https://youtu.be/4v61Thfdboc Choosing a martial arts school for your child can feel overwhelming. If you look around the Kenosha area, you’ll find a variety of styles—Karate, Taekwondo, Jiu-Jitsu, and MMA. Every school has a website with flashy photos, and they all promise the exact same things: focus, discipline, and respect. But as a former elementary school […]
https://youtu.be/ijpnGTXfaE4 If you are a parent raising kids in the Kenosha area today, you know the daily battle of trying to pry a tablet or a smartphone out of your child’s hands. It feels like a losing war. As a former elementary school teacher with a Master’s in Education, I watched a dramatic shift happen […]
https://youtube.com/shorts/g_5e2q_ob6M When you are looking at the financial cost breakdown for your child’s extracurricular activities here in Kenosha, it is easy to just look at the registration fee or the monthly tuition block. But as a parent of young teenagers myself—a 13-year-old and a 15-year-old—and as a former elementary school teacher with a Master’s in […]
https://youtube.com/shorts/LsNk22bMJOY About twenty years ago, a massive shift occurred in youth sports and extracurricular activities across the country. The “participation trophy” was born. As a former elementary school teacher who holds a Master’s in Education, I remember exactly when this movement started flooding into public schools in the early 2000s. I distinctly recall asking a […]
https://youtu.be/RNEF9ECcO0E I get the call almost every day at our Kenosha dojo. A parent asks, “When is the right time to start my child in martial arts?” My answer is always the same: As young as four. Now, I know what you’re thinking. “Four? They can barely tie their shoes!” But as someone who spent […]
https://youtu.be/QOEdAtVw1zg Bullying is nothing new. It was around when we were kids, and it was around when our parents were kids. But as a former elementary teacher with a Master’s in Education, I can tell you that the “landscape” of bullying has changed. It used to be that the school bus or the playground were […]
https://youtu.be/t-GudBCn4rk I’ll be the first to admit it: sometimes, when I’m on the phone with a Kenosha parent who is excited about starting their child in karate, I forget to mention the simplest thing—what they should actually wear to their first class. As a former teacher with a Master’s in Education, I know that […]
https://youtu.be/iaiBwh3Ol7k One of the most frequent questions we hear at Championship Martial Arts – Kenosha is: “How many years until my child is a Black Belt?” It’s a fair question, but it’s also a loaded one. If you look at ten different karate, taekwondo, or jiu-jitsu schools in the Kenosha area, you will find ten […]
https://youtube.com/shorts/VUMQK-156Rk We’ve all seen it: a new family walks into our Kenosha dojo, and the child is firmly attached to their parent’s leg. I call it “Hiding Behind the Leg Syndrome.” At age two or three, it’s a normal developmental phase. But if that same child is still hiding at age 12, it becomes a […]
https://youtube.com/shorts/8BLO2rYiBRI It’s a question as old as The Karate Kid: “If I teach my child how to punch and kick, aren’t they just going to want to punch and kick more at school?” As a former elementary teacher with a Master’s in Education, I’ve seen my share of playground scuffles in our local schools. […]
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