220 Newbury St
Peabody MA 01960

Phone: (978) 535-7878
Email: info@brucemccorrys.com
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