Perfect Practice

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If you’ve ever observed our after-school karate classes, you’ll notice that we’re very engaged with all of our students. We walk the room and make sure that each student has proper form. All of our instructors help students so they can practice to get it right and be safe. That’s perfect practice.

Our Tom Sommerville, who manages our Braselton location and the after school karate instructor there, talks to students about perfect practice. It’s practicing to improve and practicing with proper form. We’re not expecting (and neither should you) for your child to be perfect. We do encourage students to be committed to getting better. 

This can depend on the level of commitment. If your child is serious about martial arts and wants to compete in our tournaments, then perfect practice takes on a different meaning. Competitive perfect practice is practicing to perfect what is learned in class and quickly adjusting goals to the next level to get even better. It’s mastering MMA techniques we teach after karate curriculum.

If the level of commitment is just an after-school program and a place for your child to get some instruction, then perfect practice may just be focused on practicing to advance in belt testing. Proper form is still required but fight technique may not be your child’s focus.

Discipline

Parents send their children to our after-school program for many reasons, but one of the main reasons is to see an improvement in discipline. We don’t have to tell you that when our children feel that something is too difficult, it’s much easier to quit. It’s our job as parents and educators to help them develop resiliency and a completionist attitude. Perfect practice helps drive that discipline to finish and finish well. You can expect your child to develop more discipline as they continue with perfect practice.

Creating a Perfect Practice Environment

We encourage our students to practice what they’ve learned in our after-school karate program at home. Discuss with them that they should practice “perfect” form. If you have the tools (iPhone or mobile device), record their practice session so they can see what they’ve done and make improvements.

You can also take the idea of perfect practice and apply it to other aspects of home and school life.

  • Doing chores correctly and “perfectly” and improving each time

  • Improving grades with practice (homework)

  • Perfect practice with other extracurriculars (sports, music lessons)

We want to reiterate that our children won’t do things perfectly. But they can work toward that with dedication and discipline.