• Concentrate more on the task at hand

• become more Disciplinned

• Learn different strategies to solve a problem

• become more Confident through positive re-inforcement

We also teach our members to stick with it through till the end. Consider this example!
Your Child has joins a Swimming Class costing you £50 for a 6week-half-hour-sessions once a week. On the 3rd week she says she doesn't like Swimming anymore. As a caring parent feel that you do not want to push your child into anything they do not want to do. So you say "its OK you don't have to go anymore"

What does this teach the Child?

The child feels:

• My mother is lovely, but more importanly,

• I can have my way and my parents will support me

What it doesn't make the child aware of is:

• The Value of the mother providing her daughter with such a great opportunity

• The effort the mother went through to get the Child enrolled onto the Swimmig program

• The Discipline needed to achieve things through adherence to the program

• Taking responsibility for the decisions they make

A Personal Example - When my son was 3.5yrs old, me & my wife took him for a series of Swimming lessons that cost quite a few ££££££. At first we encouraged and got him excited and he genuinely wanted to learn to swim like his older brother. In fact he already had a good idea of what he had to do through watching his brother at Swimming lessons. 

When the time came to enter the pool (with Arm-bands and Float-ring around him), he started crying viciously. He lashed out at the lovely instructor and brought the house down with his screams. At this point my wife and I kept encouraging him despite the expereince becoming painfull for us to an extent. Then he cried some more, and more, and more. This went on right uptill the end of the 1/2hour lesson! Boy, it was tough! By the end any parent would have thought that they have perhaps made the wrong decision and would pull their child out of the Progam!

Guess what? We decided that he had to learn to swim no matter what. Now that we've taken the step to enrol him, it was necessary to keep attending until the end of the course as a matter of discipline. I know from experience that taking the first lesson is usually the hardest step - it gets easier after that - believe me it does!

Anyway, the following week we had more of the same tantrums, but by now with our repeated praise at home and from his brother, my youngest son felt more accustomed to the surroundings, but was still a little diss-illusioned asto why his parents are putting him through such an ordeal! Another 1/2hour of crying went by with little swimming!

By the 3rd Week, through repeated encouragement and making him aware of the benefits - hey Presto!!! The persistency paid off. Our method worked. He himself wanted to swim. He was in fact waving at us from the pool as if to say "I was frightened at first, but now look at me - I'm the king of swimming - look at what I can do!"

In the end, he not only got applauded by everyone around him, we applauded his effort and acheivement at home by buying him a surprise gift/toy. Now he really looks forwards to going Swimming each and every week!

TESTIMONIAL

I started at The DOJO with my 7 year old son back in February and what first attracted us both were the 6 systems they teach that include Karate, Jujitsu, Self-defence, Grappling, Weapons and Kickboxing which are all very valuable to learn when it comes to defending yourself. At 43, I was a little apprehensive about joining however I thought I would give it a go. Now my only regret is that I never discovered this club 20 years ago. I have always tried to maintain some kind of fitness through swimming and running but I now feel through my training at The Dojo that I am reaching my peak. Being a type 1 diabetic the type of training and exercise we do it has helped me immensely with my diabetes control which goes to prove that you can live an active life doing Martial Arts despite having an illness.

I train with my son 3 times a week and that time is very special for us both, training and progressing together. I can honestly say that I have noticed a vast improvement in his school work, other sporting activities at school, behaviour and respect inside and outside the home. Sensei Irfan Ansari spends time talking to the children of the club, teaching them respect, life skills, what to do and how to react to certain dangers they may face in a real life. Thru the knowledge and skills that my son had gained I think it is worth the money spent, so much so that we have also enrolled our 3 year old daughter into the Tiger Tots programme that is also run at the club.

The Dojo produces world class competition fighters and the training you get really makes you feel like you are being trained to a very high standard. The instructors are very friendly with a good sense of humour and are always more than willing to help you but also have a very strict policy with discipline which I think is very important for your child’s development; it also ensures that everyone gets the quality of training that you are paying for. The life skills that are gained in this club is invaluable.

I would recommend The Dojo to anyone regardless of age.

Mr S.Powell

Recently I stopped a parent letting his kid join The DOJO  because his son did not like the atmosphere at his current Soccer program. After explaining the need to STICK AT IT UNTIL THE END principle to him, the parent was really thankfull. Once he finished the Soccer program, the child was already in the right frame of mind to join our Karate program. Because of this concept, this 9 year old is now really excelling in Martial Arts and at School.

SO HOW ARE WE SAVING LIVES?
Currently, in Europe, the British Teenager is top of the Stats for all the wrong reasons. They are Top in Pregnancy rates, Smoking, Drug taking, Juvenile crime, Truancy and illitracy. Now 20% of kids are Obese!

What I want to know is who is responsible for changing the mind set of tomorrow's leaders? I don't see any other Sports Club offering a solution for the young of our society. Even Schools don't teach kids how live when they become adults. Money problems are created by the very people our kids see as role models. More or less every child wants to earn quick-bucks through modelling or singing or drugs. So much so that now Credit Cards are becoming available at a younger age. It seems our kids will be born into debt, have debt thourhout life and die in debt! To top it all, profanity comes part of the package with the teenager of today, along with an Attitude problem to following simple parental advice!

What we offer is a method through which your child will learn to make the right decisions. Not to get involved in Gangs, Drugs, Truancy, or spend hours on the Internet or Computer Games. They will conform to your wishes and raise their standard at School to secure a good future for themselves. Isn't that what you want?

We have a strong network of members with experience and qualifications who help our young members realise their true potential. Our kids have FREE access to many courses designed to prepare them for Adulthood. Backed with our FREE GOOD CHARACTER PROGRAM we have many signed statements from School teachers and Parents that tell us we are doing the right thing.

Lets imagine for a moment that your Child got involved in Drugs. Your Cash starts to go missing, you Credit Card is stolen, the drug-dealer turns up at your door threatening to kill your son/daughter unless he is paid immediately. You don't know where he is all the time. He does not keep in touch. You dare not go into his room because you can;t face what you might find. To resort to feeding his habit, your son turns to Crime. Whilst on a High, he ends up getting blamed for stabbing someone whilst being involved in a robbery. The Police get involved. The case goes to court. Now he is facing a long sentence. As any parent you even sell your house to pay for a good lawyer to clear his name. But the Law sees it differently! Now you don't have a home to live in. The Social Services feel you are incapable of supporting your kids because you become depressed. Your other kids are taken into care. You end up losing everything you ever worked for, your home, your car, most of all your family who you love.

As a Parent in deep crisis you realise that it is too late to do anything about it now - it should have been taken care of when your child was at an age where he could be guided from knowledgeable peers, friends and professionals of good standing like those in the Martial Arts. You realise, you should not have let your child hang out late at night. You should have thought carefully about spending more valueable time with your child as he was growing up instilling the family values in him. But guess what - NOW ITS TOO LATE!

I hope what I have outlined has made sense with you for the better more secure future of your child!