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Karate For Girls: Will They Like It?

Many of the misconceptions about girls taking Karate classes are a thing of the past. Girl Ninja Power is coming of age. So, with 'can' girls take Karate classes not an issue, will they enjoy it?...

Best Age to Start Martial Arts Training

The best age to start martial arts training, like many questions of this type, is both interesting and complicated. The answer happens to be simple and easy to understand, but deeply complex due to...

Should I Force My Child to Do Karate?

The issue with forcing children to do Karate or any form of martial arts depends entirely on your definition of the word force. We force children to do a majority of the things they do. Karate or...

What to Wear to a First Martial Arts Class

It can be a scary thing to walk into a martial arts class for the first time. There are questions that both children and adults grapple with in the days leading up to the time and nervous doubt once...

About Us

We are Mathew Booe and Jackie Booe. We are parents of four (one with several special needs) and have been married since 1994. Mathew is a grad student, a retired successful international fighter, a black belt master instructor in several martial arts systems, and the instructor to hundreds of Little Ninjas that use him as a jungle gym each week. Jackie has been a teacher for many decades with awards and accolades from all across the country. She has three degrees in the field of education, been department chair of several grade levels, and interim principal in Los Angeles. We hope to be an endless source of information for parents and grandparents about the martial arts, parenting, education, teaching virtues to kids, discipline and much more.

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