Fighting Dyslexia through Martial Arts: The
Bruce McCorry’s Method
By: Bruce McCorry's Martial Arts Center
220 Newbury St
Peabody MA 01960
Phone:
(978) 535-7878
Email:
info@brucemccorrys.com
Web:
Most
of us today are familiar with learning disorders, and dyslexia is perhaps the
learning disability that most parents – almost 91% - are aware of. Even if this is the case, it might come as a
shock to at least some of us that one in every five kids runs the chance of
being dyslexic. Thanks to the positive awareness efforts going on, today we
know that there are many ways to tackle and overcome the challenges posed by learning
disorders like dyslexia. According to most experts on educational psychology,
martial art tops this list.
Fighting
Dyslexia through Martial Arts: A Path to Sure Success
Often,
parents hesitate to put dyslexic kids in a co-curricular activity because they
tend to spend more than enough time on schoolwork even otherwise, and an extra
activity may look like a burden on the outset. However, modern research
dismisses such fears. Wisconsin University made a landmark argument in 2010
that children with special needs, including learning disorders like dyslexia
can have positive results through martial arts.
This
brings us to the question of how exactly can martial arts help dyslexic kids.
Though the most overt symptom of dyslexia is difficulty in reading, it has its
roots in the complicated functioning of human brain. The useful effect of
martial arts becomes relevant in this context:
- The primary challenge for a dyslexic child is the difficulty in integrating the activities of the two hemispheres of brain. Movements in martial arts can ease this difficulty.
- Once the child gradually learns to cope up with brain co-ordination, symptoms like reading issues reduce considerably though not altogether absent.
- Complicated brain functioning may affect physical co-ordination, balance and motor skills in dyslexic kids. Regular training in martial arts can help the child with these.
- The ability to cross the midline of their body is often an excruciating task for dyslexic kids. Martial arts teach them to gradually overcome this.
In
addition to these visible results, martial arts help dyslexic children
indirectly in two major ways.
- It helps them to develop useful mental skills such as attention, focus and discipline, which dyslexic kids may find hard to master otherwise
- Martial arts improve the day-to-day living and quality of life in dyslexic kids to a great extend as it teaches them to defend themselves, fight bullying and master courage and confidence
Bruce
McCorry’s Academy: Martial Arts for Special Needs and Dyslexia at its Best
Can
a regular martial art program make an improvement for a dyslexic child? It sure
can, but it is never the same as providing unique attention, in a way that a
child’s special need and goal does not become lost among hundreds of kids
trying to learn ordinary martial arts. It is this realization that led Bruce
McCorry’s Academy (Peabody, MA) to develop a Special Needs program, uniquely
intended to help kids receive the best of martial arts to fight their specific
conditions like dyslexia. At Bruce McCorry’s, kids with learning disabilities
get special attention and customized learning experience, but they also get to
spend time among kids without learning disabilities so that their experience
remains wholesome and positive. You can get the best of both – of special
training and the atmosphere of regular schooling – at nowhere but Bruce
McCorry’s.
Let your child discover the genius within through Bruce McCorry’s
Martial Arts.
By: Bruce McCorry's Martial Arts Center
220 Newbury St
Peabody MA 01960
Phone:
(978) 535-7878
Email:
info@brucemccorrys.com
Web:
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