K.O. Philosophy
"Aim High"
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Martial Arts and Child Development
Martial Arts training is an excellent way to improve physical
fitness, space perception, coordination, balance, agility, strength,
body coordination, and flexibility. Development of both coarse and fine
motor skills is especially critical in early child development.
Developmental problems including poor academic performance (e.g.,
problems learning to read) are often correlated with poorly developed
motor skills such as eye tracking. In a great many cases, involving
children in sports such as martial arts is an excellent therapy. At K.O.
we specialize in teaching children and create an environment where
children learn self confidence as they develop improved motor
skills, attention span, and coordination.
Martial Arts and Self Defense.
Martial Arts teaches self-defense, but it does not teach violence. The best Martial Artists are the kindest most considerate people one can hope to meet. As students learn the ability to defend themselves, they gain the self-confidence and knowledge needed to avoid most confrontational or violent situations. The Buddhist Monks of ancient China who invented Kung-Fu thought of their defense techniques as ways to decline the violence of an attacker. The purpose was not to harm another, simply to return unwanted force. In so doing, one might be forced to harm a persistent or especially aggressive attacker while protecting from harm a non-aggressive victim (an innocent bystander or one's self).
The style of Kung Fu taught at K.O. has a strong focus on practical self-defense. Students are taught to avoid conflict wherever and whenever possible (i.e., if possible run away and call for help). However, the possibility of violent crime is an unfortunate reality in our world. At K.O. we strive to give students the skills and tools they need to react effectively if ever faced with a life threatening (or life saving) situation. These skills and tools include not only the weapons of open handed self defense, but the training and experience to react in an appropriate way to an attack situation.
Martial Arts as a Sport
Many K.O. students go beyond leaning martial arts to become martial artists. K.O. regularly sends teams to perform in international tournaments and other events. Participating in such performances is a great way to build self confidence, stage presence, and the unique feeling of training on a team and for individual events. K.O. has trained many national and international champions, most are instructors at our school. Participation in Martial Arts sporting events is a wonderful character building experience. It's also lots of fun!
Martial Arts and Life Balance.
Our school is very much a family and we have many entire families who join one or more of our programs together. For hard working people looking for life balance, K.O. provides an excellent outlet for stress and a great way to improve mental and physical health for the whole family.
Master Ozuna’s drive to be the best that he can be is manifest as much in his desire to teach as in his performance in international competitions. This author can personally attest to the fact that Master Ozuna’s quest for perfection in both the Martial Arts and the instruction of Martial Arts, is an inspiration to his students and staff and makes K.O. one of the most remarkable schools of its kind. His drive to excel, to every year be a better Martial Artist, is not an expression of competition for others or an attempt to one up other schools or instructors. It is, rather, a manifestation of his desire to inspire and set a personal example for his students. As a teacher Master Ozuna focuses not only on helping those with great natural ability to excel in Bok-Fu-Do, he seeks to help all his students achieve the best that they can achieve individually. K.O. specializes in teaching children with learning disabilities and people with physical disabilities. K.O.'s youngest student is 3 years old. Our oldest student began training at 81 years of age.
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