01/11/2022
One of the biggest misconceptions about kids in Muay Thai is that they are being taught violence. That couldn’t be farther from the truth. Here’s a few benefits of getting your kids enrolled in martial arts;
-Muay Thai teaches self defense. You are teaching your child personal responsibilities on how to handle confrontations and how to avoid potentially threatening engagements.
-Muay Thai promotes mental awareness. Muay Thai is a tremendous mental exercise as much as it is physical. The sport itself is very technical; practitioners must make sure all movements and techniques are properly executed. This greatly improves mental psyche, empowering your child with supreme self-confidence, tenacious discipline, and absolute focus — all of which combined put your child into an optimum mental and spiritual state.
-Muay Thai improves physical fitness. Physical fitness is important for children to grow up healthy – both physically and mentally. To help your child develop habits that will last a lifetime, an active, healthy lifestyle should start in the early years.
-Muay Thai teaches mindfulness. Muay Thai was developed within a predominantly Buddhist culture where the importance of mindfulness, respect and peace is emphasized to a large degree. Because Muay Thai training, at its core, centers on this historic tradition, your child will learn to become more mindful in his or her everyday life – at home, in school and while interacting with friends.
-Muay Thai encourages goal setting. Muay Thai is practiced in way that puts emphasis on personal goals. For example, much like the Karate belt-system, Muay Thai allows practitioners to work towards higher levels of achievement in the Prajioud (arm band) system.