Intelligent Curriculum

The difference between traditional martial arts and fighting arts is what I refer to as intelligent curriculum. The martial arts has always been about more than kicking and punching but too few schools actually teach anything but.

Kung fu tempers the confidence that comes with building character and self esteem by ensuring empathy and compassion are part of the training. It is in those less physically tangible attributes that the real value of traditional martial arts is realized.

If you want your kid to learn how to handle a bully without becoming a bully himself, empathy and compassion are essential. Unless you live a life where you are in constant threat of physical assault, the biggest and most applicable training you receive from a traditional martial arts school is found in their intelligent curriculum.

“There is no cost difference between incarceration and an Ivy League education; the main difference is curriculum.” - Paul Hawken (b. 1946)