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Kids martial arts Benefits of Martial Arts classes for children
The martial arts offer a multitude of benefits for children, from physical fitness to mental wellness. Parents can play an important role in encouraging their …
Healthy Competition Your First Tournament Experience!
So, this is your first tournament? Everyone has a first tournament. We try, in Karate International, to make it a great experience. “Dojo Tournaments” as …
Adult Martial Arts Don’t Forget About Endorphins
Life may be crazy If you are one of the many adults who is dealing with your everyday life and stresses, let me remind you …
Training our Instructors How we train our Instructors
Sometimes, new adult students and parents of our children, would like to know more about how our instructors turn into instructors. This blog is to …
Kids martial arts Pre-School Martial Arts
Pre-School Martial Arts classes are some of the most interesting classes to teach. We have children entering the class between the ages of 3 and …
Kids martial arts Your Child is Amazing!
Your child may be the one who is amazing and has all the innate skills to progress quickly through the ranks of Karate. This is …
Parenting Your Child is Not Perfect Yet
Kathy Olevsky, 8th Degree Black Belt Over the years, we have met with many different types of parents. I will say, by far, there are …
Martial Arts How Do We Get Promoted?
Being Promoted at Karate International – it’s about much more than you think! We plan the striping system and the techniques to help students get …
Adult Martial Arts Adult Martial Arts – Don’t Wait!
by Kathy Olevsky This blog comes out of a place in my life that I don’t talk about much. I was a top level athlete …
Health 10 Steps to a Healthier New Year!
This is the time of year when most adults are reviewing their life and setting goals. Many of us are making a healthier lifestyle part …
Martial Arts Thanks Giving Post from Mr. O in 1994.
This Blog is a repost of an article Written by Mr. O and published in the News and Observer in 1994, when Mr. Josh was …
Journey My Children are Proud of the Work!
Guest Blogger – Leslie Gartenberg, mother of 3 Karate International Black Belts I have had 3 children go through the program at KI. Two of them …
Holidays Halloween Safety Tips
5 Tips for Staying Safe on Halloween(thanks to Stephen Reinstein for these tips)Halloween is such a fun time of the year for children; but when …
Health Did the Quarantine Change Our Kids?
We have heard from so many parents in the past few weeks. Many are desperately looking for solutions to quarantine induced problems. Some children are …
Karate My Teenager is Driving Me Crazy!
Martial Arts classes COULD be your secret weapon! When your teen is driving you crazy with his or her decisions, remember this is a phase and …
Holidays Summer is the Best Time for Martial Arts
Summer Karate Training is an Opportunity By Kathy Olevsky We often find that when Summer rolls around, some great things can happen. Students often ramp up …
Martial Arts Girls Need Martial Arts
What all parents need to know before middle school. Girls Need Martial ArtsBy Kathy Olevsky Over the many years of teaching martial arts, I have …
Karate Karate was an Investment in The Future for My Children
By Kathy Olevsky I had a parent recently tell me they were interested in Karate for their daughter who was 6 years old. They postponed …
Martial Arts Struggles are Part of the Path to Black Belt
THE WHITE BELT BOY WHO BECAME A TEACHER! I originally wrote this article 5 years ago when we had just promoted Mr. Mainwaring to Black Belt. Now …
Journey A Cancer Survivor’s Very Personal Journey to Black Belt
Jen was angry at her body for betraying her with Cancer By Kathy Olevsky Around Thanksgiving in 2009, some numbness on the right side of …
Safety 4 Things You Should Know About Your Personal Safety
When most people think of an attack, they imagine a masked man in a dark parking lot, or breaking into a house, for a completely …
Martial Arts How Will We Train Again After COVID19?
In North Carolina, there are glimmers of hope that our state will allow Martial Arts Schools to reopen at the end of the month of May. …
Martial Arts A Mother’s Influence
I learned a lifetime from my Mother A Mother’s InfluenceBy Kathy Olevsky My mother was probably the single most important influence in my early adult years. …
Journey Why I Continue to Train?
Facing the challenges! – by Melissa J. Palmer This is me at my very first promotion ceremony getting my gold belt. Every black belt started …
Martial Arts What Will It Take?
Women Need To Take Back Control – by Melissa J. Palmer Many times I scratch my head in complete wonder about why more females don’t …
Martial Arts We’ve Gone Virtual to Keep You Busy at Home.
Our Instructors are keeping busy, teaching most of their normal classes from their own homes. Virtual Learning is a term that is new to some …
Journey Your Own Journey
Chart your own path to Black BeltBy Kathy OlevskyToday I was speaking with one of our Black Belts, Michael West. He talked about how he quit …
Health Staying Safe as a Walker or Runner.
This morning I woke up to yet another article about a runner being attacked or abducted. Here in Raleigh, NC we have a very strong …
Martial Arts What Martial Art Should I Take?
What Martial Art Should I Take? In my 40 plus years of studying various martial arts, I have had many conversations with people who don’t …
Journey Great Female Role Models
As an 8th Degree Black Belt in Karate, I often found it hard to find my role models in a male dominated sport. I was interviewed …
Health How We are Handling The Flu and Corona Virus.
How we are handling the Flu and Corona VirusSince we are all beginning to get a bit more information about the spread of viruses that …
Journey The Journey to Black Belt
When I first started in the martial arts back in the late 1970’s, it was common to hear an instructor say to a student that …
Martial Arts Staying Safe at Home
Attacks happen when you are vulnerable. Your home is the place where you should feel the safest. Unfortunately for many that also means this is …
Journey What Makes You a Target? Debunking The Myth
There are many myths revolving around self-defense. One in particular is a common belief that an attacker chooses a target because of their clothes or …
Self defense How to Choose The Right Self Defense Tool?
One of my favorite classes to teach and topics to discuss is about how to choose the right self-defense tool or weapon and how to …
Martial Arts 9 Tips to Stay Motivated from Melissa Palmer
by Melissa Palmer – Guest Blogger Even the most driven and motivated people reach a time when they want to quit. Every one of our …
Parenting We Don’t Punish the Behavior We Want to Encourage!
Want to fix it? THINK before you SPEAK! by Kathy Olevsky Sometimes as parents, it is so hard to know what is right, what comments …
Health Getting Fit at 40 and Later
It’s never to late to get started and here is the proof! By Kathy Olevsky Some amazing information was released recently in JAMA (Journal of the American …
Martial Arts What Age Should You Be to Start Martial Arts?
by Kathy Olevsky I think I hear this question about once per week. Sometimes the question is coming from parents who what to know when …
Journey Don’t Let Others Steal Your Dreams!
By Kathy Olevsky There are people in everyone’s lives who dole out advice to anyone who will listen. Some of these people are mentors and …
Karate Karate is Ageless!
By Kathy Olevsky John Allis turned 80 years old in 2019. He has been in Karate for 38 years. John is a 4th Degree Black Belt who …