Martial arts training leads to a number of benefits for children, including a boost in confidence and self-esteem and teaches kids to take non-violent approaches to confronting bullies.

Overnight we learned how to start using the Zoom platform and app, and we started delivering our karate classes in the virtual form,” Adam Spicar, the chief instructor at Reveal, says.

But things at Reveal had to change quickly after the World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus a pandemic March 11.

From the increasingly young age at which girls are made to feel self-conscious about their bodies, to concerns about risks of assault, martial arts offers a solution to many of the problems young girls face.

A neighborhood boy, mad about being excluded from a game, went home and got a pocket knife out of the drawer of his father’s toolbox. He then went back to the girls and brandished the knife in a threatening manner.

I said: “My instructors are in AP classes and they are here a lot more than your daughter.” The mother looked at me with astonishment. “Oh, and several doctors and therapist in the area send us kids because they need help with academics. The lessons we teach here apply to school. Dummies don’t do martial arts!”

Many parents believe that martial arts sports such as karate, taekwondo, boxing, or kickboxing promote violence and lead to violent temperament. However…

Martial Arts legend, grandmaster and world champion in free-fighting, Super Dan Anderson visited Spicar’s Martial Arts.

You see, Oliver had felt powerless for the past several years due to severe bullying. This left him feeling afraid and lacking confidence in his ability to accomplish anything of importance. He lost his voice! He spoke in a "Batman" voice in class because it made him feel brave and invisible to what people would think of him.