Not Anti-Bully - BullyProof ! The Bullying Prevention Program for the Underdog

Bullying Prevention for The Underdog Kid
Humble, lovable shoeshine boy was actually UNDERDOG. If your child is a kindhearted kid who follows the rules and has a sensitive disposition, then school, camp and life can be a rough place. The definition of underdog usually describes a participant in a fight, conflict, or game who is not expected to win.  If your child feels like this when facing aggressive behavior, bullying, insults, teasing or getting picked on then this is your answer.

"Teaching Kids How to NOT Be a Victim!"

Does Your Child Sometimes Feel Like a Bullied Underdog?
The good news is that a new program gives nice kids the tools to stand up to bullying the smart way - without fighting or getting into trouble. The Arizona Bullying Intervention Initiative - The Phoenix Bullying Prevention Project helps BULLYPROOF nice kids and prepare them for those unpleasant encounters with bullying.

This program teaches children how to:

• Stand tall and not be afraid
• Know what to do with bullying
• Know when to take action against bullying
• Know how to deal with bullying, rudeness, harassment and torment
• Earn the respect of peers
• Win friends and change other people's perceptions
• Live fearlessly with peace of mind

If these are skills you want your child to have then you need to contact John Nottingham at the The Arizona Bullying Intervention Initiative - The Phoenix Bullying Prevention Project without delay.

Bullying Specialist John Nottingham has brought together his best resources from his Bodyguard Security company and USA Martial Arts schools to offer free bullying prevention training to children free of charge.

What you will get:

1. A free Bullying Prevention Training Course - How To Defeat Bullying The Smart Way
2. A free How To Deal With Bullying Guide and Parent's Guide to Bullies, Bullying and Bad Behavior
3. A free Audio BullyBusters Interview answering tough questions on Bullying

Contact info@usa-martialarts.com to register without delay.

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How To Handle a Bully Without Fighting

Bully Buster Program

The Arizona Bully Prevention Initiative- Phoenix Bully Proof Project is dedicated to providing a safe learning and working environment for both our students and our teachers. With that in mind, the district has developed a series of intervention and prevention programs

It is the goal of everyone involved in the Phoenix, Scottsdale, Paradise Valley Arizona based program is to provide effective bullying prevention education, training and resources to parents, teachers, and children.

The Arizona Bullying Prevention Project has teamed up with USA Martial Arts Phoenix and Nottingham Sword and Shield Security to provide free Bully Prevention Workshops throughout the month of October. October is Bully Prevention Month.

For more information email info@usa-martialarts.com or call 602-896-8721.

Bully Prevention & Self Defense Secrets - a Martial Arts Philosophical Perspective

by John Nottingham, EPS, PI, 6th Dan

The Arizona Bullying Prevention Project

When I first started martial arts in my youth I learned a secret to self defense and bullying prevention that has served me well throughout life. I'd like to share that secret with you in this brief blog article.

First you have to understand my teachers background. He was a ROK Marine, a Korean immigrant living in the Midwest teaching a hybrid martial art system. Not only did we get a dose of traditional Korean and Chinese Martial Arts philosophy, his lessons included some simple common sense wisdom he learned from his unique life experience. He grew up in the mean streets of a rapidly changing Korea, an ancient culture rapidly changing into the new world. Times were tough and you had to learn to stand up for yourself. Crime, rioting and street violence were frequent so his martial arts skills had to work if he wanted to be able to defend himself.

His techniques could not simply be theoretical or a hobby limited to personal development and fitness. He had to know what worked on the street, under pressure and often against multiple attackers. When a thug is in your face, this is not the time to hope your martial arts techniques work. He had to rely on them to save his bacon.

He later would serve in the military as a Marine during the VietNam conflict. ROK Marines were known for their ferocity, bravery and intense loyalty. So his experience was as a street fighter, martial artist (Chinese Temple Kung Fu and Korean MooDukKwan TangSooDo - later referred to as TaeKwonDo.) and as a combat soldier.

I was a young wide eyed kid wanting to learn the mysterious martial arts secrets from the orient. My imagination fired by James Bond doing Jujutsu, Bruce Lee doing Jeet Kune Do and Chuck Norris doing Tang Soo Do (Korean Martial Arts) I wanted this mysterious power of martial arts and self defense. After begging Mom for Martial Arts lessons, researching the phone book (this was before Google lol), and asking friends, I found two schools in town. The one with the tough reputation ended up being my choice. Over the years I've been blessed to follow my dream and study numerous systems.

Like so many others, I began my martial arts journey and discovered that it was much harder and different than what I had expected. This was particularly true for an insecure kid with asthma, allergies and issues of low self esteem and insecurity. Martial Arts helped me change all that. What I learned was that the battle we fight is first within ourselves. Once we begin to learn that, only then can we learn to deal kindly, politely and compassionately with others.

My first teacher taught me many lessons about work ethic, discipline, a strong mental "I CAN" attitude. Along with that, he taught each of his students this simple but profound truth about self defense. It equally fits how to deal with bullying and how to handle a bully problem. He said, "The best self defense is to have no enemies." Later, Grandmaster Jhoon Rhee would teach me that the most powerful person is one who can make friends and the best self defense technique in the world is the ability to turn a friend into an enemy.

Last week I reflected on these fond memories and martial arts lessons I've used over the years as I taught our USA Martial Arts students our lesson of the week. This particular phrase and lesson comes from my mentor Shihan Dave Kovar. "Who is mighty? One with control over their emotions and can make friends from enemies."

Although it seems simple, these lessons are powerful and profound in their use. It is for this and other reasons I feel so strongly that martial arts is so important for today's youth. It has the time-tested wisdom they need to be healthy, confident and strong individuals. It instills virtues that serve you throughout your life. It contributes toward a better community through building better citizens with a mindset of compassion, friendship and peace. It also helps keep America strong by preparing today's youth for tomorrows challenges. It all starts with the courage to face the fears and limitations within ourselves.

How To Face a Bully With Confidence and Courage

Children Need to Know They Don't Have To Be An
Ultimate Fighting Champion To Effectively Deal With Bullying
UFC MMA Champion Frank Shamrock has his own bully Prevention
Project Called We Stand Together Against Bullying

How To Face a Bully With Confidence and Courage - A Peaceful Approach To Defeat Bullying Without Fighting
by John D. Nottingham, EPS, 6th Degree Black Belt founder Arizona Bullying Intervention Initiative

There are a lot of people writing blog articles and offering advice on how to handle a bully.  With a simple Google search, you can find plenty of advice for how to deal with a bully - anti-bully, bully busting, bully this, and bully that.  However, I do not advocate most approaches because they simply are not effective in protecting the child.  That is why my security company, martial arts school and experts teamed up to create the Arizona Bullying Intervention Initiative -The Phoenix Children's Bully Prevention Project.

Do I have to be Jet Li, Chuck Norris or Bruce Lee to Handle a Bully?

Children need to know that they don't have to be muscular like a UFC MMA Champion, Jet Li, Chuck Norris or Bruce Lee to deal with a bully.  The Arizona Bullying Intervention Initiative -The Bullying Prevention Project advocate a common sense before self defense evidence based approach that includes the ABC's of conflict avoidance.  It is the first program of it's kind to integrate bodyguard strategies and peaceful conflict resolution methods into a fun format for kids to learn and use for life.

A Bullying Training Myth and Common Misunderstanding
In this article I will discuss one of the most commonly discussed but misunderstood aspects of building social skills and conflict avoidance skills for preventing bullying in children.  I would caution any reader to not readily dismiss this advice as rehashed same old tired information that is already out there.  A bit of research will reveal the profound failure, and even danger, of many of the so called "anti-bully" training courses available.  This is evidence based recommendations built on thousands of actual bullying cases we helped children solve.

Building a Strong Bullying Defense With Self Confidence
One of the best allies a child can have in facing a bully with courage is to build self confidence.  In my experience, self confidence is built from a progressive realization of skill or mastery over a task or skill.

I teach my students that competence builds confidence.

The Not-So-Secret Confidence Building Advantage
Of course we have the not-so-secret advantage that has proven itself successful in peacefully resolving conflicts for centuries - the traditional wisdom of classical martial arts.   Martial Arts training prepares children in ways that most sports and children's activities can not.  Martial Arts builds children from the inside out, giving them inner strength to stand tall and be proud without being cocky.  Martial Arts gives them the self control to manage anger and direct energy in a positive manner.  Martial Arts provides the mental training and social skills to apply ancient time-tested wisdom to a modern world.   Plus they have the profoundly added benefit of physical readiness to protect and defend themselves as a last resort.

For a child, just knowing you can defend yourself often means you won't have to.

How does one build competence to gain confidence?
Repetition is the key to learning and applying skill.  That is why it is so important to practice the social, mental, emotional and physical skills necessary to build a strong defense against bullying.  Experiencing bullying can be a learning opportunity with lasting life lessons or it can lead to lasting regrets, deep emotional scars that are held for years.

The difference in the result of a bullying experience is training.

BULLYING FACT: Did you know that children who demonstrate bullying behavior select their targets?  Bullying children select their victims based on perceived vulnerability.  Do you know the signs?

Here are some bullying solution tips kids can use right away:

• Stand up tall
• Take stronger -bigger steps
• Make eye contact
• Engage others with greetings and a smile
• Learn to be still and respond rather than react
• Build confidence through discovering your strengths
• Make friends
• Role play and rehearse 

Practice doesn't make perfect.  Practice merely builds habits.  Build good ones!

Denial is Not a Safety Strategy
Parents and teachers can give their student or child a significant edge if they prepare children in advance to expect that they will encounter bullying behavior at some point.  If children know the signs of bullying, how to deal with it, and have practiced the bullying proofing steps, they are likely to have a bullying prevention skill-set that they can use for life.  Their very interpretation of the bullying events will be characterized and viewed differently.

We don't send our children to school without school supplies or basic social skills to succeed so why would we leave out conflict avoidance and bullying?  

The children who are most likely to suffer the consequences of bullying experiences are the ones who are the least prepared.  

Training works for swimming, fire safety, water safety and even crossing the street.  Learning to deal with human conflict, bullying behavior and other social and safety issues are just as important.

How To Deal With Bullying 
To give your child or school students an edge in skills ask us about our unconventional victim-bully proofing training programs, school assemblies, teacher trainings or children's bullying safety seminars contact us at the website or telephone number below.

Free Bullying Solutions Workshop in Phoenix


 Do you remember seeing kids get bullied?

Did it happen to you when you were a kid? How did it make you feel?
Do you remember the names of the bullies when you were a kid? 

This Special FREE Class Will Reveal...

• How To Easily Spot and Read The Bully.
• How To Defeat The Bully WITHOUT Violence.
• The Secret Word That Always Stops The Bully In His Tracks
• The Little Known Strategies For Dealing With Mental Bullying
• How To Deal With a Bully - In The Real World!
• Much Much More

Date: Every Wednesday in March
Time: 5pm - must call or email for appointment
At: USA Martial Arts Phoenix in cooperation with Nottingham Sword & Shield Security

(4731 E. Greenway Rd Suite9 Phoenix, Arizona 85032)

This Class is held FREE at designated times for all Phoenix AZ Children, But Space is Limited! You Must Register in Advance!

For a fee: seminars, appointments, off site seminars, school talks and training Call: (602) 896-8721 or visit http://USA-MartialArts.com to Reserve Your Space Now! Don’t Wait! Your Child’s Self-Esteem is Too Valuable!