Omaha Blue Waves Martial Arts Developmental Assets

Omaha Blue Waves Martial Arts Working for Youth

Omaha Blue Waves Martial Arts is a strong supporter of helping children grow through positive reinforcement. The Search Institute has identified building blocks of healthy development—known as the 40 Developmental Assets—that help young children grow up healthy, caring, and responsible. Martial Arts can help to build many of these assets in young people. For more information on the Developmental Assets go to: Greater Omaha Healthy Communities / Healthy Youth , to the Search Institute, or contact your child's school.

EXTERNAL ASSETS SUPPORTED BY MARTIAL ARTS PRACTICE

SUPPORT · Other Adult Relationships | Students receive support from martial arts class instructors and adult peers.

EMPOWERMENT. · Youth as Resources | As students advance, they have the opportunity to become involved in student mentoring. · Service to Others | Community service becomes an expectation for rank advancement and a social norm. · Safety | Martial arts promotes self-awareness and self-confidence.

BOUNDARIES AND EXPECTATIONS · Adult Role Models | Students learn to model positive behaviors of their instructors and adult peers. · Positive Peer Influence | Friendships and relationships are developed in a martial arts class that encourage positive behaviors based upon an established code of ethics. · High Expectations | Goal setting is a part of martial arts practice and relates to rank progression.

CONSTRUCTIVE USE OF TIME · Youth Programs | Self-explanatory

INTERNAL ASSETS SUPPORTED BY MARTIAL ARTS PRACTICE

COMMITMENT TO LEARNING · Achievement Motivation | Students are encouraged to do well in school and recognized in martial arts class for academic excellence in their school.

POSITIVE VALUES · Integrity | Integrity is an actual tenet that students are expected to understand and demonstrate in their daily life. · Honesty | Honesty is a part of the ethical requirements of the martial arts. · Responsibility | Students learn responsibility through mentoring and by taking responsibility for their rank progression. · Restraint Omaha Blue Waves Martial Arts offers opportunities for students to become involved in drug prevention activities.

SOCIAL COMPETENCIES · Cultural Competence | Students are exposed to a number of different cultures through the practice martial arts that were developed all over the world. · Resistance Skills | A by-product of martial arts study is the ability to make positive choices through the tenet of self-control. · Peaceful Conflict Resolution | Contrary to popular misconception, the most valuable lesson taught by the martial arts is learning to walk away from violent situations confidently. Often when there is nothing to prove violence can be easily avoided.

POSITIVE IDENTITY · Personal Power | Martial arts require personal responsibility for progression. · Self-Esteem | Self-esteem is accomplished through the successful completion of goal setting. · Sense of Purpose | By helping others in and out of class students are imbued with the sense that their actions have purpose and that they can help others. · Positive View of Personal Future | There are few students who reach the rank of black belt that don’t understand the value of hard work and the effect that positive effect that can have on their personal future

* These are just a few of the ways we believe that martial arts practice can help build assets. For more information on the 40 Dev. Assets, please contact the Search Institute or GOHC/HY.

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