Martial Arts for Parents and Children

Why All Parents and their Children Should be Enrolled in Martial Arts

Martial arts is perhaps a sport around which the most number of myths have built on over years. Perhaps that is why many adults, especially parents, tend to hold often contradictory beliefs about martial arts. Some consider it a downright children’s sport in which adults have no role to play, while some call it too dangerous and destructive to send their children into. The reality is that both are myths which need to be busted, and we need to rethink martial arts for parents and children in potentially productive ways.

Martial Arts: Why Parents Should Say Yes to It

A word to all those parents who staunchly believe that martial art is a child’s affair: there is much in it for adults in general and parents in particular. Adults who learn martial arts have found in it a lifelong companion that would keep them healthy, fit, confident, strong and stress-free. This is particularly true for parents. Parents have much to gain from learning martial arts. It helps them to obtain the physical vibrancy and freedom from everyday worries – exactly what they need to make the most of the time they spend with their children. It teaches them the presence of mind to deal with everyday parenting situations. Best of all, martial arts can transform you to an ideal role model for your child – physically fit and emotionally poised mothers and fathers whom your kids can look up to.

Children and the Benefits of Martial Arts

If you think that martial arts are too dangerous or physically demanding for your child to take up, that too is a myth which has to be busted. In good schools, martial arts can be chosen in customized ways where the instructor will teach exactly what your child needs and he/she can take. It teaches not the vices of fighting or conflict, but the values of mutual courtesy, respect and trust. It teaches kids to work with others and take failures without crying over them. Additionally, martial arts can activate certain areas of the brain of children and give them intellectual skills that will help them to shine in academics. It is also a booster of athletic, kinetic and physical abilities of your champion.

Martial Arts Lessons for Parents and Children: A Bruce McCorry’s Way

Bruce McCorry’s Martial Arts Academy, a martial arts school that stays ahead of time, has come up with effective martial art lessons for parents and children. This was a result of the realization that martial arts can be a splendid opportunity for parents and children to share time and space together and learn from each other. Martial art lessons at Bruce McCorry’s Academy are your golden ticket to be the part of some of the most amazing moments of your child’s life which you will cherish forever. Bruce McCorry’s has also options for children and adults to take lessons separately. So it doesn’t matter even if you cannot enroll, you can still ensure a seat for your child – a gift that your child will remember forever. Be a part of Bruce McCorry’s Martial Arts to ensure a happy present and a successful future for you and your child!

Self Defense Classes for All Ages at Bruce McCorry's Martial Arts

Self Defense Classes for All Ages at Bruce McCorry's Martial Arts Academy

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It isn't today or yesterday that feminists of our country started talking about a rape culture that is in growth. A term once used to describe the fearful ways in which violence against women was normalized in a society has taken appalling dimensions in our contemporary reality. We have grown into what can be called an assault culture, where not just rape, but all kinds of violence and assault are on the rise and are legitimized. Without belittling the women's question, it is evident that children, teens, seniors and all other disadvantaged sections of the society are not free from the clutches of assault.

Self Defense: A Motto for Our Times?
According to Worldwide Sexual Assault Stats, one-third of American women have experienced sexual abuse at least once. Bureau of Justice Statistics give a more gender-neutral insight. It pitches the number of men and women annually raped in our colleges at above 65000. Childhelp.org places the number of child maltreatments between 4 to 7 every day. It was just five years back that Center for Disease Control maintained that around 4800 teenagers were victims of homicide.

The brief statistics above sketches a time when social spaces are getting riskier every day, and not many people have time for others. In such an age, the importance of self defense is more than what can be gauged. Because, everyone from the school going child to the senior in the safety of his/her home is in need of the art of defending themselves.

Martial Arts: The All-rounder Self Defense for the Entire Family
One self defense that can be easily picked up and effectively used by everyone in the family is martial arts. It is one of the most pliant of all self defense techniques that can adapt itself to the capabilities and aptitudes of those who learn them.

Martial arts builds physical strength, quick reflex response and confidence in its learners. Martial arts teaches you how to overpower assaulters and defend yourself in a professional and safe way. In the unofficial experiences and testimonials collected by martial arts experts, there is a considerable reduction in the number of abuse among women who have learnt martial arts. It teaches children and teenagers to fight back bullying and hazing. It also works for you by calming your agitated mind and giving you a calm composure in the face of emergencies.

Bruce McCorry's Martial Arts: Self Defense in its Professional Best
Bruce McCorry's Academy (Peabody, MA) is a martial art school with a history dating back to 1970s. We offer a wide range of martial art courses ranging across Kickboxing, Kung Fu, Tai Chi and Taekwondo that would build on your inner strength and courage. Bruce McCorry's Academy has both intense and soft martial art courses which you can choose depending upon your temperament, interest and ability. The academy also has popular children's programs that focus on building their confidence and strength. Bruce McCorry's Martial Arts, for children, is their primary course towards building a fearless and safe future. Adults and children can join individually, or as a family. 

Ensure your seat and safety today to experience self defense-oriented martial art lessons with a professional touch.

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Perfect After School Program Peabody MA

Perfect After School Program - Bruce McCorry's Martial Arts 

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16 years ago, Sandra Feldman, the former president of American Federation of Teachers pointed out that our education system needs to create more learning time for those kids who are actually in need of it. What she pointed to was the inadequacy of school education to meet the needs of children, or to provide enough time for their overall development. As an answer, the last two decades have witnessed the emergence of thousands of extended learning programs that let children learn at their own pace skills which are ignored by school curriculums. The most popular of these courses are after school programs, thanks to their convenient time slot and their many advantages.

Bruce McCorry’s After School Martial Arts: Extended Learning with a Difference

The hunt for an after school program that really makes a difference has led many parents to Bruce McCorry’s Academy. After School Martial Arts Program (AMP) was born out of the conviction that martial art, when taught at the afterschool hours, has many added benefits for the children. Here are some of the highlights of the Bruce McCorry’s course that makes it the perfect after school program for your child:

* AMP has the unique fusion of physically vibrant martial arts and mentally refreshing activities. It energizes your child after a tiring school day and helps to refresh his/her brain and body.

* AMP is a daily compensation for the lack of physical activities. Children who practice daily martial art develop enhanced immunity level and a strong, fit, healthy body. 

* There are many values ingrained to the structure of a course like AMP. Discipline, self-restraint, cooperation, friendship and trust are some of them. It is a holistic program for character formation.

* Confidence and courage are two core values of this course. AMP gives children the courage to present themselves before a crowd, defend their opinions, and stand up for their beliefs. 

* Unsurprisingly, AMP has helped kids to resist a number of challenges in their everyday lives such as peer pressure, stress from school work and bullying. It will also teach them how to face challenging situations in the years to come.

* Children at the AMP develop social skills as the Academy provides a socially alive campus where children can interact with their instructors, senior students, same-aged peers and younger children.

* Ultimately, afterschool martial arts help children to shine in all walks of their life. It is particularly beneficial for a better performance in academics, sports and athletics.

Martial Arts and More: Bruce McCorry’s AMP for Success

While most after school programs confine themselves to a single field, Bruce McCorry’s AMP is different. Martial art sessions are definitely the life of the program, however, it also blends in activities, exercises for personality development, lessons for self-improvement and playtime. With added offers like transport facility, it is the safest and the most secure space for your child to spend his/her afterschool hours.

Designed by veteran educators, AMP is a first-grade skill development course that has recognition all over United States. There is no doubt that this is a much eligible alternative to standard afterschool daycare. Only at Bruce McCorry's, www,brucemccorrys.com

Make this one choice, which can define your child’s success in the days to come! 

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Martial Arts Summer Workshops

Bruce McCorry's Martial Arts Summer Workshops

written by: Bruce McCorry's Martial Arts

Summer is uncritically accepted as the best months in a child's year. After all, it is the time when they are free from the burden of school – a time that can be productively used for playtime, reading, crafts and activities that will develop their potential and creativity. 

The Productive and Happy Summer: Is it a Myth? The question to be asked is, is summer really as glorious as it appears to children? Just take a look at these stats:

* Parents doubt whether summer is a productive time at all (Duffett et al in 2004)

* Children's body mass index shoots up two times than normal during summer, indicating summer weight gain (Hippel et al in 2007) 

* Learning loss is a challenge during summer, as children forget what they learned and lose the skills to learn (Downey et al in 2004)

* Though summer reading is celebrated, the fact is that summer reading loss is so high and cumulative that it cannot be caught up even during fall (Bright Hub Education)

* Both weather hazards and instances of violence are reported more during summer (CDS)

What these stats eventually show is not that summer is inherently an unproductive time. Without doubts, these are the months when children have enough time to do as they please. It has the potential to be productive. But the way children make use of it, sitting idly before television and video games, they are actually ruining some of the best months of their lives.

Rewriting the Myth - Bruce McCorry's Martial Arts Summer Workshops
One way to reclaim the productivity of summer months is through martial arts. Most martial art schools provide summer martial arts in the form of summer workshops. One of the most sought-after examples in Massachusetts is the summer martial arts workshops at Bruce McCorry's, Peabody MA.

The summer program is a celebrated academy attended by hundreds of children every year, and it offers much more than just martial arts. A peek into the functioning of Bruce McCorry's Summer Workshops can answer the challenges posed above:

* At Bruce McCorry's Summer Workshops, regular sessions of enjoyable and effective martial arts provide kids with enough physical activity. This keeps off summer weight gain.

* Both martial art sessions and the activities at the summer workshops are aimed to sharpen the skills of quick thinking, decision making, calculation and reasoning. Martial arts sharpen the learning skills and prevent learning loss.

* As the testimonials of parents prove, the Bruce McCorry's Summer Workshops is one place where they can safely leave their children, as we give primary importance to safety. Parents can be assured that their children enjoy their summer months safely and productively.

* Reading sessions, arts , craft and playtime make the summer camp a productive and creative alternative for your child's idle home summer

The summer martial arts workshops at Bruce McCorry's Academy is the right blend of customized martial arts, playtime, activities, field trips, reading sessions, arts and crafts and much more. Children often certify how the months at Bruce McCorry's Summer Workshops have given them the most cherished experiences of life. You can be assured that your little one will emerge out the summer program as confident, healthy, bright and happy, with a positive view of life. Ensure a seat for your child right now....please call for availability!  Only at www.BruceMcCorrys.com   (978) 535-7878

Cyber Bullying - Martial Arts is the Answer

Cyber Bullying - Martial Arts is the Answer

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Cyber bullying is a term that is in our legal lexicon for the past decade. In simple terms it refers to any bullying that might take place with the help of technology. It cannot be dismissed as a minor issue, because today’s children live in a world that is as much virtual as it is real. From a very young age, kids have access to technology including cell phones, computers and internet, whether through their parents or in their schools. This has led to a situation where classroom concerns like bullying are no more limited to the four walls of the classroom.

The Larger Danger that is Cyber bullying
Whenever a child is hurt mentally or emotionally by their classmates or seniors in a virtual platform, that counts as cyber bullying. The rumors, scandals, hate speech and embarrassing pictures that are spread through messages, emails or social media comes under this category. It is a greater danger than classroom bullying. Its reach is farther than the few students in a classroom. There is a permanency and retrievability to these messages and pictures that might cause a larger emotional damage to its victims.

Victim or Bully: Who Needs Help?
It is a usual tendency among parents, teachers and students to condemn the bully alone and take the side of the victims. Victims of cyber bullying definitely need help, support, love and encouragement since their own diffidence, lack of courage and lack of self-confidence may have a chance in inviting bullying. However it is equally important to provide bullies with the same, because usually bullies victimize others not due to an innate cruelty, but because of other reasons such as dysfunctional family background, personal insecurity or behavioral problems.

Martial Arts to Resist Cyber Bullying: For the Victim and the Bully
In a land where 33% children are being bullied, but only 7% of parents are even aware of it, our children need a lot of support and help to resist bullying. Martial arts are a perfect source of support, help and encouragement that will help both the victim and the bully.

It instills confidence, self-worth and physical strength in learners. These are exactly what bullied children need, because one courageous denial would put an end to bullying in many instances. Movies like Karate Kid are not fiction, because children will learn through martial arts how to stand up for themselves and their peers.

The same could be said for children who bully others. They will learn values of companionship, respect, friendship and courtesy through bullying. Once they are no more insecure of their own abilities, they won’t feel the need to demonstrate superiority by dominating other children.

Good martial art schools, like Bruce McCorry’s Academy (Peabody MA) are also spaces where children will interact with friends and instructors who can point out their personal insecurities and problems and help with these. It is important to choose a place with an experienced instructor pool, a friendly peer group and an encouraging atmosphere like Bruce McCorry’s if you want to learn martial arts to resist bullying. Once children realize the damage of their own actions, cyberspace itself could be used as a positive sphere to apologize, recover and make new friends. To see our children living without the fear of cyber bullying, let us turn to martial arts.  Bruce McCorry's Martial Arts Academy. 

Kids Sports and Martial Arts

Martial Arts for Kids: Your Key to Summer and Winter Sports

written by: Bruce McCorry's Martial Arts

A significant study by the Aspen Institute recently pointed out that in the last five years, there is a fall of 2.6 million in the number of youngsters who participate in sports. This is an unfortunate account, because both summer and winter sports were so much a part of our youth, even a decade before. The same study tells how physically active youngsters could do better in every facet of life, ranging from fighting obesity and ill health to being intelligent and being more productive at work. 

On the other end of this spectrum are those children and teenagers who are intensely passionate toward sports, though their number seems to be declining. It is the need of all health-conscious parents and a health-conscious nation to kindle a passion for sports among our children. It is time to ask how we can do this.

Sports and Youngsters: Do We Need a Booster?

There are three reasons to why youngsters may not be motivated to take up sports like before. One, the young generation has multiple avenues of entertainment, which may make them insensitive to physical activity. Secondly, today's school is a much hectic world, leaving our children physically and mentally exhausted. Thirdly, even passionate sports watchers may not sometimes take up sports if they doubt their strength or ability. This brings us to ask if our kids need a booster to motivate them to take up sports and help them to excel in it. The key to this lies in martial arts.

Martial Arts for Kids: The Key for Summer and Winter Sports

Martial arts are your child's all time sports companion, whether his/her interests lie in summer sports or winter sports. It awakens them to the significance of physical activity and helps them to be champions in the sports they take up.

The most popular summer sports like baseball, soccer and basketball are extremely demanding, both physically and mentally. Martial arts can help your child to gain the physical strength and mental co-ordination necessary for these. Martial arts can also supply your child with inexhaustible energy levels, which is a genuine help if he/she likes summer sports.

Winter sports like hockey and skiing are not as tiring as their summer counterparts, but what makes them challenging is that they demand a lot of courage and confidence from the participant. This is precisely something that martial arts can instill in children. They teach kids to be brave enough to take up challenges and fulfill them.

Passionate sportspersons have always found a companion in martial arts, because it trains them to be tireless, team-spirited and calculative. Martial art is the way to unlock the athletic side of your child, where he/she can relate with the joy of physical activity and find motivation to pursue sports.

Bruce McCorry's Academy - Martial Arts for Sports

Being one of the foremost martial art schools in Massachusetts, Bruce McCorry's is the perfect choice if you want martial arts to boost your child's passion and abilities in sports. Under experienced instructors, learners at Bruce McCorry's get to explore the physical, mental and spiritual benefits of the martial arts to the fullest. The highlights of Bruce McCorry's programs are the Afterschool and Summer Programs for children, but since age is no bar to get the best of martial arts, we also have an elaborate set of courses aimed at adults as well. Enroll today and explore the martial art way to sports!    

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Martial Arts for Kids Ages 3-16

Martial Arts for Kids Ages 3-16: Only The Best at

Bruce McCorry's Martial Arts Academy 

As most martial arts evolved in the context of military defense or spiritual gatherings, kids below teenage years were not always part of martial arts in histories. But when martial arts developed as a sport for health, fitness and happy living in the modern times, experts started unearthing the benefits of kids' martial arts. Surprisingly, the formative ages of childhood and teenage ages were found to have the highest potential for imbibing the benefits of martial arts.

How to Make Childhoods Work Wonders: Kids Martial Arts at Bruce McCorry's

When Bruce McCorry's Academy emerged as one of the youngest martial art institutions in Massachusetts in the 1970s, it recognized the importance of child martial arts at once. Today, its endeavors have developed into some thoroughly researched and structured martial art courses for children. These courses are intended to bring about the following advantages:

1. To make up the lack of physical activity in a child's daily life

2. To fight conditions which are related to the lack of exercise, such as obesity 

3. To improve the health of kids in general, by enhancing their immunity and resilience

4. To keep the child fit, and to help him/her to remain in shape in the future

5. To improve their study skills by sharpening their intellectual abilities

6. To enhance their athletic, kinetic and co-ordination skills

7. To teach them social values like respect, friendship, trust and cooperation

8. To teach children how to defend themselves and stand up for what they believe in

9. To help kids to de-stress after their daily worries, and keep them energetic and lively

10. To instill self-confidence and self-worth in children

Bruce McCorry's programs for children are structured by veterans to meet these standards which only an institution that walk with the times can offer you. The lessons offered by us blend physical activity, meditation, activities and fun, customized to meet the age, capability and the aptitude of the learners. The physical moves help to enhance the health and fitness goals outlined above. Each martial art demands focus, calculation and thinking, which will generally improve the intellect of a child. Our campus provides an excellent interactive space which will work upon the social skills of children. And the greatest advantage that martial arts can give to your child is to transform them into human beings who believe in themselves and their abilities, who can stand up for their beliefs and opinions and who can grow up knowing how to keep their life, relationships and career goals balanced.

Kids Martial Arts: Only The Best at Bruce McCorry's Martial Arts Academy

We have a bunch of courses for children between the ages of 3-16, the most popular of them being the Afterschool Program and the Summer Programs (for kids and teenagers) and the Little Ninja program (for preschoolers). The content of the first two programs are designed to equip the child to meet the daily demands that are made on his/her life as a student and an adolescent. They are also timed so as not to clash with the school timings. The preschooler program is for younger children about to make their first step into the field of martial arts. It aims to bring about the development of a child's body, mind, brain and behavior at an age when these are in the stage of formation. 

Bruce McCorry's is the best that you can promise to your child for his/her safe and happy future. Do not hesitate and choose the best of kids' martial arts for your child!

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