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Teach your kids to do Hard Things, with Jay Tiegs

On this episode, we’ll be stepping into some topics seldom discussed among men, such as how to teach courage and bravery to kids, guiding kids on courses of action and how to balance their anxieties with anticipation; my friend Jay Tiegs is the man to bring the knowledge. His perspective ...

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Parenting with Everyday Excellence, with Joe Templin

On this episode, we sit down with leading excellence and mindset coach, former International Taekwon Do champion, ultra marathon runner and proud Dad of three boys, who is involved in more community work than we have space to list here.

Joe details for us, how shifting your mindset to one ...

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Point of No Return 1. She's Overtaken, Fights Back

This video was shared on a parent community in Facebook, and has been popular on YouTube. 

The reality is this, that girl did a good job, from what is seen in the security camera. Without knowing what led to this, or where she was headed to, it's tough to tell. She did however - fight ba...

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A Mother's Fight For Justice, interview with Rachel Bruno

This is a story every parent should listen to, learn from and then take immediate action. Rachel shares her story about how within 72 hours, her seven-week old suffered a traumatic brain injury, her toddler was taken from home and she faced years in prison at the same time given 24 hours to vac

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Encourage Courage, Early On, with Scott Rossignol

 

Help From The Principal's Office

Taking the steps to guide your children through difficult experiences, risky obstacles and problem solving without you there, not only builds strong character - it builds resilience. In today's episode, join us in a discussion with someone who offers advice

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The Priority of Communication for Keeping Kids Safe

These are the two priorities of personal protection, but certainly they overlap in all areas of their life. These are kind of no brainers, but I want to explain to you where they play a critical role in personal protection and keeping your children safe throughout their life.

I feel this is one of ...

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How to create a safe environment for your children with Adam Mitchell

How to create a safe environment for your children with Adam Mitchell. Adam Mitchell holds a 6th-degree black belt in a traditional martial arts school and a 3rd degree black belt in Judo.

He built and launched the first fully interactive online training resource for martial arts, and is curren...

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Functional vs Improvisational Training

Let's talk about understanding the difference between improvisational training and functional training and how we should approach working with our children to give them a clear understanding and skill set of for personal protection.

How can they really take ownership of the lessons you teach them, ...

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The Jiu Jitsu of Stress


Reflections on creating space, recovery and combat tricks from a century ago. 

We can empower our kids with the best techniques to stay safe if someone grabs them, or teach them how to prevent a bully from hurting them 

… or we can show them what to do if a group of kids tries jumping them 

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How to Teach Kids to Protect Themselves

Originally aired on the Dad Edge Podcast

The world can be a dangerous place, and our kids are especially vulnerable. From bullying and abuse to abductions and shootings, how can we shield our children from danger? More importantly, how can we teach them to respond to violence when we aren’t with ...

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My Son Wants Revenge, Reflections on Friends Getting Jumped

Over the last few days, I've been handling a situation with my oldest son. He's 18 years old and he's dealing with a fight that happened here in our community that involved his friends.

My son called me from somewhere in about 12:30 am the other evening and explained to me that a group of his frien...

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Reflecting on nature in martial arts, not so much a secret

As a professional martial artist, I've made it a career for more than a decade to teach people from all walks of life, young and old, how to remain safe.

Discovery of self preservation and safety is not merely about learning a technique to apply against a bad guy, although most martial arts ...

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