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Top Reasons Kids Should Practice Martial Arts at the IKA & CMA

Below is a list of reasons why children thrive under Hanshi Scott's direction. Much of the information is credited to The Dojo App, however, some of the content has been changed to personalize the post.


It helps them make new friends.

The bond between martial artists is strong. Martial arts are physical, and they require physical confrontation. When confronted with someone of similar size, strength, and skill, students develop a sense of respect for one another. They realize they are capable, and so are others. Out of healthy respect for themselves and others, long-lasting and rewarding relationships develop.


They will learn better human relation skills.

During martial arts training, students need to learn the concept of physical space, how physical contact is both an invasion and invasive. Martial arts practice literally and figuratively breaks down barriers. Students will confront people of all types and abilities during martial arts training. This kind of exposure helps to prepare them for a dynamic and diverse social environment.


They learn new coping skills.

Your kids deal with a world unlike anything we’ve seen before. The pressures of a social network, expectations, and a world full of need and change are overwhelming for children with no experience to handle it.


Martial arts are an outlet. Their physicality trains physical fitness, which balances the body physiologically and emotionally. But it also emboldens kids with a warrior’s mentality of gratitude, humility, respect, and self-confidence.

The world is full of confrontation. The IKA & CMA will teach your kids how to do well within it.


They develop better focus and concentration.

Practicing martial arts requires patience and persistence. Not everyone is at the same level of skill, but kids need to know that they can change and grow. A body is the one thing that everyone has that they can always improve. When you show kids that they can get better when they focus on improving their strengths and weaknesses, you provide them with hope that their dreams are possible.


The rewards carry over into every aspect of their lives, like better studying and better behavior at school.


They develop better respect for authority figures.

In martial arts, as in life, there is always a teacher and a student, and nothing can replace the value of a great mentor. Martial arts, more so than other activities, emphasize discipline and respect for authority.


Kids need to learn that they’ll go far on their own, but they’ll go the furthest with the help of others. A teacher’s wisdom is the most valuable kind of guidance. A martial arts teacher sets a standard that helps kids relate better to other figures of authority in their lives, like teachers and parents.


Your children are not just getting an instructor, they will have a teacher.

Your children are in great hands at the International Karate Association & College of the Martial Arts. Hanshi Scott's background includes teaching at the elementary, middle school, and high school levels for the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District.


With more than twenty-five years of working in the school district as a principal, teacher, and coach, and nearly fifty years of continuous martial arts training, Hanshi Scott is so much more than a martial arts instructor. Your kids will flourish under his guidance.


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