Arcata Parks and Rec Offers Karate for Pre-Schoolers!!
Photo from the flyer for ‘Karate A to Z’ offered through Arcata Parks and Recreation
This message is from the instructor, Jenna Mulvey:
Karate A to Z is designed to meet the emotional and physical needs of young children 3 1⁄2 to 5 years old. This class incorporates martial arts skills such as focus, balance, strength, coordination and self-control while providing students with an awareness of the sights and sounds of the alphabet. The result is a fun reading readiness program that helps children develop visual and phonetic familiarity with the alphabet, which also teaches vocabulary for social growth and invaluable life skills.
Time/Days: 3:30-4pm, Mondays and Thursdays
Monthly Fee: $50 / $61 non-resident Uniform: $30 (pay to instructor) Location: Judo Hut, 800 F St located on the Arcata Ballpark levelInstructor: Jenna Mulvey has been teaching Tae Kwon Do for 15 years under Shihan Tony Lerma at America’s Best Karate. In 2010, she received her 1st degree black belt and in 2012 began solo teaching. She received her 2nd degree in 2014 and in 2018 her 3rd degree black belt. She is attending Humboldt State to pursue a major in Child Development and Family Relations with a minor in Recreation Administration.
Registration through Arcata Recreation Division (707) 822-7091 www.cityofarcata.org/rec
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I don’t know if I find the idea of toddlers using karate interesting or worrisome. I can’t picture those littlest ones finding it easy to keep themselves from tipping over. But if they can, are they of an age to understand that Mother should never be hit?
Martial arts teaches self-disciple and self confidence. The ability to hit is always of less value than the ability to know when to hit. My youngest started when he was four I think but I know kids who started even younger. My two oldest boys are black belts. I’ve never been sorry that they had the tools they learned in martial arts. I gathered the self-confidence to start my own business in part from martial arts. Martial arts shouldn’t be shoved on the unwilling but…every child can benefit if they have a good teacher.