Kids Martial Arts After School Program & Summer Workshops

Kids Martial Arts at the Perfect After School Program & Summer Workshops at Bruce McCorry's Martial Arts Academy 

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Perhaps you might not have yet imagined your child as a martial art learner. But a number of reasons will tell you that it is the best possible way to imagine your little champion's present and future. That is because martial arts have the wonderful strength to touch all aspects of their lives and leave a positive mark. Scroll on to read how martial arts for kids can transform your child's life!

The Seven Success Formula: Children's Martial Arts at its Best
Martial arts is scientifically proven to influence and improve seven aspects of a child's life: this includes the physical, mental, emotional, athletic, academic, social and spiritual dimensions. Together, an improvement of these aspects are a prerequisite for his/her holistic development.

1. Martial Arts for the Physical: Martial arts training can redefine your child's physical profile by making them stronger, strengthening their coordination, by making them healthy and immune. Regular and active martial art training is the key to this.
2. Martial Arts for the Mind: Learning martial arts can reduce stress, calm down mental processes, improve thinking skills, instil confidence and make children smarter. Precise and soothing combination of training and meditation does this for them.
3. Martial Arts and Emotions: Children who are martial art learners become emotionally strong. They survive peer pressure and bullying, they make good friends, they cherish familiar bonds and make trustworthy partners in future. The basics of respect, companionship and compromise is taught to them by the ethics of martial arts.
4. Sports and Martial Arts: Martial arts can give your kid a sleek body, coordinated senses, an athletic disposition and inexhaustible energy. These are to be your child's assets in their passion for sports and athletics.
5. Academic Brilliance and Martial Arts: Martial arts try to improve thought process, rational thinking, analytical power and comprehension. This is the impact of martial art training on brain and human senses and is useful in academics.
6. Martial Arts for Social Skills: Man is a social being, but interpersonal skills are not every kid's cup of tea. A vibrant and interactive martial art class is your child's initiation to interpersonal relationships, courtesies, companionship and socially respectable behavior.
7. Spiritual Facet of Martial Arts: This does not necessarily mean religion. Martial arts and healing techniques can make children find their inner peace and it reconnects mind with human body. In these senses, it is spiritual as well.

After School Martial Arts and Summer Workshops for Kids: Hurry Up!
The children's martial arts programs at Bruce McCorry's Academy are holistically designed to improve all the seven aspects of a child's development. It can also identify your child's strength or weakness in any of these and give them special care.

Bruce McCorry's has a long-standing after school program for kids, which gives them confidence, companionship, self-defense and happiness. The after school programs at the academy are a fun blend of education, enjoyment and relaxation. This summer, the academy is organizing vibrant summer workshops for children who want to make the best of their holidays by relishing the joy and power of martial arts. This is your kid's opportunity to try out the seven success formula. Admissions are OPEN NOW: HURRY UP Seats are limited!

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National Autism Month: A Martial Arts Focus

April, the National Autism Month: A Martial Arts Focus 

written by: Bruce McCorry's Martial Arts

April is nationally dedicated as the month of autism awareness. When we dedicate a month for the kids born in the autistic spectrum, it means a huge change has come about in the health profile of the nation and in our perceptions of it. 

Health profile is definitely changing, since there is a general increase in the number of autism diagnosis. Our perceptions are also changing, because autism is more widely recognized now, it is diagnosed and cared for, the approach towards people in the spectrum has become more positive and inclusive. Today we are aware that those who are born autistic have several potentials, and can lead quality lives to a great extent. Martial arts is one of those assistance's that can help autistic children to nourish their full potential and lead better lives.

Martial Arts and Autism: A Way Forward

What martial artists have been trying to say for a long time is now being proved by studies and clinical research. 

The following instances are examples:

* University of Wisconsin proved in 2010 that autistic children can gain a lot from martial arts – it helps them to socialize better, to be physically coordinated, and to have improved self-confidence.

* Martial art lessons are shown to provide spaces where children are asked to interact with instructors, talk with friends, pair with partners, and work as a team with students. Though these are more difficult for autistic children, special care will naturally improve their social skills.

* University of Isfahan brought out the path-breaking finding that martial arts can actually reduce obsessive and repetitive actions in the children of autistic spectrum. Martial arts involves a lot of self-control and self-disciplining. The reduction in stereotypical behavior could also be because of the fact that martial arts give the children with special needs a vent to exhaust their excess energy.

* As several studies noted, martial art training considerably improves the motor skills and motor coordination among autistic kids

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* Perhaps, what autistic children can benefit the most from is self-esteem. Martial arts show them whom they really are: talented children with great potential in a number of aspects. Coupled with developed physical strength, martial arts give them confidence. This will help them to stand up to bullying and hazing which are usual classroom concerns faced by these children.

Choosing Special Needs Martial Arts for Your Child

Given all the merits of martial arts, it is extremely important to choose a genuine and reliable martial art school for your child. Make sure that the instructors and helpers are trained to care for children in the autistic spectrum. You should also ensure that the institution keeps mandates of safety.

The special needs program at Bruce McCorry's Academy is an example of how an ideal special needs martial art program should be. It opens up a space where children can socialize with and learn from their peers and trained instructors in a safe and happy atmosphere which they will love. Bruce McCorry's also provides special care which would help you to identify your child's specific talents, strengths and weaknesses and how to care for these. With Bruce McCorry's Academy, this April can perhaps make a change in your child's life. Call  today for more information, 978. 535.7878

Martial Arts and Parenthood

Martial Arts and Parenthood: It’s Time to Begin the Journey

written by: Bruce McCorry's Martial Arts

Parenthood is not just a state of being, it is a responsibility and a tryst with future. It is your way of saying to the world that this is the best I can offer to the world: your children are indeed whom you leave behind in this world. To fulfill this responsibility to the best, what you need perhaps is a journey through the world of martial arts.

Top 5 Reasons for being a Martial Arts Parent
Martial arts is one unique gift that you can pass on to your children, a chain that may last long down the generation lines. It’s the best thing you can do for your kids, because of the following reasons:

1. To Teach Them to Stand Up
Our children no more live in a world where their childhoods are an eternal bliss of freedom from stress. They might be being bullied, they might be forced to do what they don’t want to be doing, because of peer pressure. It is up to you to be his/her tutor, to teach them to stand up for themselves, defend themselves and never lose their dignity. Through martial arts, you will be equipped to do that as a parent.

2. Defending the Family
Being a parent means that beyond self-defense, you also might be asked to stand up for your family at times. Whether you are a mother or a father, situations might arise when you need to deal with antisocial people or circumstances. Learning martial arts can help you to defend your children and stand up for them when the time comes.

3. Being the Healthy and Emotionally-Balanced Parent
For mothers, there is the mild martial arts training and meditation that you can practice during your months of pregnancy, under the advice of a doctor. From the moment of being a parent, being a healthy and emotionally strong mother or father is inevitable for your child to get the best of your care and time. Martial arts can keep you refreshed, healthy and emotionally poised.

4. Be Fit, Be their Hero
Being a fit and healthy parent can win the heart of your children in more than one way. It helps you to be a part of their games and their fun, it also helps you to take part in their energy and their liveliness. Further, a fit parent is a model for the child to be fit and healthy when they grow up. Remember, you are their superhero and superwoman.

5. Martial Arts: the Bond with your Child
When you and your child learn martial arts together, it binds you in ways which no other sport can do. It is not just the time you spend with him/her that matters, but also the values you instill in them, the fun you have with them, and the moments of togetherness and care.

Bruce McCorry’s Martial Arts: For the Parents and the Kids
Bruce McCorry’s Academy is one of those few institutions in martial arts where you can be a part of family martial arts – where children and parents can learn martial arts together. We have trained instructors for children and adults, and also different adult and children programs for those who want it. Bruce McCorry’s is the place where you can have the best time with your child and learn martial arts for being a better parent. Be here today!  

Dyslexia and Martial Arts

Dyslexia and Martial Arts 

written by: Bruce McCorry's Martial Arts

Two years before, the world looked on with wonder at a young martial art genius who had won the world martial arts championship five times. Scott Sonnon became the overnight hero not just because of his spectacular achievements in martial arts, which is definitely laudable, but also because he chose to tell the world his relentless battle with dyslexia and its social reception and his martial arts journey.

Dyslexic Children: Social Perceptions and the Reality

Sonnon’s amazing success story speaks a lot about the courage and resolution of a determined youngster. However, it also gives us new insight into how the oft-repeated status of martial arts as a companion for children with special needs is not a myth after all.

The past decade has shown a sharp rise in the reported instances of children being diagnosed in the autistic spectrum. Dyslexia is one of the most frequently diagnosed situations. While dyslexia is more a situation that demands a different mode of learning experience for the child, dyslexic children can definitely progress in a usual classroom if the instructor gives him/her with the proper learning atmosphere and some care. However, the problems faced by them in the social sphere such as bullying, neglect and impatience can have severe impact of their confidence level and progress. On the other hand, the example of Sonnon and the studies on dyslexia show that the neurological wiring of these kids can have wonderful possibilities of genius. 

This whole question of the autistic spectrum has also inspired a lot of research, especially with regard to martial arts. A milestone would be the 2010 statement by Wisconsin University that martial arts can reverse the negative societal impact on children with special needs, including dyslexia.

Unleashing the Genius: The Martial Arts Way for Dyslexic Children

Martial arts has a lot to offer for children with special needs, especially dyslexic kids. Particularly in the case of an early diagnosis of dyslexia, martial arts can bring about a huge difference.

Martial art training in the formative years directly impacts the cognitive development of children. It works differently for different children. However, in general, martial arts like Karate help children with special needs to overcome the challenges to their cognition and learning to a large extent.

Martial arts also can help a lot with the social issues faced by the kids. It can instill courage in children and tell them that their special needs are not their inferiority. As Sonnon’s words prove again and again, it can teach them to stand up for themselves and their dyslexic friends, socialize better, and tell the world that their full potential is no way limited by their special needs.

Martial Arts for Special Needs and Dyslexia: Bruce McCorry’s Academy

Martial art offers the best to you when you are in a learning atmosphere that knows your situation best and caters to you according to that. The special needs program at Bruce McCorry’s Academy is such a unique space, where your child get instructors who are trained in the neurology of children with special needs. Instructors at the special needs program try to get to know each learner – adults or children. The martial arts learning atmosphere provided by the special needs program caters to your custom needs and becomes your companion in your larger journey in the outside world. This can be the right place for your young champion.

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Motivation and Martial Arts

How to Stay Motivated in Your Martial Arts and Fitness Training

written by: Bruce McCorry's Martial Arts

Motivation has become a keyword in any learning process because behavioral studies have begun pointing out that learners find it more and more difficult to sustain their interest in learning something. This is not very different for martial arts. It is unfortunate, because martial arts are one course that has innumerable benefits for your mind, body and your poise. In this context, what can we do to not lose the zest for martial arts?

What Gets you Going: Motivation and Martial Arts
In psychology, motivation is broadly of two kinds. Extrinsic motivation involves all those outer factors that make you take up something. The rewards, appreciation and the benefits you gain from something all fall in this category. Intrinsic motivation happens when you take up something because you have a passion, taste or aptitude for it. If you are interested in martial arts, and if it gives you all the physical and mental benefits, it means that martial art, for you, blends both the aspects. Then why is it that you lose the enthusiasm? There can only be two reasons – laziness, or the fear of failing in your goals.

Staying Motivated in Martial Arts Fitness Training
To stay motivated in martial arts is of extreme importance because you shouldn't let your fear of failure rob you off its numerous advantages. Here are some tips to not lose your passion for martial arts once you start it:

Have a Goal: If you are clear about the goal that you need to achieve through martial arts, you are not going to lose motivation. This can be health, fitness, confidence, self-defense training, mind healing or a successful career. Since martial arts offer you a myriad range of possible achievements, you can consult an expert instructor for help.

Be in an Engaging Course: In martial arts, your intrinsic passion is enough to get you going. But if you are in a course that encourages and motivates you with extrinsic motivation, it is going to be the best. So choose a program that will offer you a chance to explore martial arts in its full sense, with making all its best available to you.

Watch the Change: If you have a goal, you can keep a log of your achievements. Take a note of how much weight you lost, or how better you feel after each week. Such a log will prove to you that you are definitely not in the path of failure.

Focus in the Present and Visualize a Positive Future: A big de-motivating factor is when you think about the possible difficulties that lie ahead of you. All you have to do is concentrate on your present training and visualize the possible successes in future.

How to Stay Motivated – Bruce McCorry's Martial Arts and Fitness Training
Perhaps, one way to do this all is to choose a perfect martial art school that will walk with you in your journey. At Bruce McCorry's Academy you would find a group of veteran instructors who will help you to identify your goal, work toward it and gauge the progress. You will also find a sociable peer groups whose support and examples will further motivate you. This is your portal to get the best of martial arts without losing the passion. It is time to get inspired!  Visit www.brucemccorrys.com today.    

Nutrition and Fitness a Martial Arts Way

The Importance of Nutrition and Fitness - A Martial Arts Way for the National Nutrition Month

 Written by: Bruce McCorry's Martial Arts

The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics has declared March 2016 as the National Nutrition Month for United States. While nutrition is never a topic that is out of discussions, this sudden spurt of interest in nutrition points to the fact that the medical academia is becoming conscious of the need to popularize the crucial link between food, fitness and health. These three golden words which will catch your attention in the homepage of the academy tell you that to reach the goal of health, you have to take not just food but also fitness seriously. Martial arts, in this context, can be the convergence point which can bring health, fitness and diet together.

Martial Arts and Fitness: A Thought for the Nutrition Month

The role of nutrition in the different aspects of your life is undeniable. From growth and mental development in children to disease prevention and immunity in adults, nutrition is your entry point to doing anything: whether it is work, sports, studies or life at large. 

You achieve the right nutritional optimum when you consume proteins, minerals, vitamins, carbohydrate and fat in a level of balanced equilibrium. It is worthy to think that whether this becomes possible in your day-to-day life when you often have to eat out, and junk food, for that matter. Martial arts can make a difference to you if this is your problem. It will burn off and redistribute the fat in your body by energizing the body and activating hormonal glands. It also helps to burn off the calories you accumulate from carbohydrates. These two elements which are most prone to be imbalanced in your body can be regulated through martial arts training. 

Secondly, martial art is also a way of life. It is not similar to the one-hour workout that you force yourself to attend. At a good martial arts school, the instructors will give you a healthy eating chart. Most often this includes positive and healthy eating habits and tips. Artificial supplements which seem to be a favorite of workout trainers and dieticians are not often advised. The traditional schema of each martial art, which prescribes a healthy, natural and non-flamboyant lifestyle, has a role in this.

Together, the dietary values and fitness techniques in martial arts can help you to achieve the nutrition equilibrium for a healthy life. It can also be your guide towards strength building and toning your body. In short, martial arts, combined with a good diet, is your quick and effective route to health and fitness.

Better Health, Better Fitness and Better Life at Bruce McCorry's Martial Arts

Bruce McCorry's Academy has become a reliable name when it comes to martial arts for health and fitness. If you are planning to get the best out of the nutrition month by eating right, Bruce McCorry's martial arts is your companion in your goal. The course frames in the academy address a wide range concerns among adults such as obesity, diabetes, cholesterol, thyroid, cardiac health and stress where diet and fitness have a great role to play. Bruce McCorry's Academy also has martial arts lesson plans for children, which can improve their health in general and deal with specific issues like obesity, lack of energy, and lack of physical activity.

This nutrition month, martial art is your calling. Stay healthy with Bruce McCorry's Martial Arts!

Martial Arts for Recovery and Rehabilitation from Drug Issues

Martial Arts for Recovery and Rehabilitation from Drug Issues

written by:  Bruce McCorry's Martial Arts

It has been one year since the Substance Abuse Ministry pointed out that the teenage drug abuse in Massachusetts has risen above the national average. It's not a very happy picture that you see if you look a closer look at the data of drug abuse among either teenagers or adults. But the positive news which we cannot afford to miss is that there is a larger number of drug abuse victims now willing to report their problems, seek help and desire to be rehabilitated. Can we think of a powerful and efficient way out of drug addiction? Perhaps, martial arts can fill this void.

Teenage Drug Addiction: How Martial Arts can Help

If we trace the roots of teenage drug addiction, we will see that teenagers themselves are not always to be blamed. Dysfunctional families, peer pressure, hazing and street violence are pointed out as the major triggers that push teenagers into drug addiction. Among girls, drug-induced sexual violence is also on a rise. All this points to the specific teenage mindset where there is an overabundance of energy and spirit, but no proper channels to vent them out. That's where martial arts can be of help. It can direct the attention of teenagers to positive and productive activities and give them the strength to stand up to family problems and classroom crises.

Adults and Drug Addiction: Martial Arts as a Way Out

Most of the adult drug abuse instances indicate a history of addiction that leads back to the teenage. However, adult drug abuse is more intensified because, over time, the user naturally develops a de-sensitivity to a particular drug, and becomes inclined to take more of it to get intoxicated. Cases of drug-induced violence are more calculated and more damaging in adult drug abuse. As in the case of teenagers, adults too can find martial arts a productive aid that will give them the mental strength to recover from addiction.

Recovery and Rehabilitation through Martial Arts

Martial art works wonders in the lives of those who want to recover from drug addiction.

* It gives them the will power and mental strength to stick on to their rehab resolution 

* By de-stressing and calming them, martial arts can help to deal with withdrawal symptoms 

* Martial arts training will put the excess physical energy to efficient use and prevent drug victims from resorting to drugs 

* Martial arts training can improve the release of hormones like endorphin and adrenalin which will rejuvenate the drug victims and will help them to stay off the addiction more easily 

* At a professional martial art institutions like Bruce McCorry's Academy, socializing and companionship gets a lot of importance. An encouraging companion group is the best medicine for recovery. 

* Educated and experienced martial arts instructors will guide you to the right martial arts that can physically and mentally soothe you. It's the best antidote to improve your mental strength.

The golden mantra to recover from any addiction is this: for a while if you fell into the habit of drugs, it does not mean that recovery is impossible. With the help of friends, family and a powerful companion like martial arts, you can definitely make a comeback. What matters is the resolution and the willingness to make a change. Once it is there, martial arts can lead you back to normal life once again.