Adaptive Martial Arts Academy

        The world is a mysterious and wonderful place when you are young. So many things to explore and so much to learn but where to start. This is where those who choose or were born into the martial arts develop the most important aspects of a child’s growth. They learn coordination, focus and strengthen the body and mind.

        I remember being so young when I started learning from my mom. It is an opportunity that most kids do not have. I would have a hard time learning the forms but at three years old you’re not concerned with memorizing forms you want to run, jump, spin, kick and punch. These are the things we look for in young kids to explore their natural given abilities.

        We seem to forget who we are as humans. We started with nothing and over the years developed different ways to forage, hunt and defend ourselves in the face of adversity. The most crucial advancements that humans have harped on over the years is the creation of weapons. As time went on the weapons have developed drastically to the point where we pull a trigger and a bullet comes out of the barrel of a gun. Now it doesn’t undermine hand to hand combat rather that it enhances the ability of the user of that weapon in the sense of conserving ammo, the dulling of the blade or even the damage that weapon accumulates over the course of battle.

        Now in times of uncertainty of what will happen in the world we live in. We can try to understand when to run and when to fight and we can learn from other great masters that most have a common view that martial arts is not used for combat but is the art of peace. The reason why I share this view is a famous saying that martial arts start and end with courtesy. I will be honest the only time I have had a real fight was when I was young and naive. I went looking for a fight and found one where a true martial artist learns to have self-awareness. This doesn’t mean just awareness of your surroundings but to have the confidence knowing that you can avoid a situation or escape without being harmed or harming others. 

        The one major thing that I came to realize is how much more I need to learn and develop. On that note I would like to expose the illusion that young martial artists will not understand. That belt color doesn’t represent skill, it is a system that was developed to gauge how sturdy and smooth the foundation of the style you’re trained in. Once you have your foundation that is when you start learning and developing your martial art aka black belt.