We have been working the concept of Anger Management into Martial Art Schools. You may well be thinking – What does Anger Management have to do with Martial Arts?
Most people have a total misconception of a Martial Arts School is and what their function is within a Community but it can have such a positive impact on the lives of people in so many ways.
Martial Arts is Anger Management. From a Practical standpoint, Self Defence is about protecting one from harm and anger causes harm.
There are many Anger Management Organisations in Towns and Cities, it’s just that 99.9% of them are therapeutic. i.e Organisations that help people after they have a problem. It’s not Self Defense when it’s therapeutic but when it’s used as a preventative measure it certainly is. There are some simple tools that we can arm every child and every adult should they be in a place where anger runs the risk of hurting themselves or they could be in a position to hurt another person. To have the Tools already in your Toolbox can be a massive preventative measure.
Most people in the past have been involved in clinical profession, however, that does not need to be the case.
Why isn’t this taught to kids? Why isn’t this in Schools? Why aren’t people being taught these skills at an early age. Martial Arts Studios and schools are a perfect place to make this possible.
Managing anger can be applied to dealing with your own anger and also in dealing with angry people as these tools can be applied to diffuse a situation. That is so much about Martial Arts. This gives an organise method in which to teach these skills.
The 8 Tools of Anger Management
1. Managing Stress – The more stress people have, the more irritable and angry they are. Tools to decrease your stress or that of another person.
2. Developing Empathy – The ability to put yourself in another persons shoes, to see there world from their point of view from their perspective. An extremely useful skill.
3. Learn to Respond and Not React. Even if you have an angry trigger in your life, you have choices as to how you will deal with that situation.
4. Self Talk – What you tell yourself to dial down your anger
5. Assertive Communication – Learning to deal with people in a non-aggressive way that gets your point across and gets a different response from them unlike anger which escalates a situation.
6 – Setting Expectations – Distorted or wrong expectations can cause or add to the anger. Learn to adjust those expectations
7 – Learn to Forgive – Let grievances go instead of having a revenge and get even philosophy of life
8 – Retreat and Think Things Over – Step back before dealing with a situation, calm down, cool off and then deal with it.
Teach a kind of Martial Arts Education that everyone can use. These skills of Anger Management are Scientific, medically proven techniques and strategies.
Have a good look at the Anger Management Courses that are available
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