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Our martial arts practice helps us strengthen our mental acuity as well as our physical fitness. Researchers at Bangor University studied people who regularly practice martial arts. They extensively tested and measured alertness, orienting, and executive types of attention. Alertness is our ability to sustain focused awareness.  Orienting is purposefully shifting our attention from one […]

We’re all aware that regular, consistent exercise — such as karate training — improves our physical fitness. But martial arts lessons provide us with even more than a good workout. Regular, consistent karate training helps boost 5 critical mental strengths. 1)  Greater emotional well-being Our emotional well-being and our physical health are strongly linked. A […]

It can be challenging for your child to start a new school year. Several different factors contribute to this: First and foremost, however, it is the result of kids abruptly changing over to a new schedule. Over the summer break, they’ve gotten used to staying up later — and sleeping in later — than during […]

As with many other physicians, recommending physical activity to patients was just a doctor chore for me – until a few years ago. That was because I myself was not very active. Over the years, as I picked up boxing and became more active, I got firsthand experience of positive impacts on my mind. I […]

Just a reminder that the warm Summer weather is now with us. Please be mindful of the risks of heat stress and other heat-related illnesses and take appropriate precautions. Please follow the link below to download your own safety guide: Heat Related Illness Info CDC Broadway Family Karate Comments are closed.

We have online Video Tutorials for our Autumn Term available for you on our YouTube channel. These videos are your guide to the skills we’ve been working with together in our recent lessons. Watching these will help you keep these skills fresh in your mind. These videos will also guide you as you practice and […]

A big “Thank You!” to our students and families who participated in our recent Board Breaking workshops, and donated to the Appalachian Outreach ministry in Jefferson City. Ms. Hill’s father sent us the following message: “Izabella would like to extend her thanks to everyone who participated in the board breakings this week! We ended up […]

Just a reminder for our Honors Students that you’re creating your own Bo 1 Step in our “B” lessons. This will be an important part of earning your 2nd Achievement Stripe, and of your Promotion Exam in a few weeks. Last week, you selected the attacks that you will defend against. Your homework for the […]

As George traveled north by coach from Virginia in the Spring of 1789, the first Congress met in New York. Two groups would have to decide on the proper honorific for George — the House of Representatives and the Senate. The honorific had to be something that both the Representatives and the Senators could agree […]

In our lesson this week, we’ll continue our discussion of Courtesy as our Warrior Personal Strength. What’s an “honorific” anyway, and why did George need one? An “honorific” is a special way we speak to or about someone else that shows courtesy and respect. Some of these we use so often that we don’t think […]