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How Martial Arts Offers Mental Health Benefits

How Martial Arts Offers Mental Health Benefits

by Sandoval Freestyle Karate | Dec 15, 2013 | Blog, Health & Exercise, Martial Arts, Martial Arts Benefits

Mental health is mentioned quite a lot in the media these days and this has led to certain individuals claiming that this generation’s mental health is inferior to that of previous generations. There isn’t much evidence to back this assertion since mental health...
Who Are Self-Defense Classes For?

Who Are Self-Defense Classes For?

by Sandoval Freestyle Karate | Sep 6, 2013 | Blog, Martial Arts, Martial Arts Benefits

The answer to the question above is simple: ‘everyone’! Yes, every single person, regardless of age, can benefit from self defense classes. If you want to feel safer on the streets at night and live life confident that you can handle a difficult situation brought...
How Karate Helps Parents Develop a Bond with Children

How Karate Helps Parents Develop a Bond with Children

by Sandoval Freestyle Karate | Jul 19, 2013 | Blog, Martial Arts, Martial Arts Benefits

At Sandoval Freestyle Karate, we believe that karate beats just about every other form of exercise for your child, because you as a parent can join in! This makes a pleasant change from focusing solely on team sports, since you can’t get involved in most of those,...
3 Ways Karate Helps Children Be More Sociable

3 Ways Karate Helps Children Be More Sociable

by Sandoval Freestyle Karate | Jul 3, 2013 | Blog, Child Development, Martial Arts, Martial Arts Benefits, Society & Social Issues

Modern day society is difficult and can seem like an impossible burden to handle for shy kids growing up. Almost every successful individual has managed to achieve his/her goals by being confident. When things get tough in life, as they invariably will, confident...
5 Reasons to Learn Karate if You’re Middle-Aged

5 Reasons to Learn Karate if You’re Middle-Aged

by Sandoval Freestyle Karate | Jun 27, 2013 | Blog, Martial Arts, Martial Arts Benefits

You are probably familiar with all the reasons for children to take up karate. It helps them interact with others, overcome shyness, improves their level of self-esteem and makes them less likely to be the victim of bullying. What about the middle-aged man or woman?...
How Martial Arts Can Help Correct Behavioral Issues in Adolescents

How Martial Arts Can Help Correct Behavioral Issues in Adolescents

by Sandoval Freestyle Karate | May 20, 2013 | Blog, Child Development, Martial Arts, Martial Arts Benefits, Society & Social Issues

In the modern era, doctors are far too quick to prescribe medication to adolescents with behavioral problems, such as ADHD. Often, the doctor doesn’t even recommend counseling or therapy and while the medicine can be effective, it leaves a disturbing legacy of a child...
Why You Must Learn Katas & Forms in Karate

Why You Must Learn Katas & Forms in Karate

by Sandoval Freestyle Karate | Apr 30, 2013 | Blog, Martial Arts, Martial Arts Benefits

Karate has evolved from martial arts that are thousands of years old and throughout its history, students have been encouraged to practice katas. This is the practicing of preordained fighting moves designed to defend against imaginary attackers and solidify form and...
Why Karate is a Great Family Activity

Why Karate is a Great Family Activity

by Sandoval Freestyle Karate | Apr 26, 2013 | Blog, Martial Arts, Martial Arts Benefits

The United States and much of the Western world has a serious problem with obesity. The growing number of sugary and fatty foods coming on the market coupled with the increased advertising budgets of food companies means this is not an issue that is going away any...
Why Teens Should Add Karate Classes to Their Sporting Activities

Why Teens Should Add Karate Classes to Their Sporting Activities

by Sandoval Freestyle Karate | Apr 23, 2013 | Blog, Martial Arts, Martial Arts Benefits

The Karate Kid series of movies showed the classic example of the bullied teenager taking up a martial art and fighting back against his tormentors. It was a legendary feel-good film and encouraged tens of thousands of teens to take up karate. While you shouldn’t...
Why Children Who Learn Karate Aren’t Bullied

Why Children Who Learn Karate Aren’t Bullied

by Sandoval Freestyle Karate | Apr 19, 2013 | Blog, Bullying, Martial Arts, Martial Arts Benefits, Society & Social Issues

Child psychologists will tell you that child bullies perpetrate their mean acts because they are the product of a home where love and attention is in short supply. Perhaps it is a cry for help or else they wish to feel good about themselves by making a smaller, weaker...
How Taekwondo Improves Balance

How Taekwondo Improves Balance

by Sandoval Freestyle Karate | Mar 27, 2013 | Blog, Martial Arts, Martial Arts Benefits, Taekwondo

It could be argued that all forms of martial arts help improve balance but because of the emphasis on kicking techniques, it appears as if Taekwondo offers the greatest array of benefits. According to Taekwondo rationale, the leg is the longest weapon in the human...
Prevent Bullying of Your Child with Martial Arts

Prevent Bullying of Your Child with Martial Arts

by Sandoval Freestyle Karate | Mar 8, 2013 | Blog, Bullying, Martial Arts, Martial Arts Benefits, Society & Social Issues

Bullying is so frequent in the nation’s schools and neighborhoods that it is almost an epidemic. It isn’t easy to discover whether your child is being bullied because they are usually too frightened to talk. Parents need to look for signs such as falling grades,...
5 Reasons Why Police Officers Learn Martial Arts

5 Reasons Why Police Officers Learn Martial Arts

by Sandoval Freestyle Karate | Jan 12, 2013 | Blog, Martial Arts, Martial Arts Benefits

It is a fact that police officers need to be trained in self defense, so it is no surprise to learn that martial arts training is an important part of their arsenal. While some people like to suggest that martial arts does not correspond to ‘real world’ situations,...
Martial Arts Helps Children with ADHD

Martial Arts Helps Children with ADHD

by Sandoval Freestyle Karate | Dec 24, 2012 | Blog, Martial Arts, Martial Arts Benefits

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common and widespread childhood disorders, quoted by the National Institute of Mental Health. Every day doctors either recommend or prescribe pharmaceutical drugs for children with ADHD in an attempt...
Martial Arts Improves Reaction Time

Martial Arts Improves Reaction Time

by Sandoval Freestyle Karate | Dec 16, 2012 | Blog, Martial Arts, Martial Arts Benefits

Sight, touch, pain, and hearing all involve a reaction from the body. Ultimately, for some, this reaction will be faster due to experience and motor learning. Agility, quickness, reaction time, and speed are heavily relied upon in martial arts and the more advanced...
Martial Arts is a Leading Form of Therapy

Martial Arts is a Leading Form of Therapy

by Sandoval Freestyle Karate | Dec 5, 2012 | Blog, Martial Arts, Martial Arts Benefits

Optimal health refers to a balance between the various components of the human system, it ranges from the human movement system (involving all physical aspects), emotional wellness, and mental stability. There are a number of underlying factors that can lead to...
The Camaraderie and Discipline Rewards of Martial Arts

The Camaraderie and Discipline Rewards of Martial Arts

by Sandoval Freestyle Karate | Nov 30, 2012 | Blog, Martial Arts, Martial Arts Benefits

The disciplined nature of martial arts teachings promotes a deep sense of self-discipline. One can’t become a genuine black belt immediately, and so students are taught that their goals will require hard work, patience, and dedication, which should be expected...
How Martial Arts Can Improve a Child’s Listening Skills

How Martial Arts Can Improve a Child’s Listening Skills

by Sandoval Freestyle Karate | Oct 30, 2012 | Blog, Child Development, Martial Arts, Martial Arts Benefits, Society & Social Issues

Every facet of day to day life involves a sight, a smell, a sound and evokes a feeling, whether it can be touched or not. Realistically, there is no diagnosis for a child’s or adult’s inability to pay close attention, there is no condition for a weakness in...
American Kenpo Gives Practitioners Confidence in One’s Abilities

American Kenpo Gives Practitioners Confidence in One’s Abilities

by Sandoval Freestyle Karate | Oct 26, 2012 | American Kenpo, Blog, Martial Arts, Martial Arts Benefits

Every human being is inclined to seek balance in the form of all aspects of optimal well-being, via mental, physical, emotional, intellectual, and social transcendence, which anyone can obtain. Perhaps we find ourselves promising our conscious that we will begin our...
Martial Arts for Self-Improvement

Martial Arts for Self-Improvement

by Sandoval Freestyle Karate | Oct 25, 2012 | Blog, Martial Arts, Martial Arts Benefits, Self-Improvement, Society & Social Issues

It is rare to meet one whom has not at some point experienced difficulty listening, comprehending or fully understanding, some industries may label this as some sort of medical condition, however, listening and learning skills are generally learned by practice. The...
Taekwondo Training for the Mind and Body

Taekwondo Training for the Mind and Body

by Sandoval Freestyle Karate | Sep 27, 2012 | Blog, Martial Arts, Martial Arts Benefits, Taekwondo

Taekwondo, the traditional martial art and sport of Korea which has over 60 million practitioners worldwide, has captured the hearts and minds of many athletes today. The sport contains over 3,000 techniques proven to be a real means of self-defense and a good workout...
Looking Beyond the Hard Work that Goes with Kickboxing

Looking Beyond the Hard Work that Goes with Kickboxing

by Sandoval Freestyle Karate | Sep 26, 2012 | Blog, Kickboxing, Martial Arts, Martial Arts Benefits

Experience is the greatest teacher because few things are properly understood without instruction. Time is another factor that plays an important role when studying kickboxing. Although your strikes and kicks may be dazzling to see when performed, it is the years of...
Life Lessons Learned from Martial Arts

Life Lessons Learned from Martial Arts

by Sandoval Freestyle Karate | Sep 17, 2012 | Blog, Martial Arts, Martial Arts Benefits

The memorable Karate Kid movies and the famous moves: wax on, wax off, paint the fence, and paint the house are some of the basis of martial arts teachings. The “wax on”, “wax off” approach might come disguised as a set of chores, but just as often it is a general...
What You Need to Know About Using Kickboxing to Stay Fit

What You Need to Know About Using Kickboxing to Stay Fit

by Sandoval Freestyle Karate | Sep 13, 2012 | Blog, Kickboxing, Martial Arts, Martial Arts Benefits

Are you looking for a total body workout to increase endurance and strength while listening to your favorite music? If so, you should consider joining a local kickboxing class. Tips to Get the Most From Your Kickboxing Workout 1. Start Slow Begin slowly and do not...
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