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What can our Kids Aikido Program do for your child?
Our Kids develop important life skills, but you may ask how can one program have such an impact on my child's life?
In our program, we don't believe in just teaching children how to grapple, throw and pin others. We work to build your child's character. During classes you'll see your child's energy, confidence, and spirit rise while he or she becomes strong and confident. We're not just talking about physical strength...but the kind of strength it takes to resist peer pressure, deal with bullies, and other negative aspects of being a kid.
Our kids program will provide your child with a host of positive mental and physical skills that will help him or her in school, at home, and in life.
The result? Your child will learn that success is the most probable outcome to anything they put their mind to. You will see a new kind of discipline and self-confidence emerge that will positively effect all areas of their lives. You'll notice a powerful mind/body connection that helps make them unstoppable in life!
Even if your child is involved in sports, it may not be enough. Recent studies have shown that a program like ours that focus on personal achievement and improved self-esteem are vastly more effective than team sports.
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| Aikido students train mind, body, and spirit. At the end of most classes we meditate and focus on our breathing to help us remember what it takes to be calm and compassionate once we leave the dojo. |
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| Ukemi is a way of contolled falling to protect oneself from injury. This is taught starting day 1 in Aikido. The best part of ukemi is that it improves a childs proprioception (understanding of their body in space). This makes them less clumsy and better able to navigate their environment. |
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| We often play "Aiki games" that incorporate teamwork, communication, and positive interaction between kids. Many times these game are designed improve coordination, timing, sensitivity, and use of the senses. |
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| Teamwork and games are a part of developing good communication skills. |
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We offer our Kid’s Program for children 5-12 years old. In this class we first focus on the mind/body coordination aspect of Aikido, as well as, the non-combatant philosophy that will help kids deal with the conflicts they routinely have to deal with in their lives. Being a kid isn’t always easy. Being a kid is full of choices and consequences for those choices. We try to help kids make better decisions through the physical analogy provided by Aikido.
Aikido is non-competitive and teaches life skills, in addition to being a great form of self-defense. Aikido, unlike other martial arts that just teach you how to kick and punch, requires intensive mind and body coordination. The techniques can be difficult for adults to learn and practice and the methodology of Aikido can frazzle little minds a bit. That is why much of the hard stuff is hidden in games we play to help kids learn at their own pace while having fun.
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Jr. Samurai (5-8 yr olds)
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5-6pm
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5:30-6:15pm
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5-6pm
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9:15-10:15am
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Jr. Aikidoka (9-12 yr olds)
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5:30-6:30pm
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5:30-6:30pm
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6:15-7:00pm
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9:15-10:15am
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Aikido requires good attention and regular class attendance. If you are interested in enrolling your child or children in our kid's program, stop by a during class and we will be glad to talk about Aikido and how it can help your children's, balance, mind / body coordination, conflict resolution skills, and above all self confidence. Or call 715.377.1584 or email:
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| Discipline, compassion, calmness, and perseverance are what we look to foster in our kids. |
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| We believe that it is important to acknowledge milestones in a kids development. When a child earns rank in Aikido they receive a rank certificate in Japanese that is personally stamped by their Sensei and the organization. |
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At MCFM we want our Kids to be mindful of the community around them. We are active in many aspects of the community and want our Kids to help out whenever possible. We expect everyone at MCFM to be a positive role model, and believe it is important to foster respect, communication, and benevolence for all people.
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| Unilke many kicking and punching styles, Aikido is, whenever possible, non-injurous to an attacker. Firstly, an Aikidoist looks to be fully in control of their own mind and body. If they are in control of themself, then they can calmly, efficiently, and compassionately deal with someone who is not in control of themself. |
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| We work in a non-competitive fashion in Aikido. Students are expected to help each other learn techniques that can be safely applied on each other. Self-control, and good communication skills are strived for. |
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| At the end of class before meditation we always talk about how we can use Aikido philosophy to help ourselves and others in our daily lives outside the dojo. |
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