Crown Prince opens karate, kick-boxing championship

The Rising Nepal: "His Royal Highness Crown Prince Paras Bir Bikram Shah Dev inaugurated the First Friendship Karate and Kick-boxing Championship organised by Nepal Renbokai Karate Association at the covered hall of National Sports Council today.
The championship organised on the occasion of the 59th auspicious birthday of His Majesty the King will last for two days."

Coral Gables Martial Arts School Promotes Child Safety With Anti-Bullying Program

Coral Gables Martial Arts School Promotes Child Safety With Anti-Bullying Program - Sandor Urban: "studies show that more than 5.7 million American children (almost 30%) are estimated to be a bully, a target of bullying or both. Although many adults may consider bullying a traditional part of a youth’s life experience, it may also be one of the precursors for the gun-based crimes perpetuated by youth during the high school years. Bullying over relatively petty issues becomes a rationale for revenge or extreme intolerance that festers from the elementary years through high school. There also appears to be a strong relationship between childhood bullying and adult legal and criminal problems.

“Children must have the ability to defend themselves by learning how to avoid confrontations and the martial arts techniques to fend off bullies when those confrontations become physical,” said Sifu Urban. “Anti-bullying instruction also contributes to children’s confidence and self-esteem because now they are prepared for what may happen as youths and adults.”"

Martial Arts Professor

Greeley Tribune - Business: "A Wyoming professor and founder of Seiyo Shorin-Ryu Karate in Laramie plans to open a new school in southwest Greeley next spring that will include Olympic training.

Dan Hausel, 56, a geology professor who will retire from the University of Wyoming in February, plans to build his dream dojo soon after."

Therapy through martial arts

Therapy through martial arts: "At the direction of his instructor, Michael Asher placed his foot on the re-breakable plastic board she held near the floor. The board, designed for children, is easily split in two. Still, the 5-year-old's leg strained against the hard surface.

In the end, Asher could not complete the exercise alone. The prop refused to give way as his foot pushed downward with all the force he could muster."