Forming the most important part of the martial arts, character education is essential to our future as a nation. We've all read the horror stories. An eleven year old murders four of his school mates. Another child rapes. Guns are brought to elementary schools.
First graders pass through metal detectors.
Arguments on the playground are settled with knives. Frightening, and increasingly frequent, young children are committing violent crimes. To answer this requires understanding the reasons for juvenile crime. The reasons for violent, juvenile crime are complex. The majority of children from poor families do not commit crimes, not every child who watches a murder on T,V, goes off to shoot his best friend.