Episode Summary
* The Tri-Star Podcast Episode 37: Martial Arts Appreciation Month highlights the importance of recognizing and appreciating martial arts as a transformative experience for both parents and students.
* The hosts discuss what September, being Martial Arts Appreciation Month, really means and how it can impact families beyond physical fitness.
* They explore realistic expectations, family bonding, character development, and long-term growth in the martial arts journey.
Key Topics
* The hosts explain that appreciation is more than just gratitude; it’s about treating something as valuable and worth investing time and effort into.
* Duane Brumitt emphasizes that appreciation changes how you train, protecting the process and committing to it differently.
* Chris Beane provides a practical example for parents: instead of asking if their child won, ask what they learned; instead of saying “you get better,” say “I’m proud of you for staying coachable.”
Notable Quotes and Insights
Appreciation isn’t just gratitude. Appreciation is ownership. Appreciation is saying this is valuable, so I’m going to treat it like it matters.
And students, you know, that are listening, because we know that, you know, obviously some of you listen with your parents. Because appreciation means that you don’t treat class like something that you have. You treat it like something that you get to do.
Appreciation matters most on the hard weeks, the weeks where you’re tired, where your kids are tired, when somebody forgot their water bottle or their belt, and you’re tempted to say, let’s just skip. Appreciation is what keeps you committed when those motivations start to fade.
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