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How NOT to Help your Child get Motivated to do what's Right

 (Skip this if you want to get to the good stuff.)

1. Checklists and Goals are good but not enough. Checklists and Goals are like your goal to lose 10 lbs it helps but your not always excited about going on a diet. If you have projects at work you might not be always excited about completing them. If you have laundry to do you might not always be excited to do that either.

2. Rewards help but they won't work all the time. John be good for two weeks by cleaning your room and you will get a new toy. This type of reward might work, but not all the time. The older your children get the less they will motivate these rewards.

3. Punishments work some of the time. Usually we have to keep increasing the punishment to get the results we want. This is not motivational and it is too stressful on parents and children.

Let me give an example of a video game that worked based on the three previous ideas.

A. You start on level 1. Each ball destroyed gives you 10 points. Two get to level 2 you must get 100 points. To get to Level three 200 points on this level for a total of 300 points. To get to level four maybe 400 points. (Idea 1)

B. Each level you pass you are rewarded with a gold star, or some other color star. You know the rewards ahead of time. (Idea 2)

C. You die if you fall in a pit and must start over with zero points at the beginning of the level. (Idea 3)

You can see this game would get boring after a short while.

 How to Help your Child get Motivated to do what's Right

 (The good stuff!)

1. Use Checklists and Goals.

2. Have a reward that is small but your child knows they will get. For example a star or a small toy at the end of some time period like a week or month.

3. Skip punishments unless a rule or promise is broken. Don't make new behaviors promises. It's too hard to get everything right the fist time. That is not how people learn and grow. 

If you have a rule that bedtime is 8 o'clock then if it is 8:01 physically help them to bed without saying a word. Here a rule is broken and the punishment is that you helped them to bed and they didn't get to go on own their own like a black belt leader. If it is a new rule, look at it as a behavior you would like to instill and not a rule until you get them to the point of success.

Avoid strongly escalating punishments to get behavior. This makes the punishment not fit the crime and makes it hard on everyone.

4. Focus your attention solely on the positive behavior and ignore the failures to reach goals. Not the failures to keep the rules and promises just the failures to reach new goals or steps in the process. Keep the attitude that, "It is only a matter of time until they reach the goal, even if I don't see progress right now."  Basically you are just resetting the due date for the goal when they make a mistake. If we focus on the two steps forward and not the one step back we will help them to make their best effort again and again until they reach the goal. Behavior is a skill just like playing the piano.

5.  Here is the secret that is going to really change things up. Have the small rewards know and make a big deal out of them. Then have rewards that are random and keep them a secret! 

For example lets say that your son gets a star each day he does well in school and every two weeks he gets a small toy. But you have set up some random rewards that he doesn't know about. Some are small like stickers or extra privileges. Others are medium or big and they happen at random times and are randomly big or small. 

When it is time to award these random secert awards say something like, "John you have been doing so well at school and I am really pleased with your effort and attitude." Not just progress, kids get frustred with their failures and mistakes too. If you focus only on progress they will think no progress means they are not going to reach their goals and they should give up. Remember the idea of water building behind a dam. You don't know the dam is going to break until the last second. 

Next ask, "Do you think you can do even better? (Most kids say, "Yes" but if they say "No" go with "Well, I think you can and that is why...") "Me too. That is why you are getting a toy, or trip to the zoo, or what ever today!" If they want to know why or when they could earn another reward, tell them it will be when you impress me again like today. 

Just remember it is really all random. Don't make these reward progressive in size or in length of time to earn the reward or it will ruin the random effect. These rewards work with adults and older children too because they don't know when or how they will happen. It is addictive in a positive way because you are always wondering when and what the next reward will be. At the same time you know you will get some positive feed back and reward for you efforts no matter what. Use dice or a computer to make sure the times and rewards are really random. You can even make a list of 30 rewards and randomly pick 10. This way it always keeps things new and you never really know what is going to happening.

Here are some notes for parents. 

A. Remember the goal of any new skill or behavior is to improve who we are as a person not what we have accomplished or can do. Everything we do and or gain in our life will be gone from us the day we die and from the earth in a couple of thousand years at most. It is only who we become as a result of the failure and difficulties in trying to do what is right that will remain in the end. 

B. The best reward that everyone really wants is to be loved. Always do everything out of a deep love for your children. Show this with you kind and patient attitude that is not surprised at failure or even the breaking of rules and promises, but that rejoices at every small act of kindness or good because we know that it is done out of love. How can you not reward love with love. My one instructor, Joe Hayes, would always say, "If you don't do it with heart then it isn't worth anything." He an Italian Dad, so that is pretty much as straight as it gets. 

May all of us parents and kids be blessed and know that just trying to do any one of the things above will be helpful.

Sensei Scott Shoen

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Last Chance to Register for Mixed Martial Arts Seminar & (MMA & BJJ Submission) Kimora from the Guard

Happy Thanksgiving to all students and their families. God bless you all and enjoy your holiday.

How to do the Kimora from the Guard

1. Start in the Guard Position

2. Grab their left wrist with your right hand using monkey grip and thumb pointing upward.

3. Open your left leg and push off the ground to turn and sit up.

4. Take your left hand over and under their left arm and grab your own right wrist thumb pointing up using monkey grip.

5. Drop your right leg over their back and hold them down.

6. Push their left hand and arm over their back, in a rainbow motion toward the back of their head.

Hope the helps with the specifics for all our students and guests out their. Remember at the seminar we will be covering several new moves for our current students. I am excited to teach them. It going to be a blast. Get ready to burn some Holiday calories.

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Black Belt Club Tryouts

Happy Thanksgiving to all and yes we will open on the 11/27 for

the Adult only Beginners Mixed Martial Arts Seminar.

Also I challenge all of you to make a list of things you are

thankful for this Holiday. It's always is a great way to celebrate.

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(13-Adults) Ground Wrestling Seminar Info Flyers: Flyers & Registration Form

What’s up? Scott Shoen here, just checking in about our Ground Wrestling Seminar. The Flyer and Registration Forms for the seminar are due by 11/26.  Or call 330-562-1124 to register and bring the registration forms in the day of the party. There are only 20 spots available and they are filling up fast.

Flyer & Registration Form

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Our Academy will be closed from 11/26 through 11/29. Enjoy your Holiday and yes we will open on the 11/27 for the Adult only Beginners Mixed Martial Arts Seminar.
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Beginners & Intermediate Ground Wrestling Seminar, Part 2 of My Thoughts on Positive Attitude, & Adon's Semety's B-Day Party Pictures

Check out Adon's Birthday Party Pictures

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Pictures from Halloween Party & My thoughts on developing a Positive Attitude.

Pictures from Halloween Party

Halloween Party Pictures

My Thoughts on Developing a Positive Attitude

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It’s your Final chance to register for our Halloween Party.

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Black Belt Club Tryouts - Dates & Times

Black Belt Club Tryouts - Dates & Times

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Black Belt Club Tryouts - Information

Students for our Basic Program members BBC tryouts will be coming
up soon. All the information with dates and times will be emailed
next Monday, 10/26. In classes black belt recommendations and
applications will be handed out. If you don't receive a
recommendation then you have not been here three months or your
instructor thinks you could benefit from some more time in the
basic program to get ready for Black Belt Club. BBC Tryouts only
happen once every three months, there are no make ups, so if you
are interested make sure to set aside the date and fill in the
application accurately.

Thank you,
Scott Shoen

P.S. Students who are in CIT and would like to help with BBC
tryouts let us know by giving us a call.

Halloween Party: Flyers & Permission Slips

What’s up? Scott Shoen here, just checking in about our Halloween Party. The Flyer and Permission Slips for the Party are due by 10/29. Or call 330-562-1124 to register and bring the permission slips in the day of the party. There are only 40 spots available and they are filling up fast.

Flyer & Permission Slip

Whoever brings the most friends with permission slips will win a fifty-dollar gift card to Wal-Mart to by the video game of their choice!

Classes & Liam's B-Day

Ippon Two - Karate Drill #2

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Halloween Party Details, My Thoughts on Video Games, Kali Stick Drill

Halloween Party Details

My Thoughts on Video Games - Part 1


Kali Stick Drill - Sumbrada Number One

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Classes & New White Belts

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Quick reminder about Graduation.

This Saturday Oct 3rd.

2-7 12:00 to 1:30

8-12 1:30 to 3:00

13-Adult 3 to 4:30

if you need to go to the make up graduation on Next Friday at
5:00 to 6:00 call to register.

Thank you,
Scott Shoen

P.S. Please bring all weapons and sparring gear (mouth guard), etc.

P.P.S. CIT if you would like to help come as early as 10:00 am on Saturday. Thanks.

Check out this email from Master Paul Keller's original karate instructor to Papa Mike (a 9th degree black belt in Columbus Ohio).

Dear Mike,

We spent five days in Jamaica, so I was not able to reply to your e-mail before you visit Paul. There is definitely something I want you to tell him. In addition, all members of the ASKA should know this truth.

In an important historical occasion which took place in the late 1960s Nagamine and Chotoko Omine, Nagamine's best student, visited Dayton, Ohio. The Kensei wanted to see his son Takayoshi, and to assess what I had accomplished with Matsubayashi Karate in the United States. Omine called me and stated Nagamine desired my immediate attendance, together with two of my best students. The next day I went to Dayton, accompanied by Paul Keller and Walt Sapranov.

We met Nagamine and Omine in James K. Wax's dojo. We five changed into our karate uniforms. Nagamine wanted to examine Paul by comparing his forms to those of Omine. The two karatemen stood side by side, facing Nagamine. They performed all of the forms together, each kata  both by Nagamine's count, and without it. Their fierce, brilliant, powerful, and vivid presentation of Matsubayashi Karate  was an honor to see.

It was not possible to discern a difference between Paul and Omine, because a difference did not exist. They were equally perfect in every sense. In the history of Shorin-ryu karate this was a unique event because for the first time an American and an Okinawan, both high experts of karate, stood side by side demonstrating all the forms and the American was certainly as good as was the Okinawan and Nagamine acknowledge this fact by looking at me and nodding. This was the best and finest compliment I have ever received from Nagamine. 

Such is the excellence of the founder of the American Shorin-ryu Karate Association.

Warmest personal regards,

Gary Tiktin, President

American Karate Federation