Martial Arts Mindset
One of the things I try to instill into the students at AMAC is the thought method for longevity in the martial arts. I am a life-long student of the arts and I plan to be training when I’m 80. So with that in mind, I view my training in a long term mindset. I make a great effort to train safe in order to avoid injury and time off from training. This also affects the kind of training partner I choose to be. I strive to learn the science behind each art, the technique, the mechanic - because youthful strength and speed may elude me someday - then all that will be left is the knowledge, sensitivity and ingrained skill.
I also strive to investigate outside training opportunities that will align with the martial fitness mindset. Some of the areas I strive to be active in is strength training - whether it means training at a gym, or with various tools at home or at the school (like kettlebells, club bells, sandbags, etc.). Another area is diet. There are many thought patterns and variations of diets out there. The main thing is to find what works for you and implement a positive change for yourself. These are just a few things I usually suggest to students as they get more involved in the overall self improvement mindset of the martial arts.
Most people I see come in to the school are doing so in order to learn self-defense just as I did when I first got into the martial arts. One of the things I noticed after training for a while is that the martial arts has a much deeper level of knowledge available to the adult student. I always hear people talk about losing their range of motion in their shoulders and hips as they age, and they always are looking for something that will help out with that. Likewise I also hear about how they start to loose to rent as they begin to age and they are looking for an answer to that as well. This is the beauty of the martial arts, it not only is a fantastic physical training method but if it is done intelligently, all of the previously mentioned areas will be taught to the student. And intelligently trained martial artist who has had a decent instructor will have answers for loosening and opening joints, strengthening the bone and muscle of the body. They will have intelligent methods to relax the body when they are dealing with stress. They will learn intelligent dietary procedures as well. All of this can be gained from the study of martial arts, the trick is to be able to find instructor who has the ability to convey this level of knowledge.
It is unfortunate that most schools that are in operation today do not possess this level of knowledge. Most schools in the market are designed to teach kids, which is okay unless you're an adult looking to be educated at an adult level. A common conversation I have with new people coming into the school who have had previous experience with their children and they want to put their child into our adult class. My program director or I will usually tell them that we don't allow children or young kids in our adult program. This response is usually met with, “but at our old school the kids and the adults were in the same class all the time”. The problem with this is in these schools they usually stick the adults into the kids class, so you have an adult actually training at the level of a child. If a class is truly taught at the intellectual level for the adult a child will have no interest in this class. This is why it is important to find a school that is truly designed to teach the adult, if you can find this hold onto it because it is uncommon.
If you would like more information on the various programs we offer here at the Atlanta martial arts center. Programs like Gracie Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do, Thai boxing, Filipino Kali (stick fighting), judo, submission wrestling and more. Please give us a call at 770-926-3030 or check us out on the web atlantamartialartscenter.com
The Atlanta martial arts center is located in Woodstock Georgia and has been in business for 10 years. So if you are looking for an adult based school with a clean safe environment AMAC is the school for you.
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