How can Tae Kwon Do help children?

Tae Kwon Do can benefit children in many ways. Physically, Tae Kwon Do can help children improve their balance, flexibility, motor coordination, endurance, and strength. Regular activity for children is an essential component of healthy physical development.

Equally important is the development of mental skills such as focus, concentration, self-awareness, and self-control. Through Tae Kwon Do training children will also learn the important values of respect, goal-setting, patience, self-improvement, friendship, integrity, confidence, positive attitude, dedication, seriousness, courtesy, self-discipline, perseverance, character, and committment.

Resources:

• American Council on Exercise Lists Martial Arts as One of the Top 10 Summer Activities for Kids
• A Report of the Surgeon General on the Physical Activity and Health of Adolescents and Young Adults
• Blame the Game - A new Japanese university study examines video games and brain activity
• The Karate Generation - A Newsweek article explores the increasing popularity of martial arts
• Supersized Kids Get Fit for Life - Obesity is at a record high among young people
• Weighty Epidemic - Lancaster Intelligencer Journal Editorial, December 2002
• How many American children are overweight or obese? - CDC Fact Sheet
• CDC: Diabetes Threat to 1 in 3 Children