Our Classes
“There are no bad plants or bad students; there are only bad teachers.”
Major services description and benefits:
SERVICES ARE OFFERED ONE ON ONE or SEMI PRIVATE. THEY CAN BE USED SINGLY OR COMBINED.
MARTIAL ARTS
Martial arts* teaches you how to avoid, diffuse, and face violence without fearing it. The essence of MA includes the development of physical and mental strength.This course is based on simple and effective techniques. Kids will learn kicks, punches, throws, locks, pressure points, as well as psychological aspects of defense that will kids more control and confidence.The main motivation is to help kids to enhance their feeling of inner strength, confidence and self reliance.The most productive way with which to approach this course should be to include the whole being - physical, psychological and emotional. This may lead kids to realize that defending them self goes well beyond the physical. Self image, personal integrity, stability and confidence are but some of the reflections that may arise from a MA path.
QI GONG MEDITATION
Knowing that the emotions and stress are among the causes of illness, This meditation program has been designed as a therapeutic and educational course to help kids have a greater impact on their own mental health and well being. This class emphasizes the connection between the body and the mind. It concentrates principally on breathing, visualization, and slow movement. This program helps develop an awareness of the body / mind connection and teaches the children how to live the present moment, deal with anxiety, and increase concentration.
ONSTAGE PERFORMANCE
For the past 5 years, I have been collaborating with Drama , Art , and Music teachers, to create onstage performances, through a common project called MMA (Music meets martial arts) .
My role is specifically to assist the children developing their own choreography, fight scenes, and to express and manage their emotions onstage.
The children are actively involved with the process of creating the elements of drama; From choosing the theme, creating the plot, developing characters, writing scenarios, creating music. It is their projects, and we are just around to support and guide them to nurture their creativity, to gain the energy and the dedication to perform, and to have the ability to enter with confidence into another character and engage with an audience.
QI GONG MASSAGE
This 2 hours Qi gong massage workshop, is designed for the parents with kids who have Autism. The protocol is known as Qigong Sensory Training (QST) autism massage, and is given daily by parents. Through very simple hand techniques such as pushing, rubbing, rolling , tapping, parents will be able to help kids with Autism, regulate anxiety, agitation, insomnia, and hypersensitivity.
In the long term, Qi gong massage also reduces the tactile abnormalities that are universal in young children with autism and results in improved social skills, language and behavior.