Good Guys and Bad Guys?
Traditional martial artists in Washington State are faced with potential martial arts legislation ( WA State HB1062) that could have serious implications for even the most traditional of martial arts schools.
Since Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) began capturing public attention, the positive image of martial artist left in the minds of the public by the Karate Kid movies has been slowly usurped by public stereotyping that fails to distinguish Traditional Martial Artists from their combative counterparts.
- Consider the declining public attention on Martial Arts in general compared to the increasing public attention on Mixed Martial Arts.
Q: My teenager (daughter) is a Dan (black belt), but has lost interest in training. How can I inspire her to resume training in Soo Bahk Do® Moo Duk Kwan®?
A: The decision to train needs to be hers and parental pressure can be less effective with teenagers than it may be with very young children, so you may need to employ a creative parental strategy to discover what dampened her desire to train and/how you might inspire or support her to resume training.
The answer may be as simple as the teen years exposing your teenage daughter to other influences and interests that has pulled her attention elsewhere; however, you might consider having a non-pressuring conversation with your teenager in order to determine if anything unpleasant happened in her training that might have caused her desire or interest to wane.
Did you know that the Soo Bahk Do Institute allows you to watch all videos in slow motion (1/2, 1/4 and 1/8 speeds) so you can see exactly how a technique is performed? Did you know that you can also fast forward (2X, 4X and 8X speed) to get through longer videos quickly without missing anything? And did you know that you can even watch videos in REVERSE fast or slow? You can’t do any of this on YouTube.
