| "Will my child become more violent from
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| | Theatre, most children can think of far
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| learning karate, jujitsu, or another
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| | worse violence.
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| martial art?"
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| | All you have to do is watch the news,
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| In a word, "No." Children learn
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| | cartoons, listen to the radio, or read a
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| self-control by practicing martial arts;
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| | newspaper, to see things worse than
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| and the code of conduct that is enforced,
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| | unsupervised hand-to-hand combat. So,
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| within the studio, is carried outside
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| | the self-defense methods taught to
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| into every day life. The average martial
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| | children actually pale in comparison to
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| arts school works with parents, and
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| | school shootings, bombings, wars, and
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| academic teachers, toward the goal of
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| | drive-by shootings.
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| optimum student success.
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| | Karate was created by unarmed civilians
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| When you see a Karate demonstration team
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| | on the island of Okinawa and was taught
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| perform, that is not an indicator of the
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| | in secret among family members for their
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| life skills taught within the Karate
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| | personal protection. The philosophy,
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| class. It is the "flashiest" component
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| | within a martial arts school, will not
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| of Karate training, presented to capture
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| | always be the same, but the seeds of
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| the public attention. Ten minutes of
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| | violence are not sown within a martial
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| kids using ancient weapons, breaking, and
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| | arts setting.
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| working in synchronized choreography, is
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| | All you have to do is look around you to
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| more interesting to the public, than a
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| | see more, and far worse, violence than
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| lecture, by me, about dealing with
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| | learning self-defense - integrated with
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| bullies without violence.
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| | constructive life skills. The fact is a
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| However, let's take a closer look at the
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| | martial artist is not a "street fighter."
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| ten minutes of flash. The next time you
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| | If that were a requirement, we would
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| see a martial arts demonstration team,
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| | recruit the toughest kids in North
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| remember those children have to practice
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| | Providence.
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| those techniques over and over again.
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| | As I explain to the children in my Karate
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| This requires self-discipline, goal
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| | and Jujitsu classes, "Never forget the
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| setting, perseverance, and each child
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| | word, "artist," means to be creative, to
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| being a team player.
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| | be an innovator, and to think for
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| There is no room for a "one way"
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| | yourself." Children who learn martial
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| personality on any martial arts
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| | arts are more apt to be well adjusted and
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| demonstration team. Such a personality
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| | defuse a potentially violent situation.
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| would work against a good public
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| | On top of that, most children who study
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| performance. In a typical Karate class,
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| | Karate, or any other martial art, will
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| all of the above-mentioned life skills
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| | not be "trouble makers." The children we
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| are learned and much more.
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| | teach from the Greater Providence, Rhode
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| Children learn much more about violence
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| | Island area have learned enough about
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| on the television, playing with video
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| | leadership, in our Karate and Jujitsu
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| games, and dealing with daily life, than
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| | classes, to think for themselves.
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| they will ever learn in a karate class.
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| | For parents, the gift of martial arts
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| Even if a Karate teacher was the classic
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| | training to their children has many
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| "evil sensei," that you may have seen in
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| | rewards, right now, and into their
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| the Karate Kid movie or on Kung Fu
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| | future.
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