As a teacher it’s important the correct style of teaching is applied, certainly with a large group of young students a more autocratic style should form the basis of the class to avoid accidents and ensure safety. As students become more advanced or mature a democratic leadership style can be particularly useful for developing creativity and encouraging individuality, an example…
Within this blog we will be exploring the second step of The Warrior Method, the significance of sustained ‘inspiration’ and its power in optimizing your child’s development. You will find out how martial arts provides a huge amount of inspiration to children, how martial arts is naturally predispositioned to deliver inspiration and how The Warrior Method’s structure provides the framework…
We’ve talked about a young persons community in school and in their clubs/activities and peer groups, it’s now time to talk about their home community, or what we like to call “The Home Dojo”. The Dojo is a place of respect, courtesy, community and self development. We refer to our students homes as the “Home Dojo” as we want our…
There’s a biological transition we haven’t touched on that shakes the emotional foundation of almost every young person as they develop. This is also a time parents typically dread as their brilliant children can become argumentative, irrational, aggressive, hyper-sensitive, depressed and particularly difficult to live with. This period is adolescent, puberty strikes, hormones erupt like a volcano, girlfriends/boyfriends start emerging…
I’ve talked a lot about how a strong, positive community can provide the support necessary to help an individual through times of hardship or indeed, as a young person, difficult transitions. The most common difficult transition young people make is from Primary to Secondary school from the ages of 10 to 12. For me personally, this was a difficult transition.…
From the age of 7 until 11 I was bullied terribly in school. This came from changing schools and being “the new kid” in a very small class where there was already a tight knit community established. I was nervous about changing schools and no doubt this became visible, as, with a lot of bullying, in this position I was…
In the previous blog I discussed the power of a strong community, and how it can be an incredibly positive driving force. I also talked about the importance of analysing our current communities and how this can be done quickly so that we can discover if it is a positive or negative environment. Over the years I’ve been part of…
We know the importance “Community” has in a young person’s life from looking at the various ways in which a person develops through their community. I believe that a negative community from a young age has a huge effect on the future of a young person’s life. Let’s take a look at the individual issues that arise from a negative…
We’ve developed a great little exercise to quickly analyse your child’s community and to discover if it is a positive or negative influence. We may have a rough idea already but often spending a few minutes to write it down can give some insight into the big picture. We are going to look at 4 different communities that are present…
