https://youtube.com/shorts/19Vjrk0RP0Q It’s a story we hear in our lobby week after week. A parent walks in, visibly exhausted, and says, “Kurt, I don’t know what’s going on. It is becoming such a massive battle just to get Johnny out the door and into his karate uniform. He keeps crying and telling me he doesn’t want […]
https://youtube.com/shorts/IXoi6gkpQKs If you sit back and quietly audit the conversations happening in your home, you might be shocked by how many times you hear the word no or the phrase “I can’t.” You ask your child to try a new task, work through a difficult homework assignment, or practice a physical skill, and you get […]
https://youtu.be/MVzW-COkINE Why 70% of Kids Quit Team Sports by Age 13 (And How to Stop It) It is a staggering, heartbreaking statistic that plagues youth sports across the country: by the time children reach the age of 13, up to 70% of them will completely throw up their hands and quit the activities they used […]
https://youtu.be/pWW0crBjaaY It is one of the most common, exhausting complaints parents bring to our lobby: “Kurt, my child loves your class once they are on the mat, but getting them out of the house today was an absolute nightmare. They just kept crying that they didn’t ‘feel’ like coming.” This isn’t an isolated problem unique […]
https://youtu.be/aT7m9Sfjvjk Rewind your mind back to the late 1970s or 1980s. If you are old enough to remember, think about what the technology landscape looked like inside a typical household. There was exactly one television in the house. One. It was a massive, heavy piece of wooden console furniture sitting on top of thick shag […]
https://youtu.be/wlk1wvi6oLk If you look back 10 or 15 years ago, a standard introductory class at a martial arts school looked a certain way. A seven- or eight-year-old child would walk onto the mats, and if you asked them to drop down and show you what they had, they could easily pop out five to ten […]
https://youtu.be/H9ARikyp_1o Take a look at the statistics tracking modern youth sports leagues across Racine right now, and you will find an absolute catastrophe hidden in plain sight. National data from organizations like the National Alliance for Youth Sports reveals a heartbreaking metric known inside the industry as “The Churn”: Nearly 70% of all children drop […]
https://youtu.be/CQu-JSUwE7s It is a two-word phrase that sends a shiver down the spine of every teacher, coach, and parent: “I can’t.” You see it happen all the time at home or during sports practices around Racine. A child is faced with a task that requires a little bit of struggle—whether it’s tying their shoes, wrapping […]
https://youtu.be/2adB-v4cMy0 We have all heard the corporate buzzword that dominated headlines over the last few years: “Quiet Quitting.” It describes an employee who hasn’t officially walked out the door, but they have completely checked out mentally. They do the absolute bare minimum required to not get fired, sitting silently at their desk while completely withdrawing […]
https://youtu.be/_sV7OipTjwA If you are a parent who didn’t grow up training in the martial arts, shopping for a local school can feel like navigating an entirely different language. We get it over the phone all the time here in Racine: “What is the actual difference between Karate and Taekwondo?” If you don’t know the answer, […]