Contents:
- Why Martial Arts?
- Is Your Child Ready To Start?
- Finding the Right School
- What is a Style, Anyway?
- Which Style is Best?
- First Contact
- First Lesson – The Introduction
- Post Training Rewards – Not Fast Food!
- Initial Commitment and Overcoming Starter Nerves
- Memberships – the Cost of Training
- Equipment
- Make a Routine Out of Training
- Early Enthusiasm and Over-Training
- Motivating an Uninspired Child
- Sparring
- Community and Making Real Friends
- Middle Grades – Into the Second and Third Years
- Competition – Fighting!
- Moving Into Senior Grades
- Assisting Classes – Giving Back and Gaining Confidence
- Stopping the Bullies
- Injuries
- Moving to Another School