As a Martial Arts instructor with over twenty years experience, I have noticed that in everyday life, most people tend to hold THEMSELVES back from reaching their maximum potential due to a particular fear of some sort such as the fear of failure, the fear of looking stupid, the fear of not being accepted or not being good enough. The list goes on.
Then, there is research around which indicates that besides a sudden illness, injury or perhaps public speaking, physical violence is generally regarded by our society as one of the worse things that could happen to a person in everyday life. The media backs this up on a daily basis.
Strangely enough though as in public speaking, the fear has a far worse effect on a person than the actual cause of the fear. We all know people who can become physically sick at the prospect of speaking in public right? This principal applies in varying degrees to all fears, including the fear of violence.
Therefore, by learning how to analyse and respond to an extreme physical attack in a controlled and safe way, Shire Martial Arts students are able to explore, demystify and deal with their own inner fears in a way that makes them stronger and without hurting anybody else - or themselves. Martial Arts training helps people discover how they may confront and deal with the aggression, fear, ego, stress and pain that they are likely to encounter throughout the course of everyday life.
The inner strength, sense of peacefulness and the absence of fear derived from regular Martial Arts training, becomes unsettling for bullies and is why black belts do not seem to get picked on, even though they do not advertise the fact that they are a black belt. In fact, students who regularly practice Martial Arts suddenly realise one day that literally, life’s ‘upsets’ no longer affect them in the dramatic way they once used to.
This positive attitude adjustment soon makes a student’s self esteem and confidence grow and develop to a level where eventually they are able to implicitly trust their own judgment and thoughts which dissipates the power and hold of peer group pressure. This sense of self trust then allows students to shift their focus off the effects of their problems and onto ways in which to deal with them.
The programs at Shire Martial Arts are not just for sporty or athletic types either. Everyone regardless of their age, shape, size or ability can reap the many rewards that Martial Arts can offer. Our Black Belt school is also renowned for augmenting physical training with the principles of charity, modesty, loyalty, patience, respect and responsibility. This is what we call being a Black Belt on the inside.
Perhaps most importantly, the curriculum at Shire Martial Arts is renowned for providing a particularly effective means of being a Black Belt on the outside by teaching practical and effective street self defence for men, women and kids. The ‘moves’ we teach include blocks, strikes, punches, kicks and holds. Our more advanced classes involve learning how to defend against a weapon or multiple attackers when unarmed, as well as how to wield a weapon that can be easily accessed in daily life from everyday household items.
So, now it’s time for you or your child to find out more about Shire Martial Arts for yourself.
The Shire Martial Arts team and I are so confident that you will be impressed with either our kids, teen or adult programs that we want to offer you a place in our INTRODUCTORY PROGRAM so you or your child are able to try out Martial Arts training, with no obligation to join!
