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Monthly Archives: August 2018

Karate Family

Blog, Community, Education, karate, Karate in Everyday LifeBy wpadminAugust 30, 2018

Both my kid’s best friends are their Karate friends. As a parent, this is a priceless gift. I was never worried about whose house they were at, or who they were with: they’re with their karate friends; they’re with their karate family. Parents know the impact negative peer pressure has from our life experience. Our…

AMA Wide Board Game Afternoon

karateBy AMAAugust 27, 2018

Join us September 15 from 2pm to 5pm at the North Mississauga Dojo for an AMA Wide Board Game Afternoon. Minimum $10 donation per family. FUNdraising for JDRF

Bully B.R.A.V.E. – “Bad Boss” or “Bully Boss”?

Blog, Bully BRAVE, Community, Education, karate, Karate in Everyday LifeBy wpadminAugust 24, 2018

All bosses have a job to do: planning, scheduling, making sure you achieve your goals so that they can achieve theirs, projects, presentations, managing staff, and so on. Their job isn’t to be your friend, but to manage. That being said, there’s a big difference between not being polite and being rude, not being nice…

Bully B.R.A.V.E. – Awareness of Surroundings

Blog, Bully BRAVE, Community, Education, karate, Karate in Everyday LifeBy wpadminAugust 16, 2018

The best self defense is not to be there. Not to be there when someone attacks you. Not to be there when a bully is nearby. Why put yourself in the situation where you must defend yourself, when you can, not be there? Sounds obvious enough, right? Awareness of surroundings, where you are, who’s around…

Bully B.R.A.V.E. – The Bystander

Blog, Bully BRAVE, Choices, Community, Education, karate, Karate in Everyday LifeBy wpadminAugust 8, 2018

A bystander is a witness, in this case, a witness to bullying, someone who sees another person getting physically, socially or verbally intimidated. A bystander is commonly seen as a fly on the wall, an observer helpless to step in. A bystander has just as big a role as the Bully and the Victim. They…

Bully B.R.A.V.E. – Awareness of Self

Blog, Bully BRAVE, Karate in Everyday LifeBy wpadminAugust 1, 2018

My name’s Carrie Percival. I’ve been an instructor at the academy of martial arts for over 20 years. I oversee our Brampton locations and run our Bully B.R.A.V.E. program (Bully Resistance Anti Violence Education). Through these blog posts I’ll be discussing bullying scenarios and what it takes to deal with them. Awareness of Self Sensei…

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