GUELPH FAMILY MARTIAL ARTS KARATE (13-16 YRS)

Our youth martial arts program focuses on peaceful conflict resolution and perseverance to set them up for success in adulthood. We strengthen core values that are fundamental to martial arts and work to strengthen not only the body, but the mind as well. Our youth martial arts program is facilitated by World Champion Nathan Skoufis, who shares his passion for martial arts with people of all ages at Guelph Family Martial Arts.

GUELPH YOUTH MARTIAL ARTS

Karate Guelph (13-16 yrs)

Our program is designed for teens ages 13-16 years old. Our teen program is a complete martial arts training program which will incorporate Jiu Jitsu, Boxing, Karate, Tae Kwon Do and Wrestling. Students will learn how to correctly execute kicking and punching movements and practical self-defense techniques. Our teen program will help build focus, respect, strength and perseverance. Our martial arts program is perfect for teen athletes, who are looking to join another sport. Martial arts will strengthen small muscles groups throughout the body that are commonly injured such as: hips and knees. The flexibility training in our program will give teens an increased range of motion which will help prevent injury. Our program will help build leg strength and fast twitch muscles through kicking exercises.

Guelph Kids Karate Lessons and Programs

OUR KID'S KARATE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR CHILDREN 13 to 16 YEARS OF AGE. IT PROVIDES A FUN AND PRACTICAL MARTIAL ARTS CURRICULUM FOR BEGINNER STUDENTS.

Our program helps control obesity levels by improving fitness levels, balance and coordination, concentration, focus and self-discipline. Our program promotes avoidance of readily available temptations and situations and how to correctly combat them. We want our students to succeed in their life, our program increases the student's ability for goal setting for both long and short term goals. We carefully explain steps that are essential for goal achievement.

WHAT WE TEACH

Courtesy & respect

Personal focus & concentration

Self-confidence

Leadership & teamwork

Self-defense skills

GUELPH MARTIAL ARTS: LEARN TO BECOME A LEADER

THE GUELPH FAMILY MARTIAL ARTS PROGRAM ALLOWS OLDER CHILDREN TO BECOME PART OF OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM

That being able to articulate points to other students, boosts confidence which aids in school work when working in a group, as well as speeches or public speaking. Our leaders are taught how to communicate effectively and how to lead a class. Leadership skills are necessary for today in all workplaces so they can have confidence to excel as a manager, owner and CEO, or other jobs that require leadership. Martial Arts will instill confidence.

KARATE IS A FUN PHYSICAL EXERCISE

WOULDN'T IT BE NICE TO HAVE SOME OF YOUR TEENAGER’S EXTRA ENERGY?

We can lend a hand in wearing your teen out through fun physical activities. The importance of introducing an active lifestyle early in life can help promote a healthy lifestyle, as well as making exercise a part of their life. As a healthy lifestyle has been shown to combat many chronic illnesses and ailments. Your child should have energy redirected into positive avenues to release all surplus energy into something positive. So after their martial arts class they can be quiet and focused on doing school work, as well as being ready for sleep.

World Class Instructors

Our youth program is run by Nathan Skoufis, a renowned martial arts champion. Nathan helps teens reach their full potential by teaching them lifelong skills like discipline, respect, determination and drive. Through his passion for martial arts, Nathan inspires his students to be the best they can be at all times. Along with his mother, Sophie, Nathan has worked to bring and teach the peak of martial arts excellence to families in Guelph, Ontario.

Character Development

KARATE AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

Guelph Family Martial Arts believes martial arts is about personal development and this is facilitated through the karate skills we teach our students. We strive for perfection among our students, that even though perfection is not possible if we chase perfection we can catch greatness, in whatever avenue we pursue. We give our members opportunities to learn, practice and apply these personal developmental traits in their lives in and outside our school.

BULLY PREVENTION

Identify bullies
Learn why bullies act the way they do
What bullies hold as their goal
The best ways to stop bullying
As well as learning practical self-defence techniques
Increased confidence and self-worth
Increased strength and flexibility

BATTLE AGAINST BULLYING WITH MARTIAL ARTS

Learn Peaceful Bullying Resolutions

Our program teaches children how to stand up to bullies and how to communicate with a bully if they or a friend are being bullied with their new found confidence. If your child has been involved with bullying in the past or currently our program will help rebuild your child's confidence.

As bullying can really take a toll on a child's morale. Bullying can cause anxiety, sadness, insecurities and anger without a proper outlet to express or release these negative emotions it can have huge effects. When someone is bullied it begins to make that person feel as though they are not good enough or not worthy. These thoughts can have lasting impacts physically and emotionally culminating to damage well-being. Martial arts build your child from within as our professional instructors will provide positive reinforcement and constant encouragement. Our program emphasises that we must be positive, that we must not negative self-talk ourselves; as our opinion on ourselves is the most important one. That if there is no enemy from within, the enemy from the outside may do us no harm. With this new found strength students can stand in the face of adversity and opposition, as they feel strong and confident.

Our program teaches practical self-defence techniques, we will show students common situations and effective escapes from these positions. We teach children the importance of avoiding situations that negative outcomes might be more commonly associated with and to distance oneself from these situations; as well as the ability to defuse situations and prevent escalation of these scenarios. We place importance on using words to defuse situations and not our actions. In addition, using language properly, we want to come across with the correct tone to bullies. That students should be assertive to defuse situations, as they express themselves. Avoiding use of communication styles of passive or aggressive which would act as a catalyst for negative situations, allowing our students to escape situations safely. Our practical self-defence techniques allow students the ability to protect themselves should the bully attack. Our martial arts students are taught to never initiate a confrontation, to only use martial arts as an absolute last resort. It allows parents/caregivers a calm mind knowing should a situation occur your son/daughter will be well equipped to stay safe. Our martial arts self-defence techniques will prepare them for anything any bully can throw at them.

Guelph Family Martial Arts

Martial Arts Improves Grades

Our martial arts program holds the ability unlike other sports to improve grades. Many of our students are "A" students and this is not a coincidence. Our program makes better grades a reality as focus is worked on throughout all classes, as a result improving attention span, raising concentration levels and helps them set and achieve goals. All of these skills are essential for success at school and in our martial arts school. Students are motivated and supported when they display focus. Our classes start with a moment of silence, which offers students the chance to reflect on the day. That even if a day did not go well or was stressful, we make sure this will not affect the student's workout. Helping establish that a previous event should not carry on and ruin our entire day but should be left in the past. As students increase in age the time left to reflect on the day increases to help progress concentration and become conscious of giving attention to their thoughts, as our thoughts become physical. Throughout our programs we teach proper breathing, which is important in physical activity in stressful situations. These breathing exercises help students calm themselves and aid in a student's ability to deal with daily demands including tests, homework and competitive sports; as well as many demands associated with peer pressure and stress associated with this. Therapists all over the world believe that individuals equipped with proper breathing techniques can combat stress, anxiety and daily demands with ease and efficiency. Our program can provide students with essential life skills needed for success in life, our program is an investment in your child's future.

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340 Woodlawn Road West
Guelph, Ontario, N1H 7K6

(519) 341-0550

gfmakarate@gmail.com

340 Woodlawn Road West
Guelph, Ontario, N1H 7K6

(519) 341-0550

gfmakarate@gmail.com