Martial Arts Academy BY Five Rings Taekwondo

  It can be hard to find activities to do with your children during winter break in Waterloo. It’s cold outside, so there is only so much time you can spend making snowmen and snow angels before the kids need to come in for a warmup. Without the daily distraction of school, the kids have more energy to burn than ever before. So, how do you keep them busy? You could enroll them in our  kid’s winter break camp , or you could make a mini-winter break camp of your own with these activities. 1. Clay Sculpting When your child longs to make some snowballs, you can direct them to make some fun shapes out of clay instead. Most children enjoy working with clay, and you can add a holiday twist by asking your child to make a Christmas ornament, a non-edible gingerbread house, a vase as a gift for someone, or any other Christmas-themed clay object. 2. Indoor Obstacle Course Even when you don’t have a lot of space, you can set up a small obstacle course indoors that will keep the chi...

You hear a lot about martial arts classes for children and much less about taekwondo programs for adults. Why is that? While martial arts are good for children, they can also be an amazing practice for adults. You don’t need to have learned as a child to start now. Instead, starting taekwondo as an adult can be a great idea. Here’s why. EMBRACE NEW CHALLENGES When you were young, you pursued new things and learned new skills all the time. Embracing new challenges is an important way to stay sharp as an adult and open to new experiences and paths in life. Martial arts are a particularly good option to learn new physical skills, because you probably know most of the other ones, from swimming to biking. PURSUE WELL ROUNDED PHYSICAL HEALTH When you’re young, you can get away with pursuing exercise that only focuses on one or two areas of the body or only on cardio or lifting. But as you age, you increasingly need an activity that can do it all. Taekwondo is an amazing way to target every ...