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Summary: Learn about why you can learn so many valuable life lessons at martial arts school in this free martial arts training advice video from our black belt instructor.
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About the Expert
Michael Payne Michael Payne is a father, instructor, black belt, and owner of the Academy for the Martial Arts in San Antonio, Texas. He has been teaching martial arts to c... read more
Hi, I'm Mike Payne, owner of Academy for the Martial Arts, speaking on behalf of Expert Village on the topic of what to look for in a Martial Arts school. "Right, that's setting a really good example and that's what leaders do is set really good examples for us to follow. So the people I like in the front of the line are people that set a good example, not just some of the time but all of the time." I always tell my students I want you to apply what you learn here at home and at school and the parents appreciate it because we're reinforcing the values that the parents want in their kids and we want them to get better grades, better conduct and get along better with kids at school . Learn about conflict resolution. When students don't feel like they have options on how to defend themselves, a lot of times they do get into fights just because they don't know what else to do. I've worked with a lot of police officers and they say either I get abused or the other person gets abused because I just don't know what else to do. So, the more options the kids have in how to resolve conflict and how to defend themselves to better students, now can draw from the other Martial Arts styles and really get the best of each style, instead of only learning only one particular style and having lots of weak areas.