The development of confidence in our martial arts students is an important characteristic that parents look for when enrolling their children in our school. Listen as Kathy Sacoulas discusses how we help kids develop confidence and how you can do the same at home. Allowing the kids to feel competent and not giving them false praise are topics she discusses at great length.

1:33: Competence

1:50: The importance of not developing a FALSE sense of confidence

6:00: We start developing confidence in kids at the young age of 3

8:14: Helping students live into their goals through our language

9:55: Helping develop communication skills that develop confidence

14:36: How we develop confidence on the mat

23:01: Applying these principles at home

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Meet Stephen Eng in this episode and listen to how impactful receiving his Black Belt has been in his life. He attributes all his successes and positive relationships to his martial arts training and talks about how it was the best decision his parents ever made for him.

1:35: Introduction of Stephen Eng

2:14: His start in the martial arts

3:41: Benefits from training in the martial arts

5:15: What kept him motivated to keep training over all his years at the school

8:13: How martial arts helped him navigate through tough times and develop good relationships

10:13: How the Black Belt test affected his life and how it continues to affect him

13:15: How he’s applied the lessons from martial arts to his life and the successes that have resulted

16:09: Stephen’s advice for kids who want to quit martial arts

20:00: How teaching classes at PMA affected him; how mentoring other children led to his own leadership development

24:00: The importance of representing PMA in the community

24:48: Why Stephen is big on showing attribution and remembering where he came from

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The video version of this show is available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BlackBeltParentingPodcast

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Perseverance is a characteristic that can only be taught through placing your child in circumstances where they may want to quit or where they will fail. Parents often have difficulty watching their kids struggle, but it’s an important thing for them to experience. Listen to Kathy Sacoulas talk about how perseverance is gained through martial arts and how we can apply it to our parenting.

1:24: Perseverance defined/Grit Defined

2:30: immediate gratification counters the development of perseverance

2:40: how martial arts develops perseverance in students

4:38: the journey is more fruitful than the destination

5:29: trust the process

5:50: Moving the students through phases of training shows their perseverance

6:26: Sparring as an example of developing grit and perseverance

9:15: You must lean into discomfort to gain perseverance

11:00: The importance of failure

14:28: applying these principles to parenting

For more information on the podcast, visit blackbeltparentingpodcast.com.

The video version of this show is available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BlackBeltParentingPodcast

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This podcast is produced by Press Record Studios. Visit PressRecordStudios.com for more information on their media production services.

Learn how Tuhon Nick Sacoulas has seen martial arts impact his students and their families, how it’s impacted his parenting, and how the martial arts community he created has impacted so many lives, including his own.

2:53: the start of Progressive Martial Arts

5:00: How Tuhon Nick followed his passion

8:15: how martial arts has impacted his students over the years

13:42: How training is a metaphor for overcoming life’s challenges

17:00: Advice to parents in martial arts

19:49: How becoming a parent has impacted him as an instructor

22:00: Martial arts is a process

23:40: how martial arts has impacted his own parenting

29:50: How Progressive Martial Arts has evolved and it’s impact on him

For more information on the podcast, visit blackbeltparentingpodcast.com.

The video version of this show is available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BlackBeltParentingPodcast

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As a nurse with a public health degree, Kathy Sacoulas presents how important health and wellness are in the parenting journey. Looking at the whole child and not just their physical, she talks about ensuring kids look after their wellness: mind, body, and soul. She also discusses the importance of the parents’ wellness as it impacts the child.

1:45: Health is about the whole person (mental, physical, emotional, spiritual)

2:37: Health and wellness in the martial arts

7:57: Health and Parenting the WHOLE child

9:40: the importance of nutrition

14:08: Exercise and the importance of play

16:19: Resting your mind and body

17:33: Hygiene and health

19:00: Challenge them mentally (improving brain health)

20:00: The importance of communication and positive social circles in their health

21:14: Healthy forms of expression

22:49: Taking care of yourself as the parent

26:29: Advocacy in health, creating a partnership with health care providers.

For more information on the podcast, visit blackbeltparentingpodcast.com.

The video version of this show is available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BlackBeltParentingPodcast

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Kathy Sacoulas discusses the importance of encouraging independence at each stage of a child’s development and how difficult it is for parents to let go during the process. Creating independence does lead to better self-esteem, self confidence and how the martial arts is a great example of this.

1:15: Parenting begins with total dependence.

3:34: Creating independence can begin very early with parents as their

first teachers

4:15: Creating independence on the training floor in martial arts

6:12: The first phase of training

8:05: The second phase of training

10:48: The third phase of training

16:37: The role of self-motivation in gaining independence

17:00: Developing independence in the home

18:55: Independence requires an investment of time

21:59: Independence leads to self-confidence

23:56: Figuring out your individual child’s readiness at each stage of

development

24:47: Trust leads to more independence and more trust between parent and child.

For more information on the podcast, visit blackbeltparentingpodcast.com.

The video version of this show is available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BlackBeltParentingPodcast

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Visit progressivemartialarts.com for more information on how you and your family can get started on your martial arts journey.

This podcast is produced by Press Record Studios. Visit PressRecordStudios.com for more information on their media production services.

Respect is one of the numerous reasons people do the martial arts. As one trains over time, it’s a characteristic that automatically becomes part of the student. In this episode, Kathy Sacoulas discusses how she sees this process occur and how parents can use this as a tool at home.

1:25: Respect Defined

1:53: Martial arts begins and ends with respect. How respect developed in the martial arts culturally

4:54: Instilling respect via the martial arts

7:20: Using language to teach respect

8:42: Self-care = self-respect

10:24: Setting rules and boundaries

10:54: Positive communication

10:37: Humility and respect lend to openness in learning.

16:04: relating how we teach respect at the school to parenting

For more information on the podcast, visit blackbeltparentingpodcast.com

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Learn from Kathy Sacoulas and Tara DeSuze about the importance of having partners in parenting. Creating partnerships with teachers, coaches, other parents, and your community are so important in raising children.

2:20: Introduction of Ms. Tara (AKA PMA Mom) - a PMA mom who eventually became a PMA teacher and staff member

6:56: The Power of Community

8:55: Ms. Tara’s experience of being a parent and then moving into the staff role

9:56: Value of creating partnerships for your kids

11:25: Trust in partnership

15:25: Shared Mission

17:03: Example of the importance of communication

20:53: Due diligence in selecting partners

22:08: Same Mission and Values

25:28: Importance of a support system

26:50: Finding people you can trust and who won’t judge you

30:20: Rely on different types of people

32:18: the power of connection

For more information on the podcast, Visit blackbeltparentingpodcast.com.

The video version of this show is available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BlackBeltParentingPodcast

Follow Kathy on Facebook: - https://www.facebook.com/people/Black-Belt-Parenting-Podcast/61558865227742/

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Visit progressivemartialarts.com for more information on how you and your family can get started on your martial arts journey.

This podcast is produced by Press Record Studios. Visit PressRecordStudios.com for more information on their media production services.