You have stumbled upon (or purposely sought out) a very, very unique martial arts school.
At Balanced Life Skills we teach self-defense, it's true, but it's self-defense from a global perspective.
It's art, it's peace, it's life!
First off, come see our facility. It's inviting, friendly, warm, and it's a second home to a lot of families in our community.
Saturday, May 1, 2010 at 2:32PM 
How we give a compliment or critique can make the difference in how others view us and maintaining friendships. We do not want our compliments to be empty nor our critique's harsh. The way we do this with our children will not only affect them, but teaches them how to treat others. How can we do this most effectively?
Tuesday, April 6, 2010 at 11:46AM 
Fred Astaire is quoted as saying, "The hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any." As leaders, parents, teachers manners are important. We often show others how we should act toward each other.
Monday, April 5, 2010 at 12:50PM 
Each month we define and discuss a word of character development with all of our students. This month the word is Manners. It will be defined this way.
Young students: "Showing kindness in everything I say and do!"
Older students: Manners means: Words and behaviors that show respect for other people.
If you would like to see how we will deal with this subject with our students please follow our discussions here during the month of April.
Monday, February 8, 2010 at 4:44PM 
For us adults it may seem to be a silly subject to bring up about using manners requiring the use of self control. I have found though that listening very deeply is very hard to do. What I mean by that is that as our child, spouse, workmate or someone trying to help us in the store is trying to tell us something, that many times we are thinking about the point we want to make or what we want to say - while they are talking. This may lead right into interrupting them or finishing their sentence - so we can get our thoughts in to the conversation. Now while we correct our children for interrupting us while we are on the phone or speaking to another adult, they are watching us do the same to others. Oh how funny it is that the things that bother us about our children the most are the very habits and attitudes that we see in ourselves.
