https://youtu.be/nbDUIYckL58 As a former teacher with a Master’s in Education, I hear it constantly from parents and teachers in Racine: “Kids today just don’t have the focus we used to have.” But here is the “ruthless” truth: It’s not that kids have changed; it’s that their environment has. I call it the 10x Screen Gap. […]
https://youtube.com/shorts/9gHi_wp4yjM I spent a decade—from 2000 to 2010—walking the hallways of the Racine Unified School District (RUSD) as an elementary teacher. During those years, I didn’t just teach music; I watched the social dynamics of thousands of kids. I saw the difference between the students who carried themselves with quiet confidence and the ones who, […]
https://youtu.be/RwBZdenvKhE I began teaching martial arts in the early 1990s at my instructor’s school here in Racine. For a decade—from 2000 to 2010—I was on the front lines of the Racine Unified School District (RUSD) as an elementary band and orchestra teacher. Over the last 25 years, I’ve watched a massive shift in how kids […]
https://youtu.be/DnTw5OO8uic I began teaching martial arts in the early 1990s right here in Racine, and for a decade—from 2000 to 2010—I was on the front lines of the Racine Unified School District (RUSD) as an elementary band and orchestra teacher. During those years, I watched the digital revolution and the shift in youth sports unfold […]
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The 2020 Gap: Why Racine Kids are Struggling with Coordination (And How to Fix It) If you’ve noticed your 4-to-10-year-old struggling with balance, tripping often, or appearing a bit “clumsy,” I want to tell you something important: It is completely normal. As we look at the landscape in 2026, we have to acknowledge the “C-word” […]
The Hard Truth About Bullying: Why Racine Parents Need to Build “Grit,” Not Just Awareness I spent 10 years as an elementary school teacher. I have a Master’s degree in education. I’ve taught everything from the violin to the saxophone in public schools. And after a decade in the classroom and five decades on the […]
The Proximity Factor: Why Racine Karate is the “Focus Hack” for Kids with ADHD When many of us were growing up, “ADHD” wasn’t even a term yet. Looking back, a lot of us probably had it! Today, we know that for a child with ADHD, “focus” isn’t something you can just tell them to do—it’s […]
Beyond “Go Pick Up Your Room”: How Racine Karate Fixes “Slow Listening” We’ve all been there. You tell your child to pick up their room. Then you say it again. And again. By the fifth or sixth time, they’re still glued to their screen. In the parenting world, we call this “slow listening,” and it’s […]
Posture and Presence: Teaching Racine Kids to Stop Bullies Without Being Aggressive Bullying has been around for 50 years, and it’ll likely be around 50 years from now. At Championship Martial Arts – Racine, we don’t teach kids to ignore the problem. Why? Because when you ignore a problem in life—whether you’re a child or […]