Martial Arts & Kids
Hua Shan is a very special place for every practicioner Taoist. Mentor Zhang Fen Nei used to tell Nei that he will have to spend five days inside a cave hollowed out in the granite slope, meditating in complete solitude and darkness. This practice is required in order to learn to feel the energy flow within, as part of events, taking place in the world.
Long, long ago, when the time was measured in chishenyah, equal to two familiar to us hours, in a peasant village at the foot of Chinese mountains Sunshan lived Nei, who went by - Little Nei . He was already ten years of age, but since both his parents died three years ago, he almost didn't get any bigger and now was no taller then two bundles of firewood, which was collected by the neighbor boys in the woods. When all his peers were playing in the street, dividing themselves into robbers and the Imperial soldiers guarding the convoy, he could only watch the game from the window, feeling sorry that he would never get to play with everyone else, but they would shower him with jeers for his weakness and short stature. His old grandmother tried to persuade him to leave the house but it was like flagging a dead horse, he flatly refused, remembering past wrongdoings inflicted on him by evil boys ...
Wouldn't you like your child to develop amazing self-discipline, a positive attitude and an unstoppable "can-do" level of confidence?
It can happen with children's martial arts classes at the Golden Dragon!
Martial arts is one of the very best ways to help children gain self-discipline, respect and confidence—essential traits for success in school, at home and in life.
You'll laugh, but the goal of martial arts is not to learn to swing fists. The true goal of martial arts is self-development, striving for harmony between mental and physical health.
The difference in our attitude toward children's training is in the physiological and psychological differences between a child and an adult. The child has just begun to explore the world and does not have a clear understanding of the context of training. As a result the child has little self-discipline and understanding of what is needed in any action (exercise). At first he puts his interest in the activity and puts his trust in the teacher. At this stage an important mission is assigned to parents and instructors – to maintain interest and to transform a desire into a habit.