Handling peer pressure

34 Pages·2014·1.929 MB·English

by  Kim Etingoff

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Martial arts students don’t just learn how to fight. They also learn
lots of other important things they use every day—like how to
handle peer pressure, for example. Martial artists have the
confidence and the knowledge to fight peer pressure. They know
how to stand up for what they know is right.
Discover how martial arts can help you handle peer
pressure too!
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Etingoff, Kim.
Handling peer pressure / Kim Etingoff.
pages cm. – (Junior martial arts)
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Contents
1. More Than Fighting 7
2. Peer Pressure & Martial Arts 13
3. Facing Peer Pressure 19
4. Handling Peer Pressure & Your Life 25
Words to Know 29
Find Out More 30
Index 31
About the Author & Picture Credits 32

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W hat if you could be stronger? What if you could feel better about who
you are? What if you could be better at school?

You can make all of those things happen. You just have to know how. One way
to make them happen is to take martial arts!
Martial arts teach you how to defend yourself and fight. They’re about getting
in shape and moving your body. But that’s not the only thing practicing martial
arts teaches you. Martial arts are about much more than fighting. They can also
teach you how to be a better person.
Learning About Martial Arts
Martial arts aren’t anything new. They’ve been around for a long time. People
practiced
some kinds of martial arts thousands of years ago. Since then, martial
arts have changed into the sports we know today.
When we talk about martial arts, we’re really talking about a lot of different
self-defense
things. Each kind of martial art is a little different. But they all teach .
You can choose to take classes in all sorts of martial arts. You might have
heard of martial arts like karate, judo, and taekwondo. Karate and judo are from
Japan. Taekwondo is from Korea.
Keep your eyes open for classes in other kinds of martial arts too. Capoeira is
a martial art from Brazil. It has dancing and music. Muay Thai is from Thailand.
Aikido comes from Japan. There are many more kinds of martial arts from Asia,
Europe, and Latin America.
In today’s world, you can take any kind of martial art you want. You don’t
have to live in Japan to take aikido, for example. Your town might have classes
for kinds of martial arts from the other side of the world.
Each martial art is a little bit different. You practice some by yourself and
compete
some with a partner. Some are more like sports where people in fights.
A few use fake weapons. There’s a martial art out there for you, if you look hard
enough.
Spotlight on Muay thai
Muay thai is a kind of boxing from Thailand. It doesn’t use any weapons. You
use your hands, feet, elbows, and knees. Students train to be in boxing match-
es. The point of a match is to win. Muay thai also teaches respect. It teaches
self-confidence. It teaches all the things other martial arts teach students who
practice them.
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