Self-Defense for Kids


Book Description

This is a life-saving book written for children that children understand! Inspired by all the tragic events shown on the news: Innocent children who get abducted and murdered by strangers. It is a fear that all parents feel, and that affects everyone. Grand Master Ho Sik Pak and Ursula Escher have come to the rescue with a life-saving book that is easy for children to understand. The writing is short, simple and direct. The pages are very colourful and children will learn by reading or by simply looking at the pictures. The book teaches children about strangers, important safety tips, martial arts techniques, practical applications and much more. More importantly, the series of Martial Arts self-defence techniques are designed specifically for children, their strengths and weaknesses, and their mentality. Self-defence tips include: How to deal with bullies, what to do when a friend needs help, how to defend against someone your own size or bigger than you, and how to use everyday objects for self-defence. This is a book no family should be without!




Hidy Ochiai's Self-Defense for Kids


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Presents a program for building strong and confident children that combines a non-violent philosophy, respect, and concentration with self-defense skills and safety awareness.




Life Ki-Do Parenting


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Under the tremendous pressure and influence of peers and media today, children are being conditioned to follow the American Happiness Formula: look good + perform well + get approval = happiness. Yet rather than offering fulfillment and confidence, this outwardly based quest is causing alarming rates of childhood stress, anxiety, and depression. Life Ki-do Parenting provides the antidote, giving you the techniques to help your child find true and lasting happiness from within. Integrating twenty years of experience teaching life skills and martial arts to thousands of children, twenty-five years of mindfulness and meditation study, and data and research from modern psychology and neuroscience, Jonathan Hewitt developed the Tools for Life system, made up of four powerful components: River Check-in for improving focus River Effort for building confidence and a strong sense of self A-B Formula for developing resilience when facing life's challenges My Shoes, Your Shoes, Our Shoes for cultivating social intelligence These four original tools empower children with the critical skills they need to thrive today and into adulthood. Going beyond concept and theory, they give you kid-friendly vocabulary and a simple process for helping your children look inward to monitor themselves rather than looking outward to others for their validation and self-worth. What greater peace can you have as a parent than knowing you have given your child the roots and wings to successfully navigate their way through life?




Enter the Dojo! Martial Arts for Kids (Set)


Book Description

Practicing martial arts is a great way for kids to exercise, learn self-defense, become disciplined, and learn and preserve the important heritage of a number of cultures. Various forms of martial arts have been around for thousands of years. This set explores some of the most popular forms of martial arts for kids, including aikido, karate, and tae kwon do. Exciting fact boxes and bright photographs supplement the in-depth narratives. Take readers into the dojo to learn something new. Features include: Fact boxes that provide readers with additional information. Full-color photographs depict key aspects of martial arts in practice. Informative yet manageable texts summarize essential martial arts concepts.




Realistic Self-Defense for Parents, Children, and Adolescents


Book Description

Realistic Self-Defense For Parents, Children, and Adolescents is a comprehensive self-defense manual that is designed to teach children and adolescents how to avoid altercations and physically defend themselves. This book will teach children how to listen and trust their intuition, become aware of their surrounds, use their words to avoid an altercation, stay safe on the internet, and control their fear. The physical self-defense techniques in this manual include how to correctly use your hands, elbows, knees, and legs to stop an attacker. Children will learn to defend against possible situations that they may encounter. This manual contains defenses against punches, chokes, bear hugs, hair pulling, shirt grabs, and wrist grabs. Additional scenarios explain how to respond and defend yourself if forced to the ground, if attacked from behind, or if facing multiple adversaries. This manual addresses parental concerns about child-specific safety threats such as how to react to an abductor approaching a child from a car, how to maintain safety while out with friends, and how parents can protect their child during a physical altercation. Over 500 computer generated images are used to assist in learning the concepts and techniques.Self-defense concepts and techniques are effective against an adult or adolescent adversary.No prior martial arts or self-defense knowledge is required to learn, understand, and perform the techniques in this manual. This manual should be read by both parents and their children to enhance the learning experience.




The Kidpower Book for Caring Adults


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This comprehensive guide prepares parents, educators, and other caring adults to protect children and teens from bullying, violence, and abuse through awareness, action, and skills. Kidpower's positive hands-on method reduces anxiety, develops competence, and increases confidence for adults and children alike. Topics include: building a foundation of emotional safety; self-protection to stop most trouble before it starts; and healthy boundaries to prevent problems and develop positive relationships. "The Kidpower Book for Caring Adults" is the most comprehensive guide available for adults who want to learn how to protect and promote the emotional and physical safety of the young people in their lives. Through inspiring stories, clear explanations, and step-by-step practices, readers gain extensive knowledge from Kidpower's 25+ years of experience of teaching "People Safety" skills to over 2.5 million children, teens, and adults worldwide. These social-emotional skills help prepare adults to protect and empower the young people in their lives. Instead of using fear to teach about violence prevention, Kidpower makes it fun to learn to be safe! Kidpower is highly recommended by experts worldwide for teaching violence prevention and personal safety skills in ways that are positive, practical, effective, safe, and relevant across a wide range of cultures, life situations, ages, and abilities. Gavin de Becker, best-selling author of "The Gift of Fear" and "Protecting the Gift" and leading expert worldwide on the prediction and management of violence, wrote the foreword. According to Mr. de Becker, "Kidpower has an exceptional track record in the field of violence prevention and personal safety. Kidpower helps to reduce worry by promoting confidence and personal power." According to Ellen Bass, co-author of "The Courage to Heal" and "Free Your Mind," and Kidpower's founding board president, "Kidpower's upbeat approach empower's kids and adults alike with the social-emotional skills they need, not just to be safe, but to thrive. Kidpower's commitment to integrity, respect, and excellence is reflected throughout this book." To learn more about Kidpower's workshops, consultation, and other educational resources, visit www.kidpower.org. All income from books sales helps our nonprofit organization create and provide extensive free and affordable educational resources.




Raising Kids Who Can Protect Themselves


Book Description

A dynamic program for empowering children to protect themselves In Raising Kids Who Can Protect Themselves, Debbie and Mike Gardner share their decades of self-defense experience to show parents how to teach their children courage—the trait needed to make brave, smart, and safe choices, no matter what their age, no matter what the situation. Raising Kids Who Can Protect Themselves helps families foster courage in their children at an early age so that it becomes an inherent trait, rather than a situational need. The book features: Age-appropriate methods to instill courage in children without creating fear Courage coaching as a way to create a “family” defense system Lifesaving skills, such as quality eye contact, voice control, breathing, control of inappropriate crying, development of positive self-talk, and space awareness Ways to reduce children’s vulnerability Site-specific survival strategies, from parties to the mall to sports practice Every time I watch the nightly news, I thank God my wife and children have been trained by Debbie and Mike Gardner. Please, please, please read this book as a family. You will learn how to avoid the most dangerous situations and fight your way out of the rest. We live in a very different world today—arm your family with the power of this book. -Cris Collinsworth, Sports Commentator for Fox/HBO Sports This book is brave, bold and one of the most important books I’ve read in a long time. A must for parents everywhere. -Doug Hall, Author of Jump Start Your Business Brain




Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Self-Defense Techniques


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Royce Gracie, one of the biggest figures in the world of jiu-jitsu, provides lessons that anyone--regardless of strength or size--can learn to neutralize an attacker in seconds. 600 color photos.







Street Smarts and Self Defense for Children


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Street Smarts and Self-Defense for Children is THE parent's guide to helping kids recognize and avoid dangerous people and situations, escape danger, and stop a physical assault.ATTENTION PARENTS!Have you taught your kids about adult predators and dangerous bullies and how to stay safe? This book is short, but you will learn something on every page. Do you and your child know....HOW and WHEN to say "NO!" to a grown up? What to do if someone tries to take you somewhere? Who, and How to ask for help when lost? HOW and WHAT to yell in a dangerous situation? Have a family code word? When not to keep a secret . (Even if they promised.) How to make a 911 call? How to make a collect phone call? Who to call if you can't be reached? Don't wait, teach your child to protect their selves.