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Monday, December 19, 2011
Benefits of Martial Arts Training For Kids
Admit it. When the going gets tough at home, we've all plopped the kids in front of the television and breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, we can get started on dinner, maybe check email or sort that massive pile of laundry.
But when your five-year old yells at you "Mom, Kids Rule!" or your ten-year old horrifies you with language that would make a sailor blush, you realize there must be something amiss with what these "family programs" really teach our kids. And sadly, its happening all over the media today, from sports to cartoons, and our children are learning things that we, as parents, vowed we would never teach them. Old fashioned values like respect and self-discipline, seems to have been forgotten, replaced by the dreaded "bling bling" pop culture of today.
Just the thought of your angelic three-year old morphing into a designer-clad, smart-mouthed, money-worshipping, me-obsessed, lay-about is enough to make any parent consider that threatening military school brochure, but there is a solution out there to consider.
Martial Arts training.
From Ninja Turtles to The Karate Kid
You and your kids have all seen the flying kicks, battle cries and mighty chops of their favorite TV characters, as they beat the bad guys to submission - but, you may ask, how on earth can these acts of violence teach my child anything worthwhile?
First, know that what you see on television (save perhaps the Karate Kid) is a far cry from what real martial arts are all about. The fact is, martial arts training is based on non-violence.
Originating in Asia (mainly Japan, China and Korea, although Thailand and Vietnam have their own practices as well), martial arts range from a variety of types and styles, all of which are based on well-rounded, moral teachings. The beauty of learning martial arts is that it encompasses not just the physical aspect of the "sport", but mental and emotional lessons as well.
Comparing that to other kid's activities and sports, where fierce competitiveness and "winning at all costs" seems to be the order of the day, it's not surprising that many children grapple with issues of self-esteem and misplaced aggression.
Now imagine your child actually learning valuable life lessons, skills that he will take throughout life, laying the foundation for a happy, well-adjusted and fulfilled adult life. If only karate for kids was popular in the 70's, when I was growing up!
The Advantages
o Karate, and other martial arts for kids, builds confidence and self-esteem as well as self-discipline, respect, concentration and courtesy.
o Many martial arts schools also offer leadership courses for kids, in conjunction with their karate for kids programs, or similar lessons.
o Martial Arts is ideal for children who do not do well in team sports, giving them the ability to flourish this activity, while combining physical and mental practices.
o Many do not realize this, but it is a fact that martial arts training are safer than most school sports.
o Children with special needs, such as ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder), learning difficulties and hyperactivity are often recommended to participate in martial arts for kids because of the clear benefits in its structured training techniques.
Kung-Fu Master or Ninja Warrior?
Before you sign up Junior for the first martial arts class you see, take some time to check out the different methods available, and match it with what you know would suit your child best. This is a good way to avoid any problems that may sprout from a conflict of your child's personality and the training techniques.
Is your little Zach a sensitive soul? Then maybe a class that doesn't center on sparring (full-on kicks and punches training) but rather, slower, defensive maneuvers would fare better for him. Kids with an aggressive streak, however, may prefer the more forceful moves and thrive in competitive sparring.
Here's a quick primer on the kid-friendly martial arts training you're likely to find:
Martial Arts From Japan
Karate
o Uses defensive and aggressive moves
o Centers on building strength and endurance
o Involves chops, punches, kicks, strikes, blocking and sparring
o May use weapons
Jujitsu
o Uses defensive and aggressive moves
o Involves lots of sparring
o Teaches a fair amount of weapons training
Aikido
o Uses a more "spiritual" and harmonious style in redirecting the aggression of the attacker as the form of defense, using throws, pins, rolls etc.
o Taught on the premise of disabling an aggressor without attacking, through your individual inner energy
o Does not involve sparring or competitions
Judo
o Uses gentle, "wrestling-like" movements
o Considered one of the safest methods of martial arts
o Emphasizes physical control as well as mental development
o Engages in competitions
Martial Arts From China
Kung-Fu
o The generic term referring to Chinese martial arts with a variety of styles
o Involves attack movements as well as defensive techniques
o Teaches kicks, punches, chops, throws, falls, grappling, katas, leg sweeps and blows among others.
o Engages in sparring competitions
Martial Arts From Korea
Taekwondo
o Competitive in nature, involves techniques using elaborate footwork and unique high kicks.
o Emphasizes strength, force and attack methods.
o Engages in lots of sparring and competitions.
Choosing The Right Instruction
If you have an idea of the type of martial arts class you'd like your child to participate in, the next step would be to find the right school. Finding the right class that not only matches your child's and your needs, in terms of teachers you feel comfortable with, the price, facilities and so on, are all important factors.
Say you've found a local place that specializes in Karate for Kids. What are the things you should look for?
1. Good Instructors
Check out their qualifications, teaching methods and watch carefully how they interact with the other children. It should be a fun learning experience!
2. Space and Safety
Obviously you would want to entrust your child in as establishment that is safe, well-maintained, and clean with ample space as well as decent facilities and equipment.
3. School Values
Different martial arts schools inevitably go by different values, for instance, one kid's karate class may handle aggression in one way, while a judo class would have a different approach. Take some time to observe which school's ideals match your family's principles.
4. Prices and Schedules
Prices for martial arts training can vary according to school and location, so make sure you the instruction you choose represents fair value. Finding the most effective way to fit martial arts training into your family's lifestyle is also essential, knowing what works best with your schedule and other activities.
Baby Blackbelts
Starting your child young in karate training is ideal (children as young as the age of four are usually accepted, as it is also a good way to hone fine motor skills), and lots of parents have found that in as little as a year, their children who were involved in martial arts had noticeably gained positive traits such as increased self-esteem, respect and overall physical fitness.
Many parents also opt to join a martial arts training program themselves, making it a great bonding experience for the entire family.
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Thursday, December 15, 2011
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Saturday, December 10, 2011
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Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Growing Chives in Your Garden and Using a Chive Plant - Discoveries in Dirt by a Novice Gardener
There are plenty of gardeners well versed in growing chives in a garden and know a seminar's worth of ways for using the chives plant. I must confess, however, chives came into my life through a happy accident some years ago. As a gardener, herbs were astonishingly absent from my style of cooking, but chives changed all that. My experience drew me to reintroduce you to chives by unearthing some of the pleasant and somewhat surprising useful discoveries about growing and using chives my happy accident taught me as a novice gardener.
Most of us, including me, think of chives as these dried up little green pieces that look like they were taken from our lawn and maybe have a tiny residue of taste surviving in them. Probably our most frequent initial introduction to chives in cooking is as a condiment for a baked potato...as in sour cream with chives. The fascinating features of chives as a plant and herb have been much maligned due to its past classification as a common household herb. This is what I found out as a novice gardener when I somehow mistakenly ordered 9 chives plants, but intended to get only 1.
Chives - The Plant
While chives are part of the onion family, their flavor is much milder and more subtle. Until you've tasted fresh chives you won't believe the difference in taste from those dried up herbs you buy at the store! Chives grow in clumps, which is why they're always referred to as plural. The upright green shoots that grow from the clumps are really called the leaves of the plant.
Growing chives isn't hard. I'm prime proof of that. In fact, I classify them along side daylilies for ease of growing, because they're as indestructible no matter the amount of rain or scorching heat. I hadn't a clue how to plant my chives plants when they arrived, and they've survived in the clay soil of hot Kentucky summers for almost a decade now. You can even dig up their roots (actually little onion-like bulbs), divide them, and replant them just like daylilies! Chives are best planted in a healthy mixture of soil, peat, sand and compost, but my ignorance proves chives plants do well as long as they have plenty of sun and some water now and then.
By the way, chives plants are also perennial. That means, the plant dies back through the winter and sprouts new leaves in the spring. Perennials make a gardener's life easier simply because they DO automatically emerge every year without my help. In the spring, the chives plant produces a bounty of beautiful purple flowers that sprout on tall stems. Who knew growing chives produced beautiful flowers, too? The flowers, similar in shape to the flowers in clover but bigger, can be used in dried ornamental bouquets. The bees happen to love those flowers. Just by growing my chives, there's this added benefit of attracting bees for pollinating some of my other garden plantings.
Another side benefit for my outdoor garden is the chives plants actually protect my other plants and flowers from unwanted insects--like Japanese beetles. Apparently insects find the growing chives to be repulsive. Use the juice of the leaves in the same way.
The Culinary Side of Chives
Chives are chock full of vitamin A and C, calcium and iron. A great choice to flavor foods, cut chives are fat free and combine well with more than sour cream and cream cheese. I found them a winning alternative to the standby salt seasoning. Harvesting chives is a simple task. Simply snip some of those leaves (the soft green shoots) down to the base. The chives plant will continuously regrow the leaves during its growing season.
Chop the leaves into smaller pieces and use them fresh. Store what you don't use in a plastic bag in the refrigerator for about a week. Postpone washing the chives plant leaves until you use them because the extra moisture makes them wilt and decay more rapidly.
Add them for flavoring to soups, sandwiches, fish, vegetable dishes, sauces, and salads. The vast variety of its culinary uses can ignite those creative juices in your cooking. For instance, I have a friend whose family loves to enjoy 'chives sandwiches' every spring. Avoid the mistake of growing chives as a garden herb simply for a garnish...it's so much more versatile.
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Friday, December 2, 2011
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