By Rich Tenorio
SOMERVILLE, MA - Teaching children and adults how to deal with bullies, a Union Square martial arts studio is working on anti-bullying programs for this year.
At Villari’s Self-Defense Center of Somerville, Master Brad Rogers began the year with anti-bullying programs on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Almost 20 people attended, with the majority being children. The session lasted for over two hours.
Master Rogers, who holds a fifth-degree black belt in Shaolin Kempo Karate, called bullying a “huge” problem in the US today.
“People take their lives over it,” he said. “A lot of people are handling it the wrong way. Everyone’s focus is on the problem -- bullying -- instead of the solution -- behaviors that deter bullying. Nobody needs to bully anymore if everybody’s friends.”
Karate Creatures
Thursday, March 19, 2015
Somerville martial arts studio takes on bullying
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Friday, March 6, 2015
All together now!
One Pinan ... GO!!! |
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Friday, February 27, 2015
Five creatures, five fighting styles
The karate students at Villari's Self-Defense Center of Somerville, Mass. practiced techniques associated with five animal fighting styles -- dragon, crane, tiger, leopard and snake -- on Thursday night. These techniques ranged from powerful tiger thrusts to swift leopard strikes to slithery snake moves to in-flight crane swoops to mighty dragon movements. It was quite a menagerie of techniques!
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Friday, February 20, 2015
New Year's Debate
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cartoon,
china,
chinese new year,
chinese zodiac,
lunar new year,
yang,
year of the goat,
year of the sheep
Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Burpee Battle
Defying gravity! |
I have also done burpees in the Great Woods Road parking lot at the Lynn Woods Reservation with the Stone Tower Spahtens obstacle-race training group on Sunday mornings. For the cartoon, I thought I'd add a crane, as the jump sort of fits in with the motions of the crane. Daisy the Westie watches in the middle.
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plank pose,
pushup,
squat thrust,
warmup
Monday, February 9, 2015
Tiger Claw
"Then imitate the action of the tiger..." -Shakespeare |
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animals,
black belt,
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karate,
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Friday, February 6, 2015
Leopard Strike
A kitty with punching power! |
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