Students at Goshin Karate and Judo Academy in Scottsdale Arizona learned that karate is a lot more than blocks, punches and kicks. They learned that Acts of Kindness can really improve our community.
September 30, 2009 – Phoenix, AZ. – According to local karate instructor Roger Boggs, the martial arts are about a lot more than punches, kicks, and blocks. To help make that point to students at Goshin Karate & Judo Academy next week during National Bullying Prevention Awareness Week, Boggs spend every day teaching them about martial arts philosophy, most specifically about kindness.
“Kindness is, really, the ultimate self-defense,” says Boggs. To make the point clear, Boggs challenged all of the school’s classes to an acts of kindness contest. For 30 days students will be performing and recording acts of kindness; the class that completes the most acts will win a pizza party and prizes.
“It’s not just about kindness, it’s also about the power of little acts and how they can add up to be big accomplishments,” says Roger. “By working together to reach their goal, the students will get a lesson in teamwork as well.”
The program was created by Roger Boggs, chief instructor of Goshin Karate & Judo Academy. Boggs loves the project, but he has his eyes on an even bigger goal. “I’m shooting for a 500,000 acts of kindness in the Phoenix area in the next five years.”
According to Mr. Boggs, the Random Acts of Kindness Challenge started in 2007 and has continued to grow each year. So far, the program has been a catalyst for over 35,000 acts of kindness, most of them completed by his karate students between the ages of 4 and 15 but we have adults too....
“This year, my goal is to expand this program to include our local elementary schools.” says Mr. Boggs. “It will take some time to get the administrators at the Paradise Valley Unified School District, to understand what acts of kindness and the Goshin Actions Heros have to do with karate, but I hope to get them enthusiastic about the project.”
Check back in from time to time to see how many acts of kindness our students have completed. Or better yet add some yourself at https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8186829832650938427&postID=5572664368017707111&isPopup=true
For more information on our Martial Arts classes or program or to get your own acts of kindness challenge started, contact Mr. Roger Boggs at (480) 951-2236.
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Goshin Karate & Judo Academy has been providing Instruction/Lessons in Martial Arts, Self Defense, Judo, Jujitsu, MMA and Karate, for Kids, Teens and Adults in the Cave Creek, Phoenix, Scottsdale and the entire north valley of Arizona since 1991.
