KICKBOXING
Kickboxing with GFFA is a great way to get a total body workout while learning simple self defence techniques. Besides keeping your body fit, kickboxing has other benefits ................
Self Confidence – Martial Arts is great for improving self confidence,by learning to defend you feel more secure which greatly improves self confidence.
Fitness – Martial Arts is a great way to improve your fitness, working every muscle in your body, punching is great for your arms backs and shoulders, kicking is great for toning and strengthening the backs and fronts of your legs, and your bum too.
Lose Weight – Martial Arts can burn up to 800 calories per hour that’s double most other types of exercise, this is why people choose martial arts to lose weight.
Respect – students learn to get respect by giving respect and treating other people the way we want to be treated, and to respect parents and teachers most of all.
Self Control – we teach students to develop control over their bodies through exercises in class, once they learn to control their body the mind follows, so when they get angry and want to react, self control will stop them.
Self Discipline - we instil in children the attitude of knowing what to do and going right ahead and doing it without being told. Like cleaning their room, homework, and practicing their martial arts, it’s just like a muscle the more it’s used the bigger it gets.
Self Defence – we don’t just teach the physical techniques of self defence, we also teach the attitude of self defence, awareness and being able to spot potentially dangerous situations before they occur.
Prevent Bullying – lots of parents have enrolled their children for the same reason. We teach children how to give out the right signals to the bully, we teach them the correct body language to enable them to express themselves in a confident way, as well as lots of physical and mental tactics.
Give Your Child Life Skills for a Lifetime
Many parents struggle with solutions to put their child on the fast track to success, and one such solution is not usually far from home. It is your local martial arts school.
How will martial arts change your child's life? The difference could be, as simple as, keeping your child away from peer pressure that leads to drug abuse. Although, the answer is much deeper, martial arts will give any child the tools necessary to become a success in life.
Goal setting skills (a major component in martial arts training) make a huge difference in anyone's life. By making accomplishments, your child develops a positive self-image. This "positive self visualisation" develops academic and athletic success.
Children want structure, and they crave discipline. This makes them feel secure in family, school, and public settings. Within their martial arts training, they find structure, discipline, and the ability to discipline themselves.
