How to Prevent Bullying: Back to School with Martial Arts

How to Prevent Bullying: Back to School with Martial Arts

Bruce McCorry's Martial Arts Center

220 Newbury St

Peabody MA 01960

Phone: (978) 535-7878

Email: info@brucemccorrys.com

Web: www.brucemccorrys.com

 Bullying is a devastating part of modern-day school life - one that can deter the most spirited of kids from enjoying their childhood and giving their best in school. According to experts, bullying is among the most psychologically damaging aspects of a child’s school years. It can take on menacing forms like cyberbullying and sexual harassment; it can cause entrenched and long-lasting damage that can even lead to depression, trauma and suicide; and it may affect everyone involved alike, whether they are the victims, the witnesses, or the bullies themselves. Despite the many collective and state-led efforts to stop bullying, bullying had never been totally eradicated from our schools. The answer to putting an end to bullying perhaps lies in more individual and personal solutions, like self-defense – and there is no better self-defense for school-going children than martial arts.

Fight Bullying with Bruce McCorry’s Martial Arts Self-Defense

Bullying often happens in unsupervised circumstances and spaces, or when adults are not present. Cyberspace is a major site of bullying that cannot be monitored. This indicates that any real solution should fight the problem at its roots – it should discourage potentially violent kids from turning into bullies, and it should equip the targeted kids to defend themselves.

For Bruce McCorry’s Academy of Martial Arts (Peabody, MA), the four decades of experience in teaching martial arts has been proof enough to believe that martial arts can be an effective way to put an end to bullying by fighting the root causes of the problem.

• Martial arts is an effective, easy-to-master self-defense available for children. It teaches kids to be alert to their surroundings, stay calm in the situations of emergency, and defend themselves if necessary. Martial art, in addition, helps children to be stronger, healthier and courageous. Together, these factors will reduce the chances of martial art learners being targeted by bullies. Thus, martial art helps the potential victims.

• Martial arts are also for those children who may target and bully others. Martial art gives potentially violent children an efficient way to channelize their energy, anger and frustration, each of which may otherwise turn them into bullying and harassing others. Martial arts is a great way to learn cooperation, respect and kindness. Learning martial arts will help children to get over narcissistic and egotistic emotions, thus discouraging them from targeting the weaknesses of other children.

• Even in an unsupervised situation, martial art learners have a greater chance of standing up for the victims and discouraging the bullies, since most of the arts teach them values such as companionship, courage, and confidence.

• Martial arts is also a great healing mechanism. It is quite natural that kids who were involved in bullying may go through psychological consequences. Martial arts, as a stress-relief mechanism and an alternate healing program, helps children to cope with the psychological and emotional damage done by bullying. Thus it not only prevents bullying, but also heals the wounds of past bullying.

Martial arts is the way to fight bullying and make sure that your children have a better school year than the one just passed by. Get your children prepared for being back to school and its bullying, with Bruce McCorry’s Martial Arts.

Bruce McCorry's Martial Arts Center

220 Newbury St

Peabody MA 01960

Phone: (978) 535-7878

Email: info@brucemccorrys.com

Web: www.brucemccorrys.com

Back to School with Bruce McCorry’s Afterschool Martial Arts

Back to School with Bruce McCorry’s Afterschool Martial Arts

Bruce McCorry's Martial Arts Center

220 Newbury St

Peabody MA 01960

Phone: (978) 535-7878

Email: info@brucemccorrys.com

Web: www.brucemccorrys.com

 The home, for us, is synonymous with safety. However, statistics say that the number of American children who get unintentionally hurt while being in their homes is more than 3.4 million. It goes without saying that most of these occur when kids are left unsupervised – that too, mostly in the afterschool hours. With another school year just about to begin, the afterschool hours are quite a matter of concern – not just for the parents, but also for school authorities, community members and the keepers of the law.

 Children and the Importance of Afterschool Care

Accidents at home are only one of the many hazards that need to be feared, if you are forced to leave your kids all by themselves in the afterschool hours. According to surveys, it is the time when juvenile crimes, violence against children, sexual abuse, substance abuse and bullying tend to occur the most. Afterschool time should be of concern not just for working parents. Even stay-at home parents need to be aware of the fact that kids may loiter on their way back from school, or spend time alone with their friends, inviting the risk of such dangers.

 An afterschool care is important for your child because is a perfect solution to these worries. It is a great way to make sure that your child remains safe and supervised until you can pick him/her up. Afterschool programs ensure that your kid uses his/her afterschool hours in a productive and useful way; while working parents can work without worrying, and stay-at-home parents can take a much-needed break for themselves.

 Afterschool Martial Arts at Bruce McCorry’s Academy

Given the significant role that afterschool programs can play in your child’s life, it is important that you pick the best. An unparalleled choice is the Afterschool Martial Arts Program offered by Bruce McCorry’s Academy (Peabody, MA).

 The program is far ahead of any other afterschool care you can think of, for your child:

• It introduces children to martial arts in a fun and easy way, thus providing them with the many benefits of martial arts such as better health, improved fitness, enhanced self-confidence, stress-relief and much more.
• The afterschool program makes your kids adept in self-defense. Teaching children self-defense through martial arts is a good way to ensure their safety in a world where crimes and assaults increase by day.
• In Bruce McCorry’s After-School Program, your child gets to experience professional martial arts in a personalized way from experienced instructors. Learning martial arts from professionals is a great way to help your kid to do well in studies, sports and all walks of life.
• The After-School Program is the most secure of the programs, in which your child’s comfort and safety is the priority. Kids are supervised by caring instructors throughout the hours they are at the campus. In addition, the program comes with free transport from your child’s school to the campus; something which very few afterschool care programs provide.

Above all, Bruce McCorry’s After-School Program is that refreshing break for your child needs at the end of a heavy school day – one that allows him/her to learn and grow, make companions of their own age, and prepare themselves for the world out there, through martial arts. 

Choose afterschool martial arts to ensure a safe and productive school year for your child!

Bruce McCorry's Martial Arts Center

220 Newbury St

Peabody MA 01960

Phone: (978) 535-7878

Email: info@brucemccorrys.com

Web: www.brucemccorrys.com