Jiu Jitsu translated: This is a translation of an article from Carpe Diem Jiu-Jitsu in Japan. The link to the original article in Japanese is http://bjjaoyama.com/wordpress/852
What is sparring? I'm sure there are many interpretations on its meaning, but I would like my students to know that sparring in practice is something completely different from an actual match at a tournament. You explain it as the use of technique without having to depend on strength or speed, which could be defined as "Practice in a match setting to better you and your training partner's technique while maintaining a calm mind, heart, and spirit."
Since we're engaged in hand to hand combat injuries are going to happen, but I believe you can progress quicker and efficiently without getting hurt. If you're sparring every day with the intensity of a match you're bound to get a severe injury that will prevent your from practicing. Some may argue that in order to become a world champion you have to have the body to withstand injuries even with frequent and intense sparring. However, at our dojo we don't practice that way.
Tap quick and when finishing with a submission finish slow and with control. When you try to finish a submission with control they might get away. Who cares…. It's just practice anyway. As long as you can believe you would have been able to finish it in a match then that should be good enough. Another thing to keep in mind is that if the submission looked finished but you had to force your way out of it, you should be self conscious. There are some submissions where if you don't finish it right away you won't finish it at all. I tend to shy away from using them in training. It's more of a personal esthetic issues than anything else. Really, as longs as it's not illegal you can do anything but I'm really not that interested in submissions that might injure your partner or moves that just simply hurt. I spar while being tied up in the esthetic of things, but I like that. Those guys who are in their prime might not be saying things like that because they simply must win. And I can sympathize with that. But sparring like that can be done by competitors who are mutually training to be at the most elite levels.
When you're sparring there is no win, there is no loss. It's only your ego that cares about those things. I'm a black belt and my skills are presumable much higher than lower belts, but at times there are blue belts and purple belts of mine who will put me in a submission to tap. I believe frantically trying to escape that finish and avoid tapping looks much more lame. When it happens I just tap and give them bitter smile while saying, "you got me!" It's no exaggeration to say that when we're sparring our personality shows. It's really disappointing to see someone who has good character and personality clicking their tongue while sparring.
If you want to prove your potential then you should compete in tournaments. In a match, there really is no need to be aware of how your opponent is doing. That's the referee's job. Until the referee says "Paro" to stop the match, you don't need to let go of the submission. If you let go before the referee signals the end of the match with the verbal command, there is a chance the opponent claims they didn't tap. That actually happens once in a while. I was always the type to just let go. Some have escaped submissions as a result of that. Since that's my attitude toward things, maybe that's why I wasn't ever the best. But in the end, all I can say is "oh well."
I'll write this much and there are still going to be people that spare with excessive aggression during practice. These people shouldn't just be left to figure it out on their own. Those who intentionally hurting training partners, being unable to follow the manners of sparring even after ample corrections, will eventually be asked not to practice at our dojo. They might even be asked to leave our team. It's not a pretty job, but if it means avoiding a preventable injury I won't hesitate to do so.
Translated by: Eliot Kelly
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Sunday, December 28, 2014
Tuesday, August 5, 2014
Another Resource: Anti Bullying Book for Students in Folsom, El Dorado Hills and the Greater Sacramento Area
Great to see the problem of cyber bullying being thought through in this article review of the book by Jessica Golden. Although there are many different ways to be proactive about bullying, this review seems to explain that the book focuses on the different blocks and tracking devices available to put a halt on the cyber bullying that can take place.
The best medicine is prevention.
These tools would allow us to prevent instances of bullying that take place online. That is great. However, it doesn't seem to come to the source of the problem, and doesn't seem to show a concrete understanding behind the psychology of the bully. What is the purpose of the bully? Why are they trying to hurt the people around them? What can we do to help the bully understand that their behavior is unacceptable?
These are a few questions I hope the book addresses in their analysis.
Needless to say, this is another great resource to reference when talking to parents and community members about anti-bullying. A tool for us to use to better understand the varying dynamics of cyber bullying.
El Dorado Hills Brazilian Jiu Jitsu wishes every new student a great start to the new school year! If anyone is in need for anything, please don't hesitate to reach out to us. We want to serve the community!
If you take away all the avenues that bullies have to torment, then the bullies will leave you alone” Jessica explains. “This I have learned from personal experience.
The best medicine is prevention.
These tools would allow us to prevent instances of bullying that take place online. That is great. However, it doesn't seem to come to the source of the problem, and doesn't seem to show a concrete understanding behind the psychology of the bully. What is the purpose of the bully? Why are they trying to hurt the people around them? What can we do to help the bully understand that their behavior is unacceptable?
These are a few questions I hope the book addresses in their analysis.
Needless to say, this is another great resource to reference when talking to parents and community members about anti-bullying. A tool for us to use to better understand the varying dynamics of cyber bullying.
El Dorado Hills Brazilian Jiu Jitsu wishes every new student a great start to the new school year! If anyone is in need for anything, please don't hesitate to reach out to us. We want to serve the community!
916.595.4064
New Anti Bullying Book, Written by a Survivor, Shows Victims of Bullying How to Use Modern Technology & Computer Forensics to End Bullying & CyberBullying Permanently
Bullying: Celebrities like Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Demi Lovato, Ellen Degeneres, Katy Perry & Justin Bieber are outspoken about it. Author Jessica Golden explains how, when it comes to Bullying & CyberBullying, that the best defense is a good offense.
If you take away all the avenues that bullies have to torment, then the bullies will leave you alone” Jessica explains. “This I have learned from personal experience.
(PRWEB) August 05, 2014
In an era where new technology is the pinnacle of society, people--both young and old, still face an age old problem: Bullying. No longer limited to the playground at recess or the school yard, bullying has taken on many different forms over the years, and occurs in many different places. Currently there are five types: Verbal, Physical, Psychological, Covert, and CyberBullying. With the vast amount of innocent lives lost to suicide, (or more appropriately, bullycide), something has to be done about it.
That Being Said, We Have Just Found Our Saving Grace:
Jessica Golden, author of Stop Being Bullied: A How To Guide For Victims And Their Families, approaches the bullying problem from a different angle. “As a Survivor of bullying, I know how it feels firsthand to feel vulnerable and helpless.” says Jessica. “Looking back, I realized that things would have been a lot different for me if I had the resources available to me that I list in my book. That is why I approach bullying from a totally different angle.”
And what angle is that, one may ask? This book is not like other books which tell how to cope with bullying. Stop Being Bullied: A How To Guide For Victims And Their Families goes into extreme detail on how to take away the control that bullies have over you. “If you take away all the avenues that bullies have to torment, then the bullies will leave you alone” Jessica explains. “This I have learned from personal experience”.
What is included in this book includes, but is not limited to tracking IP addresses of cyberbullies so they can be prosecuted, Apps for your phone to block text messages and phone calls from cyberbullies, how to protect your email account from cyberbullies, instructions on how to cyberbully-proof your facebook and myspace accounts, as well as a myriad of other technologies for various popular instant messaging programs. Also included are some assertiveness training techniques, as well as an extensive list of tuition free online public schools as well as online private schools, should the bullying get out of hand.
Stop Being Bullied: A How To Guide For Victims And Their Families is available exclusively in the Amazon Kindle Store. Priced at only $9.99, and 201 pages in length, this book is made for any person on any budget. “I wanted to make it affordable to everyone.” Jessica says, on a final note. “You don’t have to have a Kindle in order to read my book, as there are Kindle Apps available for your phone, PC, Ipad, Iphone and other devices.”
Jessica is also in the process of writing another book specifically addressing CyberBullying and going into more detail of how to use the same legal tools that Law Enforcement uses to document CyberBullying Crimes in order to prosecute Cyber Bullies to the fullest extent of the law.
To learn more about Jessica's book, visit the following link: http://www.amazon.com/Stop-Being-Bullied-Jessica-Golden-ebook/dp/B007AOAUKE/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1406601439&sr=8-2&keywords=stop+being+bullied
Don’t forget to join her Facebook group “Stop Being Bullied” by clicking Here:https://www.facebook.com/pages/Stop-Being-Bullied/144923805676153?ref=hl.
By doing so you will be notified when there are updates to the book and when her new book will be released.
Jessica hopes that her book becomes viral. “If you or someone you know would benefit from reading this book, please use the sharing tools provided here to share it through social media (such as Facebook, Twitter and Myspace, etc.), Email, and any other ways you can think of. If I can save just one life, then this book has done its job!”
Jessica is available for Interview and can be reached by phone at 770-865-9225
Friday, August 1, 2014
Gun ownership for Self Defense is on the rise
Self defense is a hot topic these days and it will always be an important topic of discussion as long as people are being harmed. This article reveals the rise in gun purchases by women for the sake of self defense.
Let's not get into talking about gun control or civil liberties, and stick to the discussion of self defense.
There are always contrasting thoughts on what self defense means. If we are being practical we would realize there are many other hidden dangers in our life that we need to defend ourselves from. Diabetes, Obesity, Pollution, Mental health, are all examples of attackers in our society that harm us on a drastically higher frequency than a physical attack.
However, this situation we are talking about here is the idea of physical self defense. The rational would be that carrying a gun would give us the opportunity to diffuse a potentially harmful situation or at worst use violent force to stop a relentless attacker.
Having a gun is only effective if we are able to show it and keep the person away.
Having the gun is only effective if we can hit what we are aiming to hit.
If these two unknown factors can be fulfilled when using a gun, then it makes sense to carry the weapon. However, there are plenty of situations where this won't happen. Learning Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu will reinforce your physical self defense abilities when you are unable to satisfy the two prerequisites of using a gun.
Our self defense curriculum will give you the physical tools necessary to escape dangerous situations and train you on how to function in a high stress situation, how to use your words to hopefully diffuse a situation, and how to survive an attack. Join us on the mats. We want to give you the necessary skills to do this.
Let's not get into talking about gun control or civil liberties, and stick to the discussion of self defense.
There are always contrasting thoughts on what self defense means. If we are being practical we would realize there are many other hidden dangers in our life that we need to defend ourselves from. Diabetes, Obesity, Pollution, Mental health, are all examples of attackers in our society that harm us on a drastically higher frequency than a physical attack.
However, this situation we are talking about here is the idea of physical self defense. The rational would be that carrying a gun would give us the opportunity to diffuse a potentially harmful situation or at worst use violent force to stop a relentless attacker.
Having a gun is only effective if we are able to show it and keep the person away.
Having the gun is only effective if we can hit what we are aiming to hit.
If these two unknown factors can be fulfilled when using a gun, then it makes sense to carry the weapon. However, there are plenty of situations where this won't happen. Learning Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu will reinforce your physical self defense abilities when you are unable to satisfy the two prerequisites of using a gun.
Our self defense curriculum will give you the physical tools necessary to escape dangerous situations and train you on how to function in a high stress situation, how to use your words to hopefully diffuse a situation, and how to survive an attack. Join us on the mats. We want to give you the necessary skills to do this.
916.595.4064
Report: More women, suburbanites carrying guns
Bloomberg
A student practices shooting a Smith & Wesson Holdings Corp. M&P 40 Airsoft pistol.
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The sports aspect of shooting guns may not be restricted to country boy stereotype anymore, as new statistics show the emerging face of today’s shooter is vastly different.
Almost half of today’s first time gun buyers in the country are female (48 percent of gun owners), usually purchasing a gun for self-defense and self-sufficiency. Also, most people buying guns today for the first time include people ages 22-30 living in suburban areas, according to a survey by the National Shooting Sports Foundation, which keeps a tally on all things related on firearms retail trends.
“The gun retailers themselves don’t keep track of the data,” says Bill Brassard, senior director of communications for the NSSF. “We tally them by what we see in background checks.”
An online survey of U.S. consumers was also conducted by the NSSF.
The organization, based in Newtown, Connecticut, releases annual reports, which in recent years show that first time gun buyers today are “active, using their gun on average once per month or more and are already participating in one or more shooting activities.”
Of these first time gun purchases, 87 percent are for home defense, 76 percent are for self defense and 63 percent of this demographic say they always wanted to own a gun. First time buyers are spending an average of $500 on their first gun.
Semiautomatic pistols are the most popular, followed by shotguns, and revolvers, according to the data.
Thursday, July 31, 2014
Leadership is Empowerment: A lesson in Martial Arts
Regardless of our political beliefs, I hope we can agree that educational opportunities for females should never be denied or be deprived. Eldorado Hills Brazilian JiuJitsu promotes marital arts for both females and males. Our belief is that jiujitsu is one of the greatest equalizer. Jiu-Jitsu is a marital art where men and women can equally find success with consistent training and learning technique.
Our program in eldorado hills promotes the idea of self development, mutual respect, and an expectation that anything less than our best is unacceptable. Through participation in our program we seek to empower future leaders.
We need your involvement to make this contribution. El Dorado Hills Brazilian JiuJitsu is a community group seeking to empower both men and women. Our marital arts program in brazilian jiujitsu is designed to enhance the capabilities of both genders. Join us on the mat and help us build a more empowered community of leaders both on and off the mat!
Our program in eldorado hills promotes the idea of self development, mutual respect, and an expectation that anything less than our best is unacceptable. Through participation in our program we seek to empower future leaders.
We need your involvement to make this contribution. El Dorado Hills Brazilian JiuJitsu is a community group seeking to empower both men and women. Our marital arts program in brazilian jiujitsu is designed to enhance the capabilities of both genders. Join us on the mat and help us build a more empowered community of leaders both on and off the mat!
916.595.4064
First lady asks leaders to change gender attitudes
07/30/2014 1:02 PM
07/30/2014 11:32 PM
First lady Michelle Obama speaks to selected participants of the Presidential Summit for the Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders in Washington, Wednesday, July 30, 2014, during a roundtable discussion.MANUEL BALCE CENETA/AP PHOTO
WASHINGTON
Michelle Obama called on young African leaders to change traditional attitudes and beliefs that harm girls and women, adding that educating and making women financially literate is not enough.
"No country can ever truly flourish if it stifles the potential of its women and deprives itself of the contributions of half of its citizens," Mrs. Obama said.
The first lady spoke Wednesday to the inaugural class of young African fellows who are getting six weeks of leadership training in the United States as part of the Mandela Washington Fellowship.
"Leadership is about creating new traditions that honor the dignity and humanity of every individual. Leadership is about empowering all of our people— men, women, boys and girls," she said. "When we commit to that kind of leadership across the globe, that is when we truly start making progress on girls' education."
Mrs. Obama said Africa has made great strides such as more girls attending school, women starting businesses and more women serving in parliaments. But she said serious work remains when female genital mutilation, forced child marriage and domestic violence against women continue in some countries.
She said these "are not legitimate cultural practices," but "serious human rights violations."
The first lady said women in the U. S. have also overcome obstacles, such as voting rights, but they still face challenges with employment discrimination and domestic violence, and are still fighting for equal pay and higher ranks in government and corporate workplaces.
Mrs. Obama said her own life was influenced by the support and encouragement of her family— including men like her father, brother, uncle and grandfather.
"The men who raised me set a high bar for the type of men I'd allow into my life, which is why I went on to marry a man who had the good sense to fall in love with a woman who was his equal, and to treat me as such," she said, about President Barack Obama.
The first lady called on men to do the same and to tell peers who disagree that "any man who uses his strength to oppress women is a coward, and he is holding back the progress of his family and his country."
After Mrs. Obama's remarks and meeting with participants in the crowd, she held a round table discussion with more than 30 African leaders to discuss girls' education.
Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Anti-Bullying strategies for the eldorado hills community
Stop
Talk
Walk
What do you think of this anti-bullying advice? Some advice is better than no advice. This advice seems appropriate for preventive medicine. The first step towards anti bullying and bully prevention, but there is much more involved with the process. It's a great start. So what's the next step.
What do we do when things have escalated? What do we do if it gets physical? What if there are multiple people bullying at the same time? What if it's all online? What if they are stronger than me? What if the teacher or person I report the problem to doesn't listen or do anything?
We will be covering these questions this August and September at El Dorado Hills Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. We want to make a difference in the community. We want to empower our community. If you have any questions or concerns we would love to get involved.
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Joe Bruscato shares anti-bullying strategy at Haskell Year-Round Academy
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By Jeff Kolkey
Rockford Register Star
Posted Jul. 29, 2014 @ 11:47 am
Rockford Register Star
Posted Jul. 29, 2014 @ 11:47 am
ROCKFORD — A simple anti-bullying strategy — stop, talk and walk — was part of the message Winnebago County State’s Attorney Joe Bruscato gave Haskell Year-Round Academy students Tuesday morning.
Inspired by an anti-bullying program from the National Crime Prevention Council, Bruscato wants to help students confront bullying.
“When it comes to bullying, I think sometimes people are ill prepared to actually handle it when they see it,” Bruscato said. “Part of my presentation is to make sure they recognize bullying and they know who to report it to, but also when they are actually confronted by bullies, try to remember something that will keep them safe and get them out of the situation.”
On the fifth day of Haskell’s new alternative school year, Bruscato gave an entertaining presentation to about 120 third, fourth and fifth graders in the school gym. Bruscato plans to give similar talks at 11 schools this summer and fall in Rockford and Winnebago County.
He taught the students a little about what he does as an elected official and the county’s top prosecutor. He also showed a cartoon video featuring McGruff the Crime Dog helping a little girl named Samantha overcoming bullying at her ballet class.
“I learned bullying is not kind to other people,” said Tyler Gaines, a 9-year-old fourth grader.
Jeff Kolkey: 815-987-1374; jkolkey@rrstar.com; @jeffkolkey
Read more: http://www.rrstar.com/article/20140729/News/140729366#ixzz38tYz4TwC
Monday, July 21, 2014
BOOK on bullying: 8 Keys to End bullying: Strategies for Parents & Schools
What is the reason we don't want bullying taking place at our schools.... It's to create safer and healthier learning environment.
Some interesting fact from the book:
Whitson points out, children are frequently told to ignore verbal bullying, but the literature shows this to be one of the least effective methods available. And bullies are often not driven by insecurity, as is commonly portrayed in the movies, but by a drive to increase their social status, Whitson writes.
This evidence based research is an essential way to develop a program where teachers and parents are better able to address the problem. Rather than using intuition, we need to look at research and use evidence based methods to deal with bullying.
El Dorado Hills Jiu-Jitsu offers a comprehensive antibullying curriculum leading up to the school year and the first half of the semester. We would love to offer our services to as many people as we can in our area and beyond. Folsom, Cameron Park, Shingle Springs, and the greater Sacramento area!
A school playground aide sees third-grader Riley grab hold of classmate Liza’s scarf and choke her with it. Riley is subsequently viewed as the bully. But is there more to the story?
What the aide hasn’t witnessed is the endless ridicule Riley has experienced from Liza and Liza’s best friend, Jada. Liza and Jada have learned they can provoke emotional outbursts from Riley — a girl who has been diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome — through constant social exclusion. Riley is a “bully-victim,” a young person who can be aggressive toward others but who can also be a target for bullying. She serves as a reminder that the culture of bullying is far more pernicious than we might realize.
It’s clear that bullying’s nuances do not elude Signe Whitson, a social worker and school counselor who writes about Riley and others in 8 Keys to End Bullying: Strategies for Parents & Schools. In this comprehensive book, Whitson argues with passion and clear-eyed conviction for various methods by which we can create safer and healthier learning environments.
Refreshingly, Whitson doesn’t build her case on untested anti-bullying advice, but instead takes a sledgehammer to many long-held myths by drawing upon real research. For example, Whitson points out, children are frequently told to ignore verbal bullying, but the literature shows this to be one of the least effective methods available. And bullies are often not driven by insecurity, as is commonly portrayed in the movies, but by a drive to increase their social status, Whitson writes.
From Whitson’s realistic understanding of student dynamics comes a practical set of strategies to reduce bullying in schools. A great start, she writes, is for school staff members to establish genuine connections with students. According to the National Center for Learning Disabilities, school personnel notice or intervene in only one out of every twenty-five incidents of bullying; thus, it makes sense that a reliable way of staying informed is to encourage kids to approach the adults in their lives — and to make them feel safe in doing so.
When children grow to trust teachers, school aides, and other adults, it also becomes easier to implement the book’s other anti-bullying suggestions. One is to deter bullying by increasing the presence of adults in a campus’s common areas. So, too, will it become easier for another strategy: to promote a cultural norm that student popularity should revolve around being well liked rather than socially feared. Whitson gives an A+ insight — one of many in the book — that teachers should refrain from catering to students’ social hierarchies, which often allows bullying to fly under the radar with tacit approval from faculty.
Whitson also makes an outstanding case for implementing social and emotional learning (SEL) programming in schools. This curriculum teaches children emotion management, empathy, conflict resolution skills, assertiveness, and friendship building — all important tools to stop bullying.
In addition, Whitson dedicates a chapter to reaching out to bullies directly — something that we may not do enough. It’s worth noting, however, that many of the book’s strategies center around the ability of faculty to influence students. This becomes more difficult as students get older, when, Whitson acknowledges, kids’ behavior becomes less malleable and children increasingly feel that adults have less to offer them.
Whitson’s suggestion of separating and mixing up cliques, for example, may work harmoniously with elementary kids but backfire with older students as administration-led initiatives become increasingly unpopular. Still, that’s less a knock on Whitson’s efforts and more a reflection of the exponentially more complicated social norms of older kids, which might require a whole separate book.
Perhaps because of this increased difficulty as kids become teenagers, Whitson shines when she approaches anti-bullying from a teaching framework rather than a punitive one. It stands to reason that students will be more wary and indignant of authoritarianism as they grow older, and that punitive measures will not work as well.
In her cyberbullying chapter, Whitson does propose having children hand over their online passwords — but the tradeoff may be resentment and your child’s view that you don’t trust her, both of which could be counterproductive. Educating kids about online behavior, which Whitson suggests in the same section, sounds like a better, less authoritarian strategy. The notion that an embarrassing photo you post online is permanent — and could go viral — can serve as a wake-up call to kids and be far more effective as a teaching device than, say, taking away their social media independence.
Indeed, Whitson’s overall emphasis on having conversations with kids, exchanging ideas, and fostering mutual agreement will undoubtedly benefit both parents and children. When you give your student a seat at the bargaining table, Whitson writes, he is far more likely to comply with the resulting agreements. It’s an excellent observation — and most kids are sure to agree.
Source: http://psychcentral.com/lib/8-keys-to-end-bullying-strategies-for-parents-schools/00019846
Some interesting fact from the book:
Whitson points out, children are frequently told to ignore verbal bullying, but the literature shows this to be one of the least effective methods available. And bullies are often not driven by insecurity, as is commonly portrayed in the movies, but by a drive to increase their social status, Whitson writes.
This evidence based research is an essential way to develop a program where teachers and parents are better able to address the problem. Rather than using intuition, we need to look at research and use evidence based methods to deal with bullying.
El Dorado Hills Jiu-Jitsu offers a comprehensive antibullying curriculum leading up to the school year and the first half of the semester. We would love to offer our services to as many people as we can in our area and beyond. Folsom, Cameron Park, Shingle Springs, and the greater Sacramento area!
9165954064
What the aide hasn’t witnessed is the endless ridicule Riley has experienced from Liza and Liza’s best friend, Jada. Liza and Jada have learned they can provoke emotional outbursts from Riley — a girl who has been diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome — through constant social exclusion. Riley is a “bully-victim,” a young person who can be aggressive toward others but who can also be a target for bullying. She serves as a reminder that the culture of bullying is far more pernicious than we might realize.
It’s clear that bullying’s nuances do not elude Signe Whitson, a social worker and school counselor who writes about Riley and others in 8 Keys to End Bullying: Strategies for Parents & Schools. In this comprehensive book, Whitson argues with passion and clear-eyed conviction for various methods by which we can create safer and healthier learning environments.
Refreshingly, Whitson doesn’t build her case on untested anti-bullying advice, but instead takes a sledgehammer to many long-held myths by drawing upon real research. For example, Whitson points out, children are frequently told to ignore verbal bullying, but the literature shows this to be one of the least effective methods available. And bullies are often not driven by insecurity, as is commonly portrayed in the movies, but by a drive to increase their social status, Whitson writes.
From Whitson’s realistic understanding of student dynamics comes a practical set of strategies to reduce bullying in schools. A great start, she writes, is for school staff members to establish genuine connections with students. According to the National Center for Learning Disabilities, school personnel notice or intervene in only one out of every twenty-five incidents of bullying; thus, it makes sense that a reliable way of staying informed is to encourage kids to approach the adults in their lives — and to make them feel safe in doing so.
When children grow to trust teachers, school aides, and other adults, it also becomes easier to implement the book’s other anti-bullying suggestions. One is to deter bullying by increasing the presence of adults in a campus’s common areas. So, too, will it become easier for another strategy: to promote a cultural norm that student popularity should revolve around being well liked rather than socially feared. Whitson gives an A+ insight — one of many in the book — that teachers should refrain from catering to students’ social hierarchies, which often allows bullying to fly under the radar with tacit approval from faculty.
Whitson also makes an outstanding case for implementing social and emotional learning (SEL) programming in schools. This curriculum teaches children emotion management, empathy, conflict resolution skills, assertiveness, and friendship building — all important tools to stop bullying.
In addition, Whitson dedicates a chapter to reaching out to bullies directly — something that we may not do enough. It’s worth noting, however, that many of the book’s strategies center around the ability of faculty to influence students. This becomes more difficult as students get older, when, Whitson acknowledges, kids’ behavior becomes less malleable and children increasingly feel that adults have less to offer them.
Whitson’s suggestion of separating and mixing up cliques, for example, may work harmoniously with elementary kids but backfire with older students as administration-led initiatives become increasingly unpopular. Still, that’s less a knock on Whitson’s efforts and more a reflection of the exponentially more complicated social norms of older kids, which might require a whole separate book.
Perhaps because of this increased difficulty as kids become teenagers, Whitson shines when she approaches anti-bullying from a teaching framework rather than a punitive one. It stands to reason that students will be more wary and indignant of authoritarianism as they grow older, and that punitive measures will not work as well.
In her cyberbullying chapter, Whitson does propose having children hand over their online passwords — but the tradeoff may be resentment and your child’s view that you don’t trust her, both of which could be counterproductive. Educating kids about online behavior, which Whitson suggests in the same section, sounds like a better, less authoritarian strategy. The notion that an embarrassing photo you post online is permanent — and could go viral — can serve as a wake-up call to kids and be far more effective as a teaching device than, say, taking away their social media independence.
Indeed, Whitson’s overall emphasis on having conversations with kids, exchanging ideas, and fostering mutual agreement will undoubtedly benefit both parents and children. When you give your student a seat at the bargaining table, Whitson writes, he is far more likely to comply with the resulting agreements. It’s an excellent observation — and most kids are sure to agree.
Source: http://psychcentral.com/lib/8-keys-to-end-bullying-strategies-for-parents-schools/00019846
Kids Worlds Results Eldorado hills jiujitsu
Congrats to all the competitors from the kids worlds!
Here are the quick results:
Angelo - Silver
Chandler - Silver
Sky - Silver
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Monday, July 14, 2014
My Thought on Self Defense
I often ask students after they've been training for a few months what they want to get out of their training at El Dorado Hills Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. The answers vary from person to person, but most of the time I hear these phrases in the mix.
1) Lose weight
2) Learn self defense
3) Become a world champion
I sometimes cringe when I hear the term "self-defense" because it's become thrown around as though it's something you can go and learn in a few hours. So when someone tells me they want to learn self-defense, I clarify that they really want to be able to defend themselves from someone bigger and stronger attacking them. Not just attacking them, but to possibly take their life. If the answer is yes, I recommend they train as though they are going to get ready for a tournament. To roll as hard as they can. I truly believe that the best form of training for self defense is some form of grappling. In my opinion Jiu-Jitus has found a way to mix the idea and concepts of self-defense with the competitive sport, allowing for the best form of self defense training.
Yes, there are situations you would not want to voluntarily go to in a self defense situation, but jiujitsu teaches that. There are illegal moves that jiujitsu doesn't do, but again a good teacher teaches that as a form of self defense. I have yet to find a style of training where both partners can go as hard as they possibly can without the worry of hurting each other day after day after day.
A follow up question I always ask when someone tells me they want to learn self defense are these:
1) Do you take any medication or prescription drugs?
2) Do you eat well balanced, well proportioned meals?
3) Do you reduce, reuse, recycle in that order?
These are a few questions the I feel are necessary to ask because self defense is much more than just the physical. The physical aspects of self-defense, you could argue are much less prevalent than the dietary, medical, or environmental forms of self defense we should be practicing on a daily basis.
The real attackers and killers are the ones that kill the most amount of people each day. Heart disease, diabetes, cancer, high blood pressure, pollution, toxicity, etc. We need to take a more practical look at what we are "training" to protect ourselves from, and realize if the training we are doing is truly going to defeat a bigger, stronger person.
The real attackers and killers are the ones that kill the most amount of people each day. Heart disease, diabetes, cancer, high blood pressure, pollution, toxicity, etc. We need to take a more practical look at what we are "training" to protect ourselves from, and realize if the training we are doing is truly going to defeat a bigger, stronger person.
Eliot Kelly
916.595.4064
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Five Different Jiu-Jitsu Classes for Adults at El Dorado Hills Jiu-Jitsu
There are five different types of classes for the adults at El Dorado Hills Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
| Team announcements between the adults fundamentals and competition jiujitsu class. |
1) Beginner Jiu-Jitsu Gi
2) Fundamental Jiu-Jitsu Gi
3) Competition Jiu-Jitsu Gi
4) NoGi Jiu-Jitsu
5) Open Mat
Each one of these classes have a different emphasis and are designed for students to benefit the most from their time on the mat. Today we will talk about some of the elements included in the adults beginner jiu-jitsu class.
The beginner class is designed for those with two different backgrounds. First, for those who are brand new to jiu-jitsu, they might know something about the martial art, but have little to no time of training experience. The second are for those coming back from some time off. Getting back in the groove of things can be difficult, and the beginners class is a good fit to help those get back to their fitness levels and recall the basic techniques of jiu-jitsu.
The class could be described as dynamic fitness. Dynamic meaning the class involves training in flexibility, an aerobic base, and anarobic strength. The 55 minute class tests different aspects from class to class, but the important element of our training cycle is to be consistent with training.
The technique taught is based on functional self defense movements. These movements include:
1) The ability to fall without injury
2) The ability to get back up from the ground
3) The ability to protect yourself and escape when someone is holding you on the ground
4) The ability to escape from chokes and strangulations
5) The ability to move under resistance on the ground and feet
In addition to the technique, we believe an increase in awareness is an essential step in learning about self defense. This includes:
1) Simulation exercises
2) In the News awareness chats
3) Question and Answer
4) Mat Chats
If you would like more information on our beginner classes at El Dorado Hills Brazilian Jiu Jitsu contact us through email or phone. We will do our best to answer all of your questions. See you on the mat!
916.595.4064
Anti-Bullying is a Community Movement: What Martial Arts Can Do
As a community, El Dorado County and Sacramento County could do more to support anti bullying. What if every jiu-jitsu and martial arts school focused on an anti bullying program for the first part of the school semester this fall. If the martial arts schools in our area could all get together and agree to teach a curriculum that would teach our students about the different types of bullying, how to prevent it, and how to get help, I believe we would see a dramatic decline in bullying.
The problem is that we don't always have time to focus on bullying because there are so many other things that need to be accomplished. The need to accomplish "things" could be incorporated into an anti bullying project.
This article states some good statistics and facts about what is going on and what should be done, but in truth brings no solution to the table. Get more teachers involved. Get the parents involved. Get the students involved.....
Isin't that what everyone has been doing for the last decade? Our kids jiujitsu program at el dorado hills brazilian jiujitsu will focus on bullying fro the months of August through the middle of September. Not only will be giving students the tools to help them use their words to communicate and empower themselves, but also learning how to physically defend themselves if necessary. We will teach them how to fall without getting injured and how to get back up to their feet without getting hurt. We will teach them about using their voice to say stop. We will teach them how to get out of a headlock. We will teach them about reporting and not telling.
This is just the beginning. Help us serve our community and support the anti-bullying in our neighborhood of El Dorado Hills, Folsom, and Cameron Park. See you on the mat!
916.595.4064
Bullying: common ground and next steps
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on July 07, 2014 at 9:33 AM, updated July 07, 2014 at 10:13 AM
This article is part of our series on bullying. Here are the other articles in the series:
Source: http://www.al.com/opinion/index.ssf/2014/07/bullying_common_ground_and_nex.html
What's Been Said
A report on bullying from the David Mathews Center for Civic Life identifies four common areas of concern. The report, published last month, follows a yearlong series of public forums that canvassed the state. The Center received 1,700 survey responses from its 4,500 forum participants.- Zero tolerance policies while tough may be ineffective
- Students need protection when reporting bullying
- "It takes a village"
- Cyberbullying is a real issue
What's Been Done
- Alabama's law
- Schools with compliant policy
Challenges and Next Steps
- Data can't always be trusted
- Evolution of bullying
- What's next
Source: http://www.al.com/opinion/index.ssf/2014/07/bullying_common_ground_and_nex.html
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