CNN Bully News Story

Click here to watch a recent CNN news story featuring a tragic case of a teenage girl being bullied.

Do You Really Know if Your Child is being Bullied?

Sometimes it is hard to tell if your child is being bullied. In most cases, children are embarrassed to tell their parents. Make sure to look at a change in confidence and activities. These are the most common signs of bullying. Often, a child will not want to go outside in the neighborhood because they are being bullied. Make sure to talk to them if you notice this. Please provide any feedback that you have witnessed with your child.

The Effects of Being Bullied

When children are bullied it is important to know the effects it can cause later in life. The most obvious is confidence. Is confidence one of the most important attributes when going into the real world? Of course, so we must make sure that do not let it get out of control. Some other effects are depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts. We really have to make a difference and insure our kids build confidence.

New Techniques from Open Guard

Click here to check out our You Tube Channel for a great follow up video on sweeping and attacking from this open guard!

Help Us Stop Bullies

It just seems like every year the stories get worse when it comes to children being bullied. I saw on the news a few months ago that a girl committed suicide from being bullied. Then there was the mother who cyber bullied her daughters friend. We are looking for parents, students, and anyone that is interested in helping us on our crusade over the next 65 days to help improve the situation for children of our community. If you are interested or have any ideas please respond to this post!

Gustavo Machado BJJ Seminar

Saturday April 10th 2010
Location:  Pendergrass Academy of Martial Arts
Time: Kids 11am-12noon, Adults 12:15-3:15pm
Cost: Kids $25 if pre-registered, $40 if paid day of seminar, Adults $45 if pre-registered, $60 if paid day of seminar
Sample Technique from Gustavo's last visit to the Academy!

NC State Championships

US Grappling returns to North Carolina on 3/27/2010 for the NC State Championships.

Family Involvement

The Importance of Family Involvement at the School
Have you been hearing a lot of talk about how the traditional family has gone out the window? I know I have. The main point everyone talks about is how families tend not to eat dinner together nearly as often due to an abundance of after-school activities and crazy schedules. This got me thinking. Is my school (as an after-school activity) taking families away from their dinner table? I took a closer look at how we operate and came up with the answer-yes- but so does every other after-school activity. But, then I looked even closer and I realized that we promote family values in so many other ways.

Excuses

Very few people are able to go through a day without making an excuse. Most people do not want to admit when they make a mistake. After reading this post, we hope that you will take a different approach when it comes to why a task, assignment, or any type of project is not completed.

First, let’s start with the reason why people give excuses. People give excuses because they do not like to look stupid. People also give excuses because they just simply forgot to do something. People also give excuses because they have a hard time admitting they are not perfect. The problem is people do not understand that others have more respect for those that are honest.