TAE KWON DO FOR YOUR CHILD

 The confidence game:

A childs inner strength

   Confidence is every childs greatest asset. A confident child knows how to get what he / she wants, and takes pride in meeting challenges and achieving goals. Proper Tae Kwon Do training is so effective in acquiring self-confidence because the training challenges your child's inner strength, teaches him / her to compete with ones self, and sets up goals to attain.

Your child's school work - a marked improvement:

    The right Martial Arts system teaches your child to concentrate, which leads to better study habits. They learn respect for discipline and rules. It also increases their desire for achievement. When they discover their capabilities, the world no longer seems threatening, and a greater involvement in school activities may result.

Children really can defend themselves:

    Besides the benefits of physical conditioning, mental alertness, and discipline, Tae Kwon Do can teach your child to cope with the fighting and the bullies that is unfortunately found in schools and on the streets today. Because of your child's confidence in their self-defence skills, fighting ceases to be important.

What you will find at EXCEL MIXED MARTIAL ARTS ACADEMY:

   The methods we teach are successful because they encompass the full spectrum of the Martial Arts, adapting them to the child's body build, movements, and attitude. That is the key factor in helping a child reach his / her maximum potential. 

ATTENTION-DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY AND MARTIAL ARTS:

  Todays professionals who engage in the treatment of children diagnosed with ADD/ ADHD are recommending that children become involved in structured activities such as Martial Arts, the dojang provides an idea place to increase attention span, decrease distraction, develop motor and behavioral control, improve self-esteem, and build positive peer relationships. Its our goal to work with children in these areas and help them improve.

  One of the most important things about ADD-ADHD is to understand what it is and what treatments are available and which one best meets you and your childs needs. Below you will find a few web sights that may help you better understand ADD-ADHD.

 http://www.well-connected.com/

 http://addvance.com/

 http://www.add.org/

 http://www.chadd.org/AM/CustomPages/home/CHADD_Home.htm?CFID=4562778&CFTOKEN=47749786&jsessionid=f2303278141192406572062

 http://www.attention.com/

http://hometown.aol.com/twdiii/webpage/ADDarticle/ADDArticle.htm

 TAE KWON DO FOR ADULTS

Benefits for everyday life:

   Confidence is our best weapon against the challenges of our life. Proper Martial Arts training can give us that confidence. Self- confidence can only be attained by challenging our inner strength, that forces us to compete with ourselves. This can only be accomplished by regularly setting new goals and working to attain them. Tae Kwon Do gives you those goals, and the confidence to defend yourself in our increasingly violent world.

Physical benefits:

   You will, with Tae Kwon Do training, achieve improvements in flexibility, coordination, balance, and stamina. Flexibility is essential to everyone especially athletes.  This allows unrestricted blood flow to the muscles, which will help avoid injury.  You fatigue less quickly and perform better. This is particularly beneficial to all athletes. Improved circulation brings with it an improved immune system. Improvements in the above areas will mean better performance in athletes of all skill levels.

Mental Benefits:

  Last, but not least, with proper Tae Kwon Do training you will learn to concentrate. That is, you will learn to fully focus your mind on one task, whatever that task may be. Through meditation and proper breathing practice you can achieve a complete state of relaxation, even to a point of taking a "vacation" in your mind. This allows you two ways to relieve any stress you may have. When you put it all together, Tae Kwon Do is a unique way to achieve total mind and body fitness that will lead to an overall sense of well being.