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Happy New-Years-Eve Eve! As 2014 is approaching its final days, you are well on your way to start a new year!
Choe's HapKiDo would like to thank everyone for a wonderful year of HapKiDo and Kickboxing!
No matter what, be proud of the progress and accomplishments achieved
within this year. Whether you had just started or been growing all
year, you have had many great moments to remember. We would like to say
thanks for being a part of your year!
Happy New Years, and we look forward to an awesome 2015!
At Choe's HapKiDo Karate in Cumming we provide a healthy outlet for people to exercise, learn self defense, and relieve stress. Stress relief for adults is something that all adults in Cumming can benefit from, and Martial Arts Classes are an excellent way to live a happier, healthier less stressful life! Below is an article by one of the members of our Martial Arts Instructor Team about stress management in Cumming GA.
Management of stress in my life has been an ongoing campaign since I was 20 years old. At that
time, I was diagnosed with a stomach ulcer. That was the wake up call that I needed to change
some things in my life. Along the way, I have chosen some good techniques and some bad ones as
well. What follows are the techniques I use to keep the stress in my life under control. All of the
techniques do not work for everyone. When you search the Internet, you will find a lot of lists of
techniques on how to cope with your stress. I suggest you start by trying some of the techniques
that sound appealing to you, see if they work, and then expand on those techniques and add others
as well.
1. Nurture Yourself: What I mean by this is find time to do some things you enjoy. Get a
hobby, read, listen to music, be creative, have fun, or even volunteer. Take time out of your
daily grind and hectic schedule to do something that brings a smile to your face and warms
your heart.
2. Take Advantage of Mini Relaxations: I have become a master of the power nap. A quick fifteen-minute nap and my system resets, reboots, and refreshes. This may not be the ideal
technique to use at work, but when you get home from a stressful day, a quick power nap
can revitalize you to spend time and focus on the people most important to you: your
family.
3. Identify Sources of Stress: Learn to identify what people, things, or situations are causing
your stress level to increase. Find ways to limit or even eliminate these stressors from you
life.
4. Breathe Easy: When you feel like you are about to blow your stack, STOP, and take several
slow, deep breaths. I usually give an eight count to one breathe in and one breathe out. You
should use deep breathing from your diaphragm at this time. Make sure your stomach is
rising, not just your chest cavity.
5. Address Tensions Head On: When you feel your muscles tensing up, nip it in the bud right
then with some relaxation techniques. A good immediate technique is progressive muscle
relaxation. Starting with your toes, relax every part of your body systematically until you
reach your head. Do not move from one part to the next until that part feels relaxed. Also
try a hot bath, Jacuzzi, massage or the sauna to help relax those tired, tense muscles.
6. Laugh It Off: One of the best ways to deal with stress is to find something funny and
just laugh the stress away. Laughter releases endorphins to improve your mood while
decreasing cortisol and adrenaline, tricking your nervous system into making you happy.
7. Be Mindful: Mindfulness incorporates physical and mental exercises that prevent stress
from becoming a problem in the first place. Yoga and Tai Chi are great programs that
teach this mindfulness. Mindfulness also means being aware that your stress management
techniques are not being detrimental to you while relieving your stress. Make sure you are
not over eating or binge drinking to help deal with your stress.
8. Focus on the Moment: The present is a gift; treat it as such. Take time to notice the things
each day that most people take for granted. Live each day as if it is on purpose.
9. Get Help when Needed: No person is an island. Know your limitations and live within in
them. When you need help, ask for it or learn to delegate when you can.
10. Exercise: I know it is the one word we all hate to hear and the one activity we will come up
with the most excuses to avoid, but exercise everyday even for a minute. If you are a cubicle
clone take a few minutes every hour to stretch something. Every couple of hours, get up
and walk around for a few minutes. These small moments will allow your body to reset and
reboot.
Find what techniques work for you and start reducing the stress in your life. I live my life by two
simple rules now: 1. Don’t sweat the small stuff and 2. It is all small stuff. Life will continue to
move forward whether you are stressing about your situation or dealing with it. So just deal with
it. We make the choice everyday how we are going to live our lives. Choose to live your life in a
positive way and make the world a better place for someone else.
Martial Arts Junior Instructor gives a speech about Home Alone Safety
Below is a speech given by one of our awesome Junior Instructors. Miss Paige is a Junior Instructor, a young leader at the Kids Martial Arts School in Cumming GA. In an effort to become future leaders the Junior Instructors prepare and give speeches to educate the other kids karate students. Paige gave a speech about the importance of friendship.
Friendship
by:
Paige
"Today I
would like to talk to you about friendship. Our HapKiDo definition of
friendship is one attached to another by affection.
What that means is that you care about each other. You
would not want anything to ever happen to them. If you get in a fight with your
friend does that mean you or your friend do not care about each other anymore?
No, it just means that you and your friend do not agree on something.
If you and your friend do not agree on something, try to
compromise and meet in the middle. For example, if you want to play tag and
your friend wants to play soccer. What would you do? You could either play tag
for 10 minutes and soccer for 10 minutes, or you come up with a new game that
combines both games. For instance, you could play ball tag but you cannot use
your hands.
See friendship is all about compromise. Work hard to be a
good friend."
Here is a speech given by one of our Junior Instructors. Mr Aiden is a Junior Instructor, a leader at the Kids Martial Arts School in Cumming GA. This speech is about the importance of community service, and the personal benefits of helping others. He gave the speech at a Choe's HapKiDo Karate Belt Test held at our Cumming Karate School. Part of being a Junior Instructor is learning to be more confident andbeing able to speak in front of an audience, and Liam did an awesome job with his speech :)
COMMUNITY SERVICE
By: Aiden
"Today I want to talk to you about
community service and its benefits.I’ve
done community service with Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts.Our troop cleaned up a river, sold pine
straw, and put down mulch and sod at a local church.Because of this service, the church grounds
look nicer and kids have a softer surface to play on.My neighbors good a good price on pine straw
and made our neighborhood look better.The river is cleaner for fish and wildlife and for people to enjoy.
Another very special kind of
community service is to become a foster family.My family is applying to be a foster family.You have to be patient because it takes
several months.My parents had to take
some special classes and we all have to answer questions and have our house
inspected for safety.We hope to give a
home to a girl who needs a safe place to live.I think having another sister in the house would be pretty nice.
I encourage others to volunteer in
their community.You can volunteer at
animal shelters giving the animals food and water or walking the dogs.You could serve meals at homeless
shelters.Visit with the elderly in
nursing homes.You can donate clothes
and toys to people who need them.You
can also pick up garbage in your neighborhood or local park.
You will feel good and help others
while you are doing it."
Below is a speech given by one of our awesome Junior Instructors. Mr James is a Junior Instructor, a young leader at the Kids Martial Arts School in Cumming GA. This young man prepared then gave this speech about how to stay safe when home alone to his peers at a Choe's HapKiDo Karate Belt Test held at our Suwanee Karate School. Part of being a Junior Instructor is learning to be more confident andbeing able to speak in front of an audience, and James demonstrated excellent confidence and maturity :)
Home Alone Safety
by:
James
"Today I am going to talk to you about how to be safe when you're home alone. I am going to tell you 3 ways to be safe. Those ways are keeping your door locked and don't answer it, do not answer the phone, and have an emergency phone number to call if something goes wrong. These ways are very important to being safe at home alone.
The first way I mentioned was to keep your door locked and do not answer it. this is a big part of keeping yourself safe because some crazy guy could see that an adult didn't answer the door but you did and he could be big trouble. Another reason is that if this guy sees you and you walk away; he would know that you're scared and if you didn't have your doors locked he could just walk right in and he would know you were alone because most time times you'll answer it and not lock it back.
My second way to keep yourself safe is to not answer the phone. If you do pick up the phone and it is someone you don't know and they ask if your parents are home, if you say no then they know they can come to your house. The way to stay safe is just to say your parents are unable to come to the phone right now. But the best way to avoid this is to not answer the phone in the first place.
My last way to keep safe is to have an emergency phone in case an emergency happens. If an emergency arises you will need some one to contact. Like if there is a fire, of course I hope that never happens, but if it does could you imagine running through a flaming house looking for a phone, it might end badly. So, just remember to keep a phone and a phone number with you so you can get some help.
These ways to keep you safe will help a lot if you're home alone. The tips can help protect you from getting harmed. Just to remind you if you forgot, they are keeping your door locked and don't answser it, do not answer the phone, and have an emergancey phone number to call if something goes wrong. I hope these tips will help keep you safe when you're home alone."
