Local Teens Videotape Beatings

The story chronicles the assault of a middle school aged boy walking home from school. The 4 scum cowards that attacked him are doing this so that their friend… lowlife scum #5… can videotape the experience to entertain others on campus at the local high school and through posting the video to web sites.

I couldn’t believe what I was reading. Visalia, CA is a small farm town. The biggest event of the year is the International Agri-Center Farm Show coming up next week. If this shameful violence is happening to kids here, it’s probably happening everywhere.

This was a cold slap in the face for me reading of this happening right here in my small “Norman Rockwell” town.

With my AM coffee in hand I walked into the rooms and looked at my kids as they were sleeping. They’re all pretty young (10 and under) and I thought to myself that I’m going to give them the gift of never having to go through the torture… both physically and psychologically… that this young man in the story had to go through.

Of course, I never want my kids to be attacked. I’ll teach them all about good choices of where and when NOT to hang out. Awareness and avoidance are always the first steps of self defense. However, I’m going to teach them what they need to know in the case that violence ends up “in their face”.

Imagine the effect on this young boy getting kicked and beaten by 4 older high school boys. What’s that going to do to his self esteem? How does he go about getting his world “safe” again? He’s probably worried sick now that it hit the papers that he’s going to get “beat down” again cause it went public.

If you’re thinking that we live in a civil society… you’re wrong. Truth is, it’s even worse for kids in school than it is for us adults.

As adults, we live within the laws and civility of our local community and our workplace environments. There’s a degree of order.

Spend a day at a local middle or high school and discover for yourself the uncivilized social scenarios that exist as an undercurrent within the traditional structure. Social pressures are immense… cliques separated by race, income and hobbies are painfully obvious… and in this society the physical state of “Alpha” is not suppressed by clever intellectual comebacks.

Little fish get eaten by big fish… unless they show NO FEAR.

Fear without skills lends you to become the clone of Tanner in the famed Bad News Bears movie. Sure you’ll fight… but you’ll likely lose and get stuffed in a trash can only to fight again tomorrow. (OK, you earn some respect because you stood up.)

Without getting overly philosophical, let me make my point.

Teach Your Kids How To Fight and Defend Themselves!

Physical self defense is more likely to be needed by your kids… especially teens… than yourself as an adult.

I’m not talking about creating Butch from our gang here out of your youngster. We’re not trying to create a gang of vigilante “smart kids” that walk around cracking their knuckles looking for a lesson they can teach. Also, you certainly you don’t want to be teaching the local 2nd and 3rd graders about joint locks and throat crushes. There’s got to be reason and discretion applied to what you teach them. More on that in a moment.

The 4 HUGE Benefits of YOU Teaching Your Kids

Here’s a list of just some of the Huge Benefits in teaching your kids some solid self defense moves.

Huge Benefit #1:
You get to spend time with them directly one-on-one.

Huge Benefit #2:
You and your kids get a great exercise opportunity.
Forget Thai-Bo. You can drop a few pounds and you both are forced to learn a few things that can really be helpful in a tight spot.

Huge Benefit #3: (The Hugest One)
Watch your kids confidence grow in every area of his/her life.
Their grades will come up. They will discover and interact with more friends. They’ll begin to live a life of ambition and discovery.

Why? There’s a lot of reasons why. But who cares? It’s the result that matters.

Here’s where I would like you to help me out here. I’m aware that our audience at TRS is comprised of some really experienced and smart Dads who have a wealth of knowledge on both parenting and martial arts/self defense. Thus I want to first ask for your opinions and I would like to post those opinions on the TRS Direct web site for others to gain knowledge from.

So here’s what I ask.

Please give me your thoughts on the following two questions…

A. What types of self defense techniques do you think kids should learn about at the following age levels?

a. 5 to 7 year olds (Early Elementary)
b. 8 to 10 year olds (Upper Elementary)
c. 11 to 13 (middle school ages)
d. 14 to 18 (high school age)

B. Can you share a story about yourself, a friend or your child who had an experience with an assault or threat that effected their confidence in life?

Good or bad outcome doesn’t matter. Send your thoughts to support@trsdirect.com.

We would like to share your thoughts with the group and allow people… you… to make your own well reasoned conclusion at what you’ll do to help your kid(s).

I’m stating emphatically that I think it’s important that our kids learn how to fight. It’s a primal need… especially for boys. Even if they don’t want to become Jet Li, George Foreman or a Delta Commando it’s something that changes how they will view the world.

If they walk their campus at school feeling like they need the 360 degree vision of an animal categorized as “Prey” then I believe you should be getting them some help.

And Here’s My Sales Pitch…

Sure, you can sign them up at the local martial arts dojo. Nearly every community has at least one. They will learn a lot. It’s disciplined, fun and sometimes even applicable. Something is better than nothing.

I strongly urge you to teach them yourself. The huge benefits listed above should be convincing enough. If it doesn’t seal the deal… this should.

You can start right now teaching them what you feel is appropriate out of your TRS Library that you already own… or you can choose any one of our titles right now for half off the normal price. So it’s even cost effective.

TAKE ME THERE

If you go to a local martial arts studio, you’ll likely pay $35 per month (often much more) and you can let a stranger decide what is appropriate material for your kid to learn AND you can hope that the ancient art that he learned is appropriate teaching when a kid or two or three that are 4 years older approach him like the kid in the story.

My point is that TRS is about real world stuff. For the same price… or less… than the first month at a local studio you can get 6 or 8 months worth of material from a single video at TRS Direct.

Get nearly any of our outstanding titles for HALF PRICE (through Feb 13th)… decide what you feel is age appropriate for your child… learn it yourself first, and then teach your child.

I hope that it helps you to make an even stronger connection with your child as you teach him the character traits that you feel will be valuable in his lifetime.

By the way… Huge Benefit #4: You’ll be his/her hero! (My Dad is mine!)