Say Yes to Martial Arts, Say No to Bullying
Bruce McCorry's Martial Arts Center
220 Newbury St
Peabody MA 01960
Phone: (978) 535-7878
Email: info@brucemccorrys.com
Bullying is probably that menace without which our
children’s school lives would be ten times better than it is today. In 2006,
PACER’s Bullying Prevention Centre started observing October as the National
Bullying Prevention month, due to increasing instances of bullying among under-17
age group. Since then, anti-bullying organizations and several others have been
engaged in coming up with a solid solution to fight bullying. Among the several
proposed solutions, there is adult intervention, awareness building,
counselling and self-help. However, no single solution has been proposed that
can address the issue at its root. This is evident when we see that:
- 28% of US kids between 6th and 12th grades have been bullied (National Center for Education Statistics, 2011)
- 30% of children in US admit to bullying others (Bradshaw et al., 2007)
- 70.6% of children have witnessed bullying (ibid)
This is why martial art as a potential solution to prevent
bullying becomes important. As this article shows, martial arts can be an
effective and useful self-defense for those kids who are the victims of
bullying. Interestingly, martial arts also help those who involve in bullying
as bullies and witnesses.
Martial Arts to Fight Bullying
Martial arts for children are commonly looked upon as a
beneficial co-curricular activity, or at most an effective physical activity
for children. However, martial arts are much more than that, and its many
benefits equip children to deal with bullying in different ways.
- Self-Defense: Martial arts teaches kids to defend themselves. It makes them physically stronger, alert and courageous. Kids who learn martial arts tend to resist bullying rather than meekly undergo it. Often they also stand up for their friends and classmates.
- Confidence: Martial arts can alter the diffidence and vulnerability that is often a character trait of potential bullying victims. Martial arts make children assertive, bold, confident and strong in character. This makes them less likely victims of bullying.
- Emotional Strength: If a child has already faced bullying in his/her past, martial arts can do much more good to him/her than a counselling session can. Martial arts can help them to deal with their emotions, get over the past, and manage stress.
- Channelizing Energy: As psychologists try to point out these days, the bully needs help as much as a victim. Potentially authoritative and narcissistic behavior in bullies often point to crucial issues in early psychological development, dysfunctional parenting or similar factors from the child’s life. Martial art is the only solution that can help the bully. It helps to channelize their energy to positive ends and help them to deal with the emotional confusion that may otherwise surface as a display of power.
Martial Arts for Bullying Prevention at Bruce McCorry’s
Academy
If you are up for transforming your child’s school years by
introducing him/her to martial arts, Bruce McCorry’s Academy (Peabody, MA) is
the place you must check out. Programs at Bruce McCorry’s provide your child
with a customized experience of self-defense-oriented martial arts, taught by
experienced instructors. You can choose to couple your child’s program with
extremely useful consultancy programs like mind healing in order to equip your
child to deal with the different concerns in their school life, ranging from
bullying and peer pressure to study stress. This October, say yes to martial
arts and say no to bullying.
Bruce McCorry's Martial Arts Center
220 Newbury St
Peabody MA 01960
Phone: (978) 535-7878
Email: info@brucemccorrys.com
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