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Habits: Myths and Truths – With Dr. Greg Moody, Chief Master Instructor – KarateBuilt Martial Arts Academy

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Habits: Myths and Truths – With Dr. Greg Moody, Chief Master Instructor – KarateBuilt Martial Arts Academy Below are some myths and truths I compiled (and my additions) from a couple wonderful articles . First from Kate Rockwood of Prevention Magazine and second from Wendy Wood Ph.D. Provost Professor of Psychology and Business at University of Southern California (and author of Good Habits, Bad Habits)....

Parenting Workshop - Ultimate Guide to Caring and Effective Discipline - Part 1 - KarateBuilt Martial Arts Academy

This is a podcast Sr. Master Laura Sanborn and I just did (Part 1 of it at least)...

Parent Workshop - The Ultimate Guide To Effective and Caring Discipline - Part 1

Here's the description:
Effective parenting is based on the ultimate outcome of developing a healthy (physically and mentally) human who is independent and has incredible skills for success in their future. In the short term, parents often struggle with how to manage discipline and build their kids self esteem. Do I Yell at my child if they do something wrong? If I yell does that damage their self esteem or does it create a child that has no boundaries and thinks they’re entitled? Parents get tons of conflicting advice from their parents, from pop psychologists (often with no background regarding children), from books (often not research based) and more. It's tough to get sorted out...

Parenting Workshop - Ultimate Guide to Caring and Effective Discipline - Part 1 - KarateBuilt Martial Arts Academy Building self-esteem not just for our students but in the community Building self-discipline... because this is the key to future success Increasing safety and personal fitness

Bullying Prevention Podcast Part 3 with Dr. Greg Moody and Sr. Master Laura Sanborn - KarateBuilt Martial Arts Academy

This is part 3 of my Bullying Prevention Podcast at the KarateBuilt Martial Arts Podcast. This is the third of a 13 part series where we uncover the Myths, Truths and What to Do with regards to bullying both for kids AND with adult bullying. This content and more will be in my upcoming book scheduled to be out in October, 2022! (I know I said September but I really mean it this time :) )

Bullying Prevention Podcast Part 3 with Dr. Greg Moody and Sr. Master Laura Sanborn - KarateBuilt Martial Arts Academy Building self-esteem not just for our students but in the community Building self-discipline... because this is the key to future success Increasing safety and personal fitness

Most of What You Think About Weight Is Wrong... Weight vs Health? | KarateBuilt Martial Arts Academy

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Most of What You Think About Weight Is Wrong... Weight vs Health? | KarateBuilt Martial Arts Academy Most of What You Think About Weight Is Wrong… I wanted to share some findings from current research – these were shared in Prevention Magazine… The article discusses a long understood but poorly disseminated truth that weight isn’t a good indicator of health. I invite you to read the article...

Karate is for girls too - here's a NON-Karate story... | KarateBuilt Martial Arts Academy

I love this story (for all the Girls in Martial Arts) so I wanted to share it…
Sarah Thomas – the first Female Super Bowl Ref…
Here is the opening paragraph:

The lyrics are soaring and defiant: “And I’ll rise up. I’ll rise like the day! I’ll rise up. I’ll rise unafraid!”

Andra Day’s Grammy-nominated 2016 hit ‘Rise Up’ has been featured in television shows and commercials — it was played on the campaign trail by Hillary Clinton and performed at the inauguration of President Joe Biden — but in a Tampa hotel room in February, the song had an audience of just one.

Sarah Thomas had deliberately loaded it onto her playlist and she became emotional. “You’re broken down and tired of living life on a merry-go-round,” Day sings, “But I promise we’ll take the world to its feet and move mountains.”

“It just impacted me so strongly that morning,” the 47-year-old told CNN. “Every word of that song has meaning to my journey.”

An hour later, Thomas left the hotel and went to the Super Bowl. That night, she was sharing the stage with Tom Brady, the Lombardi Trophy and over 100 million people watching worldwide.

And another glass ceiling had been shattered.

…read the rest of the article by clicking HERE – do it today :)
Her story is pretty cool but…
I love these kind of stories because it reminds me of when parents come in to KarateBuilt Martial Arts with a son and daughter and we ask “OK so the lessons are for both of the kids?” and they say “Oh no! Only for my son.” A little bit of Gender Bias is alive and well even with really meaning parents!
If you’ve ever been kicked by a girl, you know martial arts (and all sports) is for them too! There are SO MANY success stories at our school about young girls who become strong women who succeed that I wanted to share another one!

https://karatebuilt.com/karate-is-for-girls-too-heres-a-non-karate-story/

Karate is for girls too - here's a NON-Karate story... | KarateBuilt Martial Arts Academy I love this story (for all the Girls in Martial Arts) so I wanted to share it… Sarah Thomas – the first Female Super Bowl Ref… Here is the opening paragraph: The lyrics are soaring and defiant: “And I’ll rise up. I’ll rise like the day! I’ll rise up. I’ll rise unafraid!” Andra Day....

Life Success With Dr. Greg Moody – Goal Setting "The Experiment" | KarateBuilt Martial Arts Academy

Goal Setting "The Experiment" is a report of the stunning results done at KarateBuilt.com Martial Arts during the quarterly Master Training Seminar with Chief Master Greg Moody. He proved that GOALS do MATTER and he measured a 41% improvement in results with a very specific strategy for goal setting. In the "Life Success With Dr. Greg Moody – Goal Setting 'The Experiment'" Podcast, Dr. Greg Moody, will teach you how to easily implement this in your life!

Life Success With Dr. Greg Moody – Goal Setting "The Experiment" | KarateBuilt Martial Arts Academy Building self-esteem not just for our students but in the community Building self-discipline... because this is the key to future success Increasing safety and personal fitness

Feeding America Fundraiser - RevMarketing

We love this charity - it's Giving Tuesday and this is a wonderful group to support during the holidays!

Thanks to RevMarketing for finding this group!

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Feeding America Fundraiser - RevMarketing Help Us Reach Our Goal and Join Team Feed Make a Donation! The season of giving is upon us! The team at Rev Marketing could not think of a better charity than Feeding America to partner with for a fundraiser. It’s sad to say, but with all of the food waste in our society, it Read More

Life Success With Dr. Greg Moody – Respect Part 1 | KarateBuilt Martial Arts Academy

Respect Part 1 may surprise you because Ch. Master Moody will change your point of view about traditional definitions of respect and how it will affect you! In the "Life Success With Dr. Greg Moody - Respect Part I" Podcast, Dr. Greg Moody, Master Instructor will cover how the traditional "Golden Rule" is misleading and what you should follow instead. Respect has benefits not just to the people around us but to ourselves and is critical to pay attention to these skills in children and adults.

Life Success With Dr. Greg Moody – Respect Part 1 | KarateBuilt Martial Arts Academy Building self-esteem not just for our students but in the community Building self-discipline... because this is the key to future success Increasing safety and personal fitness

Amazon Music

Just got the KarateBuilt Podcasts up on Amazon (should have done this a while ago):

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‎KarateBuilt Martial Arts on Apple Podcasts

Here are our podcasts to subscribe to on Apple Podcasts:)

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‎KarateBuilt Martial Arts on Apple Podcasts ‎Courses · 2020

Life Success With Dr. Greg Moody – Self-Esteem Part 2 | KarateBuilt Martial Arts Academy

Part 2!

Life Success With Dr. Greg Moody – Self-Esteem Part 2 | KarateBuilt Martial Arts Academy Building self-esteem not just for our students but in the community Building self-discipline... because this is the key to future success Increasing safety and personal fitness

Life Success With Dr. Greg Moody – Self-Esteem Part 1 | KarateBuilt Martial Arts Academy

I really enjoyed doing this podcast - I think you'll find it valuable! :)

Life Success With Dr. Greg Moody – Self-Esteem Part 1 | KarateBuilt Martial Arts Academy Building self-esteem not just for our students but in the community Building self-discipline... because this is the key to future success Increasing safety and personal fitness

The Purpose of Training... | KarateBuilt Martial Arts Academy

The Purpose of Training... | KarateBuilt Martial Arts Academy Building self-esteem not just for our students but in the community Building self-discipline... because this is the key to future success Increasing safety and personal fitness

Life Success With Dr. Greg Moody – Communication Part 3 | KarateBuilt Martial Arts Academy

Life Success With Dr. Greg Moody – Communication Part 3 | KarateBuilt Martial Arts Academy Building self-esteem not just for our students but in the community Building self-discipline... because this is the key to future success Increasing safety and personal fitness

Life Success With Dr. Greg Moody – Communication Part 2 | KarateBuilt Martial Arts Academy

Life Success With Dr. Greg Moody – Communication Part 2 | KarateBuilt Martial Arts Academy Building self-esteem not just for our students but in the community Building self-discipline... because this is the key to future success Increasing safety and personal fitness

Life Success With Dr. Greg Moody – Communication Part 1 | KarateBuilt Martial Arts Academy

Life Success With Dr. Greg Moody – Communication Part 1 | KarateBuilt Martial Arts Academy Building self-esteem not just for our students but in the community Building self-discipline... because this is the key to future success Increasing safety and personal fitness

Life Success With Dr. Greg Moody – Vision Part 4 (the secret part) | KarateBuilt Martial Arts Academy

Life Success With Dr. Greg Moody – Vision Part 4 (the secret part) | KarateBuilt Martial Arts Academy Building self-esteem not just for our students but in the community Building self-discipline... because this is the key to future success Increasing safety and personal fitness

Life Success With Dr. Greg Moody - Vision Part 3 | KarateBuilt Martial Arts Academy

Life Success With Dr. Greg Moody - Vision Part 3 | KarateBuilt Martial Arts Academy Building self-esteem not just for our students but in the community Building self-discipline... because this is the key to future success Increasing safety and personal fitness

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Dr. Jon Tanner on the online classes for him and his son! | KarateBuilt Martial Arts Academy

Dr. Jon Tanner on the online classes for him and his son! | KarateBuilt Martial Arts Academy Building self-esteem not just for our students but in the community Building self-discipline... because this is the key to future success Increasing safety and personal fitness

Greg Moody's response to does anyone have an uplifting story about cave creek?

Greg Moody's response to does anyone have an uplifting story about cave creek? I can provide a lot of great stories. My martial arts school, KarateBuilt Martial Arts, of course, can't have students at it physically but all the students are still training and we actually have a ton of new people starting because we are working with them all on a new virtual platform that we ...

Life Success With Dr. Greg Moody - Vision Part 1 | KarateBuilt Martial Arts Academy

Life Success With Dr. Greg Moody - Vision Part 1 | KarateBuilt Martial Arts Academy Building self-esteem not just for our students but in the community Building self-discipline... because this is the key to future success Increasing safety and personal fitness

Interview with Grand Master Carol Middleton about her new book! | KarateBuilt Martial Arts Academy

Interview with Grand Master Carol Middleton about her new book! | KarateBuilt Martial Arts Academy Building self-esteem not just for our students but in the community Building self-discipline... because this is the key to future success Increasing safety and personal fitness

Podcast with Dr. Greg Moody training on our NEW Virtual Platform with Recorded and ANYTIME Karate Training | KarateBuilt Martial Arts Academy

Podcast with Dr. Greg Moody training on our NEW Virtual Platform with Recorded and ANYTIME Karate Training | KarateBuilt Martial Arts Academy Building self-esteem not just for our students but in the community Building self-discipline... because this is the key to future success Increasing safety and personal fitness

Parenting During the Crisis with Ask Master Mom! | KarateBuilt Martial Arts Academy

Parenting During the Crisis with Ask Master Mom! | KarateBuilt Martial Arts Academy Building self-esteem not just for our students but in the community Building self-discipline... because this is the key to future success Increasing safety and personal fitness

The Stay At Home Order isn't Keeping Us From Getting Black Belt!! | KarateBuilt Martial Arts Academy

Here is how the Stay at Home Order is affecting KarateBuilt Martial Arts! (not that much)

Everything is going on the same other than the classes will be ALL-Virtual (we won't have students at the school for the time being). Students can access our live classes, on-demand and recorded classes so they can do karate...

At Home...
With an instructor - privately and in our great group classes
As an On Demand Class
AND NEW Students can get 2 weeks of FREE Classes during the coronavirus crisis as a community service. Just click on this page or go our main home page at: KarateBuilt.com
Here's Mr. Mendenhall speaking about it:

The Mendenhall Family has 3 kids and both parents training and loves the virtual classes!

If you're NOT a student YET, all you have to do to get started is Click HERE.

and during the coronavirus crisis KarateBuilt Martial Arts is giving away 2 Weeks FREE Classes that you can do virtually and live or on-demand.

Take steps towards Black Belt!

We are 100% compliant with coronavirus (COVID-19) guidelines (as issued by the CDC and the White House) and continue getting all the students on the road to Black Belt!

Coronavirus is a big deal! And we are dedicated to keeping you working towards Black Belt!

See you soon!

Sincerely,

Ch. Master Nominee Greg Moody, Ph.D.

https://karatebuilt.com/the-stay-at-home-order-isnt-keeping-us-from-getting-black-belt/

The Stay At Home Order isn't Keeping Us From Getting Black Belt!! | KarateBuilt Martial Arts Academy Here is how the Stay at Home Order is affecting KarateBuilt Martial Arts! (not that much) Everything is going on the same other than the classes will be ALL-Virtual (we won’t have students at the school for the time being). Students can access our live classes, on-demand and recorded classes so th...

Another parent about our At Home Virtual Classes! | KarateBuilt Martial Arts Academy

Another parent about our At Home Virtual Classes! | KarateBuilt Martial Arts Academy Building self-esteem not just for our students but in the community Building self-discipline... because this is the key to future success Increasing safety and personal fitness

New article I am in about Karate helping Autism, Anxiety and Bullying…
I was interviewed because of my Research In Bullying Prevention and Martial Arts …
I have written about this before but it’s better to see it in Parade Magazine… https://buff.ly/37l9EE0

Master Moody’s Book Club

This is Amanda Olson's newest book! It was great working with Go2Karate to help launch it!

Master Moody’s Book Club ANOTHER great book from a great friend of mine - Amanda Olson. She founded Ask Master Mom (check out AskMasterMom.com) which helps parents and other caregivers with problems they have.

So I was watching the U.S. Open and Learning Lessons about Martial Arts...

I am not very good (actually I am really BAD) at tennis. The last time my buddy Joe asked me to play tennis I broke his racquet... that's why it was the last time. BUT this is a KARATE lesson so I guess it's OK...

..But anyway I wanted to watch the U.S. Open today because I like to see monumental events in sports and it's pretty exciting to see Serena Williams in the finals. Not because I like Serene in particular - in fact, I don't think I have ever watched her - but it's just intriguing to see an all-time great reach an all-time record. I figured after reaching the finals three previous times (2 Wimbledon and the last U.S. Open) and she'd probably win, right?

The first "karate" lesson was Perseverance...

.. we speak of this in martial arts all the time but sometimes this is "just a word". To me, it's what's going on mentally that matters more than what you do. Serena was down 5 games to one and down 40 to 15 in the 2nd set. That's called Championship Point for her opponent - Bianca Andreescu (a 19 year old Canadian). For you that don't know tennis, that means that Serena would have to win the next point, and the game and every game thereafter to have a chance. She won the next point and got the score to 5 games to 5! BUT what I imagined at that point (down 5 to 1) - for most people - would be that it would be much easier to just give up. The odds of getting even the games at 5-5 are very slim. She wasn't playing well. Just imagine in your mind how strong you have to be to keep going on!

That was amazing to watch!

In the end, she didn't win and Bianca Andreescu did... so my next thought was...

The more important lesson - to me - was grace in losing...

Serena Williams is an internationally known superstar and widely considered the best of all time. BUT she needs one more major tennis win to match the all-time record of Margaret Court of 24 major championship wins to "own" the record. This was undeniably important to her for many reasons you can read about beyond what I am writing about here so I imagine the pain of losing (and being in those aforementioned 3 finals and losing) must have been painful - can you imagine that for a second? She also knew she hadn't played up to her abilities (she'd crushed the last 3 more highly seeded players in the prior matches) and knew she didn't have a good match... again can you imagine the disappointment?

Yet when she was on the stage and interviewed, in my view, she was pleasant, professional, complementary and exceedingly genuine and nice to her opponent and to the crowd and officials.

This seems to be the opposite of what I see recently - like the kid who didn't like the referee's call in a high school football game and head-butted him... there are lots of examples... it's so bad one youth soccer referee is publishing a page showing bad parent behavior. In karate we hope to do this better!

I don't know or follow tennis well enough to know if Serena Williams is a great example or other behavior or if she should be a role model - and I don't really care! I just like to see lessons to apply to what we do in martial arts to what is happening elsewhere. It does kinda make me a fan of Serena Williams though!

Sr. Master Greg Moody, Ph.D.

Cave Creek Black Belt Academy - KarateBuilt Martial Arts updated their business hours.

Cave Creek Black Belt Academy - KarateBuilt Martial Arts updated their business hours.

Martial Arts At KarateBuilt Martial Arts is Perfect for Kids With Autism or Any Special Need!
Autism is defined as:
a developmental disorder of variable severity that is characterized by difficulty in social interaction and communication and by restricted or repetitive patterns of thought and behavior.
At KarateBuilt Martial Arts the instructors are trained to work with kids with special needs and have years of experience. Our certified instructors see more kids in a week than most elementary school teachers see in a career (albeit for shorter times) so they get to work with a wide variety of kids.
In addition, we get a higher percentage of the typical population seeking out karate as a way to work with kids with autism (and kids with ADHD, OCD, ODD, and many other childhood issues). Therefore our instructors get a lot of experience working with a huge range of ability levels.
The most important piece is the specific training.
My initial work on my Ph.D. research was based on the benefits of martial arts for kids with autism. I was motivated in this area because my son was diagnosed with autism at the age of 3. Yet because I believed in martial arts so much (after all I owned the school) I started him in our Leadership program. Now remember you have to stand up and express yourself in the Leadership program - that's what we're teaching - and even when he was 4 he couldn't speak properly. When he started his first words were probably a karate Kihap (that's a yell if you didn't know)!
Let me cut to the end of the story... because of this (and also all the great teachers and therapists he had - but don't get me wrong a LOT was due to what we did in the karate school) he is not only a top student, but one of the leaders of his football and track teams. He's an instructor in the martial arts school and is working now on applying for the United States Naval Academy (acceptance rate of only 8%).
This is because the instructors (not me - I always had him work with other instructors because I wanted him to learn from other people) are trained to push the students to the maximum they can handle at any given time. At every moment. For some students that may be just a little bit. For others it's a lot....
The instructors here at our school do get me as a resource and we do specific training and work on kids with special needs. Our staff knows about the needs and skills of kids with autism (ADHD/etc.) and if they occasionally get stuck, they get with me and I help them work through it. Some students need private training for a while till they can work with the group - so we do that... some need other special requirements and our staff can handle it!
So that's the short version of how we work with kids with autism and other special needs... contact us if you need more information at any time!

Hey I was just watching video feed from the Cave Creek KarateBuilt School as I do sometimes with the instructors teaching class and it just struck me for the 100th time... or more...

Our Instructors are the best qualified - in any activity - on the planet!

(FYI - some of my friends here are not martial arts people so bear with me for you who I am repeating what you know - not that you'd read this - it's Facebook so most people ignore everything right?)

I am sorry if that sounds outlandish to say but it is true! (and I don't necessarily mean ours are better than yours, but just that I was really proud of our guys)...

Before I explain, I don't know if you know how poorly and sometimes dangerously trained - or background checked - some people are before they work with you (or your children). Many people who work with kids:

**Are not background checked by third party independent companies
**Are not CPR certified (important in case of emergencies)
**Have little to no supervised instruction - often they are just practitioners of the sport (like they played football or played baseball. In martial arts they might be a black belt).
**They often haven't had any formal training in how to teach.
It seems obvious (and critical) that at LEAST these four things are prerequisites to be an instructor at anything but sadly it's so true that in a vast majority of cases - especially with kids - this seems to be the situation. And even more unfortunately in my favorite field - martial arts - it's even more prevalent.

The martial arts organization our KarateBuilt schools license curriculum from - the ATA - requires background checks... but we have been background checking and vetting our instructors before they even required it (In fact, they used the company we found for their initial system of background checking)!

In addition to the minimum CPR certification we require, over 300+ hours of formal supervised live instruction, hours and hours of classroom work and even after that the KarateBuilt Schools repeat that training again and again as long as they are active instructors in our school (plus more stuff to add on the list)...

In addition to all that the curriculum and instruction and class planners have been laid out for the past 20 years by the team here from beginner - through 7th degree Black Belt. We know and plan our teaching so far in advance the instructors know EXACTLY what they are doing and can train on what to teach with me so they continue to be the best.

It's really unusual to have these kind of standards in any field!

So anyway, that was truly my thought of the day - I am proud of the instructors at the school! Thanks Master Sanborn, Mr. Kreskow, Mr. Moody, Mr. Cicinelli, Ms. Carson and the rest of the team!

From Sr. Master Moody...

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom - Thomas Jefferson

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From Sr. Master Moody...

A great quote from Albert Einstein!

From Sr. Master Moody...

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Black Belt Story…

Another Black Belt Story! From Mr. Oswaldo Gayoso I like karate very much. Karate is fun. I learned how to kick. I learned how to punch. I learned how to pay attention. I know this one was short and sweet but it was great! Imagine a 6 year old understanding the concept of learning how to [ ] The post Black Belt Story appeared first on ATA Karate for Kids.

Black Belt Story… Another Black Belt Story! From Mr. Oswaldo Gayoso... I like karate very much. Karate is fun. I learned how to kick. I learned how to punch. I lea