FEBRUARY GRADING

FEBRUARY GRADING IS NEXT WEEK !

MONDAY 27TH AND WEDNESDAY 29TH

MAKE SURE YOU BOOK IN ASAP

IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY BOOKED IN, COME IN TO DO SO ON SATURDAY BETWEEN 2 AND 4 OR CALL US ON 01482969203

WE'LL SEE YOU GUYS NEXT WEEK

January at Invictus

January’s Black Belt Excellence Theme Is

  NUTRITION

Be sure to grab an Excellence sheet

10 ways to control your anger

• 1. Take a deep and continuous breath. Count up to 50 or imagine your aggressor just naked, only in socks. This will help you to calm and smile.

• 2. Have a walk. Look at high sky. Continue to breathe deep and easily. So you appraise the situation and calm down.
  
  
• 3. Do some physical exercises. When you are angry- your body is very tensed and tough. If you stretch your muscles it will relax your body, as you will spill out all your negative energy into action. Your brains will get more oxygen and it assists to clear your thoughts.
  
  
• 4. Write down all your thoughts. Write down that you are mad and why. Avoid being rational, logical or laconic. Write on paper all you are feeling this moment. Try to write all in details. The function of this technique is to shift all your anger out of your head on paper.
  
  
• 5. Be grateful. Find someone to thank. Do you not forget about yourself. Thank that you have woken up today, thank that that the Sun is shining for you, that the sky is blue and the grass is green.
  
  
• 6. Prayer. Ask God to be with you during this anger moment and lead you.
  
  
• 7. Meditation. Close your eyes, look into solar plexus, and be all your anger, breathing deeply.
  
  
• 8. Change of places. Move yourself on your enemy’s place. And look at situation from his point of view. Better look at the situation from the ceiling. Focus on details, especially on funny and absurd ones. Strive to forgive your enemy as well as forgive truly yourself.
  
  
• 9. Go back to your childhood memories. Recollect state when you were angry. Hug this child and say: “All is ok. I am here. You are good child. I love you and I will not leave you.”
  
  
• 10. Your values. What is the most significant thing in your life? Who are the most important people in your life? What kind of person do you want to be? Think and accept that point that you are living your life, and you are living your values. There is a good man inside you that wants to help you. I wish you good luck!

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Guest Instructor

students at Invictus Martial Arts are lucky enough to be taught by our guest instructor at the end of the month, Master Wilks. Master Wilks has been a Black Belt for over 20 years and is now a 5th degree. the date of the event will be anounced soon.

Grading

The very first Invictus Martial Arts grading will be next month so make sure you are training hard and getting ready to test for your YELLOW BELT.

If you want to be the best you can be, always try to make some time throughout the day to practice your martial arts and exercise.

Press ups, Sit ups, and if you have enough room, your techniques.

Keep working hard

Stripe testing and grading

Students will grade every 3 months, at the end of the first month there will test for there first stripe which associates with the skill they have been working on that month. At the end of the second month they will test for there second stripe, providing they have received both stripes they will be testing for there new belt at the end of the third month.                                    

             THE STRIPE WE ARE WORKING ON THIS MONTH IS BLUE

OUR 6 QUALITIES OF A CHAMPION

BLUE = POWER

RED= INTENSITY

GREEN = ACCURACY

BLACK = FOCUS

GOLD= BLACKBELT EXCELLENCE

WHITE= SPEED

Martial Arts: The Number One Way to Combat Bullying

As parents, we do everything we can to protect our children from harm and to provide them with the skills they need to be healthy, successful adults. The problem is, we are not with them all the time. What our kids do at school is sometimes a mystery to us. Are they polite to their teachers? Do they participate in class? Are they bullying other kids? Are they being bullied? There is something you can do to help get them on track to be successful in school and to avoid the bully-trap - even when you're not around: Enroll them in a martial arts class.

One of the biggest misconceptions about enrolling children and teenagers in martial arts is that the kids become aggressive and, therefore, a likely bully. The fact is, however, that martial arts do just the opposite. Bullies often have sense of superiority over others and their environments and lack impulse control. Often time, bullies don't know how to manage their anger so they take it out on people they deem weaker than themselves. Many times, bullies are being, or have been, bullied at some point in their lives as well. Martial arts help solve these problems.

Martial arts can also help kids who are being bullied. Bullies thrive on attacking (physically or emotionally) people that they see as weak. Kids who are bullied often have (generally as a result of the bullying) low confidence levels, inability to concentrate on school work, lack of focus and high stress levels which make them look even weaker. Martial arts help solve these problems too.

The many benefits of martial arts for children are a great way to combat bullying, but as you read on, you'll see that the benefits extend way past bullying and will help your children succeed in other areas of their lives as well:

Concentration and Focus. Training martial arts is not a mindless activity. It requires complete concentration and focus at all times during training. The best part about this needed concentration, however, is that it carries over into all parts of your children's lives. You'll notice (and your children's teachers will probably also notice) that they will be able to focus more on their school work and they might even have more successful grades.

Confidence and Control. Martial arts will help your children get in tune with their minds and bodies. This will help kids better understand themselves, their actions and their options. They know that they don't need to lose their temper to handle stressful situations and they'll also know that they have the ability to physically defend themselves if needed. All of this knowledge will increase their confidence and over all demeanor making them appear (and be) stronger individuals and less likely to be a victim of a bully. It will also help prevent them from bullying others because they will be more aware of themselves and those around them.

Stress Reduction. You probably already know that physical exercise is a great stress reliever for you. Do you also know that it works for your children as well? Any type of exercise such as jogging or playing sports can relieve the physical stress that your children feel from daily life - and it may be more than you'd expect. Training martial arts goes one step further, however. It will also help your children relieve their emotional stress because martial arts require them to concentrate their training, not dwell on their problems.

Respect. If you send your children to the right school, their martial arts instructors will both command and deserve respect from all of their students. They will also be able to instill in your children that all people deserve respect, especially adults.

How much water should I drink?

Article from: www.thefitmap.co.uk

We're regularly exhorted to drink 8 glasses of water per day - but where does this figure come from? And do we really need that much water?

The magic figure of 8 glasses is probably based on the finding that sedentary adults lose at least two litres of water per day in cool environments. Add in any level of activity, or an increase in temperatures, and that can easily double.

Of course, we get plenty of water from the foods we eat - most fruit, for example, is simply packed with water - but there are also foods that require extra water to digest them. Alcohol and salty foods would be an example of this.

It is therefore recommended that you drink at least 8-10 cups per day in order to maintain efficient bodily functions. Our body requires sufficient water for almost all vital processes, including:

• Blood pressure
• Cell functioning
• Glucose transportation
• Heart function
• Joint lubrication
• Regulation of body temperature
• waste elimination

Dehydration has serious consequences not only for the serious athlete, but indeed for all of us. Doctors estimate that anywhere from 70-90% of all headaches are caused by dehydration, while for those who are training or racing in hot weather, lack of fluids can cause decreases in performance, muscle fatigue and the risk of heat exhaustion.

The key to staying hydrated is to start drinking before you feel thirsty. This means that you should drink a glass of water (8 oz) around 20 minutes before a workout or race then continue drinking the same amount every 20 minutes during your workout.

Unless your workout is longer than 90 minutes, water is your best choice. Ideally it should be cooler than the ambient temperature in order to facilitate rapid absorption by the stomach. After your workout, drink either water or watered down fruit juice.

Soft drinks and alcohol have no nutritional value, but are packed with calories. In addition, alcohol draws water from the stomach in order to be digested properly, and will thus dehydrate you further.