What would the city of Holland look like if the students of Championship Martial Arts spread kindness? The ripple effect could be incredible! Just one act of kindness from one student could spread to reach many people…now multiply that by all the students of martial arts, and our impact could be GREAT! In June we […]
May focus: Self Control The students on the mat sit cross-legged, backs straight and tall, and hands on knees. They don’t speak, but listen intently to the words from their instructor. The “lock it up” position is just one example of training the discipline of self-control through martial arts, as students learn to how transition […]
CONFIDENCE “A feeling of self-assurance arising from one’s appreciation of one’s own abilities or qualities.” Seeking confidence for yourself or your child might be exactly what brought you to martial arts. Maybe you wanted to help empower your child with physical skills and self-discipline in life. Maybe the simple act of being forced into new […]
Word of the Month: HONESTY Have you ever checked your child’s hands to see if they smell like fresh soap after they were told to wash up?! Or felt the bristles of the toothbrush so you could confirm that teeth had actually been brushed in the bedtime routine? Catching a child in a hand-washing or […]
Has someone ever done something that is mean to you? Most people would say yes, and it’s a hard thing to go through hurt. but, it’s what makes us human. sometimes the first reaction to hurt is to fight, neither creating a good outcome for you and others. When someone is mean to you, what happens […]
The word of the month of June at Championship Martial Arts-Holland is KINDNESS. We don’t exactly know what is going on behind the scenes of peoples’ worlds. Or, someone might just be having a bad day. For this, it’s important for us to be friendly, generous, and considerate to others as that act of kindness […]
The word for the month of May at Championship Martial Arts-Holland is SELF CONTROL. You may be asking yourself if self control is a learned behavior? If so, can you learn it at any age? The answer is yes. That is where martial arts comes in to play. This is probably one of the top […]
Spring is here and with the weather getting nicer more people will be enjoying time outside and along with that our nutritional intake may be different. You are probably wondering how nutrition and martial arts work together. Any physical training is like nutrition to the brain. Such as martial arts, it allows for cognitive development […]
What do you think of when you think of the word confidence? Maybe trust or belief or reliance, or even assurance. Then you might be asking how does confidence relate to martial arts? First, think of the self-defense moves and techniques that our students learn and develop during their martial arts training here at Championship Martial Arts-Holland. The […]
As we enter February, our word of the month is honesty. You might be wondering why honesty or what does it have to do with martial arts training. I would like you to look at it from this angle….martial arts teaches their students to be honest with themselves. For example, if one of our […]