TAE KWON DO MAN ON BUILDING SELF CONFIDENCE - Softcover

Kyle, Rory

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1418430714 ISBN 13: 9781418430719

Publisher: AuthorHouse, 2004

Synopsis

At the age of twelve, Joey was a shy boy who preferred doing things alone rather than interacting with others. His parents were very concerned about their only child. He was growing up so quickly, but without the social skills that would be so important for him when he entered high school and college.They tried everything that they could think of to get him interested in meeting other kids and spending time with them. But nothing seemed to work. Until one day, when his mom came across an ad in the yellow pages about self defense classes.Signing Joey up for the martial arts completely changed his way of life. Over his years in Tae Kwon Do, he transformed from a timid, bashful introvert into a gregarious, self confident young man, eager to accept and face the challenges before him.

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Master Rory Kyle has been involved in various stages of the martial arts for nearly three decades. His introduction to Tae Kwon Do began during his freshman year in high school when his father returned from Viet Nam. All throughout high school and college, Master Kyle continued his studies of the martial arts.

In 1992, he earned the title of "Master" in Tae Kwon Do. Throughout his nearly sixteen years of successfully operating his own school, Master Kyle has worked with thousands of students, promoting well over a hundred to black belt.

Master Kyle continues to encourage others to take a closer look at the wide variety of benefits available through training in Tae Kwon Do.

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" In regard to the benefits of Tae Kwon Do lessons, we have identified ten primary ones. Four of them are mental and six of them are physical. The mental benefits include helping each student improve in the areas of discipline, of respect for oneself and others, of focus or concentration, and of self confidence or self esteem. The physical benefits are improvement in flexibility, coordination, balance, stamina, body tone, and, of course, in the ability to defend or protect oneself. By working to become better in these ten areas, we believe that not only will our students become good martial artists, but they will become better people as well. Now, isn t that one of the dreams of every parent for their children?"

"Yes, it definitely is a parent s dream. My husband and I certainly want our son Joey to become a valuable and responsible addition to society when he grows up. We want him to become a well adjusted, productive adult, which is a major reason that we are even considering enrolling him in a martial arts program. Joey suffers from a lack of confidence, and, as such, doesn t socialize enough with other kids. We want him to venture out and become more outgoing rather than being happy with staying home by himself.

"I have no doubt that we can help your son in these areas," stated Master Carter. "Are there any other questions that I can answer for you?"

"I do have two more questions. First, as I mentioned earlier, I don t want Joey to learn how to become overly aggressive or a bully. How does your program prevent that from happening? And secondly, since he is so shy, how will you be able to help him get over his lack of confidence?"

"In regard to your first question, I believe that our academy philosophy will answer it. Briefly, our philosophy is that we teach students these various Tae Kwon Do techniques for self defense and self defense only. Any student, whether it is a child or an adult, a beginner or a black belt, who misuses his or her training, will not be allowed to continue taking classes with us. We will suspend that student. As such, in the case of children, should a child have some difficulties at school or at home, we teach the child to first seek out an adult, such as a teacher or parent, to help resolve the problem. Engaging in a physical confrontation should always be the last resort. We carefully explain this philosophy to each new student, and in the case of children, also to their parents, prior to that new student starting classes. Therefore, since every student is made aware of our policy from the very beginning, there is no excuse for a student to violate this rule and later claim ignorance. To date, we have never had to expel a student for misusing their martial arts training."

"As to your son s lack of self confidence, our program is a self paced one. We will teach Joey new techniques at a pace that he can handle "

Edition details

• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1418430714
• ISBN 13: 9781418430719
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 268