At LKC we teach the 3 C’s for our Rise Up Against Bulling program: Confidence, Choices and Control. Our students learn how to control a situation with their thinking, feelings, words and if necessary, physical actions. There are times (hopefully seldom) when physical skills will be necessary to deal with a situation where words no […]
National Bullying Prevention Month October in National Bullying Prevention Month, a time to focus and raise awareness on bullying. During this month, many groups across the country will release new resources, campaigns, and efforts aimed at bringing awareness to the issue of bullying. What is Bullying? Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior among school-aged children that involves […]
As part of our back to school safety series we are also focusing on preventing and responding to bullying. We implement our 3 C’s of Rise Up Against bullying in our classes: Confidence Choices Control Confident kids are less likely to be bullied and are more likely to speak out against it both in person […]
Part of back to school safety is also recognizing that bullying is a major crisis across the country for children and teens. While our classes and lessons focus on child predator awareness training for our younger/beginner students, we also focus on our Rise Up Against Bullying program for our older, more experienced students. We have […]
It seems that there is a small amount of interest in self-defense for children/teens until something happens in the local community. Then, there is a spike in interest at least for awhile. The truth is, we should always be concerned about safety and plan for the worst, but hope for the best. Even when it […]
Here at LKC we have started our back to school safety lessons in all of our classes. This includes how to deal with child predators as well as how deal with bullying situations. Back to School Safety Tip #1 Use the buddy system. Children and teens will always be safer when they are with someone […]
In order to be successful at many things, maybe everything the most important ingredient is to show up. Quitting stops progress immediately and perhaps forever. Think back to when you learned a skill; maybe you learned how to swim, play an instrument or ride your back or even learned a new skill at work. Did […]
Often we see ads and the words “Best Martial Arts School” or “Best Gym” or something similar will pop up. Are you the best? How do you know? Perhaps these businesses or owners believe this in their own mind and then want to tell everyone they are the best? Certainly, we probably will not want […]
We are so proud of our LKC students who recently tested for new belts and were graduated to the next level. 93 students tested most recently and this means that from April to June they demonstrated commitment, dedication and focus to accomplish the difficult task of reaching their next belt! Even during summer months, LKC […]
So many of our students are going on vacation this year and enjoying the summer! Don’t forget about your friends at karate! Post a picture of you doing karate on our face book page and get entered into a drawing for prizes! And, don’t forget to invite your friends to get started in karate and […]