The full technical expertise, history of these arts, where they originate from (culturally and geographically) and how they have evolved over the years is expected to be taught to students as part of weekly classroom schedules. Most children are easily intimidated by aggression and are not taught how to manage it when they face it. They grow never learning how to mitigate against confrontation, prevent it and defend themselves and therefore lack the self confidence with which to remain calm even in the face of confrontation. Students are also not taught the harm they can do to others both physically and psychologically when confrontations arise and therefore rarely ever have an opportunity to develop empathy. This results in bullying and anti-social behaviour. The primary method for countering this is Martial Arts for Sport.
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| Learning to manage and prevent conflict will be a minimum educational requirement in IGL for schools |
Learning katas, stances, exercises for flexibility, kia, chi and how to communicate physical contact through activity such as kumite builds character.
Most importantly Martial Arts for Sport builds a respect for how to handle confrontation and in the opinion of IGL is the best way of preventing the problem of bullying in schools. The fact that most schools do not offer Martial Arts for Sport as a standard part of their curriculum from kindergarten upward is the main reason why bullying in schools is becoming an ever growing problem.
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| Learning self-defence increases a child's self confidence. A child that is self confident is not easily intimidated and does not allow himself or herself to become a victim. |
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| Balance, restraint, respect, self-control and discipline do not occur naturally and need to be taught. |
Students in schools today are raised without an understanding of why conflict occurs, they have no outlet for aggression or how to understand it, no opportunity for experiencing and learning how to manage confrontation through Martial Arts for Sport, they have no-one to teach them how to manage difficult circumstances where they are being provoked, how to remain calm in these situations and how to handle them. They are not taught how respecting abstaining from fighting is in fact the higher ground to take when faced with social confrontation, and that there is a time and place for this as a Sport, for instance in a Dojo or ring where the environment is controlled. Martial Arts for Sport is a minimum requirement for a school following an IGL programme.
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| Most schools and societies have not grasped that in order to prevent bullying and fighting students need to be taught how to manage confrontation by learning Martial Arts for Sport. This is how a well-rounded and peaceful individual is raised. |
Martial Arts for Sport in IGL is expected to be introduced to children from kindergarten and students are expected to be psychologically balanced. able to mitigate against bullying, other forms of physical and psychological confrontation and how to prevent them. They are expected to be technically proficient to the level of an adept or black belt in the 10 categories of the arts they are taught by the time they graduate from high school.
The fact that schools for the most part currently ignore this area of development as an integral part of education is a significant reason why bullying and social victimisation of children in schools remains a problem.
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| Children and students who learn who learn self defence are more disciplined and less likely to get into bullying, confrontations or start them. |
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