How Martial Arts Builds Confidence in Kids

Hendersonville Martial Arts develops and builds a child’s confidence from Five main factors.

1.       Good Finding. We focus as instructors on being
“Good Finders”. We are constantly looking for opportunities to praise
and complement our students. Instead of always pointing out what a
student is doing wrong, we are always trying to point out what they do
right! This approach to teaching motivates the children though
continuous positive energy.

2.       We Give Praise First. Our Instructors endeavor to “Give Praise
First”. We understand that by complimenting children for their efforts,
not just results, no matter how minor, motivates a student to try that
much harder. Trying harder brings the child even better results and
those results will develop true confidence. Then the cycle repeats.

3.       Belt Ranking. Hendersonville
Martial Arts has a unique way of setting goals and showing the
progression of those goals, and that is though our Belt Ranking system. A
beginning student starts as a white belt and moves though goals of
different color belt ranks as they meet different physical, mental and
curriculum requirements. This goal setting/learning and rewarding/goal
accomplishment system rewards children for their efforts and progress
and developments a strong foundation of confidence and continue to grow
and grow.  

4.       Self
Defense. Children develop confidence at Hendersonville Martial Arts
though our self-defense instruction. In is no secret that children that
have a sense of well-being and security are confident and happy.
Self-defense training is part of every class a child takes at
Hendersonville Martial Arts.

5.       Fitness.
With the childhood obesity rates skyrocketing in the U.S. It has never
been more important that children learn and develop positive habits of
nutrition and fitness. Beside health concerns for a child’s future, it
is important to understand that a negative self-image is the main
“killer of confidence”. Sadly our society continues to put more and more
emphasis on how a person looks on the outside than what kind of person
they are on the inside. How a child thinks about themselves is directly
related to how they feel about themselves. If they think they are
overweight and/or unattractive, then this attitude will likely result in
decreasing their confidence and self-worth. At Hendersonville Martial
Arts, we teach our children valuable life lasting lessons on nutrition and fitness. Through our training we can partner with you to help develop happy, healthy, confident, successful children!