Kusakage Dojo

Well done to Han Wei, Ryan, Anthony, (missing from photo : Tristan and Kirsten) for grading to their yellow belts !! I am so proud :)

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS HARARE

WELL DONE TO EVERYONE 🙈 who participated in this competition. I want to thank all of the parents for letting your children come and compete :) it was a good day yesterday and I am so proud of all my students KIRSTEN, TRISTAN,RYAN,JOSH,MOIRA,HAN WEI, ANTHONY,BRAYDEN, FOR PARTICIPATING 🙈
I am so proud of kirsten who achieve the best junior female cup 🙈!! There are more pictures to post but I will get them soon:)

Good luck to everyone from Kusakage and other dojos :) 🙈

Hey guys🙈😇 I am opening up another day of classes!!! So not only on Saturdays but Thursdays too so that we can progress quicker!! From 4pm to 5pm on Thursdays 🙈

🇿🇼🌍🌏HOW does karate help children with ADHD???🌍🌏 👇👇👇

😇👊🇿🇼IMMERSION▫👉 Children with ADHD often think ahistorically, according to the baby centre parenting website, which means they fixate on the present and lack a clear picture of the PAST and the FUTURE . Activities with a lot of waiting time or complicated instructions can cause them to loose their focus and their interest and ability to complete the activity. The intense mental and physical involvement required to participate in karate classes, allows ADHD children to immerse themselves in the activity.
This can help them complete the activity, which can boost their 🌼SELF-ESTEEM🌼 and 🌻CONFIDENCE🌻in themselves, And who wouldn't want a happy and confident child?🙈I'm sure everyone would like their children to be happy all the time 😇

🇿🇼BETTER SELF-CONTROL👊

Karate classes emphasize self-control, including self-discipline and respect for yourself and others, karate classes end and start with a bow to your instructor Sensei. Children must also stand quietly and wait for their instructors next command.Since self-control is often under developed in children with ADHD, the increased emphasis on these skills can carry across into their home life or school environment. This can lead to better grades and improved behavior. Karate can also provide aggressive ADHD children with a healthy way to work out their aggression.

🙏IMPROVED FOCUS AND CONCENTRATION🙏

Regular exercise, like karate can turn on a kids attention system in the brain. According to John Ratey M.D, Author of "Spark: the Revolutionary New Science of exercise and the brain.

🤔🤗CONSIDERATIONS..

Most experts recommend that children use karate to COMPLEMENT,not replace, their ADHD medications. Ratey maintains that combining martial arts and medication lessons ADHD symptoms more than the use of medications alone.He also stresses that while exercise in general is good for children with ADHD, martial arts offers more benefits than many other forms of exercise, such as soccer or baseball.

Thankyou for reading :) i took this off of pinterest 😝 So stop watching TV all day and bring your kids along to train with me and my team!! 🙈😇😂

Oss👊

DEVELOPMENT COMPETITION 👊👊👊

well done to everyone who participated in the development competition today! You all did so so well 🙈 I would like to thank all of my students parents as I am very proud of your children's progress at the comp! it made me so happy to see them smiling as they received their medals.. 🙈 thankyou for bringing your children to my classes I couldn't be happier :)

I look forward to the next one 👊 and I look forward to helping your kids progress even more so that the next one will be even more of a blast 😝

You kids are amazing and it is actually really worth waking up early in the morning and coming to teach you guys! I am so grateful to have met all of you 😇 so thankyou and again WELL DONE 👏👏👏 🎉!!! 🙈