Daily Reflections for Living Strong

THERE are many things kids look forward to as soon as the school holidays begin.

But rather than spending unnecessary time at home, it could be a valuable period for your children to pick up martial arts.

Whether your kids are bursting with energy or extremely shy in social situations, martial arts can go a long way towards developing your child’s confidence, habits, and soft skills.

Here are some of the benefits of picking up martial arts:

1 Discipline

One of the central principles in any traditional martial art is to develop self-control and discipline.

Coaches, teachers and master instructors around the world often say this is a primary requirement for success in life.

Whether or not your child ends up having a career in martial arts or something else, this is one of the most important lessons the sport can teach you.

It’s the same reason why Hunter and Jacey’s parents signed them up for their first martial arts lesson.

Mr. and Mrs. Matthews enrolled their children, Hunter and Jacey, in martial arts to set them up for success in life, personal and professional.

2 Confidence

If your kid is struggling to make friends, then attending a martial arts class will allow him or her to meet other students in their age group who may share a similar trait.

4th Degree Master Instructor Alexandra Liciaga struggled with confidence and self-esteem issues from a young age.

However, the 19-year-old demonstrates daily as a full-time teacher at Dinoto Karate Center how martial arts training gave her confidence, and eventually a career.

4th Degree Master Instructor Alexandra Liciaga teaching 3 1/2 year olds!

3 Physical fitness and better coordination

This is among the main reasons why most people practice martial arts. Karate instructors push their students to their limits in order to stimulate conditioning, knowledge, and strength.

Another interesting benefit — and possibly the most underrated — is developing hand-eye coordination.

Hand-eye coordination is the ability to do activities that require the simultaneous use of our hands and eyes. It is important, especially in the developmental stages of younger kids where complex cognitive ability is vital to their physical development.

The various movements in martial arts will enhance your child’s hand-to-eye coordination.

4 Humility and respect

In any martial arts, training comes second to learning respect and humility.

Most martial arts own certain unique rituals that are done to honor certain things and promote respect, as often seen at Dinoto Karate Center.

One example would be the bow. It is done as a form of respect to your instructors, teachers and training partners.

Hi everyone this is Peter Liciaga with your black belt strong morning brief: Turn negative energy into personal power

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From the same exact situation, two different people can achieve two remarkably different results. Why is that?

Because the results you achieve are not determined by the situation itself. The results you achieve are determined by what you choose to focus on.

If you focus on all the things that could go wrong, your mind will find a way to make those things really happen. But that’s not what you want, is it?

Instead, give yourself an empowering focus. Lock your focus solidly on the positive possibilities.

Think in great detail about the good and valuable and desirable outcomes. Without question or hesitation, your mind will begin finding realistic, workable ways to make those good things happen.

Carefully and intentionally guide your focus to the best place you can imagine. And your focus will, in turn, take you there

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From a conversation that I had with my mentor…

Hi everyone this is Peter Liciaga with your black belt strong morning brief: Determined Action

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No matter how menacing the problem may be, you can always find a positive desire that is even stronger. Never forget that those things holding you back are limited and finite, while the dreams that pull you forward have no limits.

As the troubles become more troubling, your best response is not to pull back. Your best response is to reach even higher. As the challenges become more challenging, that’s not the time to run from them. It’s the time to reaffirm your commitment to moving forward. Make your dreams and goals bigger than your difficulties. Overpower the negative aggravations and frustrations in your life with positive possibilities.

Connect yourself with a purpose that will energize and inspire you to the very core. And suddenly even the messiest, most complicated challenges will seem trivial by comparison.

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Believing in yourself does take discipline… Let me explain

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Here’s a question you can ask yourself that will consistently lead you in the direction of success and achievement.

What can I do to help?

Successful entrepreneurs begin businesses with this question. People rise to positions of leadership by asking this question. Great ideas, inventions, organizations and works of art spring from this question.

Rather than cursing your bad luck when you encounter obstacles, look for what you can do to help. Rather than feeling dismayed when times are hard, find something you can do to help.

What can you do to help? It will make the difference between allowing life to toss you around and taking control of your destiny. It’s a question that can transform problems into opportunities. It’s a powerful response to any situation.

Those who enjoy real and lasting success are those who continue to find ways to make a difference. Look for what you can do to help, and what you find will be rich and rewarding opportunities.

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We are, without question, a FAMILY MARTIAL ARTS SCHOOL! Not a tournament school. Not a ground-and-pound school.

In today’s episode I want to share my thoughts on how we teach at our school and who we teach.

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Whatever you wish to achieve happens when you show up and do the work.

You don’t need to stumble upon a clever hack. You don’t have to hope for a lucky break.

What you do is show up and do the work. Do the work. Day in and day out, with the commitment to make a difference.

It doesn’t have to be perfect. What it has to be is done, again and again, for as long as necessary.

The essence and heart of achievement comes from putting your heart into the achievement. Show up, consistently, reliably, enthusiastically, and do the work.

You don’t need to be the world’s most gifted genius, yet your achievements can radiate pure genius. Just simply show up and do the work.

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