Will Karate make my kid violent? - Fred Mergen

http://mergenmma.info/category/blog-video/ Will your child become violent through martial art training? It is important to realize that the primary focus of modern day martial arts is to defend against violence, not to promote it.

One of the questions I get is will karate or martial arts make my child violent?

The answer is no. It will teach your child how to properly channel that anger where it needs to go, maybe focus on hitting the pads or focus on doing homework or concentrate on something else. The thing is as an instructor we always reinforce karate is used for self defense and self defense only.

If we see a child that is starting to get angry and is starting to use karate in the wrong way we sit them down right away and reinforce what we've been teaching them.

And with the help of the parents and the instructors together working as a team your child will never use karate in a violent manner.